The STAR Cover (August 20, 2023)

The timetable proposed by Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is “not set in stone,” he said yesterday.

While a majority consider the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte a key issue in the upcoming polls, a recent Social Weather Stations survey showed that it was not among the top considerations of Filipinos when choosing who to vote for.

The impending impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is just a smokescreen to distract the people’s attention from the controversy surrounding the 2025 General Appropriations Act, Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte said yesterday.

While the nation was very much engrossed with actor Baron Geisler’s latest gaffe with the Cebu police as he was detained for a few hours in the province after an alleged violation of a local ordinance on drunkenness last Feb. 22, there we found ourselves two days later in Quezon City, Grandia Place in Mother Ignacia after we saw a post from BLVCK Entertainment Productions about a story conference for a film entitled “Tag-Ulan,” where Baron was part of the ensemble cast along with Beauty Gonzales and Mark Herras.

If Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial is delayed until July, witnesses could withdraw and evidence might be tampered with, a House prosecutor warned.