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The House prosecution panel has yet to decide whether it will skip the bribery article against Vice President Sara Duterte and move straight to the unexplained wealth charge, prosecution adviser and spokesperson Robert Ace Barbers said Thursday, September 3.

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Ipinatanggal ng defense team sa pamamagitan ni Atty. Shiela Sison sa record ng impeachment court ang pahayag ni private prosecutor Atty. Benjamin “Jay” Tolosa Jr. laban kay Atty. Michael Poa.

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The Senate impeachment court may hold whole-day trials in October as senators juggle their duties as judges trying Vice President Sara Duterte and as senators scrutinizing next year’s proposed P7.2-trillion budget.

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Although he signed the Department of Education’s replies to a state audit on confidential funds, lawyer Michael Poa, Vice President Sara Duterte’s second-in-command at DepEd, yesterday washed his hands of the matter, pointing responsibility instead to a former special disbursing officer who is currently unavailable due to a medical condition.

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Ipinatanggal ni Atty. Shiela Sison ng defense team sa record ng impeachment court ang pahayag ni private prosecutor Atty. Benjamin Tolosa Jr., ang katagang “abogadong walang alam.”

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Does the Impeachment Rule adopted by the Senate include the freedom of Senator-Judges to call a witness stupid? And does any member of the Senate have the privilege to put in public ridicule even the schools where the witnesses graduated, these embarrassments being seen by the whole country via national TV?

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An Army officer says DepEd gave only open-source information for military youth programs.

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Itinanggi ng defense team ni Vice President Sara Duterte na sinasadya nilang gawing “boring” ang impeachment trial.

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With due respect to the impeachment court, that threat of contempt is more of a loud barking than a threat of actual biting.

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A leader in the House of Representatives has pointed to a possible staffing problem and accountability failure inside the Office of the Vice President as issues surrounding its use of confidential funds continue to unravel before the Senate impeachment court.

[DatePublished] => 2026-09-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807780 [AuthorName] => Daphne Galvez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/08/31/12_2026-08-31_22-26-25775_thumbnail.jpg ) ) )
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The House prosecution panel has yet to decide whether it will skip the bribery article against Vice President Sara Duterte and move straight to the unexplained wealth charge, prosecution adviser and spokesperson Robert Ace Barbers said Thursday, September 3.

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Ipinatanggal ng defense team sa pamamagitan ni Atty. Shiela Sison sa record ng impeachment court ang pahayag ni private prosecutor Atty. Benjamin “Jay” Tolosa Jr. laban kay Atty. Michael Poa.

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The Senate impeachment court may hold whole-day trials in October as senators juggle their duties as judges trying Vice President Sara Duterte and as senators scrutinizing next year’s proposed P7.2-trillion budget.

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Although he signed the Department of Education’s replies to a state audit on confidential funds, lawyer Michael Poa, Vice President Sara Duterte’s second-in-command at DepEd, yesterday washed his hands of the matter, pointing responsibility instead to a former special disbursing officer who is currently unavailable due to a medical condition.

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Ipinatanggal ni Atty. Shiela Sison ng defense team sa record ng impeachment court ang pahayag ni private prosecutor Atty. Benjamin Tolosa Jr., ang katagang “abogadong walang alam.”

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Does the Impeachment Rule adopted by the Senate include the freedom of Senator-Judges to call a witness stupid? And does any member of the Senate have the privilege to put in public ridicule even the schools where the witnesses graduated, these embarrassments being seen by the whole country via national TV?

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An Army officer says DepEd gave only open-source information for military youth programs.

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Itinanggi ng defense team ni Vice President Sara Duterte na sinasadya nilang gawing “boring” ang impeachment trial.

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With due respect to the impeachment court, that threat of contempt is more of a loud barking than a threat of actual biting.

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A leader in the House of Representatives has pointed to a possible staffing problem and accountability failure inside the Office of the Vice President as issues surrounding its use of confidential funds continue to unravel before the Senate impeachment court.

[DatePublished] => 2026-09-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 1 [AuthorID] => 1807780 [AuthorName] => Daphne Galvez [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2026/08/31/12_2026-08-31_22-26-25775_thumbnail.jpg ) ) )
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