The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday said it was all right if former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo remained in detention at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City rather than in a regular jail.
Senator-judges will decide before the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona resumes Monday afternoon whether to subpoena documents supposedly pertaining to his bank accounts in at least two Philippine banks.
An exasperated Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid unexpectedly took the floor for the first time in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona yesterday with just one question.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile wants the prosecution and defense panels of the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renator Corona to agree whether it is possible to reduce the number of witnesses that would be presented in court.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile laments the lack of trial court experience of most members of the House prosecution panel which he blamed for the humiliating request for the impeachment court to be “more liberal” in the observance of the rules.
Senator Edgardo Angara on Tuesday brushed off suggestions of a conflict of interest between him and his son, Aurora Representative Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has recommended plunder and technical malversation charges against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office general manager Rosario Uriarte for the disbursement of P325 million in confidential intelligence funds from 2008 until the months leading to the 2010 elections.
On the eve of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, Senate finance chair Franklin Drilon called for an investigation into the alleged misuse of a $21.9-million World Bank loan to the Supreme Court.
Is impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona morally fit to stay at the helm of the judiciary?
Most likely, his presence would be acknowledged but Chief Justice Renato Corona will not be called to the witness stand if he shows up in the Senate on Monday to attend the opening session of his impeachment trial.
Young-looking senior citizens are advised to bring identification cards, preferably the ones with their birth dates indicated, if they wish to avail of the 25 slots allotted to them inside the Senate gallery for the duration of Chief Justice Renato Corona’s impeachment trial.
Expect the senator-judges to wear robes of a darker shade of red—maroon, to be exact—when they convene as an impeachment court on Monday for the trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
A member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has asked the Senate impeachment court to cite House prosecutors in contempt for disclosing “discovered evidence” even before Chief Justice Renato Corona’s trial.
