Philippine Senate leadership shift leaves Sara Duterte exposed ahead of impeachment trial

A leadership stand-off in the Philippine Senate ended Wednesday with the removal of an ally of former president Rodrigo Duterte as leader of the chamber, which will soon start the impeachment trial of his daughter, incumbent Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio. With 13 of 24 senators backing him, Sherwin Gatchalian, an ally of President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, was elected Senate president. His rival, Alan Peter Cayetano, a key supporter of Duterte, admitted defeat. “He’s the leader the Senate ne...

By Associated Press

Sara Duterte ally loses Philippine senate leadership ahead of her trial

Lawmakers have elected Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian as president of the Philippine Senate, replacing Alan Peter Cayetano, who took over the post last month.

VP impeachment: ‘Tension,’ disputes mark pretrial meet

MANILA, Philippines — The House prosecution panel and the defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday took another step toward the July 6 start of her impeachment trial despite heated arguments during their first pretrial conference to agree on the evidence and witnesses to be presented. Spokespersons for the prosecution team said the

By cbuban

VP impeach pre-trial starts; no decision yet on Chiz

The ball has started rolling ahead of the July 6 start of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, with both defense and prosecution panels facing each other at yesterday’s pre-trial conference at the Senate.

By Delon Porcalla