Philippines' democracy tested by Duterte impeachment trial

Vice President Sara Duterte faces impeachment in a trial that could shape the 2028 presidential race and test public trust in the country's democratic institutions.

Philippines’ impeachment showdown: why removing VP Sara could be uphill battle

Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio did not attend the opening of her impeachment trial on Monday, leaving her lawyers to fight charges that, if upheld, could remove her from office, permanently bar her from politics and reshape the 2028 presidential race. Legal experts told This Week in Asia they expected Duterte-Carpio to be difficult, though not impossible, to convict despite the gravity of the charges because prosecutors would need at least 16 senators – two-thirds of the chambe...

By Raissa Robles

Sara Duterte: why the Philippines’ vice president is on trial

Case against VP Sara Duterte shifts feud with Marcos family to ‘new battleground’

By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK

Prosecution drops Zuleika Lopez as witness in VP Sara Duterte trial

The prosecution finds it unnecessary to call Lopez as a witness because the defense team already confirmed that Duterte made the kill threat against Marcos

By Dwight de Leon

Tulfo, witness to defense: Original ‘Romanov’ plan was threat vs Marcos

MANILA, Philippines — Amid discussions of a so-called Oplan Romanov supposedly aimed at taking down Vice President Sara Duterte and her kin, Senator-judge Erwin Tulfo and a witness in the impeachment trial said that the term was first mentioned in a threat against the President’s family. During the impeachment trial on Tuesday, defense panel member lawyer

By jvicente

House prosecutors drop Lopez, Bello as witnesses in Sara Duterte impeachment trial

The House prosecution team asked the impeachment court to dispense with the testimonies of Vice President Sara Duterte's chief of staff, Zuleika Lopez and House security official Capt. Belinda Bello.

By Ian Laqui