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

Sara Duterte trial: Prosecution’s witness says NBI did not find VP’s alleged hitman

NBI's former cybercrime division chief Jeremy Lotoc, however, insisted that this does not make Vice President Duterte's threat against Marcos any less credible or actionable

By Dwight de Leon

Prosec won’t raise vote threshold before SC, but other groups can

MANILA, Philippines — Members of the prosecution panel for the impeachment trial have made it clear that they will not go to the Supreme Court (SC) to raise the issue of the vote threshold needed to convict Vice President Sara Duterte, but at the same time noted that other groups are free to do so.

By cbuban

NBI exec: VP threat vs Marcos Jr., FL, Romualdez real

The allegation of “grave threats” on President Marcos was the focus of the testimony by a National Bureau of Investigation agent at the resumption yesterday of the trial of impeached Vice President Sara Duterte.

By Delon Porcalla