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 threats vs Marcos justified, defense says. Are they really?

There are reasons that drove the Vice President to draw 'the line in the sand' and attack the President, her defense team says

By Jairo Bolledo

Defense argument: Sara Duterte’s threat not a high crime

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team on Wednesday sought to dismantle the testimony of the prosecution’s first witness in her impeachment trial, arguing that the charge arising from the “threats” she made in 2024 against President Marcos, his wife Liza Araneta-Marcos, and former Speaker Martin Romualdez “are not ‘other high crimes’ contemplated

By cbuban

Impeachment prosecutors defend use of photocopies

Prosecutors in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte defended yesterday the use of photocopied documents as evidence after her lawyers contested the presentation of a certified copy of an affidavit on the authenticity of a video recording of her alleged grave threats on the President.

By Daphne Galvez