Day 37: The PHP 817.87 million question moves to the center of Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial
By Day 37, the prosecution was no longer presenting financial records one document at a time. It was trying to connect them. On Friday, October...
Day 36 of Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial: PHP 85 million in income, PHPPHP98 million in wealth, and the questions behind the figures
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) brought financial records to the Senate impeachment court on October 8, 2026. The figures immediately drew attention: Vice President...
Day 35 Sara Duterte Impeachment Trial : The ?96 Million Question and the Missing Signatures in Sara Duterte’s Impeachment Trial
Day 35 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial put bank records at the center of Article II, which alleges unexplained wealth, asset growth disproportionate...
Day 34 Sara Duterte Impeachment trial: The P4.4-billion question moves from AMLC summaries to bank records
On Day 34 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, the defense won an important clarification from the Anti-Money Laundering Council: billions of pesos in...
Day 33 Sara Duterte impeachment trial: AMLC puts ?4.4 billion in reported transactions before the Senate
“Section 8A protects AMLC information against leaks, indiscriminate publication, and other unauthorized disclosure.” Senate impeachment court Presiding Officer Francis Escudero said this as he rejected...
Day 32 Sara Duterte Impeachment trial: Property records, a dropped witness and the AMLC delay
Day 32 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial was supposed to begin the Senate impeachment court’s full-day schedule. It did not go as planned....
Day 31 Sara Duterte Impeachment trial : Baste Duterte takes the stand as GenCorp ties come under scrutiny
“I would not allow it.” That was Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte’s answer when Senate impeachment court presiding officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero asked whether...
Day 30 Sara Duterte Impeachment trial: GenCorp contracts, 51 firearms and the bank records fight
“Sabi nga ni Senator Lacson, ‘yung malaking paputok naging kwitis.” Senator Migz Zubiri used that line as senator-judges questioned why the prosecution was spending court...
Fourteen out of twenty: What Day 29 changed in the Sara Duterte Impeachment trial
September 23, 2026 “The presiding officer, after all, is not the court.” Presiding Officer Chiz Escudero said this on Wednesday, right after his fellow senator-judges...
Day 28: GenCorp Contracts and the Questions Around Sara Duterte’s Business Interests
The 28th day of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial put corporate records and government contracts at the center of Article II. On September 22,...
Day 27: What SEC records revealed about Sara Duterte’s business roles
“Participate in any business.” Those words in Article VII, Section 13 of the 1987 Constitution became the center of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial...
Day 26 Sara Duterte Impeachment trial : What her SALNs show, and what they don’t
For most of Day 25 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, the Senate was looking at numbers she herself had declared under oath. Her...
Day 25 Sara Duterte Impeachment Trial : The law before the bank records
“My testimony is not for sale.” Retired Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang gave that answer during a pointed cross-examination on Day 24 of Vice President...
Day 24 Sara Duterte Impeachment Trial: The trial paused, the financial records moved forward
There was no public impeachment hearing on September 9. Instead, the Senate impeachment court set aside September 9 and 10 for prosecutors and the defense...
Day 23 Sara Duterte Impeachment Trial : The trial turns to Sara Duterte
The witness list suddenly got shorter on Day 23 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial. But the questions before the Senate impeachment court got...