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Five weeks into the trial, the proceedings have become about more than the fate of one elected official. They have evolved into an examination of how the Philippine government accounts for billions of pesos in confidential funds and whether the existing safeguards are sufficient to protect public money from misuse.
Sara's lie will now make the rounds of its troll supporters where it will be exponentially repeated and then proclaimed as gospel truth, that Rodrigo Duterte is the only active case in the ICC.The ICC Cases Portal currently lists the status of 34 cases in their pretrial or trial stages.
The decisive questions lie in the financial documents that have only begun arriving at the Senate: whether the money was lawfully spent, whether Duterte's declared income matches her accumulated wealth, and whether prosecutors can prove their allegations beyond political rhetoric.
Makapangyarihan ang pananahimik ni Bongbong Marcos sa kanyang SONA. Winawala, pinaglalaho ng pananahimik na ito ang mga biktima ng kanyang rehimen. Tinatago nito ang mga anak sa mga naghahanap nilang ina. Ipinagkakait nito ang katahimikan at katarungan sa mga biktima. Binubura nito ang kasaysayan ng dahas na una nang sinulat sa dugo ng kanyang sariling kamay.
Leila De Lima: Ang confidentiality ay para protektahan ang lehitimong operasyon at informant. Hindi ito pahintulot para mag-imbento ng pangalan at dokumento. Hindi ito palusot para ibulsa ang pera.
And it is not about simply calling for the President to resign, or insisting on changing government altogether, as it might be about working within the limits of this democracy, and hopefully figuring out how we can keep it going, given the threat of a 2028 return to yet another Duterte for President.
Mima Alicia’s death was celebrated by the pro-Duterte universe as though killing is now of universal decorum worthy of praise. We lament the killing of a vlogger, but we weep for the death of Filipino values that are the real killers of the Filipino.
The International Criminal Court has officially removed Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan from office after the court's governing body found him guilty of serious misconduct involving allegations of sexual abuse.
The two developments on Week 3 of the trial illustrate the sharply different evidentiary burdens facing the prosecution under the separate impeachment articles. One has secured access to potentially valuable financial records but still faces multiple legal and factual hurdles before those documents can establish unexplained wealth. The other rests largely on Duterte's own words, with prosecutors arguing that the constitutional offense is complete even if criminal liability remains under investigation.
National Bureau of Investigation Regional Director Jeremy Lotoc emerged as the prosecution's most consequential witness so far, not because he presented a proverbial smoking gun, but because he became the vehicle through which prosecutors sought to transform Duterte's controversial public statements into evidence of an impeachable offense.
