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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.
COMMENTARY: The public should not be too alarmed of the Chinese claims over the northern part of the country. Unlike the government’s incoherent posture in the West Philippine Sea, the Armed Forces of the Philippines has a more structured and disciplined approach to countering Chinese moves in the Batanes Group of Islands and with elements of a viable “denial strategy” in play.
PAG-ASA ISLAND — Residents of this brave, little island welcomed the visit of Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and top officials from the military's Western Command Sunday to join them in celebrating the 10th anniversary of a landmark ruling that invalidated China’s sweeping claims in the South China Sea.
COMMENTARY:The Philippines has long sought a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea, with the aim of averting conflict in these waters. But as tensions with China rise, it looks unlikely to succeed. Manila is shifting toward other means of defending its maritime interests.
COMMENTARY:The Sara defense team was on a rampage to destroy John Mark S. Calilung, Investigation Agent III of the National Bureau of Investigation… But why must Calilung's testimony be destroyed? It is not only because it is an expert testimony. If it stands the test of truth, it has the potential of opening the floodgates to a Sara Duterte conviction.
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. warned that Chinese scholars’ claim of Batanes, the Philippines’ northernmost province, as part of China is a prelude to its wider maritime ambitions.
That a star lawyer is born means many: the Filipino people are watching; the Filipino people are learning law and jurisprudence,not to mention accountability. The Filipino people are forming informed opinions.
A Facebook reel with over half a million views claims that infusing cucumber and okra with water and drinking it three to five times a week can normalize blood pressure and blood sugar. This is false.
While Llamas and those who enable him might believe they can count followers and think themselves a success; I think what they need to realize is that this all reeks of Duterte. The bad jokes, the constant purportedly ironic laughter, the sarcasm, the informal male banter, the tenor of conversations that should really stay in locker rooms and man caves — all of these use the same playbook as Duterte himself, except that this time it's in English.
The Senate impeachment court is set to formally begin the historic trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, July 6, marking the start of what is expected to be a lengthy and politically charged proceeding that could determine the future of the country's second-highest elected official.
