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Subpoenas, testimony reshape Duterte impeachment battle, but decisive fights still lie ahead

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.

Subpoenas, testimony reshape Duterte impeachment battle, but decisive fights still lie ahead

Beyond the sound bites: The impeachment court faces its first real test

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.

Beyond the sound bites: The impeachment court faces its first real test

The unbreakable shield of John Mark Calilung

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.

The unbreakable shield of John Mark Calilung

Competing legal claims fuel disinformation as Sara trial opens

Even before House prosecutors presented their first witness, the opening day of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial on Monday became a battle over competing interpretations of the Constitution and other laws, with rival political camps offering conflicting claims that quickly spread on social media.

Competing legal claims fuel disinformation as Sara trial opens

Historic Senate trial begins for impeached VP Sara Duterte

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.

Historic Senate trial begins for impeached VP Sara Duterte

Escudero to preside over Sara’s impeachment trial

Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, whose defection from the Cayetano bloc broke the impasse in the Senate leadership struggle in favor of the Gatchalian-led group, will preside over the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, which is set to begin on July 6, a highly reliable source said.The source stressed Escudero will not be Senate president

Escudero to preside over Sara’s impeachment trial