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4 weeks ago | newsinfo.inquirer.net | Julie M. Aurelio |Krixia Zhienelle Subingsubing |Marlon Ramos

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday turned down the House prosecution team’s latest call to have Vice President Sara Duterte summoned by the Senate and make her answer the impeachment complaint against her ahead of the actual trial. Escudero said the Senate could not act on the request since Congress was still on a break and that the public prosecutors themselves were aware of this.

4 weeks ago | plus.inquirer.net | Marlon Ramos |Krixia Zhienelle Subingsubing |Julie M. Aurelio

Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday turned down the House prosecution team’s latest call to have Vice President Sara Duterte summoned by the Senate and make her answer the impeachment complaint against her ahead of the actual trial. Escudero said the Senate could not act on the request since Congress was still on a break and that the public prosecutors themselves were aware of this.

2 months ago | newsinfo.inquirer.net | Jeannette Andrade |Krixia Zhienelle Subingsubing |TIna Santos |Tina G. Santos

The Senate of the next Congress following the midterm elections will decide the fate of impeached Vice President Sara Duterte in a trial after the chamber adjourned without convening as an impeachment court, according to Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero. “The [trial] will likely extend into the 20th Congress. The decision will be rendered during the 20th Congress, that’s almost certain,” Escudero said during the Kapihan sa Senado forum on Thursday.

2 months ago | plus.inquirer.net | TIna Santos |Tina G. Santos |Krixia Zhienelle Subingsubing |Jeannette Andrade

The current Senate has adjourned without convening as an impeachment court, so it’s almost certain that the next Senate following the May elections will have to conduct the trial of VP Sara Duterte. Senate president Francis Escudero says the trial could start in June, but the decision could be rendered during the next Congress.

2 months ago | plus.inquirer.net | Julie M. Aurelio |Krixia Zhienelle Subingsubing

A senior foreign affairs official on Saturday said the suspension of US foreign aid globally was unlikely to severely affect the Philippines even as Malacañang tried to grasp the implications of the move ordered by US President Donald Trump. At a press forum on Saturday, Foreign Undersecretary Eduardo Jose de Vega noted that the Philippines had many economic partners like the United States.