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House recommends plunder raps vs. VP Sara; accuses Rody of EJKs By Maricel V. Cruz THE House of Representatives recommending the filing of criminal charges against Vice President Sara Duterte and other officials of her office over the alleged misuse of confidential funds. It also accused former President
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Impeach rap vs. VP returned to House Senate says trial to start in 20th Congress
Rodrigo Duterte, Senators Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa and Christopher Lawrence ‘Bong’ Go of of orchestrating a campaign of state-sanctioned killings, shielding drug traffickers, and enabling widespread corruption through Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators Next page
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By Ram Superable, Vince Lopez and Joel Zurbano
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HE Senate sitting as an impeachment court remanded the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte to the House of Representatives amid legal questions raised by Senator Ronald dela Rosa. The impeachment court also issued a writ of summons to the Vice President for her to answer the impeachment case filed against her within a non-extendable period of 10 days upon receipt of the order. Dela Rosa originally sought to have the impeachment complaint dismissed even before going to trial, prompting Senate President Francis Escudero to convene the impeachment court Tuesday evening, a day earlier than the original June 11 schedule, to address the motion. Dela Rosa said the one year ban on impeachment proceedings may have been violated with the first three complaints filed in 2024, and the fourth complaint, which was transmitted to the Senate, filed in February 2025. To break the impasse on Dela Rosa’s motion, Senator Alan Cayetano offered a compromise -- to amend the
motion and have the impeachment complaint remanded to the House of Representatives instead. “I cannot in conscience, as a lawyer and as a senator-judge, just make that rush decision that it violated the one-year ban,” Cayetano said. With 18 affirmative votes, five negative votes, and no abstention, the senator-judges moved to send back the impeachment complaint to the Next page
VP SARA’S JUDGES.
Senate President Chiz Escudero administers the oath to his fellow senators yesterday as judges of the Impeachment Court that will try Vice President Sara Duterte. Inset shows pro-impeach Sara rallyists continuing their vigil outside the Senate complex despite the rain. Joseph Muego/ Danny Pata
VP Sara flies to Kuala Lumpur for OFW meet By Joel E. Zurbano and Maricel Cruz VICE President Sara Duterte is traveling to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on a personal trip with her family, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) announced yesterday.
The OVP said Duterte is scheduled to attend an Independence Day celebration and engage in an OVP program consultation with Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the Southeast Asian country on June 12. The OVP did not say whether Duterte will leave the Philippines on
June 10 before the commencement of Senate impeachment proceedings on June 11. House spokesperson Princess Abanta said the Vice President’s trip to Malaysia will not derail the impeachment proceedings against her, urging the Senate Next page
REHEARSAL. Troops practice their moves as air force helicopters fly by during rehearsals for the 127th Independence Day parade on Thursday at the Rizal Park and Quirino Grandstand. Norman Cruz
House okays bill extending terms of barangay, SK officials to 2029 By Maricel V. Cruz THE House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading House Bill 11287, which seeks to change the term of office of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSK) officials from three years to six years beginning at noon of June 30, 2029. Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, a principal author of the bill, stated that if the measure is enacted, all incumbent BSK officials elected on October 30, 2023, will remain in office until the next synchronized elec-
tions on the second Monday of May 2029, and every six years thereafter. “This means that the BSK polls scheduled in December this year are reset to May 2029,” he clarified. Rodriguez added that the bill also sets a two-term limit for barangay officials, while Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officers will serve for only one term. He had previously voiced opposition to the Senate’s plan to proceed with BSK polls in December, arguing that a two-year term is insufficient for village leaders. Next page
Año stays on as NSC chief; Ruiz still PCO head despite CA inaction
P200 wage hike bill now in Senate’s hands By Maricel V. Cruz THE House of Representatives has transmitted the P200 daily minimum wage hike bill to the Senate and designated its bicameral conference panel,
signaling its full readiness to finalize the measure. “The bill was transmitted already to the Senate yesterday, and there are names who will sit as representatives of the lower chamber for the bicameral
conference,” House spokesperson, lawyer Princess Abante, said in a mix of English and Filipino. Abante added that the names of the Senate conferees to the bicameral conference
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PRESIDENT Marcos has declined mance in keeping the NSA chief in the courtesy resignation of National his official family. Security Adviser (NSA) Secretary “Secretary Año has been having Eduardo Año who cited health is- to deal with health issues ever since sues for his ofthe time of the fer to voluntarpandemic. PBBM appoints first ily step down. However, SC associate justice Malacañang he has kindly Press Officer agreed to stay NEWS / A2 Claire Castro on in the NSC disclosed that (National SeAño has agreed curity Counto stay put even as he had to deal cil),” Castro told a press briefing. with lingering health concerns since Castro noted that the Chief Exthe 2020 pandemic. ecutive continued to evaluate all The President also adverted to Cabinet secretaries and government Año’s competence and good perforNext page