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'Without precedent:' Donald Trump drama enters Act Two

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 12:36 PM

The uniqueness of the 45th US president extends to his pride in his brazenly unconventional persona. Donald Trump doesn't just admit to a litany of flaws and actions that would sink an ordinary politician. He delights in them. Read more »

Trump says he is not concerned about being impeached, defends payments to women

Jeff Mason and Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Dec 12 09:25 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was not concerned that he would get impeached and that payments made ahead of the 2016 election by his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to two women did not violate campaign finance laws. Read more »

House panel OKs report dismissing impeach rap vs anti-Sereno justices

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 11:57 AM

The House Justice Committee has approved the committee report and resolution dismissing the impeachment complaints against Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro and 6 other Supreme Court justices who backed the quo warranto petition that ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Read more »

Palace unfazed by impeach threat vs Duterte over foreign intel on critics

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 05:15 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Thursday shrugged off an opposition lawmaker’s threat to file another impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte over his supposed acceptance of intelligence information from a foreign country. Read more »

Duterte posibleng ma-impeach sa 'paniniktik' sa mga kritiko: eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 09:34 PM

Babala ng eksperto, maaaring basehan ito ng pagpapatalsik kay Pangulong Duterte dahil tila nakipagsabwatan siya sa ibang bansa upang tiktikan ang mga kritiko. Read more »

Alejano mulls fresh impeach raps vs Duterte over foreign intel on critics

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 12:56 PM

MANILA - Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano on Wednesday floated the idea of lodging a fresh impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte after he claimed that foreign intelligence supplied him information about his critics.  Read more »

Arroyo influenced junking of impeachment raps vs SC justices, lawmaker says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 10:45 PM

An opposition lawmaker believes the House justice committee was influenced by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to dismiss the impeachment complaint against the chief justice and six other Supreme Court justices. Read more »

Impeach rap kontra De Castro, 6 pang mahistrado ng SC, ibinasura

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 09:35 PM

Tuluyan nang ibinasura nitong Martes ng House committee on justice ang impeachment complaint laban kina Supreme Court Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro at sa anim iba pang mahistrado.  Read more »

'Insufficient in substance': House halts impeachment raps vs De Castro, 6 justices

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 12:04 PM

The impeachment case against Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro and 6 other justices is insufficient in substance, the House Justice Committee ruled on Tuesday. Read more »

WATCH: Can the President be impeached for voiding Trillanes' amnesty?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 01:36 AM

Can the President be impeached for issuing a proclamation voiding the amnesty of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and ordering his arrest? Watch this. Read more »

Pagpapawalangbisa sa amnesty ni Trillanes, posibleng 'impeachable': eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 09:30 PM

Nagbabala ang isang ekperto sa ipinalabas na proklamasyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte kontra kay Senador Antonio Trillanes IV. Read more »

Impeach rap vs SC justices 'sufficient in form': House justice panel

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 11:45 AM

The House justice committee on Tuesday unanimously ruled that the impeachment complaint against the 7 Supreme Court justices who voted in favor of the ouster of then Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is sufficient in form. Read more »

House panel tackles impeach raps vs CJ De Castro, 6 justices

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 10:55 AM

The House justice committee on Tuesday began deliberating on an impeachment complaint against 7 Supreme Court judges, including Chief Justice Teresita De Castro, less than a month after her appointment to the top judicial post.  Read more »

7 SC justices could not inhibit in quo warranto plea vs Sereno: lawmaker

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 05:08 PM

Supreme Court magistrates could not have inhibited from deciding the quo warranto petition that eventually ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, the vice chairman of the House justice panel said Monday.  Read more »

Impeachment vs CJ De Castro may end up moot and academic: lawmaker

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 11:14 AM

The impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-de Castro may become moot and academic if it hurdles the House of Representatives after her impending retirement, the chair of the House justice committee said Thursday. Read more »

Will impeach rap vs SC magistrates prosper? Arroyo reacts

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 11:29 AM

House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Wednesday left open the possibility that the impeachment complaints against Supreme Court justices who voted to oust Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno will not prosper. Read more »

Impeach hearings vs newly appointed Chief Justice may start next week - solon

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 27 09:51 AM

The House justice committee next week may start impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Teresita De Castro, just days after her appointment as the country's top judge, a congressman said Monday. Read more »

Lagman asks JBC to withdraw shortlist of chief justice applicants

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 05:42 PM

"The JBC is called upon to withdraw momentarily the shortlist and re-open the filing of applications for the position of chief justice," Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman says.  Read more »

SolGen: Impeach raps vs SC justices 'will not see the light of day'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 04:52 PM

The government's top lawyer defended the magistrates, saying they merely performed their constitutional duty when they voted for Sereno's ouster. Read more »

Impeachment raps vs SC justices have no merit - Palace

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 24 03:59 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Friday said it finds no merit in the impeachment complaint filed by lawmakers against seven Supreme Court justices who ousted Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice via a quo warranto proceeding. Read more »