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(Eagle News) – Voting 38-2, the House Committee on Justice on Thursday, March 8, found “probable cause to impeach” Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. This was announced by House Committee on Justice chair Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali who also stressed how the proceedings in the case were very much different from what happened with the impeachment of the late Chief Justice Renato Corona. Umali earlier announced that the voting was 37-2, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Andres Bautista on Wednesday welcomed the dismissal of the impeachment complaint filed against him. In a statement, Bautista thanked the House justice committee that ruled on the complaint and the House leadership for their “objectivity and fairness” when they junked the complaint filed against him by lawyers Ferdinand Topacio, Manuelita Luna, and former Rep. Jacinto Paras, for insufficiency in form. The complaint stemmed from […]
(Eagle News) — The House Committee on Justice on Monday, May 22 has formally junked the impeachment complaint filed by Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano against President Rodrigo Duterte. With this move, no more impeachment complaints will be entertained by the House of Representatives against the President. “By unanimous vote of all members present, the committee report on resolution dismissing the verified complaint for impeachment and supplementary complaint affidavit filed by Rep. Gary Alejano against […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The House of Representatives is satisfied with the hearing conducted by the House Committee on Justice on the alleged illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison and will no longer conduct further hearings on the matter. According to Oriental Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali, the past hearings already established the proliferation of illegal drug syndicates in the NBP and that the personnel of the Bureau of Corrections and the NBP should […]
(Eagle News) — Controversial high-profile inmate Jaybee Sebastian appeared at the continuing hearing of the House of Representatives on the alleged illegal drug trade at the New Bilibid Prisons, to testify, along with six other witnesses, regarding what he knows of the anomalies at the national penitentiary., Sebastian walked to the House committee on justice hearing, although he was initially brought on a wheelchair when he went to Congress early on Monday (October 10). […]
MANILA, Sept. 2 (PNA) — Groups wanting to oust the President through impeachment were given an opportunity to make their case in Congress but their move did not prosper, the Palace said on Tuesday. “The Committee on Justice of the House, after a thorough review of the allegations in terms of its substance, has dismissed the complaints against the President,” Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a statement on the dismissal of the impeachment […]
MANILA, Philippines — Just on its second hearing, the three impeachment complaints filed against President Benigno Aquino III were declared “insufficient in substance” by the House of Representatives Justice committee on Tuesday. The three complaints were dismissed separately, with most of the panel members (54) voting to junk each complaint as against only four members who voted for it. Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares hit the speed with which the three impeachment complaints were junked. […]
