Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court to void her impeachment and block a Senate trial that could remove her from office.

The Marcos and Duterte families dominate politics in the Philippines, and elections in the country can be as much a battle of personalities and factional interests as of policy.

A group of lawyers from Mindanao, officials of Davao City and other supporters of Vice President Sara Duterte petitioned the Supreme Court on Tuesday to stop the Senate

Vice President Sara Duterte did not sponsor the filing a petition before the Supreme Court (SC) to stop her impeachment trial, a lawyer said on Tuesday. “We would like to emphasize that this is our individual move,

A group of lawyers and private citizens on Tuesday asked the Philippine Supreme Court to nullify the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, saying it didn’t follow the process under the constitution.

The lawyers, Isaraelito Torreon, the lawyer of detained doomsday preacher Apollo Quiboloy, former Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board chief Martin Delgra and 27 other petitioners, filed the petition before the high court on Tuesday,

The Philippines' lower house has impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country's firebrand former president, setting the stage for a rare, high-profile trial in the Senate.

MINDANAWON lawyers filed on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, a petition urging the Supreme Court to direct the Senate to cease and desist from conducting impeachment

MANILA: Lawyers supporting Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte filed the first legal challenge against her impeachment at the Supreme Court on Tuesday (Feb 18), saying it had been unconstitutionally rushed through without proper oversight.

Senator Imee Marcos expressed support for holding Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial after the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 21, during the 20th Congress.