Rodante Marcoleta

VP Sara Duterte impeachment trial sparks clash over limits of Supreme Court intervention

However, for the Sandiganbayan, the motion was not unique in nature given that similar requests from public officials were also passed upon in the past

On its face, the rally was protesting the looming plunder case against and impending arrest of Senator Rodante Marcoleta — an INC member — for allegedly accepting P75 million in undeclared campaign funds, a complaint greenlit by Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla

Vice President Sara Duterte's defense team on Wednesday sought to distance itself from a parallel legal offensive before the Supreme Court aimed at stopping her impeachment trial

The court thus ordered its sheriff to serve the arrest warrant at their place of confinement

A pall of cynicism hangs over proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte

High-security Senate trial deepens rift between rival political dynasties

In a press conference after the first day of the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte, former congressman and House Prosecution spokesperson Robert Ace Barbers sought to address a point raised by Duterte’s counsel in their opening statement

Non-bailable plunder case sidelines Duterte’s top defender in Senate court

Whatever one thinks of his defense, that the money was private, mishandled through "utang na loob," the optics are hard to ignore: The senator digging into a scandal implicating the highest levels of government is now the one facing prison

Senator brands plunder case as political retaliation meant to silence dissent

Most members of the minority bloc led by Senator Alan Cayetano failed to show up during the all-senators caucus convened on Friday to discuss preparations for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte scheduled to begin on 6 July

Cleanup operations continued on Thursday after thousands of members of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) vacated their two-day rally site along EDSA, with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) hauling more than 36 metric tons of garbage while the Quezon City government collected at least three truckloads of waste

On Tuesday morning, as the crowd began to build, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was scheduled to speak before the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FoCAP)

The statements of Remulla come at a time when public interest particularly with regards to the investigations into the multibillion peso flood control scandal are at its peak

Government prosecutors plan to charge Senator Rodante Marcoleta over undeclared campaign funds worth 75 million pesos (US$1.2 million)

Senator Rodante Marcoleta cried foul over the looming plunder charges prepared against him by the Ombudsman, calling it a “calculated” effort designed to shield the real perpetrator behind the alleged corruption scheme in the flood control projects

The same transaction had previously been reviewed by the Commission on Elections, which ruled that it did not constitute an election offense despite the funds not being declared in Marcoleta's Statement of Contributions and Expenditures

In his 25-page complaint-affidavit dated 25 June, Trillanes accused the respondents of violating Section 4(c)(4) of the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 in relation to Articles 353 to 358 of the Revised Penal Code

Villanueva’s power shift enabled the Gatchalian bloc to muster the constitutionally mandated 13-vote majority threshold to officially take over the Senate from Cayetano and allies

Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla on Saturday appealed to Senator Alan Peter Cayetano to "compose himself" as the leadership dispute in the Senate continues to deepen, with rival blocs asserting control over the chamber and its committees

Suitcases containing millions of pesos in cash were allegedly delivered to the President at his residence in Paoay, Ilocos Norte

Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III on Thursday described the ongoing Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on alleged flood control anomalies as “bogus,” amid competing proceedings in the chamber

Aside from Cayetano, also present at the inquiry were Senators Pia Cayetano, Loren Legarda, Rodante Marcoleta, Imee Marcos, and Robinhood Padilla

It also urged Marcoleta to either support his claims with solid evidence or withdraw his remarks and issue a formal apology to the journalists he accused

The majority bloc members did not attend Monday's regular session to protest what it described as an attack on the Senate independence following Estrada's arrest over plunder charges in relation to his alleged involvement in the flood control fund scandal

The special Sandiganbayan anti-corruption court had initially issued a warrant for Senator Jinggoy Estrada ’s arrest on Friday on a corruption charge that was bailable

Senator Imee Marcos on Friday accused the administration of violating the principle of separation of powers by allegedly interfering in Senate affairs amid the dispute over remote sessions and online voting

The Majority’s attempt to amend the rules was only made through a motion from Senator Rodante Marcoleta

Earlier on Tuesday, the court conducted a hearing on the Verified Ex Parte Application For the Issuance of a Precautionary Hold Departure Order

Earlier, the Sandiganbayan Seventh Division heard the PHDO petition of the Office of the Ombudsman against the respondents based on complaints of plunder and indirect bribery over an alleged campaign donation to Marcoleta worth P75 million

The poll body last March terminated the investigation against the reported inconsistencies in Marcoleta’s Statement of Contributions and Expenditures for the May 2025 polls

In an Order dated May 21, 2026, the Office of the Ombudsman gave the respondents 15 days from receipt of its order to make the filing