Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court to nullify an impeachment complaint against her, making her first legal move to fight the case that could lead to her removal and lead to a lifetime ban from public office.

A lawmaker who was tapped to be part of the prosecution panel for Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial maintains that the one-year ban on new complaints had not set in yet, because the first three raps have not left the Office of the House Secretary General.

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.

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.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Friday she had been preparing since last year for impeachment and would welcome on her defence team her firebrand father, former President Rodrigo Duterte,

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court to nullify the impeachment complaint against her, as the embattled politician challenges efforts to oust her.

Lawyers supporting Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte filed the first legal challenge against her impeachment at the Supreme

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. Here are details on the trial,

A petition has been filed by Vice President Sara Duterte before the Supreme Court (SC) to block the impeachment complaint filed against her in Congress. The petition for certiorari and prohibition, with urgent application for temporary restraining order and writ of preliminary injunction,