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Fairness must begin with the judges

PRESIDING Senator-Judge Francis Escudero is right to insist that fairness, balance and restraint must guide the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Without these, the court risks losing both credibility and constitutional legitimacy. Yet prosecution counsel Lorna Kapunan offered an equally important re…

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​Prosecutors doing trial court’s job

THE Department of Justice (DOJ) has confirmed, through its own leadership, what practitioners have assailed for some time: the bar for filing a criminal case has been deliberately raised. In a recent interview, Justice Secretary Fredderick Vida said prosecutors must now establish “prima facie evidence with reasonabl…

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