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Sara Duterte trial: She declared businesses over the years, but not value of stocks
Mastura: 3 biggest BARMM parties should form coalition
Court denies Sara Duterte's request to inhibit judge from grave threats case
DOJ subpoenas Robin Padilla over Bato dela Rosa escape
US judge blocks Trump limits on how long foreign students, journalists can stay

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00:01The prosecution says Vice President Sara Duterte has failed to declare the value of her business
00:06stocks in her salen since 2007. The three biggest parties in BARM are urged to form a coalition
00:12government. Sara Duterte's motion to inhibit a judge from her grave threats case fails. The
00:18Department of Justice issues a subpoena for Senator Robin Padilla for obstruction of justice.
00:24And a federal judge blocks a rule that would limit the stay of foreign students and journalists
00:28in the U.S. The prosecution and Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial seeks to establish
00:41she did not declare the value of her new business stocks despite being listed in her statements of
00:46assets, liabilities, and net worth or salen through the years. Ombudsman Records Officer Karen Batu says
00:53Duterte did not provide the acquisition costs of her businesses starting in 2007 when she
00:58entered public office as Vice Mayor of Davao City, as per Duterte Salen. The impeachment court obtained
01:04financial records of at least 20 businesses tied to the Vice President in the past two decades.
01:09Private Prosecutor James Bryan Ibrahim Ali refers to Section 8 of Republic Act 6713 which states that
01:15a public official salen must include every personal property and their acquisition cost as well as other
01:21assets such as stocks. But presiding officer Cheese Escudero points out, the salen form does not have a
01:27specific section to specify business acquisition costs.
01:30So why does this pro forma form not include a line or column for acquisition cost for businesses if that
01:40is
01:41the requirement of the law?
01:42Kasi po yung stocks is considered as personal property so dapat po nandun sa personal property portion.
01:48Meantime, Batu testifies, Duterte did not submit her salen covering 2013.
01:53Duterte ended her term as Davao City Mayor mid-2013 and was required to submit an exit salen.
02:01Bangsamoro Member of Parliament-elect Ishaq Mastura says the three biggest parties in the region should form a coalition government.
02:07This during the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao parliamentary elections.
02:12Mastura of Maguindanao del Norte's 5th parliamentary district says,
02:16Otherwise, we'll have a hang parliament.
02:18Mastura says, tensions between regional political parties, quote,
02:21will eventually die down in due time.
02:24Meantime, Barm Interim Chief Minister Abdulraov Makakuwa is proclaimed as Maguindanao del Norte 3rd District Representative.
02:31Makakuwa also says a coalition with other parties is an unavoidable situation to complete the majority of 41 members in
02:38parliament.
02:39Former Commission on Elections Chairman Sheriff Abbas also tops the race for Cotabato City's 1st District seat in the Bangsamoro
02:45Parliament.
02:47A Quezon City court denies Vice President Sara Duterte's motion to inhibit the presiding judge in her grave threats case,
02:54citing lack of merit.
02:56Duterte claimed the court allegedly assisted the prosecution in establishing probable cause.
03:01Duterte's lawyer Paul Lawrence Lim says her camp has received the court's resolution denying the motion.
03:06She's facing three counts of grave threats for saying she had enlisted the hitman for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.,
03:12First Lady Lisa Araneta Marcos, and then House Speaker Martin Romualdez.
03:17In August, the Justice Department said there was enough evidence to charge her with grave threats.
03:22In September, Judge Maria Angelica de Ramos found probable cause to issue a warrant and order Duterte's arrest.
03:28A grave threats case is bailable.
03:30Duterte posted bail on September 5.
03:34The Justice Department issues a subpoena for Senator Robin Padilla over the obstruction of justice complaints filed against him.
03:41This for his alleged role in the escape of Senator Bato de la Rosa.
03:45Padilla is directed to appear before state prosecutors on September 25 and October 9, 2026 at the DOJ headquarters.
03:52Rappler reached out to Padilla for comment but he had yet to respond as of posting.
03:56In May, the police filed an obstruction of justice complaint against Padilla for allegedly facilitating de la Rosa's escape from
04:03the Senate.
04:04It can be recalled that de la Rosa went into hiding to evade an international criminal court warrant for alleged
04:09crimes against humanity.
04:10He reappeared on May 11 to back Senator Alan Peter Cayetano's bid for the Senate presidency but was chased by
04:16National Bureau of Investigation agents.
04:18He left the premises on May 14, hours after a shooting incident, and has remained out of public view.
04:24Padilla was named the person of interest by the National Bureau of Investigation after video footage showed de la Rosa
04:30hitching a ride with him at around 2.30 a.m. on May 14.
04:35A federal judge blocks U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from implementing a new rule that would limit how long
04:41foreign students and journalists can remain in the U.S. without applying for extensions.
04:45U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor in Boston rules in favor of a coalition of unions and higher education
04:51advocacy groups a day before the Homeland Security's rule was to take effect.
04:55Saylor says Homeland Security adopted the policy based on, quote, exceptionally weak rationales.
05:01The agency cited national security and the need to prevent fraud in the visa program.
05:05But the judge found it had failed to engage with stakeholders regarding concerns about a policy change or consider less
05:11burdensome alternatives.
05:12The judge writes, the rule appended a five-decade-old system that issued visas to foreign students for their duration
05:19of status.
05:20He says that system allowed foreign students and researchers to come to the U.S., leading to groundbreaking research, often
05:25on a vast scale.
05:29And that's today's wrap. I'm JC Gotinga. Thank you for watching. Click the link below for the full story. For
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