Manila, March 18 -- The Senate has officially reserved the Tolentino Room for the prosecution panel in the upcoming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, Senate Secretary Renato Bantug confirmed during the logistical preparations Tuesday.
Bantug said the Senate must ensure that committee hearings continue without disruption.
"As you guys would know, napaka-limited talaga ng rooms ng Senate (the Senate rooms are very limited), and by the time we go into trial, we expect also that the Senate of the 20th Congress has started its session...So, the instruction of the Senate President is that we must also leave enough committee rooms for actual committee hearings," he told journalists after accompanying House Secretary General Re...