Highlights: Day 8 of Sara Duterte impeachment trial | July 21, 2026

MANILA, Philippines – The Senate impeachment court opened Day 8 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s trial on Tuesday by admonishing National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag, with Presiding Officer Francis Escudero telling him to “kindly avoid statements pertaining to individual members of this impeachment court” as soon as Matibag was called to the