Fifteen representatives from banking and insurance companies were ready to testify as House prosecutors pursued financial records in Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial.
Witnesses in the impeachment trial do not automatically receive immunity, but complying with a lawful subpoena may provide a defense against later criminal liability.
The Senate has set a June deadline to pass at least 17 priority measures endorsed by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council, according to Senate President Vicente Sotto III.