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#VPOnTrial: Day 20

Victoria Tulad

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<div><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ec-lQH6pFrI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></div>Today is the 20th day of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. The Senate impeachment court will continue to hear article 1 on the alleged misuse, questionable liquidation, and systematic misappropriation of confidential funds of Duterte.<div> </div>11:57 a.m. - The Senate impeachment trial court takes a brief recess. Trial will resume at 12:45 p.m. 11:47 a.m. - Boransing says DepEd gave inputs regarding areas where YLS and IEC activities should be done. He says principals, school district superintendents and regional officers of DepEd usually gave the information.  11:41 a.m. - Escudero asks Boransing if he knows that the DepEd submitted his certification as response to the AOM. Boransing answers in the negative as he is not an intelligence officer. Escudero asks if Boransing knows whether DepEd spent on the YLS and IEC activities of its representatives. Boransing says it is possible. 11:21 a.m. - Boransing says he only found out that his certification was used by DepEd in its submission to the Commission on Audit&#x27;s (COA) Audit Observation Memorandum (AOM) during the hearing of the lower house that he attended. According to Robles, the certification was allegedly used to justify DepEd&#x27;s use of P15.54 million in confidential funds as proof of the success of information gathering or surveillance activity. 11:02 a.m. - Boransing says the inter-agency technical working group decides where the YLS and IEC will be conducted.He adds that DepEd is part of the TWG. 10:59 a.m. - Boransing says no funds from any government agency, including those identified with Vice President Sara Duterte, were downloaded to the First Infantry Tabak Division for YLS and IEC activities in 2023. 10:54 a.m. - According to Boransing, the funding for the 2023 YLS activities came from various government agencies and different local government units. &quot;KKB&quot; or kanya-kanyang bayad says Boransing. 10:51 a.m. - In the October 17, 2024 hearing, Boransing said the funding for the youth who attended YLS came from local government funds. Funding for participants from various agencies such as the Department of Education (DepED) came from their respective offices. 10:48 a.m. - Robles shows a clip of the October 17, 2024 hearing of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability where he talks about the Youth Leadership Summit. 10:43 a.m. - The Information Education Campaign (IEC), meanwhile, involves informing communities and other stakeholders of the Philippine Army&#x27;s programs, of government programs and threats in communities, according to Boransing. He says it is an interagency effort and the lead agency is on a case-to-case basis. 10:39 a.m. - Boransing confirms the conduct of eight activities of the Youth Leadership Summit (YLS) in 2023. The summit, he says, was conceptualized and implemented to stop the recruitment of the youth by violent, extremist groups. He says the program started in 2002 with the Philippine Army as the lead agency and is implemented in areas where communist-inspired insurgents operate. 10:30 a.m. - Boransing confirms he issued this certification last January 1, 2024.<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1788230129227DAY 20 IMAGE2.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Photo courtesy: Senate10:22 a.m. - Boransing says he is the Commander of Task Force Zamboanga under the First Infantry Tabak Division of the Philippine Army. </div>10:18 a.m. - Robles says Boransing was the Assistant Chief of Staff for civil and military operations of the First Tabak Division of the Philippine Army responsible for supervising Youth Leadership Summits and Information Education Campaign activities from January to December 2023. <div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1788229501171DAY 20 IMAGE1.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Photo courtesy: Senate10:10 a.m. - Atty. Lindon Bacquel will be the counsel for the respondent. </div>10:09 a.m. - Senator-judge and Presiding Officer Francis Escudero first clarifies that the photo of Office of the Vice President (OVP) Assistant Secretary and Assistant Chief of Staff Lemuel Ortonio wearing an earpiece is AI-generated. 10:07 a.m. - House prosecutor Rep. Joel Chua informs the court that their next witness is Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Col. Manaros Boransing II. Atty. Reynaldo Robles, counsel for the prosecutors, is recognized. 10:03 a.m. - Quorum is declared with 15 senator-judges. 10 a.m. - The Senate impeachment trial court convenes. Senator-judge Juan Miguel Zubiri leads the prayer.<div> </div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/8/26/live-updates-vice-president-sara-duterte-s-impeachment-trial-day-19-0948">LIVE UPDATES: Vice President Sara Duterte&#x27;s Impeachment Trial (Day 19)</a></div><div> </div><div>Refresh this page for the latest updates on the impeachment trial of the vice president.</div>

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LIVE UPDATES: Vice President Sara Duterte's Impeachment Trial (Day 20)

Victoria Tulad,

Sherwin Tinampay,

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Published September 01, 2026 09:47 AM PHT

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Updated September 01, 2026 11:58 AM PHT

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