Garin: VP Duterte requesting Senate to cover meal cost ‘improper, funny’

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s request for the Senate to shoulder the defense panel’s catering costs and other arrangements for the impeachment trial comes off as improper and funny at the same time, House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Janette Garin said.

In a press briefing on Wednesday, Garin and members of the House prosecution ...