Can the Senate hold an impeachment trial during the break? Can the President call a special session? Should the Supreme Court step in? Here's what legal experts say.

The Marcos and Duterte families dominate politics in the Philippines, and elections in the country can be as much a battle of personalities and factional interests as of policy.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court to void her impeachment and block a Senate trial that could remove her from office.

Senate Minority leader Aquilino Pimentel III believes the Senate can start acting on the impeachment proceeding against Vice President Sara Duterte as early as March.

The Philippines' lower house has impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country's firebrand former president, setting the stage for a rare, high-profile trial in the Senate.

Lawyers supporting Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte filed the first legal challenge against her impeachment at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, saying it had been unconstitutionally rushed through without proper oversight.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court to nullify an impeachment complaint against her, making her first legal move to fight the case that could lead to her removal and lead to a lifetime ban from public office.

A petition has been filed by Vice President Sara Duterte before the Supreme Court (SC) to block the impeachment complaint filed against her in Congress. The petition for certiorari and prohibition, with urgent application for temporary restraining order and writ of preliminary injunction,