Manila, Sept. 21 -- House prosecutors on Monday dropped a Civil Service Commission (CSC) official from their witness lineup and moved another witness to Tuesday as they streamlined their presentation in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.

Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon told the Senate impeachment court that CSC Assistant Commissioner Ariel Ronquillo would no longer testify because two earlier witnesses had already sufficiently addressed the matters he was expected to cover.

"In the interest of expediting the proceedings, at siyempre dahil nadesisyunan naming talagang mapabilis po ang kabuuang proseso po na ito, we have decided to dispense with sa pagsalang po kay Atty. Ronquillo sa araw po na ito (and since we ...