Manila, Sept. 2 -- Former Department of Education (DepEd) Undersecretary Michael Wesley Poa testified Wednesday that he reported directly to then-Education Secretary Sara Duterte, received her instructions on department operations, and sought her guidance before media interviews despite allegedly having no firsthand knowledge of how the agency's confidential funds were operationally used.

Poa took the witness stand as a hostile prosecution witness on Day 21 of Duterte's impeachment trial.

Private prosecutor Benjamin Tolosa Jr. questioned him about the authority he exercised and his working relationship with Duterte while serving as DepEd spokesperson, undersecretary, chief of staff, officer-in-charge for finance, and head of the procur...