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(Eagle News) — The Liberal Party announced on Tuesday, Sept. 25, that Senator Bam Aquino would form part of their senatorial slate for the 2019 elections. Apart from Aquino, the LP said Jose Manuel Diokno, De La Salle University law school dean; and former Quezon Rep. Erin Tañada would form part of the senatorial ticket. The LP adopted a resolution accepting the nomination of Diokno, Tañada and Aquino in Quezon City.
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday, Sept. 25, posted bail for the rebellion case filed against him. Trillanes proceeded to the Makati Regional Trial Court to post the P200,000 bail set by Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda for his temporary liberty, after he underwent booking procedures at the Makati Police. Live footage on national television showed Trillanes accompanied by opposition senators Bam Aquino, Kiko Pangilinan and Risa Hontiveros, […]
By Vic Somintac Eagle News Service “Let us stop the drama by presscon and allow the legal process to take its course.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque had this to say after the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 ordered Senator Antonio Trillanes IV arrested and for a hold departure order to be issued against him. According to Roque, the court after all “has spoken.” “As the President has said, we will respect the decision of […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV yielded to police on Tuesday, Sept. 25, after a Makati court ordered him arrested, and ordered for a hold departure order to be issued against him. Below is a slideshow of the senator’s mugshots, as provided by the National Capital Region Police Office. With a report from Mar Gabriel
(Eagle News) — “Face the music and dance.” Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo had this to say to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, following a Makati court’s order to have him arrested, and to have a hold departure order issued against him. “The order is anchored on solid legal ground. Trillanes should face the music and dance as Frank Sinatra would croon in his song with the same title,” Panelo said in a statement. According to […]
Senator says he will post P200,000 bail today (Eagle News) — “Officially, wala na tayong demokrasya.” This was the reaction of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, following a Makati court’s order to have him arrested and have a hold departure order issued against him on Tuesday, Sept. 25. Judge Elmo Alameda of the Makati RTC Branch 150, where Trillanes was charged with rebellion, set bail for the senator at P200,000. Trillanes said he would post bail […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, Sept. 25, said Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 essentially recognized that the rebellion case against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was “still very much alive.” Guevarra issued the brief statement after Judge Elmo Alameda ordered the arrest of Trillanes, essentially granting the DOJ’s very urgent motion that also sought for a hold departure order against the senator. The motion–which was also filed before the Makati RTC […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 has ordered the arrest of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. This was after Judge Elmo Alameda granted the Department of Justice’s very urgent ex-parte omnibus motion dated Sept. 7 that also sought for a hold departure order against the senator. The judge also set bail for Trillanes at P200,000, the same bail amount the court set in April 2010, when the court first allowed him […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has certified the Senate’s anti-contractualization bill as urgent. The certification of Senate Bill No. 1826 was contained in a letter the President wrote to Senate President Tito Sotto dated September 21. “We laud the move of the President certifying our Security of Tenure Bill as a priority measure. It is important that we pass this into law to finally put an end to work schemes like ‘endo’ and labor-only contracting,” Senator Joel […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, Sept. 25, confirmed seven of the 12 crew members who were abducted from a ship off the coast of Nigeria were Filipinos. In a statement, the DFA said it was taking the necessary steps to ensure the safe release” of the Filipino crew members of the MV Glarus who were taken as the Swiss-owned vessel was making its way from Lagos to Port Harcourt. The vessel had 19 […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday, Sept. 25, said he would file a case against outgoing National Food Authority (NFA) administrator Jason Aquino for “mak(ing) a mess out of the rice market” if no one else does. “He (Aquino) contributed to the problem of inflation. He should be held liable. If no one files, I will,” Roque said in a television interview. For this, Roque cited a report from the Commission on Audit that said […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Sept. 25, allayed fears President Rodrigo Duterte was sick, saying he underwent colonoscopy and endoscopy as part of “routine.” “To him it was so routine na he had no qualms telling everyone, the whole world that he he had it. I think human nature naman ‘yan. It was no big deal to disclose it,” Roque said in a press briefing. According to Roque, if the President were seriously ill, he […]
