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(Eagle News) — A Makati court has scheduled the hearing on the Department of Justice’s application for an alias warrant against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Sept. 13. Judge Andres Soriano of the Makati Regional Trial Court’s Branch 148 also gave Trillanes five days to comment on the DOJ motion that also seeks for a hold departure order against him. The application for an HDO and an alias warrant was made by the DOJ after […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that there is no “double jeopardy” yet on the criminal case of coup d’etat previously filed against senator Antonio Trillanes since the hearing had not yet reached trial on its merits, and was dismissed because of the grant of amnesty in 2010. Roque, a former human rights lawyer, also claimed that the grant of amnesty by former President Benigno Aquino III to Trillanes was just “political accommodation” […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, Sept. 5, said he had no plans of leaving the Senate premises so far. Trillanes made the comment in an interview with reporters in the Upper House, where he spent the night following the revocation of the amnesty granted to him by former President Benigno Aquino III. “Kasi hindi valid..Instinct ko nga kahapon ay magwalk in na ako..If we’re going to turn ourselves in voluntarily, ang […]
(Eagle News) — Maaaring mawalan ng trabaho ang nasa 15,000 health workers kasunod ng pagkakaroon ng mababang budget ng Department of Health (DOH) sa susunod na taon. Sinabi ni Health Secretary Francisco Duque, maraming mga kontraktwal na manggagawa ang posibleng matanggal sa kanilang posisyon. Una rito, iginiit ng Department of Budget and Management (DBM) na ang isa sa mga maapektuhan ng budget cut ang health human resources deployment dahil ang pondo ay inilipat sa maintenance […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Ralph Recto on Wednesday, Sept. 5, took to the defense of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV after the amnesty granted to him was revoked by President Rodrigo Duterte. “Kung nawala papeles niya, bakit niya problema yun?” Recto asked. Proclamation 572 cited a certification from the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ J1 that said Trillanes’ application was “not available” in revoking the amnesty granted by then-President Benigno Aquino III to him. The proclamation […]
(Eagle News) — If Senator Antonio Trillanes has proof he applied for amnesty, then he can show this in court if he challenges the amnesty revocation, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Wednesday, Sept. 5. Speaking to ANC, Guevarra said this document, after all, was “what seems to be missing.” Under Proclamation No. 572, President Rodrigo Duterte voided the amnesty granted to Trillanes, noting a certification from the Armed Forces of the Philippines that said […]
(Eagle News) — Inflation reached 6.4 percent in August, the Philippine Statistics Office reported on Wednesday, Sept. 5. According to the PSA, this was the fastest recorded since the 6.6 percent inflation rate in March 2009. Earlier, the Department of Finance predicted an inflation rate of 5.88 percent.
(Eagle News) — The plebiscite for the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law will be on January 21, 2019. This is according to Commission on Elections spokesperson James Jimenez, who issued a statement on Wednesday, Sept. 5. According to Jimenez, special registration activities would be conducted in Bangsamoro “core territories” from Sept. 11 to 13, 2018. The plebiscite period, on the other hand, was from Dec. 7, 2018 to Feb. 5, 2019. The campaign period for […]
By Earlo Bringas Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV spent the night inside the Senate building after news about the voiding of his amnesty came out Tuesday, September 4. Trillanes maintained that he will stay at the Senate premises until his lawyers have completed and filed the legal remedies needed to prove the validity of the amnesty granted to him by former President Benigno Aquino III. About 20 of his supporters […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is not discounting the possibility of more attacks in the country following the blasts in Sultan Kudarat that left at least five dead. “There’s a lot of terror attacks going on, not only here but all over the world and my country is no exception. We just had about two explosions in one of the provinces in Mindanao. And we expect more,” Duterte said during his visit to Israel’s Magen […]
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday thanked the Philippines’ role in providing a safe haven for Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust some 80 years ago. During a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte and the Philippine officials on Tuesday, Rivlin highlighted Israel’s relations with the Philippines dating back to the World War II, when the country opened its doors to Jewish refugees from Europe. He said the Israel-Philippines relationship did not start 60 years ago […]
(Eagle News) – “The past finally caught up with Senator Trillanes.” This was how Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque described the recent turn of events on the voiding of the 2010 amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV by former President Benigno Aquino III. Roque, who had also served as legal counsel before for Trillanes himself and other mutineers, said the senator had never admitted guilt to the crime of coup d’etat. What will now […]
