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(Eagle News)—Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, Sept. 4, denied the revocation of the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV had anything to do with his opposition to the administration. In a press briefing, Guevarra said “it’s a matter of compliance with the law.” “This is a matter which is provided in the Constitution itself. When the chief executive grants clemency, all the requirements must be naturally complied with,” Guevarra said. In revoking the […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP)–Weak inflation, sluggish wage growth and high levels of household debt saw Australia’s central bank keep interest rates on hold at a record low on Tuesday. The Reserve Bank of Australia slashed the cash rate from November 2011 to August 2016 to 1.50 percent to boost the economy as it transitioned away from a mining investment boom and it has not moved since. Most economists are not expecting the bank to lift them […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said that he had been assured by the Senate leadership that no arrests will be made while he is inside the Senate premises, as he was placed “under the custody” of Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III. “Basically I was placed in the custody of the Senate President until my lawyers file the necessary petition in the Supreme Court,” he told reporters shortly after emerging from a […]
by Dave JAMES Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova crashed out of the US Open on Monday in back-to-back seismic shocks under the Arthur Ashe Stadium lights. Federer, the five-time champion and looking to end his 10-year wait to add to his total in New York, was beaten by Australia’s world number 55 John Millman 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/3). It was 20-time major winner Federer’s […]
(Eagle News)—–Opposition senator Bam Aquino on Tuesday, Sept. 3, slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s revocation of the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, calling it a “clear oppression” of members of the opposition. “Clearly irregular itong nangyayri. Probably illegal and unconstitutional,” he said. According to Aquino, the amnesty granted to Trillanes in 2010 has the concurrence of Congress. “Di pa ako nakakarinig ng amnesty na nirevoke. It might be the first time in our history,” […]
(Eagle News)–A bomb threat disrupted hearings in the Antipolo Hall of Justice on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Around 9 a.m., several judges and a prosecutor received a text message about the supposed bomb. So far, though, authorities found no bomb in the area.
(Eagle News) — Members of the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group are seen on guard outside the Senate building, and inside the Senate building on Tuesday, Sept. 3, after President Rodrigo Duterte has revoked and voided the grant of amnesty given to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Trillanes, on Tuesday, said that he is also ready to be arrested and insisted on the validity of the amnesty granted to him by former […]
(Eagle News)—Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, Sept. 4, defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to revoke the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. According to Guevarra, “the matter of taking a look at whether amnesty granted is valid or not is something that can be done at any time..” He said this was “because probably you’ve seen from the proclamation if that grant of amnesty is declared to be void then it can be […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s National Museum, ravaged Sunday by a massive fire, is Latin America’s largest natural history and anthropology museum, with more than 20 million artefacts and 530,000 titles. Marking its 200-year anniversary in June, it was founded in 1818 by Portuguese King Joao VI and has been installed since 1892 in a former royal palace. It sits in the Quinta da Boa Vista public park in the north of Rio […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said he would “not resist arrest” and would be willing to be incarcerated again while he is exhausting all legal means to prove that the grant of amnesty to him by former President Benigno Aquino III was valid. Speaking to reporters, Trillanes claimed the action of President Rodrigo Duterte to void his amnesty was a “case of political persecution.” He insisted he had applied for amnesty and had […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years made landfall Tuesday, the country’s weather agency said, bringing violent winds and heavy rainfall that prompted evacuation warnings. Packing winds of up to 216 kilometres (135 miles) an hour, Typhoon Jebi made landfall in western Japan as the strongest storm since 1993, the weather agency’s chief forecaster Ryuta Kurora told AFP. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News)—-Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday, Sept. 3, maintained he had complied with the minimum requirements for the amnesty granted to him by then-President Benigno Aquino III, saying his was a “clear case of political persecution.” “Absolutely complied lahat yan.Mga kaso sa civil courts nadismiss yan..,” he said. Asked if he had applied for the amnesty in the first place, he said: “Di ka naman bibigyan ng amnesty kung wala kang application.” “Maliwanag yun. […]
