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(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said he would now be able to go home after the Supreme Court’s decision denying his petition for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction and a temporary restraining order (TRO). Trillanes also expressed “gratefulness” of the SC decision on Tuesday, Sept. 11, saying it had “some semblance of independence” and that it was a “welcome development.” “It was a carefully worded decision by the Supreme […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, Sept. 9, said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was using the country’s inflation problems as a “political issue.” “In fact, nagsimula na iyong problema sa inflation bago pa siguro lumabas itong isyu ng Trillanes,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. Trillanes is going head-to-head with the Palace after Proclamation 572 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte declared the amnesty granted to him as void ab initio. The proclamation had cited as bases Trillanes’ […]
(Eagle News)—-Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Sunday, Sept. 9, maintained it was up to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to show proof that he indeed submitted a form to apply for amnesty for the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and 2007, respectively. “Kung hindi mahanap iyong kopya ng (Department of National Defense), ang dapat diyan ipakita niya iyong kopya niya kasi lahat naman iyan kapag nag-file ka, may receive copy hindi ba?” he […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is only “pretending to be a crusading soldier.” This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte, who gave a speech upon his arrival in the country from Jordan and Israel, where he was on official visit. “And now, he is taking the cudgels of the military, but he has not only abandoned the vision of the military, he became corrupt by collecting sa mga negosyante. Para siyang abogado,” Duterte said. Duterte […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would follow whatever the Supreme Court will decide on the matter of the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, even as he insisted that the amnesty was “fatally flawed” and void from the start. Speaking shortly after his arrival from Israel and Jordan on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2017, the President said he has to answer the questions from the media even if he has […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte arrived from his successful trip to Israel and Jordan on Saturday, Sept. 8, a day earlier than scheduled, insisting the amnesty of senator Antonio Trillanes IV was “fatally flawed” and challenging those who want him out to come to Malacanang so that he can step down immediately. “I’m ready to step down anytime.. Kung ayaw na ng Pilipino, bababa ako (If the Filipino people do not want me, […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Friday, Sept. 7, insisted President Rodrigo Duterte wants him arrested even without a warrant. “The AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) and PNP (Philippine National Police) still have orders to have me arrested even without a warrant,” Trillanes, who has neen holed up in the Senate since Proclamation No. 572 declared void ab initio the amnesty granted to him, said. Trillanes made the statement even after Presidential Spokesperson Harry […]
(Eagle News) — The Makati court where the Department of Justice lodged a second motion for an alias warrant and hold departure order against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV will not issue the warrant just yet. Lawyer Diosfa Valencia, the Clerk of Court of the Makati Regional Trial Court’s Branch 150, said they have to retrieve case records first. Trillanes, who played a prominent role in the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he would wait for the judicial process to proceed regarding the case of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, and would want the proper issuance of the arrest warrant from the regional trial court before he could be arrested, his spokesperson said. In a press briefing in Jordan, Presidential Spokesperon Harry Roque said that President Duterte would prefer civilian court processes to proceed, rather than court martial proceedings. “He will […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of National Defense will defer to the decision of the Supreme Court on the petition filed by Senator Antonio Trillanes against Proclamation No. 572. ” The DND respects the judicial process,” the DND said in a statement issued a day after Trillanes filed a petition or certiorari, prohibition and injunction with a prayer for the issuance of a temporary restraining order on the proclamation that declared his amnesty void ab initio. In […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, Sept. 7, said the Department of Justice would seek an alias warrant and a hold departure order against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV from another court. Guevarra said the motion would be filed today before Branch 150 of the Makati Regional Trial Court, where Trillanes, who played a prominent role in the Oakwood Mutiny and the Peninsula Manila Siege in 2003 and 2007, respectively, was charged with […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV claimed that he is receiving “expressions” of support from some “active officers” of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and that he still has communication with them. Trillanes also warned of a possible uprising of the people, citing what happened in EDSA 1 and EDSA 2, if the alleged “harassment” against him continues. “These things are out of my hands.. Desisyon ng taong bayan kung hanggang kailan […]
