Tag: Antonio Trillanes IV

Trillanes posts bail in conspiracy to commit sedition case

https://youtu.be/G6bh4Ewbefk   (Eagle News) — Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday, Feb. 18, posted bail in the conspiracy to commit sedition case against him. Trillanes posted the P10,000 bail before the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 138, a day after Peter Joemel Advincula alias “Bikoy,” his co-accused, posted bail in the same case. Apart from Trillanes and Advincula, indicted were priests Flaviano Villanueva and Albert Alejo,  Yoly Villanueva Ong, Boom Enriquez. Jonnell Sanggalang, […]

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DOJ panel indicts Trillanes, ten others for conspiracy to commit sedition

Robredo, others cleared in sedition case (Eagle News)–A Department of Justice panel has cleared Vice President Leni Robredo and other opposition figures of sedition but found probable cause to indict for conspiracy to commit sedition former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and several others over an alleged plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. In its 57-page resolution, the DOJ panel also recommended for indictment Peter Joemel Advincula alias “Bikoy,” dismissed police official Eduardo Acierto, priest Albert […]

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Trillanes denies Sabio’s allegations

(Eagle News)–Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV has denied he owed lawyer Jude Sabio P700,000 in lawyer’s fees, and was behind the Ang Totoong Narcolist videos as the lawyer claimed. In a statement, Trillanes said it was clear in an interview of Sabio, who was responsible for filing a case against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court, that “hindi ako ang nagpagawa sayo ng billing na yan at hindi rin ako ang kliyente mo.” […]

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Nancy Binay offers outgoing senator Trillanes free hospitalization, teaching job in Makati

(Eagle News)—-Senator Nancy Binay has offered Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who spearheaded a Senate probe into the  alleged overpricing of a University of Makati building, a teaching job at the university. According to Senator Panfilo Lacson, Binay, daughter of Jejomar Binay, Trillanes’ rival, also offered the outgoing senator free hospitalization at the Ospital ng Makati,  “with 24-hour free parking at the Makati parking lot, plus free admission to the Ospital ng Makati and free burial […]

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Pasay court junks Trillanes’ bid to quash inciting to sedition case vs him

(Eagle News)–A Pasay court has junked Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s bid to quash an inciting to sedition case filed against him. In junking Trillanes’ motion, Pasay City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 45 Judge Remiebel Mondia   ruled the veracity of the senator’s argument his statements in a 2017 speech against President Rodrigo Duterte were not seditious  “can only be ascertained in a full-blown trial..” “Kung makikita ‘to ng mga sundalo, M60 machine gun ang gagamitin sa’yo. […]

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Trillanes posts bail for libel

(Eagle News)—Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday, Dec. 10, posted bail for the libel cases filed against him. Trillanes went before Pasay Judge Rowena Nieves Tan to post the P96,000 bail set by Judge Melinda Alconcel-Dayanghirang of Davao City Regional Trial Court Branch 54, or P24000 for each of the four counts of libel filed against him. The charges were filed by former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, after he was accused by Trillanes of being […]

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Locsin on document presented by Trillanes as signed MOU: It may have been written by the senator’s staff, instead

(Eagle News)—-Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Monday, Nov. 26, said the document which Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said was the draft agreement on oil and gas exploration signed between the Philippines and China may have been written by Trillanes’ staff instead. In a television interview, Locsin said  the  draft agreement which was submitted to the Chinese side was the one he himself penned, after all. “How can I respond to non-sense? It’s not […]

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Opposition senators seek probe into deaths of nine sugarcane farmers in Negros Occidental

(Eagle News) — Minority senators are seeking a probe into the deaths of nine sugarcane farmers in Sagay, Negros Occidental on Oct. 20. In filing Senate Resolution No. 929, Senators Leila de Lima, Francis Pangilinan, Bam Aquino, Risa Hontiveros, Antonio Trillanes IV and Franklin Drilon urged the government to look into the killings they believe were perpetrated by “powerful landowners..” Earlier, leftist groups said landowners related to political clans were behind the killings of the […]

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US Embassy official visits Trillanes, others

(Eagle News) — The political officer of the United States Embassy visited several senators, including Antonio Trillanes IV. Josh Morris, chief of the internal political unit of the US Embassy, paid the senators a visit on Wednesday, Sept. 19, based on an entry in the Senate logbook. He listed “various senators” as the target of his visit. Apart from Trillanes, among the others he reportedly visited were Senators Tito Sotto and Gregorio Honasan. Sotto confirmed the […]

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Makati court orders news outfit to produce “duly authenticated” copy of 2011 report on Trillanes

Article quoted Trillanes as saying he and his colleagues “did not admit to the charge of coup d’etat or anything na finile sa amin”  (Eagle News) — A Makati court has ordered GMA News TV to produce a “duly authenticated” copy of its 2011 report that said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV availed of the amnesty granted by the then-government for the Oakwood mutiny and the Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and 2007, respectively. Makati Regional Trial […]

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Labor Undersecretary Paras to sue Trillanes for inciting to sedition

(Eagle News)–Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras is slated to sue  Senator Antonio Trillanes IV again. The charges for inciting to sedition to be filed before a Pasay court stem from Trillanes’ remark the military should not follow “illegal orders” from President Rodrigo Duterte. Trillanes made the remark amid rumors he was to be arrested following the declaration of the amnesty granted to him as void ab initio. The charges were also reportedly because Trillanes called the […]

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Trillanes says DND has no jurisdiction over him; I have been a civilian since 2007, he says

(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, Sept. 5, said the Department of National Defense has no jurisdiction over him. In a press conference, Trillanes said this was because as of  2007, he was already considered a civilian. Defense officials, however, already said that even if this was the case, Trillanes could still be court-martialled as he violated the Articles of War as a soldier. “Pursuant to Section 66 of the Omnibus Election […]

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