Tag: Antonio Trillanes

Trillanes claims gov’t favored Mislatel as 3rd telco because of its officials’ “contributions” to Duterte’s presidential campaign

Mislatel reiterates it went through the proper process (Eagle News) — Mislatel on Thursday, Jan. 24, reiterated it went through the proper process before it was chosen as the country’s third telco player, even as opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes claimed the consortium had been favored  by the government. In a statement read before the Senate committee on public services, Dennis Uy, chairman of Udenna and Chelsea Logistics, which, together with China Telecom, and Mindanao Islamic Telephone […]

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Charges for grave threats filed vs Trillanes

(Eagle News)–Charges for grave threats have been filed against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV before a Pasay court. The charges stem from an incident in the Senate in May 2018 in which Trillanes, Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras said, threatened to “Finish him off (yayariin).” “Ang lakas ng loob mo. Hindi magtatagal ang amo mo. Matatapos din yan,” Trillanes said, according to Paras. Paras is also a complainant in an inciting to sedition case filed against Trillanes […]

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Trillanes wants to appeal Makati court order upholding legality of Proclamation No. 572 before SC

(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has expressed his intent to question a Makati court’s order upholding the legality of Proclamation No. 572 directly before the Supreme Court, where he earlier filed a petition seeking for the proclamation to be nullified. In his  urgent motion, manifestation and notice of appeal, Trillanes, through his legal counsel Reynaldo Robles, asked Judge Andres Soriano of Branch 148 of the Makati Regional Trial Court to allow him to appeal […]

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Trillanes to post bail for libel on Monday, Dec. 10

(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV will post bail for the libel case filed against him by former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte on Monday, Dec. 10. Trillanes issued the statement after Judge Melinda Alconcel-Dayanghirang of the Davao City Regional Trial Court Branch 54 issued a warrant for his arrest stemming from the charges filed after he linked the presidential son to the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that slipped the country recently, and accused him […]

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Davao court orders Trillanes’ arrest for libel

(Eagle News) — A Davao court has ordered the arrest of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for libel. The arrest warrant issued by Judge Melinda Alconcel-Dayanghirang of the Davao City Regional Trial Court Branch 54 stems from the libel charges filed by former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte against the senator. The presidential son filed several libel complaints against Trillanes after the senator accused him of being a member of an international crime syndicate, of the Davao […]

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Trillanes accuses Duterte of disrespecting President’s office; “Kulang nalang magsando,” senator says

(Eagle News)—Senator Antonio Trillanes IV hit President Rodrigo Duterte for allegedly “disrespect(ing)” the chief executive office. “Kulang nalang magsando,” Trillanes said when asked about Duterte’s failure to attend some Association of Southeast Asian Nations events in Singapore. The Palace had said the President took naps to catch on sleep, but that he was duly represented in those events. According to Trillanes, this was only proof Duterte was “physically unfit to fulfill his duties as president of […]

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President Duterte: My son Paolo will run for a House seat to get back at Trillanes

(Eagle News)–Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte is running for a seat in the House of Representatives in the 2019 elections. President Rodrigo Duterte himself, the former vice mayor’s father, revealed this in a speech before members of the Filipino community in Papua New Guinea on Friday, Nov. 16. The President is attending the 26th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Econonic Leaders Meeting there, but cut short his trip. “I think he’s (Paolo Duterte) running for […]

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Bong Go slams Trillanes, Alejano for their remarks on President Duterte’s health

(Eagle News)–Special Assistant to the President Bong Go on Sunday, Aug. 26, slammed Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano for their comments about President Rodrigo Duterte’s health. In a statement, Go said the two could join the President in his September 2 to 5 trip to Israel so they could see the trip had nothing to do with the chief executive’s physical condition. “Pwede naman siyang sumama. He (Alejano) is a congressman..Kung […]

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President Duterte slams ICC, Rome Statute

Says he will convince other countries to pull out from tribunal (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday slammed the Rome Statute that establishes the International Criminal Court, and the tribunal, noting that he would convince other countries to “get out” of the same. “The treaty is bull(s**t),” Duterte said in his speech during the graduation of the Philippine Military Academy Alab Tala Class of 2018. According to the President, the ICC was European Union-sponsored, and […]

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Trillanes renews calls for probe into President Duterte’s, Sara Duterte’s “bank accounts”

Says he will file reso in Senate on Monday (Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Sunday renewed calls for a probe into  President Rodrigo Duterte’s and Sara Duterte’s “bank accounts,” saying he would file a resolution on Monday for the same. He said there were bank documents under the name of Duterte and his daughter that showed their “undisclosed covered transactions.” He noted a report released by Vera Files that said the President and the […]

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Sara Duterte: Mans Carpio, Paolo Duterte did the right thing when they sued Trillanes

(Eagle News)– Davao Mayor Sara Duterte on Friday said her husband and brother did the right thing when they sued Senator Antonio Trillanes. Duterte said she hopes that the case Mans Carpio and Paolo Duterte filed against the senator for his statement linking them to the so-called Davao Group will prosper. “I feel na what Trillanes did to them is too much, especially that my husband is a private individual. He is not a public official,” […]

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