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(Eagle News) — Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda believes Proclamation No. 572 that declared the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV void ab initio is “sufficient and legal.” In his 22-page resolution that granted the Department of Justice’s motion for the issuance of an alias warrant and a hold departure order against Trillanes, Alameda said the certification issued by the military that said there was no available copy of the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday, Sept. 25, posted bail for the rebellion case filed against him. Trillanes proceeded to the Makati Regional Trial Court to post the P200,000 bail set by Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda for his temporary liberty, after he underwent booking procedures at the Makati Police. Live footage on national television showed Trillanes accompanied by opposition senators Bam Aquino, Kiko Pangilinan and Risa Hontiveros, […]
By Vic Somintac Eagle News Service “Let us stop the drama by presscon and allow the legal process to take its course.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque had this to say after the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 ordered Senator Antonio Trillanes IV arrested and for a hold departure order to be issued against him. According to Roque, the court after all “has spoken.” “As the President has said, we will respect the decision of […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV yielded to police on Tuesday, Sept. 25, after a Makati court ordered him arrested, and ordered for a hold departure order to be issued against him. Below is a slideshow of the senator’s mugshots, as provided by the National Capital Region Police Office. With a report from Mar Gabriel
(Eagle News) — “Face the music and dance.” Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo had this to say to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, following a Makati court’s order to have him arrested, and to have a hold departure order issued against him. “The order is anchored on solid legal ground. Trillanes should face the music and dance as Frank Sinatra would croon in his song with the same title,” Panelo said in a statement. According to […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, Sept. 25, said Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 essentially recognized that the rebellion case against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was “still very much alive.” Guevarra issued the brief statement after Judge Elmo Alameda ordered the arrest of Trillanes, essentially granting the DOJ’s very urgent motion that also sought for a hold departure order against the senator. The motion–which was also filed before the Makati RTC […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 has ordered the arrest of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. This was after Judge Elmo Alameda granted the Department of Justice’s very urgent ex-parte omnibus motion dated Sept. 7 that also sought for a hold departure order against the senator. The judge also set bail for Trillanes at P200,000, the same bail amount the court set in April 2010, when the court first allowed him […]
by Sam Reeves Agence France Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s toppled leader Najib Razak was arrested Wednesday and will be charged over allegations that $628 million linked to state investment fund 1MDB ended up in his personal bank accounts, officials said. Allegations that Najib and his cronies looted huge sums from the investment vehicle were a major factor in the shock defeat of his long-ruling coalition in elections in May, at the hands […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, Sept. 14, announced a P500,000 reward for any information that would lead to the arrest of Peter Go Lim. Guevarra said the government was ready to give the reward “provided that such information will lead to the actual arrest of said fugitive.” “The DOJ warns persons coddling (Lim) who has been indicted for conspiracy to trade in illegal drugs, that they will be prosecuted for obstruction of justice […]
(Eagle News) — Nobody is interested in arresting Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte himself, who spoke to reporters after leading a command conference of government officials on the preparations being undertaken ahead of the landfall of Typhoon “Ompong.” The President made the remark after Trillanes decided to remain holed up in the Senate even after he said he would leave the building “quietly” within the day. Trillanes said he […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Chinese e-commerce billionaire Liu Qiangdong — also known as Richard Liu — was briefly arrested in the midwestern US city of Minneapolis over allegations of criminal sexual conduct, authorities said. Records from Hennepin County Jail showed Liu, founder and CEO of Chinese online retail giant JD.com, was arrested over the misconduct allegations late Friday night and released Saturday afternoon. The Minneapolis Police Department said the investigation remained active and […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Aug. 23, urged Peter Lim to surrender. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the pronouncement days after Judge Gina Bibat-Palamos of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 65 ordered his arrest on charges of conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading. Lim’s co-accused are self-confessed drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa, Lovely Impal and Marcelo Adorco, among others. The charges against the group had been junked by a first panel of Department of Justice […]
