Tag: Davao court

Palace hits back at Trillanes; says he’s a “rabble-rouser, perennial whiner”

(Eagle News)—“An incorrigible rabble-rouser and a perennial whiner.” This was how Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo described Senator Antonio Trillanes IV after he lashed out anew at the Duterte administration following the issuance of a warrant of arrest against him for libel. “Instead of facing this squarely, however, the Senator from Bicol ranted and released a fiery statement before the media, attacking the administration as his usual style,” Panelo said. According to Panelo, Trillanes was “certainly […]

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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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SC acquits two men convicted of rape in 2012

(Eagle News) — Two men who were convicted of rape by a Davao court in 2012 have been acquitted by the Supreme Court. In acquitting Juvy Amarela and Junard Racho, the High Court did not apply what is supposedly the decades-old women’s honor doctrine, under which women are believed not to lie about being raped because “women, especially Filipinos, would not admit that they have been abused unless that abuse had actually happened.” In a decision […]

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