Tag: Edgar Matobato

Kidnapping, serious illegal detention raps filed vs Trillanes, others

(Eagle News)–Criminal charges have been filed against former Senator Antonio Trillanes and several others over the alleged abduction and illegal detention of a woman they supposedly wanted to testify against now-President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016. The kidnapping with serious illegal detention charges also against priest Albert Alejo, lawyer Jude Sabio, a certain Sister Ling, and other Jane and John Does were filed by Guilermina Lalic Barrido, who surfaced at the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group […]

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Court orders Edgar Matobato arrested: report

(Eagle News) — A court has ordered the arrest of Edgar Matobato. A radio report said Matobato, who claimed before a Senate inquiry last year that President Rodrigo Duterte was behind the alleged Davao Death Squad,was ordered arrested by Judge Dorothy Gonzaga of Davao del Norte’s Panabo City Regional Trial Court Branch 4. The warrant stems from the charges filed against him by the Department of Justice in January in connection with the kidnapping of alleged terrorist Sali Makdum. Also […]

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Lascañas apologizes to Senate, says he was coerced to lie

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News)– Self-proclaimed Davao Death Squad (DDS) and former SPO3 Arturo Lascañas on Monday, March 6 apologized to Senate for his false testimony during the previous Senate hearing regarding the DDS conducted last year. “First, I’d like to ask for an apology and understanding of what I had said when I was invited (by) this honorable committee,” the retired cop said. Lascañas take back his October testimony and alleged that the DDS […]

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Sen. Gordon rejects reopening of Davao Death Squad probe, questions Lascanas’ credibility

    (Eagle News) – Senator Richard Gordon has rejected calls to reopen the investigation on the new allegations of retired SPO3 Arthur Lascañas regarding the existence of the Davao Death Squad (DDS), and his claim that President Rodrigo DUterte was involved in the alleged Davao killings. Gordon said he is doubtful of Lascañas’ turnaround, and new claims. The senator said that the senate felt “insulted” since he took an oath when he first testified […]

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Lascañas: Php4-milyon, ibinigay kapalit ng pagpatay kay Jun Pala

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Bumaligtad na ng pahayag si retired policeman SPO3 Arturo Lascañas kaugnay sa sinasabing pagkakaroon ng Davao Death Squad. Kung dati ay pinapasinungalingan niya ang DDS, ngayon ay inamin na niya ito at binawi ang unang testimonya sa Senado. Sa news conference na isinagawa sa Senado nitong Lunes, Pebrero 20, inamin ni Lascañas na nagbabayad si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kanilang target na naglalaro mula […]

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Lascañas resurfaces;

changes tune on DDS;

tags Duterte in killings

(Eagle News) — The retired policeman who denied the existence of the Davao Death Squad in a Senate hearing last year has retracted his statement, saying he took part in some of the alleged group’s killings when President Rodrigo Duterte was mayor of Davao. In a press conference in the Senate on Monday, SP03 Arthur Lascañas said the “anticrime group” was instructed personally by Duterte to “seek vengeance for the bombing of the San Pedro Cathedral […]

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Sen. Richard Gordon, wala nang balak pakinggan muli sa Senate hearing si Matobato

(Eagle News) — Wala nang balak si Senator Richard Gordon na buhayin ang imbetigasyon ng Senate Committee on Justice para ipatawag muli at pakinggan ang mga testimonya ni  Edgar Matobato. Sinabi ni Gordon na sarado na ang imbestigasyon ng pinamumunuan niyang komite hinggil sa mga nagaganap na pagpatay kung saan inilutang ni Senator Leila De Lima si Matobato bilang testigo. Ayon kay Gordon, mismong si Matobato ang sumira sa kaniyang sarili nang mabigo itong patunayan […]

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New witness vs. Duterte to back up Matobato’s claims, says lawyer

(Eagle News)– Jude Sabio, legal counsel of alleged hitman Edgar Matobato, on Friday (December 9) announced they will produce a new witness to support his client’s claims against President Rodrigo Duterte. According to Sabio, the witness allegedly saw Duterte shoot a person in Davao City in May 2012. Before this announcement, Sabio filed complaints on behalf of Matobato against the President and 27 others over their alleged involvement with the so-called Davao Death Squad (DDS). […]

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First draft of committee report on EJKs finished — Gordon

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Richard “Dick” Gordon on Monday, October 17 said that the senate committee on justice and human rights has already finished the first draft of a committee report on the inquiry into extra-judicial killings. Gordon did not reveal the contents of the committee report but said that the senate panel will recommend the filing of charges against witness and self-confessed Davao Death Squad (DDS) hitman Edgar Matobato.  He said, said […]

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Mosyon ni Matobato binasura; piyansa itinaas sa 60,000 pesos

DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Naglabas ng desisyon ang Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) Branch 3 sa sala ni Judge Silverio Mandalupe na nagbasura sa mosyon sa abogado ng self-confessed Davao Death Squad (DDS) member Edgar Matobato. Si Atty. Jude Josue Sabio na bagong abogado ni Matobato ay nag-mosyon upang ma-recall ang warrant of arrest para sa kasong illegal possession of firearms ng kaniyang kliyente ngunit nabasura lamang ito. Napag-alaman na humingi ng konsiderasyon sa korte si […]

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Edgar Matobato, now under PNP custody

QUEZON City, Philippines – Self-proclaimed member of the Davao Death Squad, Edgar Matobato surrendered to the Philippine National Police after the Davao City Municipal Trial Court issued a warrant of arrest regarding the case of illegal possession of firearms passed against him. Senator Antonio Trillanes accompanied Matobato when he surrendered to PNP Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa. A Davao court has issued an arrest warrant for his arrest warrant after he failed to show […]

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Matobato maaring hulihin kahit saan – Davao City Police Office

DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Handa ng hulihin ng Davao City Police Office (DCPO) ang nagpakilalang miyembro ng Davao Death Squad (DDS) na si Edgar Matobato. Inilabas na ng korte ang warrant of arrest laban kay Matobato na may kinalaman sa illegal possession of firearms and ammunition na isinampa sa kaniya noong taong 2014. Ayon kay DCPO Police Senior Inspector Catherine Dela Rey, handa na umano silang ihain ang warrant of arrest kay Matobato kahit saan man ito naroroon […]

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