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(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has lifted the temporary restraining order it had issued on the conduct of the Mamasapano trial at the Sandiganbayan. This means that the trial stemming over charges filed against former President Benigno Aquino III and several others for the deaths of 44 members of the Special Action Force due to the botched operation in 2015 can now proceed. The TRO was issued by the SC in February last year, after family […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Monday, June 4, said there was still no proof showing that Dengvaxia had deadly effects. ‘Yung risk, meron ‘yung 0.2 percent na binabanggit na baka magka-severe dengue. (Ang) gain (ay) ‘yung natira sa 100 percent, 99.8 percent ng population, ay nagkakaroon ng proteksyon na at least 30 months,” he said after filing his counter-affidavit to the complaint lodged against him by the Volunteers Against Crime and […]
(Eagle News) –Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday, April 16, stood by his decision not to sign the blue ribbon committee draft report that recommended the filing of charges against Former President Benigno Aquino III and others over the Dengvaxia mess. This was after Senator Richard Gordon, the panel chair, cited Lacson’s alleged ties with Aquino when asked to comment on Lacson’s opposition to the draft that also recommended the filing of charges against former Health […]
(Eagle News) — Former Health Secretary Janette Garin on Wednesday, April 11, described the draft report of the Senate blue ribbon committee recommending the filing of charges against her and several others over the Dengvaxia mess as “full of inaccuracies and half truths.” “I believe that the narrative…reflects only the long perceived pre-judgment of the issue by Senator Gordon,” Garin said in a statement. “The presentation is one-sided and replete with innuendos of expedited government action,” […]
(Eagle News)– Former President Benigno Aquino III and several others trooped to Camp Crame on Saturday to mark Senator Leila de Lima’s first anniversary in detention. Apart from Aquino, Senator Franklin Drilon and former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas visited De Lima, who is detained on drug-related charges in connection with her alleged role in the drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison when she was justice secretary. On Wednesday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque greeted De Lima […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of former President Benigno Aquino III will “discuss ways forward” following the Supreme Court’s order to temporarily halt proceedings in connection with the cases filed against him because of the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. In an interview with CNN Philippines on Friday, Abigail Valte, Aquino’s spokesperson, said this was because “at this point, we can’t really tell (if the order is a positive development).” Earlier, Aquino asked the Sandiganbayan […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court has ordered a halt to the arraignment of former President Benigno Aquino III and two others in connection with the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. In a three-page resolution signed by First Division Clerk of Court Edgar Aricheta, the SC effectively ruled in favor of the petition of the kin of Special Action Force commandos who died who wanted Aquino, former Philippine National Police Chief Alan Purisima […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III was a no-show in his arraignment over the cases filed against him in connection with the Mamasapano incident in 2015, on Friday. Aquino’s lawyer, Romeo Fernandez, told reporters that he advised his client not to attend, since they were told about the hearing on his client’s motion on short notice. Fernandez was referring to the former president’s motion seeking to dismiss the cases for graft and usurpation of […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice on Saturday issued an immigration lookout bulletin against former President Benigno Aquino III, several former high-ranking government officials and six others. The lookout bulletin order against the former President, his former Health Secretary Janette Garin, former Budget Secretary Butch Abad, former Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa and Gillaume Leroy, Olivier Brandicourt, Ruby Dizon, Thomas Triomphe and Carlito Realuyo of drug manufacturer Sanofi was in connection with a complaint […]
Former high-ranking gov’t officials, Sanofi officials also charged (Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III is facing a second criminal complaint over the Dengvaxia mess. Apart from Aquino, charged with graft and for violation of the Government Procurement Reform Act were former Health Secretary Janette Garin, former Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad, and former Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa. Also charged were Sanofi Pasteur officials—chief executive officer Olivier Brandicourt, vice president Guillaume Leroy, medical director Dr. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — If chosen as the counsel of the Government, former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile believes that he can place former president Benigno Aquino III behind bars for the latter’s alleged part in the Mamasapano incident. According to Enrile, Aquino can face charges of treason because of the alleged help that Aquino gave to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). “Ang may kasalanan dyan walang iba kundi presidente ng Pilipinas. […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (September 12) openly accused the Liberal Party (LP) and its stalwarts for the efforts of building a case against him, which can be used for impeachment proceedings. “Huwag na tayong mag-bolahan. Sumakay itong si Obama. Sumakay si Ban Ki-moon. Alam mo kaninong laro ito? Yellow iyan,” Duterte stressed. “They can think that if they can build a case against me, I’ll be impeached,” he added. Yellow symbolized the […]
