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(Eagle News) — Malacanang on Tuesday belied a militant group’s claims the arrest of transport leader George San Mateo was a form of harassment. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the arrest was “pursuant to a warrant of arrest duly issued by a court and therefore there can be no harassment here.” “We are just allowing the rule of law to prevail,” he said. He said beforehand, San Mateo “was warned […]
(Eagle News) — George San Mateo was arrested by authorities on Tuesday, but gained provisional liberty later in the day after he posted bail. San Mateo was apprehended by police in front of the Quezon City Hall of Justice before noon. The Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwide leader was at that time on his way to post a P4000 bail set by the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 43 that issued […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday slammed the issuance of a warrant of arrest against transport leader George San Mateo. In a statement, Poe said that while she respects the “independence of the court,” the timing of the arrest warrant issued by Judge Don Ace Mariano Alagar of the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 43 was “suspect and casts doubt on the intent of the complainant in filing such charges.” The warrant signed on […]
(Eagle News) – The Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide has denied that the two-day transport strike it launched starting today, October 12, was part of a destabilization plot against the Duterte administration. Piston National President George San Mateo made the statement in response to a pronouncement made by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to that effect. According to San Mateo, the government only wants to divert the public’s attention from […]
