Tag: libel cases

Trillanes welcomes Paolo Duterte’s filing of libel cases vs him

(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Sunday, Sept. 23, welcomed  former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte’s filing of libel cases against him. According to Trillanes, it would be “an opportunity to call Polong as a hostile witness, so he would be compelled to show his tattoo on his back to prove that he is a member of a Chinese triad drug syndicate.” “It would also be an opportunity for me to have his bank accounts […]

Paolo Duterte files two new libel cases vs Trillanes

(Eagle News)– Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte on Wednesday, Sept. 19, filed two new libel cases against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. The cases filed before the Davao Prosecutors’ Office stem from Trillanes’ allegations in media  the presidential son was involved in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment. Rainer Madrid, Duterte’s lawyer, said Trillanes had called his client a drug lord in an interview over radio dzmm on June 6 and over CNN Philippines on June 14. […]