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(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has asked the Court of Appeals to put a stop to the implementation of two local court orders that effectively allowed for the resumption of the trial against him for rebellion. In seeking for the temporary restraining order on the order issued by Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda on Sept. 25, 2018–which ordered Trillanes arrested on the charges–and in December of that year–which dismissed […]
(Eagle News)–A Makati court on Wednesday, Feb .13, convicted a man believed to be a member of the Sinaloa cartel for drug trafficking. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete, also the Department of Justice spokesperson, said Branch 63 Judge Selma Palacio Alaras found Horacio Herrera guilty beyond reasonable doubt for selling 2.5 kilograms of cocaine worth P12 million in Makati on Jan. 11, 2015. Herrera, a Mexican national, was sentenced to life imprisonment, and given a fine […]
(Eagle News)–A Makati court has upheld its earlier decision ordering the arrest of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for rebellion. In junking Trillanes’ appeal of the Sept. 2018 order, Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda noted the senator did not raise any new issues in his motion for reconsideration. Alameda had ordered Trillanes arrested after ruling Proclamation no. 572, which declared the amnesty granted to Trillanes for his role in the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service A Makati court has allowed Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to travel abroad. In allowing Trillanes to travel to the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom from December 11, 2018 to January 12, 2019, and to the United States from January 27, 2018 to February 10, 2019, Judge Elmo Alameda of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 noted the senator’s past actions that “demonstrate his willingness to abide with the […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has asked a Makati court to dismiss Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s request to be allowed to travel abroad. In seeking to junk the plea filed before the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150, noted that Trillanes was a “flight risk” who was facing several cases in courts. They noted that Trillanes, a senator and a former military officer, had the means and resources to escape. “From the tenor […]
(Eagle News) – The camp of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV wants the Makati regional trial court — which had earlier refused to issue an arrest warrant against the opposition senator — to reverse its ruling upholding the validity of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Proclamation No. 572. Atty. Reynaldo Robles, Trillanes’ lawyer, had already informed the Makati regional trial court branch 148 of the senator’s decision to file a motion for partial reconsideration on the court’s […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes on Tuesday, Oct. 2, faced officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for the first time since the amnesty granted to him for the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege was revoked by Presidential Proclamation No. 572. The proclamation had cited as bases Trillanes’ alleged failure to file an official application for the amnesty based on a certification issued by the military such a file was not available, and his […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, Sept. 25, said Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 essentially recognized that the rebellion case against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was “still very much alive.” Guevarra issued the brief statement after Judge Elmo Alameda ordered the arrest of Trillanes, essentially granting the DOJ’s very urgent motion that also sought for a hold departure order against the senator. The motion–which was also filed before the Makati RTC […]
(Eagle News) — A Makati court has scheduled the hearing on the Department of Justice’s application for an alias warrant against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Sept. 13. Judge Andres Soriano of the Makati Regional Trial Court’s Branch 148 also gave Trillanes five days to comment on the DOJ motion that also seeks for a hold departure order against him. The application for an HDO and an alias warrant was made by the DOJ after […]
(Eagle News) — The Makati Regional Trial Court has granted the Department of Justice’s request for a hold departure order to be issued against alleged drug lord Peter Lim. Acting Branch 65 Presiding Judge Gina Bibat-Palamos directed the Bureau of Immigration to issue the HDO, as requested by the DOJ in an ex-parte motion, noting that Lim was a flight risk. Only State Prosecutor Herbert Calvin Abugan was present at the hearing on the ex-parte […]
