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(Eagle News) – This is “not an investigation.” No less than the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) who recently opened a preliminary examination on the complaint of alleged crimes against humanity filed against President Rodrigo Duterte, said this to clarify her action. ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda “emphasized” this in a statement released by the ICC as posted on its website on February 8. “I emphasize that a preliminary examination is not an […]
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Tinawag na politically motivated ni Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III ang crime against humanity na isinampa laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at dalawang senador sa International Criminal Court. Iginiit ni Pimentel na ang hindi pagkakakumbinse kina Senador Alan Peter Cayetano at Senador Richard Gordon na imbestigahan ang kaso ng umano’y extrajudicial killings ay hindi nangangahulugang pinagtatakpan nila ang pangulo. “The complainant just showed how weak his complaint is and […]
(Eagle News) — A woman who was allegedly being developed as a witness to be presented to the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Duterte by senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Leila de Lima, has come out in the open to denounce the actions of the two senators and a Catholic priest who was allegedly tasked to look for witnesses against Duterte. The witness is Guillermina Barrido Arcillas, a former Liberal Party supporter, who held […]
(Eagle News) — Lumutang at nagpiyansa sa Manila Regional Trial Court ang self-confessed hitman na si Edgar Matobato para sa kasong frustrated murder laban dito. Ito ay kasunod ng warrant of arrest na inisyu laban sa kanya ng Digos City, Davao Del Sur Regional Trial Court Branch 14. Dalawandaang libong piso ang inilagak na piyansa ni Matobato para sa kanyang pansamantalang kalayaan. Ang kaso laban kay Matobato ay kaugnay sa pagbaril nito kay Abeto Salcedo […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Tito Sotto on Monday said the testimonies of retired policeman SP03 Arthur Lascañas and Edgar Matobato did not jibe in several aspects. In particular, Sotto said that Lascañas’ testimony on where Jun Bersabal was taken after he was caught differed from that made by Matobato in a Senate inquiry last year. Lascañas, who testified on Monday’s Senate inquiry that was scheduled after he recanted his previous testimony the Davao Death Squad […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate is again hearing today, Monday (March 6) the testimony of retired police officer Arturo Lascanas, with Senator Panfilo Lacson, head of the Senate committee on public order, warning the flip-flopping cop on Supreme Court rulings that do not allow major self-contradictions in cases of conspiracy. Lacson, himself, announced at the start of the hearing that he has “grown averse” of flip-flopping statements of witnesses, citing his personal experience of the […]
(Eagle News) – Self-confessed hired killer Edgar Matobato filed on Friday (December 9) a formal complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against President Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa, and the President’s son, Davao City vice-mayor Paolo Duterte for their alleged involvement in the Davao Death Squad. Matobato, who was earlier presented by Senator Leila de Lima in senate hearings on extrajudicial killings, insisted in his complaint before […]
DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Nagpalabas na ng Warrant of Arrest si Judge Silverio Mandalupe sa Davao City laban kay self-confessed member ng Davao Death Squad (DDS) na si Edgar Matobato. Hindi rin sumipot si Matobato sa itinakdang arraignment nitong Martes, October 4, 2016 sa Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) – Branch 3, sa sala ni Judge Silverio Mandalupe sa kasong Illegal Possession of Firearms and Ammunition. Hindi rin sumipot ang abogado nitong si Atty. Gregorio Andolana. Matatandaan […]
(Eagle News) – A senior police officer earlier tagged by Senate witness Edgar Matobato as being allegedly involved in extrajudicial killings in Davao City, branded Matobato as a liar and that “politics” could be behind him. Senior Police Office 3 Arturo Lascanas angrily denied at the Senate all allegations made by Lascanas against him, including his alleged involvement in the so-called Davao Death Squad. He denied that there was a Davao Death Squad, and […]
(Eagle News) – Two police officials, who had been earlier named by witness Edgar Matobato as being involved in the alleged Davao Death Squad, denied all his allegations claiming that Matobato was a “liar” pointing to specific inconsistencies in the latter’s statements. In the continuation of the Senate hearing on extrajudicial killings, the former head of the Davao Ctiy police’s heinous crime division, retired Supt. Dionisio Abude, and SPO3 Arthur Lascanas who was assigned […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV accused his colleagues at the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights of allegedly taking advantage of the language barrier to discredit Edgar Matobato during the latter’s testimony in the Senate committee’s hearing on extra-judicial killings. Trillanes claimed that although there were inconsistencies in Matobato’s testimony, the witness was still consistent with his story on the extrajudicial killings.
by Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines faced calls Friday to investigate its firebrand president after a self-confessed hitman alleged Rodrigo Duterte ordered a thousand opponents and suspected criminals murdered when he was a city mayor. Edgar Matobato told a Senate inquiry on Thursday that he and a group of policemen killed some 1,000 people in Davao city on Duterte’s orders from 1988-2013, with the politician himself shooting dead one of […]
