Tag: Opposition senators

Opposition senators call for probe into deaths in Cebu anti-illegal drug ops

(Eagle News)—-Opposition senators have filed a resolution calling for an investigation into what they said was the recent spate of killings in Cebu under the “one-time, big-time” (OTBT)  drug operations of the Philippine National Police. “The allegation that police officers themselves are behind some of the killings is highly disturbing,” the group composed of Senators Kiko Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros, Bam Aquino, Antonio Trillanes IV, Franklin Drilon said in filing Senate Resolution No. 915. According to the group,  […]

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Former solon to represent opposition senators in ICC withdrawal oral arguments

(Eagle News) — Former Akbayan party-list Rep. Barry Gutierrez will represent the opposition senators who filed a petition against the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court before the Supreme Court. Gutierrez formally entered his appearance as counsel for Senators Kiko Pangilinan, Bam Aquino, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV after the High Court denied De Lima’s appeal she be allowed to represent herself and her co-petitioners in the oral arguments […]

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Opposition senators urge SC to allow detained De Lima to represent them in their petition vs PHL’s ICC withdrawal

(Eagle News)—Opposition senators on Thursday, July 26, urged the Supreme Court to allow detained Senator Leila de Lima to represent them in oral arguments on their petition against the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. In their four-page manifestation with motion, Senators Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Risa Hontiveros, Antonio Trillanes IV and De Lima herself noted  the detained senator was, they believe, the “best” who could “present and argue” the case, the issues […]

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Opposition senators ask Supreme Court to declare PHL withdrawal from ICC “invalid”

(Eagle News) –Opposition senators on Wednesday, May 16, asked the Supreme Court to declare the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court as “invalid or ineffective.” In a 17-page petition for certiorari and mandamus, Senators Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Leila De Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV also asked the High Court to compel the executive department, through the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine Permanent Mission to the United Nations, […]

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