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(Eagle News) — The trial for the rebellion charges filed against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for his alleged role in the Manila Peninsula Siege in 2007 will resume on March 20. On that day at 2 p.m., the prosecution is slated to present its evidence against the senator before Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda. The resumption of the trial comes more than four months after it was supposed to resume after […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has expressed his intent to question a Makati court’s order upholding the legality of Proclamation No. 572 directly before the Supreme Court, where he earlier filed a petition seeking for the proclamation to be nullified. In his urgent motion, manifestation and notice of appeal, Trillanes, through his legal counsel Reynaldo Robles, asked Judge Andres Soriano of Branch 148 of the Makati Regional Trial Court to allow him to appeal […]
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) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is asking the court to allow him to travel to four countries in December and January. In a motion, Trillanes, who is out on bail, asked Judge Elmo Alameda of Branch 150 of the Makati Regional Trial Court for approval to go to The Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom from December 11, 2018 to January 12, 2019 and to the United States from January 27 to February […]
(Eagle News) — The pleadings filed by the government and the camp of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to appeal a part of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148’s October ruling that, among others, denied the issuance of an arrest warrant against the senator for coup d’etat but at the same time upheld the validity of Proclamation No. 572 are now up for resolution. This as Trillanes’ camp filed their reply to the prosecution’s opposition […]
(Eagle News)—-The Palace on Saturday, Nov. 10, reiterated Proclamation No. 572 is “by no means an intrusion or usurpation into the powers of the other independent branches of government.” “As correctly stated by the Makati court, the President’s proclamation does not trample upon the Congressional prerogative to concur with the grant of amnesties since it is not the amnesty proclamation that was declared void, but its implementation,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said, referring to Branch […]
(Eagle News) — A Makati court has asked the government to comment on Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s appeal of its earlier decision upholding the legality of Proclamation No. 572. Judge Andres Soriano of the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148, who in the same decision, however, junked the Department of Justice’s request for the issuance of a warrant of arrest against the senator for coup d’etat, gave prosecutors five days to answer Trillanes’ motion for partial […]
(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) — The Makati City Regional Trial Court Branch 150 has scheduled for hearing Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s appeal of its decision to allow the issuance of an alias warrant and a hold departure order against him. Judge Elmo Alameda set the hearing for Friday, Oct. 12. In his appeal of the Sept. 25 order that essentially revived the rebellion charges against the senator, Trillanes said the prosecution’s argument he did not file an […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV left the Senate on Saturday, Sept. 29, almost a month after he had been holed up in the building following news of the issuance of Proclamation No. 572 that declared the amnesty granted to him for the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and 2007 respectively void ab initio. Pictures showed Trillanes packing his things before his departure, which took place a day after Judge Andres Soriano of […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV refused to apologize to Solicitor Generl Jose Calida, saying the lawyer was “in no position to demand anything.” “Alam ng buong Pilipinas at this point ‘yung katotohanan…Ngayon, kung ano man ang plano niyang gawin. I expect the worst out of him so he can do whatever he wants,” Trillanes said. Earlier in the day, Calida demanded a “sincere apology” from Trillanes for calling him a thief. “Meron pang statement si (Defense) […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Chiz Escudero urged the Supreme Court to act on Senator Antonio Trillanes’ petition challenging Proclamation No. 572 and seeking to put a stop to its implementation. “O kung matatagalan pa ang kanilang pagpapasya, sana ikonsidera nila ang pag-isyu muna ng TRO (temporary restraining order). The right of a person to liberty cannot be made to depend on the Court’s absence or lack of action on an issue,” Escudero said. Earlier, the SC, without […]
