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(Eagle News)—Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday, Sept. 25, welcomed the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150’s upholding of Proclamation No. 572 that declared the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV as void ab initio, and the court’s subsequent issuance of a .warrant of arrest and hold departure order against the senator. Calida reportedly had a hand in the review of the amnesty granted to Trillanes by the government of then-President Benigno Aquino III. […]
(Eagle News) — Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda believes Proclamation No. 572 that declared the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV void ab initio is “sufficient and legal.” In his 22-page resolution that granted the Department of Justice’s motion for the issuance of an alias warrant and a hold departure order against Trillanes, Alameda said the certification issued by the military that said there was no available copy of the […]
By Vic Somintac Eagle News Service “Let us stop the drama by presscon and allow the legal process to take its course.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque had this to say after the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 ordered Senator Antonio Trillanes IV arrested and for a hold departure order to be issued against him. According to Roque, the court after all “has spoken.” “As the President has said, we will respect the decision of […]
Senator says he will post P200,000 bail today (Eagle News) — “Officially, wala na tayong demokrasya.” This was the reaction of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, following a Makati court’s order to have him arrested and have a hold departure order issued against him on Tuesday, Sept. 25. Judge Elmo Alameda of the Makati RTC Branch 150, where Trillanes was charged with rebellion, set bail for the senator at P200,000. Trillanes said he would post bail […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 has ordered the arrest of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. This was after Judge Elmo Alameda granted the Department of Justice’s very urgent ex-parte omnibus motion dated Sept. 7 that also sought for a hold departure order against the senator. The judge also set bail for Trillanes at P200,000, the same bail amount the court set in April 2010, when the court first allowed him […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Office of the Solicitor General has asked two branches of the Makati Regional Trial Court to dismiss Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s petition challenging Proclamation No. 572, and issue a warrant against him. According to the comment filed by the OSG before branches 150 and 148, where Trillanes had been charged with coup d’etat and rebellion charges for the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and 2007, […]
(Eagle News)–“Stop acting like an anxious puppy.” Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo had this to say to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who he said “keeps on engaging the media by claiming that he must continue seeking the protection of the Senate since the President has personally ordered for his arrest.” “If he truly believes that there is no basis for his arrest and that he is practically doing service to the Filipino people by continuously […]
(Eagle News) — The materials presented by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to the court as supposed proof he complied with the requirements for an amnesty are only “self-serving” and “deserve scant consideration,” the Department of Justice said. In a reply-affidavit filed before the Makati Regional Trial Court’s Branch 150, the DOJ said in the first place, the application form the senator was holding up in a picture published by a newspaper on Jan. 5, 2011 “did […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Sept. 18, said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV appeared to be suffering from “paranoia” after he said his house was under surveillance based on footage he released to the media. “First it’s drama. And now it appears to be (that),” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. Earlier, Trillanes released footage of vehicles that he said were roaming his house, proof, therefore, he said, that he was being monitored. Trillanes, who […]
(Eagle News) — There is no warrant of arrest for Senator Antonio Trillanes IV just yet. This was after the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 on Friday, Sept. 14, instead gave the prosecution five days to reply to Trillanes’ written comment and opposition to the prosecution’s motion for alias warrant and hold departure order. Trillanes, who was charged with rebellion in the court, was also given five days to respond to the prosecution’s reply. […]
Gives Trillanes, prosecution time to file pleadings first (Eagle News) — The Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 has given Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and the prosecution time to file pleadings before it acts on the Department of Justice’s motion for the issuance of a warrant of arrest and a hold departure order against him. Atty. Mara Peralta, branch clerk of court, said Trillanes was given ten days from the issuance of the RTC order […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday, Sept. 13, revealed the names of the lawyers who would represent him in legal proceedings stemming from the issuance of Proclamation No. 572. Trillanes said his lawyers are former University of the Philippines College of Law Dean Pacifico Agabin, law professor Joselito Chan, former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay, and the senator’s chief legal counsel Reynaldo Robles. He called them “the best legal minds in the country who are […]
