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(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 […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV will not likely leave the Senate office yet after he returned late Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 26, shortly after posting a P200,000 bail before the Makati regional trial court which issued an arrest warrant for his rebellion case in connection with his participation in the 2007 Manila Peninsula Siege. Trillanes said he is not yet ready to go home “unless this issue has been formally settled.” He said […]
Article quoted Trillanes as saying he and his colleagues “did not admit to the charge of coup d’etat or anything na finile sa amin” (Eagle News) — A Makati court has ordered GMA News TV to produce a “duly authenticated” copy of its 2011 report that said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV availed of the amnesty granted by the then-government for the Oakwood mutiny and the Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and 2007, respectively. Makati Regional Trial […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday, Sept. 13, said he would try to leave the Senate building “quietly.” “Susubukan ko mamayang lumabas. We will do it quietly para we’ll see,” Trillanes said. Trillanes had been sleeping overnight in the Upper House since news of the issuance of Proclamation No. 572 broke last week. The proclamation, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte, declared the amnesty granted to Trillanes for the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula […]
Trillanes denies issuing threats vs man who charged him with sedition, rebellion raps (Eagle News)—Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Labor Undersecretary Jing Paras figured in a heated exchange in the Senate on Tuesday, May 29. Trillanes was seen rejecting the handshake of Paras, who at that time was seen standing at the VIP gallery with Health Secretary Francisco Duque III. Trillanes, however, shook Duque’s hand. The opposition senator was also seen pointing fingers at Paras, […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has dismissed the rebellion complaint against the widow of slain Maute terrorist group leader Otto Maute. In a resolution dated March 7, the DOJ ruled there was a lack of probable cause for the complaint filed by the police and the military against Najiya Dilangalen Karon-Maute. She was arrested in January by the police and the military who accused her of aiding members of the terrorist group. In junking the […]
(Eagle News) — The wife of one of the slain leaders of the Maute Group has been released by the Department of Justice pending further investigation. The DOJ said the complaint of rebellion against Najiya Dilangalen Karon-Maute, Otto Maute’s wife, was “not proper for inquest but for regular preliminary investigation” since she supposedly committed the acts seven months before she was arrested in Cotabato City. According to the DOJ, the complainants also “did not present any […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday said he would declare the New People’s Army a terrorist group, noting what he said were their “depredations,” including the supposed killing of a 4-month-old baby. “I’ll be issuing a proclamation. I will remove them from the category of a legal entity, or at least a semimovement which would merit our attention, placing the—same as America—terrorists,” Duterte said. He reiterated he no longer wanted to talk to […]
(Eagle News) — Several lawyers are taking Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to court over a comment they said incited sedition and rebellion. The group of Former Negros Oriental Rep. Jacinto Paras, Manuel Luna, Nasser Marohomsalic, and Eligio Mallari said Trillanes should be taken to task for a portion of his privilege speech on Oct. 3, in which they said he “encouraged the military to kill” President Rodrigo Duterte. “Kung makikita ito (Duterte’s alleged ill-gotten wealth) […]
(Eagle News) – The Supreme Court has approved the request of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to transfer the cases of arrested members and sympathizers of the Islamist State-inspired Maute terror group, including those who were involved in the siege of Marawi City, to Taguig City courts. Supreme Court spokesperson Theodore Te said the high court’s en banc session took place on June 27. The cases are currently being tried in Cagayan de Oro […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s net satisfaction rating rose even after he declared martial law across Mindanao, with the popular chief executive even setting a personal record-high score this time around. Duterte’s net satisfaction rating based on the June 2017 survey of the Social Weather Stations was at +66, three points higher than the net satisfaction rating he received in March. The President garnered a +63 net rating in December 2016, when SWS first […]
(Eagle News)– The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Tuesday (AFP) said it has tracked Maute reinforcements attempting to enter Marawi City. 1st Infantry Battalion spokesperson Lt. Col. Jo-Ar Herrera said that the military was, however, making more headway in the fight against the local terrorists. On Tuesday, the military recovered around P79 million worth of cash and a check from a house they said was used as a hideout by Maute snipers in the city. The […]
