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(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has changed his mind and said that he will still stay inside the Senate premises upon the “advice of some senators” a few hours after he had said he was prepared to leave the Senate grounds after the Supreme Court ruling denying his petition for a temporary restraining order. Trillanes said that he came out with his decision after allegedly making “direct engagements” with the “units” from […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said he is prepared for whatever will happen to him, describing himself as a “fatalist” but stressed that he also relies on the word of Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III that no arrest will happen while he is inside the Senate premises. “Tito Sotto is the most senior senator dito sa Senado in terms of service, 1992 pa senador na ‘yan. So, he values the institution, […]
(Eagle News) – Vice-President Leni Robredo visited opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV at the Senate where he had been staying for the past three days, and criticized moves by the Duterte administration to allegedly “harass” the senator. Explaining her visit, Robredo said she was already near the area, coming from a speaking engagement at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) so she decided to drop by. “Naisip ko na malapit na rin [ako], makausap […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Senate on Wednesday, Sept. 5, approved on third and final reading the proposed additional P1.16 billion budget for those who were administered the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine. Eighteen senators voted for the passage of the supplemental budget, which would be derived from the amount paid by Sanofi Pasteur, the drug manufacturer, for the vaccine left unused by the government. Sanofi caused public uproar after it admitted the vaccine could cause […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, Sept. 5, said he had no plans of leaving the Senate premises so far. Trillanes made the comment in an interview with reporters in the Upper House, where he spent the night following the revocation of the amnesty granted to him by former President Benigno Aquino III. “Kasi hindi valid..Instinct ko nga kahapon ay magwalk in na ako..If we’re going to turn ourselves in voluntarily, ang […]
By Earlo Bringas Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV spent the night inside the Senate building after news about the voiding of his amnesty came out Tuesday, September 4. Trillanes maintained that he will stay at the Senate premises until his lawyers have completed and filed the legal remedies needed to prove the validity of the amnesty granted to him by former President Benigno Aquino III. About 20 of his supporters […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV spoke at the Senate session hall Tuesday afternoon, September 3, to play previous news videos that showed him beating the deadline for application of amnesty in 2010. He claimed that the facts he presented and video showed him making a personal appearance for his amnesty application during the administration of former President Benigno Aquino III. He also showed in the video screen Aquino’s Proclamation No. 75, “as […]
(Eagle News) – Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said that the protection from arrest given to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is only while he is inside the Senate premises, but he is free to go out if he so wishes. At the same time, Sotto said that President Rodrigo Duterte has the prerogative to void or revoke a previous grant of amnesty. “It is within the power of the President,” he said. He […]
(Eagle News)–The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan has eight “very possible” senatorial candidates for 2019. According to Senator Koko Pimentel, PDP-Laban president, these were: 1. Special Assistant to the President Bong Go 2. Rep. Karlo Nograles 3. Secretary Francis Tolentino 4. Senator Koko Pimentel 5. Rep. Monsour del Rosario 6. Rep. Dakila ‘Dax’ Cua 7. Rep. Dong Mangudadatu 8. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque He said these were the names that were “introduced” in the PDP-Laban […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate on Wednesday, Aug. 29, ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the bill that aims to establish a trust fund for coconut farmers. According to Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate committee of agriculture and food, the “cash and the assets from Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund” amounting to about P105 billion under the measure “will be distributed to coconut farmers at the rate of P5 billion per year until […]
(Eagle News) — Even though he called on Davao Mayor Sara Duterte to run for a Senate seat in 2019, Senator Koko Pimentel said he was not confident he could actually convince her to do so. “Ay hindi ako kumpiyansa kasi kausap ko si Presidente kagabi e. Kilala daw niya si Sara, mukhang magme-mayor lang but still she should give it a second thought,” he said. Nonetheless, he said “I’m encouraging her to run especially now […]
(Eagle News) — Senate leaders on Wednesday, Aug. 15, filed a resolution urging the Metro Manila Council to recall the “driver-only vehicles” ban on Edsa during rush hours. In filing Resolution 845, Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, Senate Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto, and Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said 70 percent of those plying Edsa would be affected by the ban, which they said also violated due process laws in the Constitution. They […]
