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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) — The Department of Justice has asked a Makati court to dismiss Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s request to be allowed to travel abroad. In seeking to junk the plea filed before the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150, noted that Trillanes was a “flight risk” who was facing several cases in courts. They noted that Trillanes, a senator and a former military officer, had the means and resources to escape. “From the tenor […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV wants Dennis Uy to be invited to the Senate panel hearing on Mislatel, the country’s third major telecommunications player. According to Trillanes, this is because he wants to ask Uy directly about how Mislatel, which is composed of Uy’s Udenna Corp. and its subsidiary Chelsea Logistics Holdings Corp, and China Telecom and Mindanao Islamic Telephone Co., bagged the contract on Nov. 19. “The public would like to know […]
(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)—Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Saturday, Nov. 17, lashed out at President Rodrigo Duterte for taking power naps and missing some Association of Southeast Asian Nations events in Singapore. The President, however, who attended thee remaining events, was represented by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin in those events he was unable to attend. “Unang-una eh ‘di sana inagahan niya ang alis, sana nakarating sila the night before,” Trillanes said in a radio interview. […]
(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) — 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 Department of Justice on Sunday, Oct. 14, took strong exception to Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano’s allegation the government was exerting pressure on a Makati court judge for him to rule against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV in the coup d’état case against him. In a strongly worded statement, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the DOJ “does not interact with the judge except through the pleadings filed and arguments raised in open court,” referring to […]
(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) — The Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 is hearing on Friday, Oct. 5, a Department of Justice motion seeking for the issuance of an alias warrant and a hold departure order against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Security is tight during the hearing in the sala of Judge Andres Soriano, where Trillanes had been charged with coup d’etat. Reporters are also required to register their names prior to coverage. Outside, supporters of Trillanes […]
(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)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, Sept. 28, said the Department of Justice had “no problem” with a Makati judge’s decision to defer action on their motion for an arrest warrant and hold departure order against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. “The DOJ does not have any problem with Judge [Andres] Soriano’s desire to study the issues further,” he said, referring to the presiding judge of Makati Regional Trial Court’s Branch 148, where Trillanes had […]
