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(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) — The Palace on Friday, Sept. 15, said the sentiment of a group of Philippine Military Academy alumni calling for Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to be expelled from the PMA alumni organization is also the “overall sentiment” of the military. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque was referring to the Eagle Fraternal Chapter’s call for Trillanes’ expulsion which was made public via paid advertisements in several newspapers. In calling for Trillanes to be removed from […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV will remain holed up in the Senate so far. According to Trillanes, this was after his lawyers advised him to wait for the courts’ “final resolution” on Proclamation 572 that declared the amnesty granted to him for the Oakwood mutiny and the Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and 2007, respectively, void ab initio. Trillanes has questioned the proclamation before the Supreme Court, which, however, junked his request for […]
(Eagle News) — A group from the Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association Inc. has sought the expulsion of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV from the rolls of the alumni organization for “unbecoming acts that damaged the Academy’s honor and prestige.” In a paid advertisement in several newspapers, the Eagle Fraternal Chapter of the PMAAI based in Mindanao said Trillanes should be expelled because of “the crime of coup d’etat and graft, disrespect and arrogant behavior toward senior officers and the […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Department of Justice maintained the Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148’s order dismissing the coup d’état case against him “may simply be ignored” as “in contemplation of law, it is “non-existent.” In its eight-page reply, the prosecution said this was because the Sept. 21, 2011 order of the court was based “solely” on the amnesty, which Proclamation 572 has declared void ab initio. “The dismissal has no leg to […]
(Eagle News) — Nobody is interested in arresting Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte himself, who spoke to reporters after leading a command conference of government officials on the preparations being undertaken ahead of the landfall of Typhoon “Ompong.” The President made the remark after Trillanes decided to remain holed up in the Senate even after he said he would leave the building “quietly” within the day. Trillanes said he […]
(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 […]
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 Wednesday, Sept. 12, filed a resolution seeking a Senate probe into the government contracts allegedly obtained by the family of Special Assistant to the President Bong Go. Trillanes filed Resolution 889 a day after President Rodrigo Duterte said the senator’s mother was a supplier for the Philippine Navy even when the senator and his father were in the naval service. Trillanes said he would not know if his mother did […]
(Eagle News)—Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday, Sept. 11, did not directly answer President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest allegations against him, saying instead that he would not know if his mother had dealings with the Philippine Navy as he was a high school student when his father was in the Navy. Duterte had said Trillanes’ mother engaged in business with the Navy while Trillanes and his father were in the naval service. “Ang mother ko ay […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 11, lashed out at Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, saying it was his family who engaged in businesses with the Navy even when he and his father were in the naval service. “Ang problema kay Trillanes is he is crucifying (Special Assistant to the President) Bong Go for entering into business with government. But there was a time in the Navy’s history, ang tatay (ni Trillanes) nasa […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, Sept. 11, expressed elation at the Supreme Court’s decision to junk Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s request for a temporary restraining order against Proclamation No. 572. In a statement, Guevarra said that with the decision, the SC “also acknowledged the trial courts’ continuing jurisdiction over the coup d’ etat and rebellion cases, notwithstanding the alleged ‘finality’ of the orders of dismissal based on the grant of amnesty” to […]
