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(Eagle News) — Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Leila de Lima have asked the Supreme Court to allow them to intervene and oppose the quo warranto petition filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. In a five-page motion, Trillanes and De Lima said as “citizens, taxpayers and senators of the Republic,” they “have the right and duty to uphold the Constitution and to oppose government actions that are clearly patently unconstitutional.” They added they also […]
Dismisses conspiracy, proposal to commit coup d’etat charge (Eagle News) — The Pasay Prosecutors Office has recommended the filing of an inciting to sedition case against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. The recommendation to file the case stems from one of Trillanes’ privilege speeches in which he called on soldiers to shoot President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte and his family were accused by the senator then of having bank transactions amounting to around P2 billion. The Prosecutors Office, however, […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service “A political move.” This was how Senator Antonio Trillanes IV described on Wednesday President Rodrigo Duterte’s move to have the Philippines withdraw from the International Criminal Court treaty. “Because he knows that there is no way out for him in the ICC,” Trillanes, who, along with Rep. Gary Alejano, filed the supplemental complaint against Duterte before the international court, said. According to Trillanes, the withdrawal of ratification of the […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate committee on ethics junked on Tuesday the cases filed by former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon against Senators Panfilo Lacson and Antonio Trillanes IV. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon moved to dismiss the ethics cases that were filed after Lacson and Trillanes accused Faeldon of being linked to corruption in the Bureau of Customs. Drilon said Faeldon’s move against Lacson was a “clear case of forum shopping” since the Lacson’s allegations the former […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman said on Thursday that it was not “obliged to inform the subject of the fact-finding investigation about its outcome.” The anti-graft body issued the statement days after Solicitor General Jose Calida lashed out at the agency for its failure to announce that the investigation into the allegations contained in Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s plunder complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte had been terminated for “lack of merit.” The […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday urged the Philippines to file a diplomatic protest against China over its reported naming of five undersea features at Philippine Rise. “So palagay ko this time, it warrants at the very least, a diplomatic protest dahil hndi pwedeng hahayaan na lang yan. At least ngayon maliwanag na, dapat off limits na sa kanila itong Benham Rise,” Trillanes said in an interview with reporters. […]
(Eagle News) — The plunder case filed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV against President Rodrigo Duterte before the Office of the Ombudsman has already been “terminated” for “lack of merit” as early as November last year. Solicitor General Jose Calida made the revelation as he slammed Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales for “withhold(ing) the information” from the public about the case’s dismissal. “I would not have known this had I not written a letter,” Calida said. “This […]
Fil-Am businesswoman accused of funding destab plots vs Duterte also declared as such by city council (Eagle News)– Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Fil-Am businesswoman Loida Nicolas-Lewis have been declared as “personae non gratae” in Davao City. The declaration made by the city council came after Trillanes said Davao was the most dangerous city in the country, with the highest incidence of murder, and the second highest incidence of rape, in a press conference in Chicago, […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and lawyer Jude Sabio welcomed on Thursday news the International Criminal Court would conduct an initial probe into allegations against the drug war. “This development should jolt (President Rodrigo) Duterte into realizing that he is not above the law,” Trillanes said in a statement. Trillanes and Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano filed in June a supplemental communication against the chief executive and others before the ICC. The communication was […]
That “must have triggered” the senator’s “obsession” with the President, she says (Eagle News) — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Monday said she was starting to believe “rumors” Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was “hooked on something” that triggered his “obsession” with her father, President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte-Carpio made the statement after Trillanes filed a resolution calling for a Senate probe into what he said was the President’s and the Davao vice mayor’s ill-gotten wealth. […]
If this is to “make the issue land in the news,” it’s a “tragic waste of time,” Pimentel says By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate President Koko Pimentel has denied Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s renewed bid to look into the “bank accounts” of President Rodrigo Duterte and his daughter, Sara, a statement that did not suit well with the former Navy officer. “The Senate is not the body for that. We are part of […]
(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) […]
