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(Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday to appear before it on Sept. 24 over the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. “If Secretary Blinken fails to appear, the chairman will proceed instead with a full committee markup of a report recommending the U.S. House of Representatives find Secretary Blinken in contempt of Congress for violating a duly issued subpoena,” according to a statement […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate panel on justice and human rights has issued a subpoena against Bureau of Corrections chief Nicanor Faeldon for him to appear in the panel hearing on the Good Conduct Time Allowance law, or Republic Act 10592, on Monday, Sept. 2. Senator Richard Gordon, panel chair, signed the subpoena for Faeldon to testify on Saturday night. The subpoena was also signed by Senate President Tito Sotto. The hearing was set following outrage over […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice panel probing the sedition complaint against Vice President Leni Robredo and others has set the first hearing this August. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the hearing was scheduled on Aug. 9 at 10 a.m. Apart from Robredo, facing the charges also for libel, cyber libel, harboring a criminal and estafa over the Ang Totoong Narcolist videos against President Rodrigo Duterte’s family are Senator Leila de Lima, Antonio Trillanes IV, some […]
(Eagle News)—–A Department of Justice panel of prosecutors has ordered Dennis Sytin to answer the complaint filed against him and several others in connection with the death of his brother, businessman Dominic, and the injuries sustained by another. Apart from Sytin, also ordered to appear before the DOJ headquarters on April 1 were Edgardo Luib and Oliver Fuentes alias Ryan Rementilla. “You are hereby warned that failure on your part to comply with this subpoena shall […]
(Eagle News) — Just do it. Senator Antonio Trillanes IV had this to say to President Rodrigo Duterte, who has vowed to subpoena the senator’s mother in connection with her alleged transactions with the Philippine Navy while her husband and son were in the service. “Duterte is threatening to subpoena my mother. Just do it and let it be another humiliating episode for you like the fake offshore bank accounts you alleged against me,” Trillanes […]
(Eagle News) — Department of the Interior and Local Government officer in charge Eduardo Año assured the public on Thursday that the Philippine National Police will not abuse its newly restored power to subpoena. In a statement, Año said the DILG “will be on the lookout for any hint of abuse that may be committed by the PNP” in exercising such. “And we will see to it that this will be used only for the intention that […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Monday that the Philippine National Police (PNP) was less likely to abuse the subpoena powers granted by the state as such would only be exercised in “extreme circumstances.” President Rodrigo Duterte signed on Friday Republic Act No. 10973 granting subpoena powers to only three top PNP officials — the PNP chief, the director of the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), and the CIDG deputy director. […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine National Police on Monday said that its officials who were given the power to subpoena will not abuse such. “I swear before God and the people, and media that I will never, never abuse this power,” PNP Chief Ronald dela Rosa said in response to concerns from human rights groups and some lawmakers. Apart from the PNP Chief, the director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a measure that gives selected Philippine National Police officials the power to issue subpoenas. Republic Act No. 10973, signed by the President on March 1, 2018, particularly gives the PNP chief, and the director and deputy director for administration of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group the authority to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum “in relation to their investigation.” “The subpoena shall state the […]
Escudero says Bautista has been a “consistent no-show” since hearings on possible Anti-Money Laundering Law violations began in August 2017 By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Former Commission on Elections Chair Andres Bautista has been subpoenaed following his repeated failure to attend a Senate panel hearing on possible violations of the Anti-Money Laundering Law. Senator Chief Escudero, chair of the Senate committee on banks, financial institutions and currencies, said that this means that Bautista–who was […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Members of the opposition said that the House of Representatives only have limited powers of subpoena against Supreme Court Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon warned that there might be a constitutional crisis if the House Committee on Justice insists on using its coercive powers against Sereno. Drilon also said that the House’s power to issue subpoena is limited only to investigations in aid of […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Upang mapilitan umanong dumalo sa impeachment proceeding, ikinukunsidera na ng House Committee on Justice ang pagpapa-subpoena kay Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Ayon kay Oriental Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali, chairman ng komite, isa sa kanilang option ang pagpapa-subpoena sa punong mahistrado bilang bahagi ng kanilang mandato at bilang isang constitutional officer ay dapat aniyang sundin ito ni Sereno. Dagdag pa ni Umali, ang pag-iisyu ng subpoena ay isa […]
