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Robredo chooses labor leader Matula over Makabayan’s Colmenares as 12th senate bet

  (Eagle News) — Independent presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said she had chosen labor leader Sonny Matula to complete her 12-member senate slate that is composed mostly of incumbent and former senators critical of the Duterte administration. Robredo chose Matula over other senatorial candidates including Makabayan bloc’s former Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares who initially hoped to be included in Robredo’s senate slate. “Ikinagagalak ko ngayong ihayag: Isinusulong ko para sa Senador si […]

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Robredo bares more names as part of her senate slate, including Sen. Gordon, ex-VP Binay

More reelectionist senators join De Lima, Trillanes in Leni’s senate line-up   (Eagle News) – Vice-President Leni Robredo bared the 11 names in her senatorial slate in a press briefing on Friday, Oct. 15, which included Senator Richard Gordon, five other reelectionist senators, and former Vice-President Jejomar Binay. Robredo, who is running as an independent presidential bet in 2022, gave six new names on Friday who will run alongside the five initial bets she had […]

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Trillanes says he will be running as senator under Robredo’s slate; calls VP Leni “our next President”

  (Eagle News) – Former Senator Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV said that he would be running as senator under the slate of Vice-President Leni Robredo, shortly after the latter announced her presidential bid for 2022 on Thursday, Oct. 7. In a tweet, Trillanes, posted a picture of him and Robredo with the caption, “I am so honored to run as Senator under the slate of our next President.” He also said that the entire Magdalo […]

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Enrile raises “mystery” of Trillanes’ role in 2012 back channel talks with China on Scarborough

President Duterte says “one of these days, maybe the Filipino people should demand the truth”   (Eagle News) – Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile questioned the back-channeling talks done by former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV with China in 2012 on the Scarborough stand-off, saying Trillanes’ close connection with Chinese officials should be looked into. Enrile, 97, who had also served as Defense Minister for over 14 years during the administration of the late President […]

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Trillanes posts bail in conspiracy to commit sedition case

https://youtu.be/G6bh4Ewbefk   (Eagle News) — Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday, Feb. 18, posted bail in the conspiracy to commit sedition case against him. Trillanes posted the P10,000 bail before the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 138, a day after Peter Joemel Advincula alias “Bikoy,” his co-accused, posted bail in the same case. Apart from Trillanes and Advincula, indicted were priests Flaviano Villanueva and Albert Alejo,  Yoly Villanueva Ong, Boom Enriquez. Jonnell Sanggalang, […]

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Trillanes arrives in the country to post bail on sedition case

(Eagle News) — Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is set to post this morning at the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court for his conspiracy to commit sedition case. Trillanes arrived earlier this morning at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3. He is expected to post the P10,000 bail at the Quezon City MTC. Judge Kristine Grace Suarez of the QC Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 138 earlier issued the warrants of arrest against Trillanes, […]

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Trillanes to post bail in conspiracy to commit sedition case next week

(Eagle News)–Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Friday, Feb. 14, said he intends to post bail for the conspiracy to commit sedition case against him. In a statement, Trillanes said he will do this “once I arrive in Manila late next week.” “I am out of the country as of the moment for a series of engagements,” he said. “I will face this case just as I have faced all the other harassment cases (President […]

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Trillanes faces businesswoman who accused him of kidnapping and serious illegal detention at DOJ hearing

  (Eagle News) – Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV came face to face with the woman who had filed charges of kidnapping and serious illegal detention against him before the Department of Justice on Friday, Oct. 11. Davao del Norte businesswoman Guillermina Barrido swore before the DOJ, during the case’s preliminary investigation, and maintained that Trillanes and his group, including lawyer Jude Sabio and a priest, detained her for 14 days in December 2016 while […]

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Trillanes rejects proposal to amend anti-terror law

(Eagle News)–Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV thumbed down the proposal for a prolonged allowable detention of up to 60 days for arrested terror suspects. According to Trillanes, who now teaches in two universities, “in truth, we should be protected from [President Rodrigo] Duterte first.” He noted the  estimated 30,000 deaths under the Duterte administration’s campaign  illegal drugs, a number he said was “way more deaths than any terrorist has inflicted in history.” “What makes them […]

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Bill on ABS-CBN franchise renewal fails to pass House committee before Congress adjournment

  (Eagle News) – The Legislative Franchise Committee of the House of Representatives has failed to submit a report on a pending bill for the renewal of the legislative franchise of television-radio network ABS-CBN Corporation which expires on March 30 next year. House Bill 4349 sought to renew ABS-CBN’s franchise which is expiring in nine months. It was filed in the 17th Congress by Nueva Ecija 2nd district representative Micaela Violago, as a follow-up of […]

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Trillanes: Panelo’s “long” statements “betray” his, Duterte’s “obsession” with me

(Eagle News)–For Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo’s “long” statements about him “betray” his and President Rodrigo Duterte’s “obsession” about the senator. “While I’m supposed to feel good knowing that I have successfully gotten under their skin, but coming from somebody like Panelo, it somehow feels creepy,” Trillanes said. Trillanes issued the statement after Panelo said the senator’s “greatest service to the nation” was his “mandatory exit” from the Senate. The presidential spokesperson […]

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Pangilinan says admin’s destabilization claims “gawa gawa lang”; “Umayos ka nga,” Trillanes tells Palace spokesperson

(Eagle News)—-Critics of the administration slammed Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Wednesday, May 8, after he released matrices linking them to a supposed ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte. “Umayos ka nga, Panelo,” Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who has links to the Magdalo group that figured in the matrices, said. According to Trillanes, “si Duterte ang nagpapatay ng libu libong Pilipino; may bilyung bilyon pisong tagong yaman; gumigiba sa mga democratic institutions; minumura ang diyos; […]

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