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(Eagle News) – This is “not an investigation.” No less than the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) who recently opened a preliminary examination on the complaint of alleged crimes against humanity filed against President Rodrigo Duterte, said this to clarify her action. ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda “emphasized” this in a statement released by the ICC as posted on its website on February 8. “I emphasize that a preliminary examination is not an […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang dismissed the senate resolution filed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV which asked the Senate to investigate the alleged ill-gotten wealth of President Rodrigo Duterte and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. “Lumang tugtugin. Lumang balita para nang sirang plaka,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. He also said that Trillanes’ accusations have been dealt with since the start of the 2016 elections. “This is old news; this is rehashed. He […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is now facing inciting to sedition raps and proposing to commit coup d’etat, aside from graft, for his remarks that urged the Philippine military to use M60 machine guns on President Rodrigo Duterte, whom he had accused of having millions of pesos in bank accounts. The group of lawyers, which included former Negros Oriental Rep. Jacinto Paras and lawyer Manuel Luna, filed their complaint with the Pasay City […]
(Eagle News) – Former Vice-President Jejomar Binay feels “vindicated” after the Department of Justice filed a libel case against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV over his allegations that he and his family were involved in corruption. The DOJ filed the libel case on Monday against Trillanes before the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC), citing media allegations the senator made in 2015 alleging that Binay and his family were involved in a “P100 million racket […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV criticized Malacanang as he protested the planned investigation against him to be conducted by the Department of Justice and the filing of possible charges of treason against him for his recent trip to the United States. In the US meeting, he allegedly briefed a US senator, and other US officials, on the alleged widespread extrajudicial killings under President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration. But Trillanes said that when he met […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that a law against fake news cannot be passed because it will violate freedom of expression as enshrined in the Constitution. President Duterte said that such a law may result in censorship which will violate the freedom of speech and expression. Section 4 Article 3 or the Bill of Rights of the 1987 Philippine Constitution states, “No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said that the government is already investigating alleged offshore bank accounts of certain “mostly yellow” or opposition personalities in Switzerland, Malaysia and other countries. “I’m sorry, I could not tell you but many in the opposition… we have dug these bank accounts of opposition personalities,” Aguirre said. “This is an ongoing investigation,” he stressed to reporters. Aguirre did not provide more details, but said that the […]
(Eagle News) — Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Friday denied President Rodrigo Duterte was intimidating the Office of the Ombudsman, noting that it was the chief executive who welcomed a probe into his family’s wealth in the first place. “No one is intimidating the Ombudsman..(The President) is not intimidating the Ombudsman,” Panelo said when asked in a television interview for his reaction to the anti-graft body’s statement that it would not be intimidated […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday threatened to have Senator Koko Pimentel removed as Senate President if he allowed Senator Richard Gordon to remain as Senate blue ribbon committee chair. “I will put the responsibility kay Senator (Pimentel) kapag hindi nila tinanggal si Senator Gordon..,” Trillanes said at the Kapihan sa Senado. He said Gordon, who has filed an ethics complaint against Trillanes for his supposed malicious remarks against him during a […]
(Eagle News) — “The President has nothing to hide.” This was the reaction of Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella to reports the Ombudsman was probing President Rodrigo Duterte’s bank accounts. The launch of the probe was in response to a complaint filed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who earlier made the allegations of ill-gotten wealth against the then-Davao mayor when he was still running for the position of the country’s chief executive. When Duterte won the […]
(Eagle News) – The ethics complaint filed by controversial former Bureau of Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon against Senator Panfilo Lacson has been “held in abeyance” following his continued stubbornness to defy orders for him to attend senate hearings, which signified “disrespect” for Senate rules. The Senate ethics committee decided to do this so they can further study Faeldon’s complaints not only against Lacson, but also against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, as senators who are […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang thanked the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee for inviting presidential son, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, and son-in-law Atty. Manases Carpio and giving them a chance to air their side. This was amid the allegations made by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV linking the two with the controversial smuggling activities at the Bureau of Commission “We thank the blue ribbon committee for giving Vice Mayor Duterte and Atty. Carpio the chance […]
