Tag: Warrant of arrest

QC court orders arrest of Trillanes, several others

  (Eagle News)–A Quezon City court has ordered the arrest of former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and several others for conspiracy to commit sedition. Apart from Trillanes, the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 138 ordered the arrest of Peter Joemel Advincula, Jonnel Sangalang, Yolanda Villanueva Ong, Flaviano Villanueva, priest Robert Alejo, Vicente Romano III, Joel Saracho, dismissed police official Eduardo Acierto, Boom Enriquez and “Monique.” Bail was set at P10,000. The charges stem from […]

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DILG to seek help of Dutch gov’t for extradition of Sison

(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government will ask the the Dutch government for help in the extradition of Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison. In a statement, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said the Philippine government will in particular seek a “special arrangement” with the country that has no extradition pact with the Philippines. According to Año, the grounds would be that Sison’s  “‘refugee status’ is no longer tenable […]

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Sison says he won’t surrender; multiple murder charges “patently false,” he says

(Eagle News)–Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison has described as “patently false” the multiple murder charges filed against him over a mass grave found in Inopacan, Leyte. In a statement posted on his Facebook account after he was ordered arrested by a Manila court,  Sison said he was under maximum security detention in 1985, and “as a prisoner, I had no position in the CPP or (New People’s Army) at that […]

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Taguig court orders Nicko Falcis arrested for access device fraud

(Eagle News) — A Taguig court has ordered the arrest of Nicko Falcis, a former business partner of actress Kris Aquino. The warrant issued by Judge Felix Reyes of Branch 70 of the Taguig Regional Trial Court was for violation of Section 9 of Republic Act No. 8484 or the Access Device Regulation Act of 1998. Section 9 bans obtaining money through an access device. Bail was set at P60,000. Aquino has accused Falcis of […]

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Sandiganbayan releases warrant of arrest vs Imelda Marcos

(Eagle News)– The Sandiganbayan has released a warrant of arrest against former First Lady Imelda Marcos. The Fifth Division issued the same following Marcos’ “unjustified” absence during the promulgation of her case related to the creation of organizations in Switzerland while she was in government on Friday, Nov. 9. During the promulgation, the anti-graft court found Marcos guilty of seven counts of graft. According to the division, “the bonds posted by the accused in the […]

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Trillanes following Makati court’s decision to have him arrested: “Officially, wala na tayong demokrasya”

Senator says he will post P200,000 bail today (Eagle News) — “Officially, wala na tayong demokrasya.” This was the reaction of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, following a Makati court’s order to have him arrested and have a hold departure order issued against him on Tuesday, Sept. 25. Judge Elmo Alameda of the Makati RTC Branch 150, where Trillanes was charged with rebellion, set bail for the senator at P200,000. Trillanes said he would post bail […]

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Second court where DOJ lodged motion vs Trillanes won’t issue warrant vs him just yet

(Eagle News) — The Makati court where the Department of Justice lodged a second motion for an alias warrant and hold departure order against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV will not issue the warrant just yet. Lawyer Diosfa Valencia, the Clerk of Court of the Makati Regional Trial Court’s Branch 150, said they have to retrieve case records first. Trillanes, who played a prominent role in the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege in 2003 and […]

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Makati court orders arrest of Peter Lim, another accused

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Makati City Regional Trial Court has ordered the arrest of alleged drug supplier Peter Go Lim. Branch 65 Presiding Judge Gina Bibat-Palamos issued the warrant also against Ruel Malindangan after finding probable cause for the charges of  conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading filed by the Department of Justice against the two, Kerwin Espinosa and Marcelo Adorco. “After a careful evaluation of the information and the supporting evidence, […]

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Manila court orders arrest of 10 Aegis Juris members over hazing victim Castillo’s death

By Moira Encina Eagle News The Manila Regional Trial Court has ordered the arrest of 10 members of the Aegis Juris fraternity charged over Horacio Castillo III’s death. Branch 40 Presiding Judge Alfredo Ampuan issued the order against Arvin Balag, Ralph Trangia, Oliver John Audrey Onofre, Mhin Wei Chan, Danielle Hans Matthew Rodrigo, Joshua Joriel Macabali, Axel Munro Hipe, Marcelino Bagtang, Jose Miguel Salamat and Robin Ramos, who are facing charges for violation of the […]

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Spain issues arrest warrant for ousted Catalan leader: lawyer

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — A Spanish judge has issued a European warrant for the arrest of ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, his Belgian lawyer told Flemish television late Thursday. Puigdemont, dismissed last week as Catalan president by the Spanish government and who has since been holed up in Belgium, would fight an eventual bid to extradite him, his lawyer Paul Bekaert told the VRT channel. “I have just received word from my client that indeed it […]

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Pakistan court issues arrest warrant for ex-PM Sharif: lawyer

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) – A Pakistani court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in two cases of corruption spiralling from the Panama Papers leak, his lawyers said. Sharif is currently in London with his wife Kalsum as she undergoes cancer treatment, and has not returned to Pakistan since he was indicted in the corruption allegations earlier this month, despite reports he would do so. “The accountability court issued bailable warrants […]

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De Lima stops over briefly at Muntinlupa court

(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima dropped by briefly at the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court. The white van she is riding pulled up in the hall of justice premises around 11 a.m. De Lima faced Branch 204 Judge Juanita Guerrero for the return of the warrant of arrest the judge issued against the senator. The warrant stems from one of three cases filed against De Lima in connection with her alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade in the […]

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