desertranger

Dec 16 2007, 09:12 PM

Sir Epigone;
Those two remind me of my two Chiuahuahs I once had. they were terror on strangers but docile to their master. Did anyone figure out who is controlling them? I believe I have.

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abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 07/18/2010 3:39 PM | Updated as of 07/18/2010 3:39 PM

MANILA, Philippines - Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said the Department of Justice (DoJ) has started reviewing the records of the coup d'état case against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.

De Lima is acting on orders of President Benigno Aquino III for DoJ to thoroughly review Trillanes' case.

Aquino said in a previous interview that the coup d'état charge brought against Trillanes may need some looking into.

"We abide by the directive of the President," De Lima said.

"I am reviewing the records of the case and have consulted our prosecutors, especially those handling it before the court. The DoJ  will submit its recommendation to the President after making a thorough review of the case. The President expects nothing less than a thorough review," De Lima said in a statement on Sunday.

Trillanes led rebel soldiers that seized the upscale Oakwood Hotel in Makati on July 25, 2003, demanding the ouster of former President Gloria Arroyo. In November 2007, Trillanes again, led the assault of the Peninsula Hotel, also in Makati. Both coup attempts were foiled by the administration.

The DoJ filed a case for coup d'état against Trillanes and 30 other soldiers. Both the prosecution and defense have rested their case before the Regional Trial Court, Branch 148, Makati City. Both parties will submit their respective memoranda within 30 days from receipt of the RTC's July 12, 2010 order.

"I understand that the case will soon be deemed submitted for the court's decision, upon the filing of the required memoranda by both the prosecution and the defense. At this stage, the options for the prosecution may be limited. And the courts have absolute discretion in the disposal of a case once it has acquired jurisdiction over it," said De Lima.

"On the other hand, the President has the absolute prerogative to direct the Secretary of Justice, as an alter ego, to review the case against Trillanes," De Lima added.

"I will, however, exercise care and circumspection under the circumstances, given the independence of the judiciary."

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  By David Dizon, abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 07/19/2010 1:14 PM | Updated as of 07/19/2010 1:29 PM

MANILA, Philippines - A veteran of several coup attempts during the first Aquino administration on Monday urged President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III not to interfere in the coup d'etat case against detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV.

Instead, Sen. Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan said he will file a bill in the Senate that will grant amnesty to junior officers who participated in the failed 2003 Oakwood Mutiny as well as the takeover of the Manila Peninsula Hotel in 2007.

Honasan said Aquino should not meddle in the Trillanes case since it would be perceived as interfering in a matter best left for the judiciary to decide.

"The courts will have to decide based on the merits of the case without any unnecessary interference from the other branches of government," he said in an interview with Karen Davila on ANC's Headstart on Monday.

The senator, who initiated a military uprising against former President Ferdinand Marcos that culminated in the 1986 EDSA Revolution, believes there was injustice in the case against Trillanes.

He said the basic elements of a coup d'etat were not present in the Oakwood Mutiny since there was no violence or attack nor a takeover of a vital government installation.

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January 12, 2011 04:25:00
TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—Just another day for Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV?
Trillanes Tuesday turned up at a Senate inquiry into the exploitation of nursing graduates by local hospitals, took his seat and routinely propounded questions to spokespersons.

The 39-year-old Trillanes breezed through his first official hearing at the Senate after seven years in prison on coup d’etat charges, seemingly without any jitters.
“It’s just another day for me,” he told reporters after excusing himself from the health committee hearing on the hiring of nurses as trainees by hospitals without due compensation.

“Except for the presence of the media, I believe it’s generally similar to the ones we’ve been conducting inside Camp Crame.”

In December, the senator was granted provisional liberty by a court hearing charges against him for his participation in the 2007 siege of the Manila Peninsula hotel in Makati City. He has applied for amnesty which the Aquino government has offered military rebels.

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abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 01/12/2011 3:51 PM | Updated as of 01/12/2011 3:51 PM


After Trillanes dubbed Joker  'laziest senator'

MANILA, Philippines - A word war has erupted between Sen. Joker Arroyo and Sen. Antonio Trillanes over the latter's expenditures.

Arroyo fired the first salvo against Trillanes after the Commission on Audit (COA) revealed that the latter spent P21.136 million in 2009 despite being detained at Camp Crame for rebellion charges.

The expenses made Trillanes the 4th biggest spender in the Senate, behind Sen. Jinggoy Estrada (P21.7 million), Sen. Gregorio Honasan ((P21.6 million) and former senator and now President Benigno Aquino (P21.5 million).

In contrast, Arroyo spent only P14,611,455.95 in 2009, earning him the title of thriftiest senator for the 9th straight year. “I attend sessions regularly, but I didn’t spend that much,” he said in an earlier report.