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Palace vows due process for mayors probed for 'Ompong' absence

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 05:29 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Thursday vowed due process for mayors under investigation for allegedly neglecting their duties when their respective areas were being hit by Typhoon “Ompong.”   Read more »

What surveillance? Palace says Trillanes suffering from paranoia

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 03:01 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Tuesday said Senator Antonio Trillanes IV must be suffering from paranoia after claiming that his house has been under surveillance by suspicious-looking men.  Read more »

Palace hands off on House budget feud

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 02:44 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Tuesday said it will let the House of Representatives sort out its problem involving the P55 billion in alleged “pork” which triggered bickering between two congressional leaders. Read more »

At Ompong briefing, Duterte cites potential senatorial bets

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 09:14 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday identified a number of Cabinet members and other officials who may be gunning for seats in the 2019 mid-term elections.  Read more »

'Ihulog sa hagdanan'? Palace defends Duterte rant vs COA

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 04:28 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Monday defended President Rodrigo Duterte from criticism over his statement against the Commission on Audit, saying the chief executive is just irked at bureaucratic red tape hindering government response to calamities. Read more »

LOOK: Aerial view of Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya after Ompong

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 02:19 PM

Fair weather allowed an ABS-CBN News crew to take an aerial shot of Bambang town in Nueva Vizcaya which was among the places hit by typhoon Ompong over the weekend. Read more »

Palace unfazed by impeach threat vs Duterte over foreign intel on critics

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 05:15 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Thursday shrugged off an opposition lawmaker’s threat to file another impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte over his supposed acceptance of intelligence information from a foreign country. Read more »

'Sorry na lang si Trillanes': Palace says other amnesties valid unless questioned

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 13 02:12 PM

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he was not aware of how past presidents granted amnesties, but certainly the one given to Trillanes, a fierce critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, had caught the eye of Solicitor General Jose Calida.   Read more »

Duterte posibleng ma-impeach sa 'paniniktik' sa mga kritiko: eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 09:34 PM

Babala ng eksperto, maaaring basehan ito ng pagpapatalsik kay Pangulong Duterte dahil tila nakipagsabwatan siya sa ibang bansa upang tiktikan ang mga kritiko. Read more »

Sereno says Palace 'confusing the narrative' of Trillanes amnesty case

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 13 04:55 AM

Ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Wednesday accused the Palace of "confusing the narrative" surrounding the withdrawal of the amnesty of opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Read more »

Palace: Proclamation voiding Trillanes amnesty not deficient

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 12 03:02 PM

Malacañang on Wednesday maintained that the proclamation issued by President Rodrigo Duterte which voided the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is not deficient, even if the main argument the chief executive is now harping on was not included in it. Read more »

Palace: No legal impediment to enforce proclamation voiding Trillanes amnesty

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 03:52 PM

MANILA - There is no legal impediment to enforce the presidential proclamation revoking the amnesty of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, Malacañang said Tuesday. Read more »

Charges vs Gazmin over Trillanes amnesty 'possible' - Palace

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 07:20 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Malacañang on Monday said charges may be filed against former defense secretary Voltaire Gazmin after President Rodrigo Duterte accused him of usurpation of authority in granting amnesty to mutineer-turned-senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Read more »

THROWBACK: Roque, Robles asked Aquino for amnesty for Trillanes, mutineers

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 05:09 PM

Two of Sen. Antonio Trillanes’ most vocal critics now once called for an amnesty for him and fellow mutineers “in the spirit of peace and reconciliation,” a copy of a 2010 statement showed. Read more »

‘Tigil na ang satsat’: Roque dares Trillanes to show amnesty application form

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 09:16 PM

The presidential spokesperson explains why the case boils down to Trillanes producing a hard copy of his amnesty application form. Read more »

End of friendship: Trillanes says Roque now just an 'acquaintance'

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 08 08:00 PM

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Saturday publicly ended his friendship with Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque after months of trading barbs over differences in political opinion Read more »

Trillanes, hindi muna aarestuhin kung walang warrant: Palasyo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 08 04:32 AM

Hindi na muna aarestuhin si Sen. Antonio Trillanes hangga't walang arrest warrant mula sa korte. Read more »

Trillanes: PNP, AFP told to arrest me even sans warrant

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 10:01 PM

Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Friday night said the police and military still have orders to arrest him despite Malacañang's earlier announcement. Read more »

Hilbay: Government made 'miscalculation' on Trillanes arrest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 07 10:46 PM

MANILA - Former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay on Friday said the Duterte administration may have realized it made a “political miscalculation” with the sudden shift of its position on arresting Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV. Read more »

Pamilya ng OFW, umaaray na rin sa pagdausdos ng piso

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 08:42 PM

Patuloy ang paghina ng halaga ng piso kontra dolyar at maging ang mga sektor na dapat nakikinabang sa paglakas ng foreign currencies ay dumadaing pa rin. Read more »