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Imelda Marcos attends party with Arroyo, Sara Duterte hours after conviction

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 08:17 PM

Former First Lady and Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Romualdez Marcos on Friday attended a party, hours after the Sandiganbayan 5th Division found her guilty of graft. Read more »

SC to decide on Calida’s petition vs. Senate probe into family's security firm

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 10:05 AM

The Supreme Court en banc has given due course to Solicitor General Jose Calida’s petition seeking to stop the senate probe into his and his family’s security contracts with the government. Read more »

SolGen to defer to DOJ on Trillanes case

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 07:10 PM

MANILA - The Office of the Solicitor General will defer to the Department of Justice on the government’s next move in the case involving Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, the Palace said Wednesday. Read more »

ALAMIN: Pagkakaiba ng hatol ng 2 korte sa Trillanes cases

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 08:29 PM

Ayon sa presidente ng Integrated Bar of the Philippines, magandang senyales na independent ang desisyon ng mga korte.  Read more »

Gov't to seek CA reversal of Makati court ruling in Trillanes case

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 23 05:35 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Tuesday said the government will ask the Court of Appeals to reverse a Makati court ruling denying a motion to have opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV arrested over his coup d’etat case. Read more »

President's health a 'personal matter,' says SolGen

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 04:06 PM

MANILA - The health of President Rodrigo Duterte is a personal matter and the disclosure of his health status is up to the chief executive, Solicitor General Jose Calida said on Tuesday.  Read more »

SolGen says no need for judicial review of ICC withdrawal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 03:54 PM

The Philippines withdrawal from the International Criminal Court is a political issue that does not need judicial review, Solicitor General Jose Calida said Tuesday. Read more »

Calida forgives, won’t sue Trillanes

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 03:22 PM

MANILA - Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday said he would not be filing libel cases against Senator Antonio Trillanes despite the lack of any apology from the lawmaker who has accused him of hiding and stealing his amnesty application form. Read more »

OPINION: In July, Calida sought a businessman’s help with Trillanes

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Oct 05 07:17 PM

The country’s democratic institutions took a beating just to save Solicitor General Jose Calida from having to answer his security agency’s dealings with the government. Read more »

Gordon urges Trillanes: Bring allegations vs SolGen to Ombudsman

Abner Mercado and Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 08:56 PM

Senator Richard Gordon urged Senator Antonio Trillanes IV Tuesday to bring his allegations against the government's top lawyer to the Ombudsman. Read more »

Trillanes shows proof of Calida's 'conflict of interest' over security firm's gov't contracts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 04:53 PM

MANILA - Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday slammed Solicitor General Jose Calida anew for allegedly committing conflict of interest through bagging some P358.33 million worth of government contracts in favor of his family's security agency.   Read more »

Calida threatens Trillanes: Apologize or face libel complaint

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 27 11:37 PM

Solicitor General Jose Calida has threatened to sue embattled Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for accusing him of stealing the lawmaker's amnesty papers. Read more »

SolGen threatens Trillanes: Apologize publicly or face libel raps

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 06:40 PM

Calida explained that he cannot steal such document since he has never entered the offices that keep amnesty application forms. Read more »

'Time for trial': SolGen says Trillanes should be made to pay for crimes

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 09:27 PM

"Time for trial." Read more »

De Lima slams SolGen for snubbing Senate probe on security firm

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 03:23 PM

MANILA - Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday scored Solicitor General Jose Calida for supposedly disrespecting the Senate in his refusal to attend its inquiry into contracts between his family's security firm and several government agencies.    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 »

SolGen 'elated' over SC denial of Trillanes plea for preliminary injunction

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 04:10 PM

MANILA - Solicitor General Jose Calida on Tuesday said he was "elated" after the Supreme Court refused to grant Senator Antonio Trillanes IV's plea for a temporary restraining order against the presidential proclamation that voided his amnesty.  Read more »

'Unusual' for Calida to dig through Trillanes records, says ex-SolGen

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 08:43 AM

MANILA - It was 'strange' and 'unusual' for Solicitor General Jose Calida to dig through Senator Antonio Trillanes IV's amnesty records, his predecessor said Tuesday.  Read more »

Calida, tinuro ni Lorenzana na nag-usisa sa amnesty records ni Trillanes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 10:20 PM

Si Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana ang ikalawang nagkumpirma na si Solicitor General Jose Calida ang nag-usisa sa mga amnesty record ni Senador Antonio Trillanes IV. Read more »

Bong Go ready to face probe over family's contracts with DPWH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 08:37 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's aide, Christopher "Bong" Go, said he was willing to face a probe "as soon as possible," amid reports his relatives bagged construction deals with the government. Read more »