The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has urged the Senate to act on a resolution allowing detained Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to participate in legislative proceedings through remote or electronic means.
Read Full StoryTHE Court of Appeals has ordered the Makati Regional Trial Court to quash the subpoena it issued to Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita to testify as a hostile defense witness in the trial of junior officers involved in the Oakwood mutiny.
Read Full StoryLawyers of soldiers detained for alleged involvement in plots to overthrow the Arroyo administration in 2006 blocked former Armed Forces chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon Jr.’s testimony on a purported document identifying possible members of the new government.
Read Full StoryJournalists who police rounded up after quelling an attempted military uprising at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in November 2007 have asked the Court of Appeals to reverse a trial court’s dismissal of the case they filed against security and government officials for violating their rights.
Read Full StoryMANILA, Philippines -- Due to "prior commitments," Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and Press Secretary Jesus Dureza failed to appear in the coup d'etat hearing of rebel soldiers charged with mutiny Thursday.
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