Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals (CA) has stood pat on its Dec. 14, 2021 decision that upheld the Manila regional trial court’s (RTC) ruling which convicted of homicide eight personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) for the death of a Taiwanese fisherman whose fishing vessel was at t
Published March 2, 2021, 3:59 PM
The Court of Appeals (CA) last Monday, March 1, set aside a Makati City regional trial court (RTC) order that revived the rebellion case against former Sen. Antonio F. Trillanes IV for his alleged role in the 2007 Manila Peninsula siege.
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Set aside by the CA, in a decision written by Associate Justice Apolinario D. Bruselas Jr., were the resolutions issued by Judge Elmo M. Alameda of RTC Branch 150 on Sept. 25, 2018 and Dec. 18, 2018.
Judge Alameda on Sept. 25, 2018 affirmed the legality of President Duterte’s issuance of Proclamation No. 572 which revoked the grant of amnesty to Trillanes under Proclamation No. 75 of then President Benigno S. Aquino III.