Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was allegedly abandoned by his audience in Zambales, claimed a blogspot site. The source of the story, thephpride.blogspot.com, described it as “the most embarrassing moment” in Trillanes’ life as the crowd dispersed when he was about to talk on stage. The event? The website claimed it was an invitation by the […] More
A fanpage of Duterte, “Tatay Digong – Unofficial,” shared a news from todayinmanila.info with the headline announcing of Senator Antonio Trillanes’ arrest in “her” house, early Saturday morning on the 21st. In case you were wondering, this was not a typographical error on our part; they actually used HER in the title to refer to […] More
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has been known as an opposition to the current administration, alongside Senator Leila De Lima. However, both senators might just have another thing in common – to fall victim to the claims in fake news sites about having relatives or employees getting caught for transporting drugs. [ads2] Just recently, articles surfaced […] More
Senator Antonio Trillanes has allegedly been arrested after being charged with libel. At least that is what one blog claimed and the story has been shared on Facebook by several Duterte fan pages, including “Rodrigo Duterte Lines” and “Inday Sara Supporters,” among others. [50_50_first] [/50_50_first][50_50_second] [/50_50_second] The story was picked up by blogs like reportph.com […] More
Ever since talks about how Senator Antonio Trillanes IV served as former President Benigno Aquino III”s back-channel negotiator with China over the issue involving the Scarborough or Panatag Shoal, numerous articles have surfaced about how Aquino and Trillanes must have sold the disputed territory to the Chinese. But the UN Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) […] More
“Akala ko ba three to six months lang kaya niya ng tapusin ang drug problem or else magre-resign siya? Tapos ngayon kailangan na mag martial law? Anyare? Nag-supermoon?” Trillanes told reporters through a text message. [ads1] One of the campaign promises of President Rodrigo Duterte during the elections was that he would wipe off the […] More
Facebook fan page Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, bearing the Marcos’ family photo as its cover photo, shared an article about how Senator Antonio Trillanes son’s microphone was turned off in the middle of a flag ceremony. The page even mocked and laughed in its caption that was directed at Trillanes. “Digital na talaga ang karma ngayon […] More
Did Senator Trillanes really try to convince the soldiers and police to pull a coup d’etat and oust President Rodrigo Duterte? An article from a Duterte blog claimed that this news is confirmed to be true. And several Duterte fan pages on Facebook, as well as a Marcos fan page, shared the article. The pages […] More
In his privilege speech on Monday, September 26, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV fact-checked the testimonies of self-confessed Davao Death Squad member Edgar Matobato. While admitting the fact that Matobato did make several inconsistent statements, he considered those as trivial inconsistencies. He attributed these to Matobato finishing only Grade 1, not being fluent in speaking Filipino, […] More
In his speech delivered on Monday, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV pursued to have a Senate investigation on President Rodrigo Duterte and his alleged “direct involvement” on the Davao killings throughout his stint as mayor of the city. In his privilege speech, Trillanes, who had fact-checked the witness’ claims, presented numerous documents which called into question […] More
Did Senator Antonio Trillanes IV receive a P500 million check from Senator Leila de Lima in order to pay for his political ad against President Rodrigo Duterte last elections? This is what the blog whattrendz.blogspot.com claimed. In its article “Viral News: Trillanes and His P500 Million Peso Check from De Lima Used to Pay Political […] More
On the request of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, Senator Leila de Lima declared Senator Allan Peter Cayetano out of order during the continuation of the Senate hearings on the extrajudicial killings in Davao City. “You are out of order. May we request the sergeant-at-arms to try to restrain Senator Alan Peter Cayetano?” De Lima announced. […] More