Peter Joemel Advincula, Alyas ‘Bikoy’
(CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Atty. Lorenzo “Larry” Gadon said that the sedition case against former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and his co-accused, including Advincula, over their involvement in the video series is still pending before the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC) Branch 38.
“Perjury is too early to tell as the evidences in the main case would serve as a prejudicial question as to the truth and veracity of the allegations which are the cause of action in the perjury case,” Gadon said on last week’s filing of a perjury case against Advincula before the Manila MeTC.
By NICOLE-ANNE C. LAGRIMAS, GMA News
Published January 20, 2021 2:35pm A Manila court has ordered the arrest of Peter Joemel Adivincula, the man otherwise known as Bikoy, for perjury over his allegedly false statements against the members of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG). The Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 17 set bail at P18,000. Prosecutors accused Advincula of making untruthful statements under oath when he claimed that lawyers Jose Manuel Chel Diokno, Lorenzo Erin Tañada III and former Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te were part of a plot seeking to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. GMA News Online has reached out to Advincula s camp but has it yet to reply as of posting time.
Published January 20, 2021, 4:40 PM
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a perjury case against Peter Joemel Advincula, alias “Bikoy,” over lies he allegedly stated in his testimonies concerning the “Ang Totoong Narcolist” video series.
The DoJ filed the case last Jan. 12 before the Manila Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC) after finding probable cause to indict him with perjury based on the complaint filed by Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) lawyers former Quezon Rep. Lorenzo “Erin” Tanada, Jose Manuel “Chel” Diokno, and former Supreme Court (SC) spokesperson Theodore Te.
“After a careful examination of the above affidavits and evidence attached thereto, the undersigned finds that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the crime of violation of Articles 183 of the RPC (Revised Penal Code) has been committed,” the DoJ said in a resolution signed by Assistant State Prosecutor Ferdinand Fernandez with the approving signatures of Prosecutor General Bene
Bill filed to institutionalize agreement limiting police, military presence inside UP campuses nationwide
A MEASURE that will institutionalize the 1989 agreement between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of National Defense (DND) that limits military and police presence in UP campuses nationwide has been filed in the Senate.
Bill No. 2002 will amend Republic Act No. 9500, the University of the Philippines Charter of 2008, to prevent the entry of security forces in the facilities of the country’s biggest state-run academic institution without prior authorization from the school administration.
“The UP-DND accord is not a ‘Do not enter’ sign that bars law enforcement from entering the campus. It is not a wall which obstructs justice or deters the solution or prevention of crime,” the explanatory note of the bill read.
Published January 16, 2021, 10:30 AM
One of the petitioners questioning the constitutionality of the Anti-Terrorism Law has expressed dismay over the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) to postpone the oral arguments over the issue that was scheduled next week.
The SC announced on Friday, Jan. 15, that the scheduled Jan. 19 oral arguments is postponed and reset for Feb. 2 after a staff and an Assistant Solicitor General of the Office Solicitor General (OSG) scheduled to participate in the hearing caught the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) president Edre Olalia admitted that he has mixed reactions over the SC’s decision to cancel the oral arguments.