Sen. Robin Padilla could not claim innocence on the escape and disappearance of fellow senator, Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa, as the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) stood firm in its investigation that he played a key role in the incident. In fact, CIDG director Maj. Gen. Robert AA...
More than two weeks after a series of gunfire rocked the Senate, the Filipino people are still asking, “Was it related to the escape of Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ Dela Rosa?” On Thursday, May 28, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) ended all the speculations and conspiracy...
Operatives from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) searched more possible hideouts of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Wednesday, May 27, as authorities widened efforts to locate the lawmaker, who is facing an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has revoked the license to own and possess firearms (LTOPF) of Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and ordered the surrender of 117 firearms registered under his name following a move to enforce an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) disclosed Wednesday, May 27, that it is now preparing subpoenas for people linked to Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa after agents raided a house in Angeles City, Pampanga tied to a relative of Senator Robinhood Padilla in the expanding manhunt for the...
Senators Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa and Robin Padilla had a security escort and back-up car when they left the Senate a few hours after the gunfire, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) disclosed on Wednesday, May 27. And for that, CIDG director Maj. Gen. Robert AA Morico II said...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now processing the revocation of Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa 's firearms permits, saying that all of his gun licenses will be revoked soon. "Soon...Mabilis lang 'yan (It will happen quickly)," PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez, Jr. said in...
The Supreme Court’s (SC) ruling that denied the restraining order sought by Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa against the arrest order issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) “is not judicial restraint, it is judicial surrender.” SC Associate Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier said the...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued subpoenas in a bid to establish the ownership, quantity and registration of firearms owned by the Senate following the gunfire incident on May 13. DOJ Acting Secretary Fredderick A. Vida said the subpoena was sent to the Senate, the Philippine...
Why pick on lawyer Jimmy Bondoc when it’s Sen. Robin Padilla who appears to have some explaining to do on the disappearance of fellow senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa? All the information that Padilla revealed in the past days are considered as admissions and Department of Justice (DOJ)...
For Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa should be arrested or he should surrender first before he could test the legality of his arrest and detention. Leonen said the SC cannot yet make any judgment on the existence, authenticity, or...
Still reeling from the social media backlash of that interview with journalist Ces Drilon, lawyer Jimmy Bondoc will have more explaining to do anew after the Department of Justice (DOJ) said it will ask him to provide information on the whereabouts of his client, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa....