Senator Antonio Trillanes IV admitted during his privilege speech on Monday that he already met Peter Joemel Advincula, alias Bikoy by the help of some priests who introduced the self-proclaimed whistleblower to him.

However, Trillanes denied that he’s involved in the production of the “Bikoy” videos which published to accuse the family of President Rodrigo Duterte and its allies of being involved in illegal businesses.

The Senator said that he’s already doubting Bikoy during their first meeting.

“Una nang inilapit sa akin ng mga pari si Bikoy August last year. Pinakinggan ko siya pero nakulangan ako at naguluhan sa mga detalye kaya isinantabi ko at tuluyan nang kinalimutan ang usapang ito,” Trillanes said.

However, the priests came back to him to provide him several documents that would prove the statements of Bikoy.

He also refused to name the priests who met him.

“Sometime in Feburary, binalikan ako ng mga pari at binigyan ng mga dokumento na naglalaman ng mga detalye ng bank account ng mga lider ng sindikato. Galing ito sa mga kasamahan ni Bikoy na miyembro ng sindikato,” he said.

According to him, he asked Bikoy and the priests to give him time to validate the documents.

To prove that his innocence, he also pointed out that he was out of the country when the “Ang Totoong Narco-list” was published on the internet.

“Uulitin ko, wala akong kinalaman sa paggawa ng mga videos na ‘yun. To my PMAer upperclassmen here, All Right, sir. Malamang siya rin ang gumawa ng mga video na ‘yan. To be fair, maganda nga po ang pagkakagawa ni Bikoy ng mga video at nakakuha ito ng atensyon ng publiko,” he said.

Trillanes said that he also understood the priests who gave their time to assist Advincula, saying that it’s their role to help the people in need.

“Sa kabutihan ng kanilang puso at magandyang layunin, nagbigay sila ng sanktuwaryo sa isang taong nagsasabi na nanganganib ang kanyang buhay. As shepherds of Christ, that is their ministry. Hindi lang nila siguro na-expect na meron pa ring tao na susuklian ang kanilang kabutihan ng isang kataksilan,” he said.

Last week, Advincula pinned Trillanes in the production of the said videos, saying that he talked to the Senator several times.

Aside from Trillanes, Advincula also mentioned Sen. Risa Hontiveros and members of the Liberal Party.

Senator-elect Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa wanted to imitate what the other countries are doing to their citizens by pushing a mandatory military service to all Filipinos who reached their right age.

In an interview with UNTV, Dela Rosa said that instead of pushing to bring back the mandatory The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), he wanted to implement a more challenging task to the Filipino youth by serving the military for two years like what South Korea and Israel are doing.

He said that he doesn’t want any exemption to the military service despite their social status.

According to him, mandatory military service would help the country to boost its territorial defense in case of foreign invasion.

“Like other countries na pagdating mo ng 18 years old, obligado ka na mag-serve sa military for two years. Walang pakialam ang gobyerno kung anak ka ng mayaman, o ng mahirap, kung sikat ka o artista ka, maganda din iyon,” he said.

“Gusto ko malakas ang ating territorial defense when it comes to foreign aggression, foreign invasion so kailangang i-prepare natin ang ating kabataan na mayroon tayong enough reserves, human resource reserves,” he added.

Dela Rosa also suggested that the government should shoulder all the expenses of the Filipinos who would undergo the mandatory military service, different from the existing National Service Training Program (NSTP) where the parents are paying for their children to get it.

Several days ago, the lower house supported the revival of the mandatory ROTC for Senior High Students.

It also received mass support from the netizens who believed that ROTC could bring back the discipline and patriotism to the youth.

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President Rodrigo Duterte criticized Senator Antonio Trillanes IV following the newest revelation of Peter Joemel “Bikoy” Advincula who said that the opposition was behind the production of the “Ang Totoong Narco-list” video series.

During President Duterte’s speech in Davao City, he called Trillanes shameless for using his position as a Senator of the Philippines in a wrong way.

According to him, Trillanes only used the Senate so he can put his political enemies down.

“Anong ginawa mo? Binaboy mo ang Senado. And you use that power to run after people,” he said.

He also claimed that Trillanes is using dummy accounts to hide his true wealth.

In the said videos featuring Bikoy, it was claimed that the members of the Duterte family are using code names and dummies to receive their payrolls from illegal businesses.

“Ikaw ‘yung number one na gagamit ng dummy. Lalabas rin ‘yan. Pero sabi ko walang hiya ka. Hindi ka lalaki,” Duterte said.

As a response, Trillanes downplayed the recent statements of the President, saying that Duterte should prove his previous accusations first before making another story.

“Ayan ka na naman. Hindi ka pa nga nakakabawi sa kapalpakan mo dun sa inimbento mong offshore bank accounts na bintang mo sa akin, pati na rin dun sa mga sinabi mo laban sa Nanay ko, tapos may bago ka na namang bintang,” Trillanes said.

“This time, si Bikoy naman ang source mo. Henyo ka talaga, Duts,” he added.

Advincula on Thursday claimed that Senator Trillanes is part of “Oplan Sodoma” which aimed to topple the current administration and make Vice President Leni Robredo as the new leader of the country.

Senator-elect Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa made a score to his online critic yesterday after Peter Joemel Advincula backtracked to his previous statements against President Rodrigo Duterte and its allies.

On Thursday, Dela Rosa shared a live stream video of Bikoy’s press conference at Camp Crame covered by CNN Philippines and even tagged a certain “Guy Camacho” in his post, asking what happened.

It seems that Bato mocked Camacho who’s previously defending Advincula several weeks ago.

“Mr. Guy Camacho, what now, sir? Yung patruth hurts truth hurts dyan kainin mo yung throat mo dong!” Dela Rosa wrote.

Camacho is known for posting memes to poke fun about Bato.

Last year, Camacho made a post against Bato in “TheLongGrayLine” Facebook group where the members are mostly alumnus of the Philippine Military Academy and part of the AFP.

It seems that Camacho who’s also a graduate of PMA is well-known in the said group.

When Bikoy first revealed himself in the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Camacho also criticized Senator Panfilo Lacson and accused the latter of “demolishing Bikoy’s credibility”.

“Similar to what Ping did to Edgar Matobato and former SPO3 Arthur Lascanas, I can see that Ping is already discrediting Bikoy even before he is given the light of day so that the public can also hear the entire story and evaluate his evidence.” Guy Camacho wrote in SEN TRILLANES POWER Facebook group.

However, like the other critics of the government, Camacho is also now doubting the credibility of Advincula.

“Could it be that Bikoy’s truth is priced by the highest bidder? Never mind the dreadful consequence if Bikoy sells his truth to the wrong buyer.” Guy Camacho said.

Peter Joemel Advincula, one day after he backtracked all his statement against the Duterte administration and its allies was rushed to the Philippine National Police (PNP) Hospital after suffering high blood pressure and headache.

According to the report, Advincula who’s still not posting bail for estafa charges against him complained about his condition while being under the custody of CIDG.

The authorities quickly took an action and rushed him to the PNP Hospital and rest there until his condition comes back to normal.

Albayalde revealed the news to the press during a press conference in Camp Crame.

“Nagshoot up yung BP (blood pressure) niya na 130 over 90, at parang ang sinabi nya nahihilo raw sya, so pinahospital muna namin sya, probably kailangan nyang magpahinga,” PNP chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde said.

Advincula surrendered himself to the authorities yesterday and claimed that he was only asked by the Liberal Party to make a video against the Duterte administration and its allies.

However, after the elections, Advincula said that he cannot contact the people who helped him to produce the Bikoy videos anymore which gave him a hint that his colleagues already left him.

He believed that the defeat of all Otso Diretso candidates made the other people behind the Bikoy video to stay away from him.

Advincula went to the Camp Crame together with his brother and mother who also apologized to the public.

Philippine National Police chief General Oscar Albayalde showed his annoyance to a question of a reporter on Thursday after the latter tried to compare Peter Joemel “Bikoy” Advincula appearance in the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) to the press conference held for the self-proclaimed whistleblower at Camp Crame.

During the press conference yesterday, the reporter mentioned the previous statement of Malacanang about Bikoy’s appearance in the IBP saying that the organization should be “apolitical” and avoid letting their place use for political propaganda.

The question was quickly answered by Albayalde, asking if the reporter wanted to point out that PNP allowed their facilities to be used to spread political propaganda.

He explained out that there’s a difference between the appearance of Advincula in the IBP and Camp Crame and pointed out that Advincula should be held by PNP no matter what because of his previous cases.

Albayalde said that it’s their role to give everybody their right to defend themselves.

“What is political on this?! Tell me! Ang nagsalita dun, hindi kami. We are a police officer! He’s asking for a custody! Nag surrender po siya sa amin! This is not a political exercise! This is part of freedom of speech of anybody! This is part of democracy,” Albayalde said.

“Bakit?! Pinipili na natin dapat kung kanino magsalita at kung kanino lang dapat magsalita?! We are a police force! We protect and serve everybody! Not somebody lang, but everybody, all the Filipino people.” he added.

Albalyade insisted that all the stories revealed by Advincula came from him and they didn’t give him any script to follow.

He also said that they’re going to investigate if Advincula is now telling the true stories.

“Siya po ang nagsabi non, hindi kami. So let him prove his statements.. that is part of his statement, not ours. Wala kaming sinasabi sa kanya at hindi namin siya tinuruan whatsoever, unlike nung sinabi niya na tinuruan siya before,” he said.

“That is the truth according to him! Not according to me! Hindi galing sakin yun, sa kanya galing yun! I’m not saying that what he all says here is the gospel truth!”  said.

Advincula during the press conference claimed that he was only tasked to make statements against the first family and its allies by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and other members of the opposition.

He also said that the people behind the production of “Bikoy” didn’t pay him the P500,000 that they promised to him which prompted him to tell the truth.

Renowned news anchor Erwin Tulfo expressed his willingness to make Congressman-Elect Paolo “Pulong” Duterte as the Speaker of the House believe that he could become a productive leader of the Congress.

In a post, Tulfo published a photo of Duterte with a caption suggesting that Pulong as a Speaker could fasten the process of the priority bills of the current administration.

Pulong recently got a seat in the 18th Congress, representing Davao City first district.

“PAG ITO DAW ANG NAGING SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, SIGURADO LAHAT NG PRIORITY BILLS NI TAYAY DIGS APRUBADO ORA MISMO… parusang bitay, wala na casual worker, presyo bababa at sahod tataasan, pagtatag ng ofw, senior citizen, at disaster department, at iba pa.” Erwin Tulfo said.

“BAKIT HAHANAP PA NG IBA?” he added.

As of writing, the post of Tulfo already reached 45,000 reactions from the netizens.

Most of the comments are supporting Tulfo’s suggestion.

Tulfo’s suggestion is different from the suggestion of different political parties aligned with the Duterte administration.

However, Pulong didn’t express any intention to become the next Speaker.

PDP-Laban, the party of President Duterte was eyeing Congressmen Pantaleon Alvarez (Davao del Norte), Aurelio Gonzales (Pampanga) and Lord Allan Jay Velasco (Marinduque) to become the next Speaker.

Congressman-elect Alan Peter Cayetano of Taguig, Martin Romualdez of Leyte, Loren Legarda of Antique and Fredenil Castro of Capiz are also being eyed to replace the current Speaker of the House Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Peter Joemel Advincula challenged Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to face him personally so the people would know who’s saying the true story between them.

Advincula, who claimed that he’s Bikoy told the media that he wanted to face Trillanes and look him in the eye to prove that they know each other.

“Ang maganda niyan, magharap kaming dalawa… doon makikita kung sino ang nagsisinungaling, kasi doon makikita yung eye-to-eye contact yung bang magkakilala at saka yung matagal na,” he said.

“Ito ang tandaan niya, lahat ng ginawa namin noon may mga ebidensya akong hawak na makakapagpatunay na siya ang nasa likod [ng Bikoy videos]” he added.

Advincula released his latest statement after Senator Trillanes denied that he’s involved in the production of the videos featuring Bikoy and he’s planning to file charges against the former.

In a press conference held at Camp Crame, Advincula claimed that Trillanes is part of the Oplan Sonoma which aimed to topple the Duterte administration and make Vice President Leni Robredo as President.

Advincula said that he made a contact with Trillanes with the help of a certain “Jonel” whom according to Bikoy, is part of the security team of the Senator.

He added that Trillanes is using codename ‘Stella’ during the production of the said videos against the Duterte family and its allies.

“Hindi lang basta nagkausap kami ni Trillanes, ilang beses kaming nag-meeting. Itong Project Sonoma ay isang proyekto para pabagsakin si Pangulong Duterte at para paupuin si VP Leni Robredo. Hinahabol ni Trillanes bago matapos ang term niya ngayong June 30.” he said during the press conference on Thursday.

Before the elections, Advincula appeared in the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) to insist his claims against the Duterte administration. He also asked for legal help which denied by the IBP.

After the senatorial elections, he appeared again in public and backtracked his statements, saying that the people who produced the Bikoy videos didn’t pay him.

Congressman-elect Paolo “Pulong” Duterte released a statement after Peter Joemel Advincula also known as “Bikoy” retracted his past statements against the Presidential family, Senator-elect Bong Go and other individuals on Thursday.

In a Facebook post, Duterte said that he already knew that the claims of Bikoy in the video series titled “Ang Totoong Narco-list” were scripted to lower their popularity.

According to him, Bikoy video series is part of the plan of the enemies of the government to remove the trust of the public to the Duterte administration and its close allies.

He also expected that Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, a known critic of the Duterte administration, is allegedly involved in the Bikoy videos.

You can read his whole statement below:

“From the very start, it was clear that the Bikoy videos were fabricated with a narrative taken straight from the playbook of people whose desire is to destroy our name and our reputation.

All the lies presented were also meant to crush the trust of the Filipino people in the authorities and inspire public disgust against the government — truly the handiwork of people who want to undermine the Duterte administration.

Without a doubt, as I have said before, Senator Antonio Trillanes was behind it. And now that many names have also surfaced, to include Sen. Risa Hontiveros and several lawyers, I believe a proper investigation is in order.”

On Thursday, Bikoy surrendered to the Philippine National Police (PNP) and appeared in a press conference held at Camp Crame, claiming that he was only asked by Senator Trillanes and other members of the Liberal Party to accuse the first family of being involved in illegal businesses.

Advincula admitted that Bong Go’s tattoo claim was only part of his made-up story, while he said that he’s unsure with the look of Pulong Duterte’s tattoo.