Trillanes sues Harry Roque, Banat By, SMNI for libel & cyber libel | The wRap

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Here are today's headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Trillanes sues Harry Roque, SMNI, Banat By for libel, cyber libel
- On 3rd hearing, Dela Rosa still fails to establish alleged Marcos drug links
- Chinese ships head to Panatag Shoal ahead of civilian Atin Ito voyage
- Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight' guitar up for sale, cigarette burns included
- At Cannes, 'Bona' finds a second life

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00:00 Today on Rappler
00:13 Former Senator Sonny Trillanes files libel and cyber-libel complaints against Harry Roque,
00:18 SMNay, and vlogger Banat Bay.
00:20 Senator Bato de la Rosa fails to establish President Marcos' drug links.
00:24 A maritime expert says the largest blockade of Chinese vessels is en route to Panatag
00:30 Shoal, ahead of a civilian mission to the area.
00:32 Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight" guitar is up for sale.
00:36 And 43 years later, after its appearance at Cannes, Lino Brocco's film "Bona" featuring
00:41 Nora Onor makes a return to France.
00:46 Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV files libel and cyber-libel complaints against former
00:50 presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, Apollo Kibuloy-owned network SMNay, and vlogger Banat
00:56 Bay or Byron Cristobal.
00:58 Trillanes says Roque and Banat Bay accused him of giving away Panatag Shoal to China
01:03 during back-channel talks in 2012.
01:06 Trillanes claims Roque made the allegations in a video clip posted on the former presidential
01:10 spokesperson's Facebook page.
01:13 Banat Bay published Roque's video and then posted his own video.
01:16 Trillanes also files libel and cyber-libel complaints against a certain Guillermina
01:21 Barido and SMNay hosts and executives.
01:24 In an interview aired by SMNay, Barido alleged Trillanes tried to convince her and purportedly
01:29 paid her to be a fake witness against then-President Duterte.
01:35 Senator Bato de la Rosa claims there is no hidden agenda in conducting hearings on the
01:39 so-called Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency or PIDEA leaks, even if testimony suggests
01:45 these were fabricated.
01:46 The PIDEA leaks stemmed from a pre-operation report in 2012 that implicated President Ferdinand
01:51 Marcos Jr. and actress Maricel Soriano in illegal drugs.
01:55 At the Senate hearing on Monday, May 13, head of PIDEA's legal division, Francis Del Valle,
02:01 says the documents presented by dismissed PIDEA agent Jonathan Morales were "fabricated,"
02:07 noting these did not contain PIDEA control numbers.
02:10 Meantime, former Senator Antonio Trillanes claims de la Rosa was holding the hearings
02:14 upon the instructions of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
02:18 A fuming de la Rosa says he can't be dictated upon by anyone.
02:21 De la Rosa's committee has conducted three hearings on the leaks but has failed to establish
02:26 links to Marcos.
02:28 Senate President Mig Zubiri, meantime, warned his colleagues to stop using Senate hearings
02:32 for political persecution.
02:36 A maritime expert says the "largest blockade of Chinese vessels" is en route to Panatag
02:41 Shoal in the West Philippine Sea ahead of a civilian mission to the area.
02:45 Raymond Powell, an expert and observer of maritime movements in the region, posts on
02:49 X Monday, May 13, China is determined to aggressively enforce its claim over the shoal.
02:55 Aten Ito, a coalition of civic and fisherfolk and farmer groups, is set to go to the shoal
03:00 on Tuesday, May 14 to bring supplies to fisherfolk in the area.
03:04 Just three weeks before, China Coast Guard ships, water cannon, Philippine government
03:08 vessels supposed to bring fuel and supplies to Filipino fisherfolk.
03:12 In a statement, the coalition said they were undeterred.
03:15 China's actions are failing to intimidate Filipinos.
03:18 Instead, they are only uniting us and inspiring us to go further in defending our rights.
03:25 The acoustic guitar auctioneer, Say Eric Clapton, used to compose his hit ballad "Wonderful
03:30 Tonight," is going under the hammer next month.
03:33 With a guide price of up to $500,000, among its listed distinguishing marks are burns
03:38 on the headstock, left by the cigarettes Clapton stuck under the strings.
03:43 The 1974-0028 Martin Acoustic also has a sticker on the side reading "She's in love with a
03:49 rodeo man," a reference to the hit performed by Texas-born country star Don Williams.
03:55 He used it to compose songs, including his 1977 hit about model Patti Boyd.
04:00 The rock legend says he wrote "Wonderful Tonight" as he was waiting for her to get ready for
04:05 a party.
04:06 Clapton sold the guitar at a charitable auction in 1999.
04:10 It will be up for sale again at Bonham's Rock, Pop and Film auction at its London sale room
04:15 on June 12.
04:18 Forty-three years after its appearance at Cannes, national artist Lino Brocca's film
04:22 "Bona," featuring another national artist, Nora Onor, makes a return to France.
04:27 The 4K restored version of the film is to be premiered this year at the festival through
04:31 the collaborative efforts of Carlotta Films and Cany Releasing.
04:35 "Bona" follows a young middle-class girl who drops out of high school to pursue a one-sided
04:40 romance with Gardo, a minor actor in low-budget films.
04:44 Ariel Esteban Calle, co-founder of Cany Releasing, says the process for restoration was complex
04:50 and had to be done abroad.
04:51 Calle adds the film premiered in Cannes in 1981, so it was the logical place to premiere
04:56 the restored version.
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