MANILA, Philippines (Updated 6:20 p.m.) — The Makati court on Thursday granted Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV’s plea to leave the country for speaking engagements in the United States and Europe in the next months. Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 granted the senator’s plea to temporarily lift the hold departure order against him to attend various engagements from Dec. 11, 2018 to Jan. 12, 2019, and from Jan. 27 to Feb. 10, 2019. "[T]he hold departure order dated September 25 issued against [Sen.] Trillanes in relation to this case...is temporarily lifted," the court said. Trillanes’ camp said that they received “invitations from different groups” to attend various activities in Amsterdam, Barcelona and London from December 11 to January 12 next year. Trillanes not a flight riskThe court noted that Trillanes participated in the Court’s hearings for the government’s motion for the issuance of arrest warrant and travel ban.

Source: Philippine Star November 29, 2018 09:08 UTC