Category: Crime

The conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona paves the way for WHAT exactly?

May 30, 2012May 30, 2012 benign0 231 Comments

Aptly put by Twitterzen @JesterInExile in his tweet: Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona was convicted in his impeachment trial in spite of and not because of the trial prosecution team. As Senate President and presiding officer of the impeachment trial Juan Ponce Enrile emphasized in his vote speech on Article II of the…

Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

Congress destroyed Corona and further damaged fragile Philippine institutions

May 29, 2012July 6, 2014 Ilda 118 Comments

Kicking a horse when it is down. It’s an idiom for what a person does to his opponent. The Urban Dictionary describes it as when someone breaks up with their girl/boyfriend and continues to bitch about them with their friends weeks later. It’s the same as when someone beats his opponent to a pulp even…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Government, Politics

Will the Senator-Judges convict a man who interprets the law the same way they do?

May 28, 2012May 28, 2012 benign0 41 Comments

Closing remarks day today for both camps! The court session today in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona brought a few things to light: (1) how utterly outclassed the prosecution lawyers are by those in the defense team, (2) how thin on substance the speech made by no less than the leader of…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Chief Justice Renato Corona is protected by the Cory Aquino Constitution

May 26, 2012May 26, 2012 Ilda 75 Comments

A critic of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona lamented over Twitter, â€œBut Corona is using the law for his own protection.â€ Eureka! Coronaâ€™s critic had the answer to the dilemma dividing the sentiments of the entire nation. Indeed, if the law cannot protect the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, then the law cannot…

Crime, Government, Politics

Chief Justice Renato Corona goes beyond redeeming himself to become hero of bank secrecy reform!

May 25, 2012September 16, 2013 benign0 63 Comments

Chief Justice Renato Corona more than redeemed himself today after the minor debacle he got himself into when he left the witness stand before he was formally discharged on his first appearance in his own impeachment trial last Tuesday, the 22nd of May. Coming across today as forthright and sincere, Corona delivered a brilliant television…

Civics, Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Jeepney Court: Why the Senate impeachment trial court is like the jeepney

May 25, 2012May 25, 2012 benign0 19 Comments

The jeepney originally came into the public service for several clear reasons: (1) to address a post-war shortage of public mass transportation, (2) there was abundant raw material — surplus United States Army jeeps — for the product, and (3) Filipinos were not up to the task of rebuilding a systemised public transport infrastructure. Fast…

Civics, Crime, Development, Government, Politics

Dean Tony La ViÃ±a’s call for Corona to resign misses the real point

May 24, 2012May 24, 2012 benign0 47 Comments

According to Dean Tony La ViÃ±a in his piece “Everything but the truth” published on ‘social news network’ site Rappler.com, “The truth demands stringent rigor, a burden enough to break lesser men. The Supreme Court carries a heavy responsibility as the adjudicator of the truth in the cases it hears. What we saw [in Chief…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Government, Politics

Corona’s alleged walk out: was he physically sick of the impeachment court?

May 23, 2012 Ilda 145 Comments

Most of us have come to expect pandemonium when it comes to the impeachment trials of our public officials and that is usually what we get. I must say that this is one for the books. We all knew that Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Coronaâ€™s appearance in his impeachment trial would be filled with…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Government, Media, Politics, Society

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