Category: Crime

AMLC – the new Philippine Constabulary: Impeachment Senator-Judges beware!

Posted on By benign0 22 Comments on AMLC – the new Philippine Constabulary: Impeachment Senator-Judges beware!

It’s the second day of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales’s “testimony” in the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. Bottom line still is the fact that no beginning cash balance to serve as a baseline to give meaning to the cash flows presented by Morales could be produced. Without a beginning balance, there is…

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Crime, Government, Politics

Ombudsman Morales testimony muddles rather than substantiates Prosecution claims of Corona dollar holdings

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And the comedy of errors that is the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona continues as today’s session concludes. A long accounting made by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales of various funds movements between 82 bank accounts across several banks to the name of Chief Justice Renato Corona over a period beginning 2003 through 2011 revealed…

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Crime, Government, Politics

Corona impeachment: railroaded at the start by House now rushed towards the end by Senate

Posted on By Ilda 50 Comments on Corona impeachment: railroaded at the start by House now rushed towards the end by Senate

On the first day back from the six-week break, Senator Judges in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona couldn’t emphasize enough that they want to finish the trial as soon as possible. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile even said the trial should not go beyond May 31. Another Senator, Miriam Santiago also quoted…

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There is enough basis – and motivation – to dismiss the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona

Posted on By benign0 11 Comments on There is enough basis – and motivation – to dismiss the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona

After weeks prior to the Easter break of putting up with the inept lawyering of the Prosecution team in the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona, we find on the first day of the trial post-Easter that our Senator Judges have suddenly seemingly grown weary of the whole circus. Instead of patiently…

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Philippine Government . . . You’re Fired!

Posted on By Virtual Vigilante 31 Comments on Philippine Government . . . You’re Fired!

My advocacy is to reduce the Philippine Government (the “Government”) to its bare essentials. That means I will do everything I can to minimize the taxes I pay the Government and to encourage every taxpayer, individual and/or corporate, to do the same until the Government relearns its sole purpose and function—to serve the taxpayers. The…

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Crime, Development, Environment, Government, Politics, Society

Corona Impeachment: things the prosecutors wish the public would forget

Posted on By Ilda 39 Comments on Corona Impeachment: things the prosecutors wish the public would forget

The impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona is about to resume after a six-week break. Thanks to a few objective Senator Judges of the impeachment court who admonished the prosecution team for giving information that had not yet been introduced in court to the media, the prosecutors have been compelled to stay…

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Crime, Featured, Government, Media, Politics

Strike three for impunity!

Posted on By FallenAngel 26 Comments on Strike three for impunity!

The Japanese have a proverb/saying: 仏の顔も三度 – hotoke no kao mo sando Literally, this means “Buddha’s face lasts only three times”.  What this means is that even the nicest of persons can get angry after being provoked to a certain extent. Why three?  I don’t know, but for simplistic reasons just think of it as…

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Crime, Culture, Development, Environment, Government, Politics, Society

Crowdsourcing Raissa Robles’s shoplifting allegations

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Recently we exhibited the most current case study of the banal bias that top-dog Filipino media network ABS-CBN consistently applies in its “news reporting” when it featured as its top headline a blog post by “investigative journalist” Raissa Robles on the alleged vast United States property portfolio held by Chief Justice Renato Corona. According to…

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