Category: Crime

Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona’s day in court

May 23, 2012May 23, 2012 benign0 158 Comments

Brilliant performance today from Chief Justice Renato Corona. He laid himself out in a manner ordinary Filipinos could relate with. The simplicity of his lifestyle, the straightforward manner with which he accumulated his wealth, and the looking-you-in-the-eye reaffirmation of his lack of any wrongdoing cut straight past the TV screens and struck hard the hearts…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Run for the banks! Senator Judges behold the return of the ‘S’ word: SEQUESTER

May 21, 2012 benign0 32 Comments

Unintended consequences — the evil spawn of those famous last words: It seemed like a good idea at the time. It’s the cancerous mass-thinking process that latches humanity onto the glitzy, glossy, mind candy of easy shortcuts and quick fixes fuelled by sef-important notions of what one considers to be “noble” goals. “Cheaper faster better”…

Civics, Crime, Economy, Government, Politics

The fate of Philippine democracy is in the hands of the Senator Judges of the impeachment court

May 18, 2012September 27, 2013 Ilda 48 Comments

This is it. This is what some of us have been waiting for. No, it’s not really the much-anticipated appearance of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona in court. Okay, yes. We are going to be glued to the tube when he finally testifies, indeed. But at the back of our heads, the long wait…

Crime, Featured, Government, Politics, Society

Does Leah Navarro advocate a repeal of the Bill of Rights?

May 18, 2012May 18, 2012 benign0 11 Comments

A self-described stalwart of everything that quintessentially Filipino oxymoron “civil society” stands for and staunch anti-Corona crusader Leah Navarro let loose what sounded like a whopper of a Freudian slip in a tweet she issued last Tuesday the 15th May: If a public official or citizen has nothing to hide, the possibility of an audit…

Civics, Crime, Glitz and Glamour

Ginebra, DVDs, and the Rules of Evidence

May 18, 2012 Hector Gamboa 24 Comments

I have been reading an exchange of banter between folks I perceive to be supportive of the defense team of Chief Justice (CJ) Corona versus folks I perceive to be supportive of the administrationâ€™s means to pin down the CJ. While I find the sniping of each parties against each other somewhat entertaining, I couldnâ€™t…

Crime, Politics

Kaya Natin leader and Ateneo director Harvey Keh caught lying in Corona impeachment trial session

May 17, 2012August 18, 2022 benign0 35 Comments

In yet another spectacular showcase of the flat learning curve of all who stand for that quintessentially Filipino oxymoron “civil society”, Manila Times “columnist” and Director of the Youth and Social Entrepreneurship Program of the Ateneo School of Government Harvey Keh was grilled to a crisp by various parties in the Senate Court in the…

Civics, Crime, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Corona’s day in court: dignity versus bastusan

May 16, 2012May 16, 2012 Ilda 170 Comments

The whole country is awaiting the highly anticipated appearance of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona in his own impeachment trial. There is not a day that goes by that the prosecution does not fail to ask the defense team when they will call Corona to the witness stand. And so do some of the…

Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

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

May 15, 2012 benign0 22 Comments

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…

Crime, Government, Politics

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