Category: Crime

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

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