Category: Crime

Prosecution misled the public when they alleged CJ Corona had 45 properties

March 21, 2012August 14, 2013 Ilda 187 Comments

Just when most people thought it was going to be another boring day of presentation of documents by the defense counsels, a bombshell hit the impeachment court during the trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. Even with the absence of defense lead counsel Serafin Cuevas, crushing the allegations of the prosecution was just a walk…

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Day of infamy for the Lower House as impeachment prosecution team betrays the public trust

March 21, 2012 benign0 51 Comments

From non-newsworthy boring to the biggest explosive drama yet. That was today’s session in the on-going impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. And despite this and the last several sessions being the turn of the defense team to present their case to the tribunal, the drama still revolved around the already evident…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Why it is important for Filipinos to stop being stupid

March 14, 2012 benign0 45 Comments

Does consistently slagging the prosecution with glee necessarily make one pro-Corona? That is of course what those who sour grape in the face of the steely elegance with which the defense now present their case in the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona would have us believe. But to be fair to…

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Congressman Tiangco: Impeachment complaint against CJ Corona was railroaded

March 13, 2012August 26, 2013 Ilda 96 Comments

It’s not mere hearsay anymore. A member of the House of Representatives, Congressman Tobias Tiangco confirmed what most people have long been suspecting – that there is a culture of bullying, intimidation, and bribery in Congress. The bullying it seems even comes from the House Majority Leader Neptali “Boyet” Gonzales II himself. But the Senator…

Crime, Culture, Government, Politics

Why Filipinos cannot seem to get what the defense team in the impeachment trial are up to

March 13, 2012 benign0 37 Comments

Kiko Pangilinan and Senator-Judge Jinggoy Estrada don’t seem to get it. Neither do any of the media commentators who talked about today’s hearing in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. Echoing Pangilinan’s and Estrada’s assertion, Media pundits also expressed how they saw no point in the Defense team’s tack in raising the issue…

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PNoy: coup to oust him could be something from his wish list

March 9, 2012March 16, 2018 Ilda 32 Comments

Some people can’t tell whether President Noynoy Aquino lacks imagination or is kicking his imagination into overdrive. Recently it seems that his imagination had actually been working doubly hard. From out of the blue he made a new claim that there is a plot in the works to oust him. As usual, however, PNoy was…

Crime, Government, Politics, Society

Filipinos have started counting the cost of a 26-year swindle

March 4, 2012 benign0 58 Comments

As we start a week of no trial sessions and face the prospect of several days of separation anxiety over not seeing our favourite characters in the on-going drama of Chief Justice Renato Corona’s impeachment, it may be worth looking back and getting a sanity check on what really got us to this point. We…

Crime, Culture, Society

Vitallano Aguirre’s mind will forever be stuck in February 29 2012

March 1, 2012 benign0 96 Comments

Quite a shame that the prosecution team in the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona, already beleaguered over the course of the proceedings by a litany of gaffes, episodes of mediocre performance, and instances of unethical behaviour laid bare by one Senator-Judge after another, has to suffer the humiliation of one of…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Government