Category: Crime

Is Noynoy Aquino turning MalacaÃ±ang into an organised crime syndicate?

February 21, 2012February 21, 2012 benign0 43 Comments

New revelations emerging in yesterday’s court session in the on-going impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona shed further light into the true priorities of the governement of Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. Senator-Judge Joker Arroyo in a speech before the court last Monday (the 20th February) encapsulated this disturbing character of…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

US not happy with strict Ph bank secrecy laws

February 20, 2012December 23, 2016 benign0 6 Comments

Following the landmark decision coming from the Senate court trying the impeachment of Chief Justice Renato Corona to uphold a Supreme Court restraining order on the opening of Corona’s dollar accounts, much attention has now been directed to the Philippines’ “archaic” bank secrecy laws. According to also secret United States embassy cables revealed by Wikileaks,…

Crime, Economy, Money Talks

Debates on ‘rules of court’ continue to dominate Corona impeachment trial

February 16, 2012September 30, 2013 Ilda 113 Comments

Well it looks like much of the rest of the proceedings during the trial of impeached Chief Justice, Renato Corona will be spent on clarifying the rules of the court. However long it would take to finish the trial – it could be weeks or months – the presiding officer, Senator Juan Ponce Enrile will…

Crime, Government, Politics

Birthdays and national treasures on Valentines Day impeachment session

February 15, 2012 benign0 39 Comments

All noted the earliness of the hour with which yesterday’s session in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona adjourned yesterday pursuant to that day being the 14th day of the month of February. Be that as it may, any submission that henceforth cessation of hostilities to mark the occasion of V-day be observed…

Crime, Government, Politics, Society

The fatal error of the Corona impeachment prosecution team

February 14, 2012 benign0 47 Comments

Yesterday (the 13th of Feb) proved to be a humbling day for both the prosecution and and the Senate impeachment court. A house of cards built upon unlawfully-obtained information came crashing down after thirteen senators voted to honour a temporary restraining order (TRO) on an order issued by the Senate tribunal for Philippine Savings Bank…

Crime, Government, Media

Corona impeachment twist: 100 million reasons to defy a Supreme Court restraining order

February 13, 2012February 13, 2012 benign0 28 Comments

Last night (the 12th of Feb 2012), the legal team defending Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona in his impeachment trial went public on a plot allegedly perpetrated by Executive Secretary Paquito â€œJojoâ€ Ochoa to “persuade” members of the Philippine Senate to defy a temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court on the…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

President Noynoy Aquino meddling in Corona impeachment trial

February 13, 2012January 21, 2014 Ilda 56 Comments

President Noynoy Aquino (PNoy) released yet another disturbing statement when he voiced his disappointment over the Supreme Court’s decision to grant the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the Senate impeachment court order compelling PSbank to release records on foreign currency accounts allegedly belonging to impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona. Considering PNoy insisted that he took…

Crime, Government, Politics

So is Raissa Robles the ‘small lady’?

February 12, 2012September 14, 2018 benign0 36 Comments

As the circus that is the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona drags on, there is much collateral damage being wrought upon the already fraying society of the Philippines. One is the spectre of a constitutional crisis now casting a pall over the nation’s hallowed institutions. The other is the undermining of…

Crime, Economy, Media, Money Talks

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