Category: Crime

The SC can stop the trial if there is grave abuse of power by any branch of government

February 10, 2012 Ilda 139 Comments

The impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona has certainly divided the sentiments of the Filipino people. There are Filipinos who side with the prosecution in condemning the Chief Justice despite the absence of hard evidence; there are Filipinos who side with upholding the rule of law and respecting the institutions; and then…

Crime, Economy, Government, Media, Politics

Could Umali, Tupas, ‘small lady’, and Rappler.com be all chargeable for serious violation of Philippine bank secrecy laws?

February 9, 2012April 29, 2016 benign0 139 Comments

A big gray area now looms over the Senate impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona after the questioning yesterday (the 8th of Feb) of prosecution witness Pascual Garcia III who is president of Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) raised the ugly heads of the Philippines’ bank secrecy laws further. During questioning conducted by…

Crime

Prosecutor FariÃ±as admits that Articles of Impeachment were rushed and badly-written

February 8, 2012February 8, 2012 Ilda 47 Comments

Prosecutor Congressman Rodolfo FariÃ±as finally admitted at the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona that the 188 Congressmen who signed the impeachment complaint may not have read and understood the articles of impeachment properly. According to him, he did not sign the impeachment complaint because he was a slow reader compared to…

Crime, Government, Politics

Day 13: Impeachment prosecutor Rudy FariÃ±as spices up trial and charms media personalities

February 8, 2012 benign0 11 Comments

It looks like Ilocos Norte Rep. Rudy FariÃ±as might be laying the groundwork for a completely different approach to prosecuting Chief Justice Renato Corona. In what was described in an ABS-CBN â€œreportâ€ as an episode that provided “some unexpected comic relief” to the impeachment trial, FariÃ±as delivered a fine performance for the cameras as he…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Impeachment and looming bank runs: Is economic plunder the real agenda of the Second Aquino Administration?

February 7, 2012February 7, 2012 benign0 29 Comments

Looks like the venerable Philippine Savings Bank (PS Bank) is the next hapless chump thrust into the circus spotlight. In the usual tradition of the way the prosecution habitually pre-empts any court order to authorise any of its police activities, an “envelope” delivered by a shadowy “small lady” allegedly containing Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato…

Crime, Economy, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Prosecution conducting a trial by media against CJ Renato Corona

February 2, 2012February 3, 2012 Ilda 105 Comments

Why are some members of the prosecution team for the trial of the impeachment of Supreme Court Chief Justice, Renato Corona still talking about the details of the case to the media? Arenâ€™t they violating the court rules by doing so? Unfortunately, for reasons unknown to the public, the Impeachment Court seems unable to stop…

Civics, Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Pirated DVDs: Ronald Llamas’s apology misses the more important point

February 1, 2012 benign0 30 Comments

According to presidential adviser on political affairs Ronald Llamas, he is sorry for being an enthusiastic patron of pirated (illegally copied and distributed) DVDs because he is â€œno longer a regular guyâ€. I wonder then what this says about the typical regular Filipino guy? I have many times in the past asserted that Filipino government…

Crime, Government, Lifestyle, Media, Society

Witnesses and people power: How the Corona impeachment circus just got more colorful over the weekend

January 30, 2012January 30, 2012 benign0 32 Comments

The week ahead is going to be an interesting one for the multitude of Filipino sports fans watching what is turning out to be the Super Bowl event of Philippine television. The Senate trial of the impeachment case against Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona was shaped over the weekend by several developments that futher…

Civics, Crime, Government, Media, Politics

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