Category: Government

Lessons from Corona’s impeachment trial: Medicines, Shoes, and Critical Thinking

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Recent reports narrated Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales’s outrage over respondent Chief Justice Renato Corona’s statement regarding her allegiance; that she might be in cahoots with the Aquino administration. “I was never ever used by Malacañang,” Carpio-Morales told reporters in a press conference. “Hindi ako magpapagamit. I have been trying to be impartial. I have been trying…

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Government, Politics, Society

Chief Justice Renato Corona goes beyond redeeming himself to become hero of bank secrecy reform!

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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…

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Civics, Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Jeepney Court: Why the Senate impeachment trial court is like the jeepney

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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…

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Civics, Crime, Development, Government, Politics

Dean Tony La Viña’s call for Corona to resign misses the real point

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According to Dean Tony La Viña 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…

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Civics, Crime, Culture, Government, Politics

Musings on Corona’s appearance in court: ICU, Mistrials and Waivers

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Chief Justice Renato Corona’s much-anticipated appearance in the Senate for his impeachment trial was met with, unsurprisingly, negative reactions and remarks. It was clear that the Filipino people are not interested in the very least to hear what the respondent had to say; they just wanted him to show up so they can ridicule him…

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Government, Politics, Society

Corona’s alleged walk out: was he physically sick of the impeachment court?

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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 Corona’s appearance in his impeachment trial would be filled with…

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

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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…

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Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Learning from Pigs and the Yellows

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A fellow member of the Get Real Philippines Facebook page asked an interesting question. “Do you agree that a change in self must happen first before a change in rules? Or do you believe in the reverse?” This, for me, is a thought-provoking question. Some folks, especially proponents of Charter Change (to Parliamentary form of…

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Charter Change, Government, Politics