We beg to differ.
It looks like Ilocos Norte Rep. Rudy Fariñas might be laying the groundwork for a completely different approach to prosecuting Chief Justice Renato Corona. In what was described in an ABS-CBN “report†as an episode that provided “some unexpected comic relief” to the impeachment trial, Fariñas delivered a fine performance for the cameras as he…
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…
Well, not really. Hacienda Luisita Inc (HLI) is not a publicly-listed company and therefore we can only do thought experiments on how the price of some hypothetical HLI shares floating in the equity market would react to the news of Iloilo Representative Niel Tupas Jr’s removal as head of the prosecution team in the impeachment…
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It’s been almost a month since the prosecution under President Noynoy Aquino’s (PNoy’s) guiding hand made a bold move and attempted to allegedly bring Chief Justice Renato Corona to justice. Armed with PNoy’s convoluted sense of justice and the will of the brainwashed masses through unrelenting trial by publicity, the prosecution, led by Niel Tupas,…
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? Aren’t they violating the court rules by doing so? Unfortunately, for reasons unknown to the public, the Impeachment Court seems unable to stop…
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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 “no 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…
Read More “Pirated DVDs: Ronald Llamas’s apology misses the more important point” »
Given the interesting circumstances surrounding Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona’s very controversial impeachment trial, it is only normal that countless philosophical debates have been raised regarding this issue; the credibility of the courts, the efficacy of the Constitution, the morality of the defense and the prosecution, President Noynoy Aquino’s (PNoy’s) sincerity, and of course,…
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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…
