Category: Media

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…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics, Society

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 greatness will continue to elude the Filipino people

March 20, 2012 benign0 23 Comments

So we want to be a “proud” people, do we? Well perhaps it is time we took the bull by its horns and ask ourselves: Proud of what exactly? You see, this is the 21st Century. Old notions of one race being superior to another or an entire people being anointed as blessed above the…

Culture, Development, Economy, Education, Government, Media, Society

Demetrio Vicente’s bonsai featured in 2000 Inquirer issue

March 16, 2012March 16, 2012 benign0 24 Comments

Thank goodness for the brilliant technology of Google News! Barely two days after the venerable Philippine Daily Inquirer let loose a doozey of a front page in its 14th March 2012 issue where “unflattering” photos of Demetrio Vicente, a character witness called by the defense team in the trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, were…

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On the lameness of the ‘apology’ of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

March 15, 2012August 24, 2022 benign0 38 Comments

And we wonder why — no, we lament that — there is such an astounding culture of impunity in the Philippines. It is because for the trouble of acceding to an invitation to speak the truth before a panel of men in scarlet robes, private citizens cop ridicule from an institution we’ve for so long…

Civics, Culture, Media, Politics

Is the Philippine Daily Inquirer making fun of Demetrio Vicente’s physical challenges?

March 14, 2012 benign0 45 Comments

One thing I can absolutely say about the Senator Judges in the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona is that they have been a very respectful lot. Although there were some instances where witnesses were made uncomfortable by their lines of questioning (which is by nature part of the hazards of being…

Culture, Media

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…

Crime, Culture, Media, 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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