Category: Media

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

Who ‘killed’ the Philippine banking industry?

February 10, 2012 benign0 13 Comments

Word hit the streets the other night that renowned “investigative journalist” Raissa Robles could be the “small lady” referred to by Oriental Mindoro Rep. Rey Umali as the “anonymous source” of an envelope allegedly filled with bank documents. We’ll get to that in a while. Do recall first how on the 7th of Feb the…

Economy, Media, Money Talks

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

Grace Lee: In love? Or another PNoy spokesperson?

February 6, 2012February 6, 2012 Ilda 83 Comments

Philippine television host and radio disc jockey, Grace Lee has been gracing the headline reports of major media networks lately. The Korean expatriate has been thrust further into the limelight after President Noynoy Aquino (PNoy) admitted that they are â€œseeing each otherâ€. Despite the age and racial difference, Lee willingly spoke about the status of…

Glitz and Glamour, Media

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

PNoy confirms he is dating TV host Grace Lee

February 1, 2012 benign0 17 Comments

Philippine President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III has confirmed Wednesday (the 1st February) that he is dating television host Grace Lee. This followed what just a few days earlier were reported â€œrumoursâ€ of a date Lee went on with the President which she “clarified” on the television news show Balitanghali… â€œWala pa akong nirerelease na (I…

Glitz and Glamour, Media

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