Tag: impeachment

MBC and MVP inflate the significance of the impeachment trial to economic progress

May 30, 2012 a 4 Comments

Partisan social news network Rappler recently published an article, narrating the local businessmenâ€™s joy over Renato Coronaâ€™s conviction in his impeachment trial. Businessmen lauded the results of the over 4-month-long impeachment trial of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona that was sealed by a 20-3 votes of senator judges on Tuesday, May 29. “Our…

Economy, Money Talks, Politics, Society

The conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona paves the way for WHAT exactly?

May 30, 2012May 30, 2012 benign0 231 Comments

Aptly put by Twitterzen @JesterInExile in his tweet: Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona was convicted in his impeachment trial in spite of and not because of the trial prosecution team. As Senate President and presiding officer of the impeachment trial Juan Ponce Enrile emphasized in his vote speech on Article II of the…

Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

The vote speech of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona

May 29, 2012 benign0 15 Comments

The vote of the Senate President HON. JUAN PONCE ENRILE On Article II of the Articles of Impeachment against Hon. Chief Justice Renato C. Corona * * * In the entire course of this impeachment trial, I have faced many difficult challenges to my own and the Court’s collective wisdom, our sense of justice and…

Government, References

Congress destroyed Corona and further damaged fragile Philippine institutions

May 29, 2012July 6, 2014 Ilda 118 Comments

Kicking a horse when it is down. It’s an idiom for what a person does to his opponent. The Urban Dictionary describes it as when someone breaks up with their girl/boyfriend and continues to bitch about them with their friends weeks later. It’s the same as when someone beats his opponent to a pulp even…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Government, Politics

Will the Senator-Judges convict a man who interprets the law the same way they do?

May 28, 2012May 28, 2012 benign0 41 Comments

Closing remarks day today for both camps! The court session today in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona brought a few things to light: (1) how utterly outclassed the prosecution lawyers are by those in the defense team, (2) how thin on substance the speech made by no less than the leader of…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Does avowed atheist Red Tani BELIEVE or KNOW something about Renato Corona’s personal wealth?

May 28, 2012 benign0 31 Comments

I posed a simple question to avowed ‘atheist’ Red Tani of the group Filipino Freethinkers (FFT) after checking out a rather quaint cartoon he drew that implies speculation about the personal wealth of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona who currently stands on trial before a Senate impeachment court. My question to Tani was this:…

Civics, Politics, Religion

Cara Doble: the unofficial Philippine national dance

May 28, 2012 FallenAngel 6 Comments

Do you remember any of the native dances that were taught in kinder, and elementary? Pandango sa Ilaw, Tinikling, Maglalatik, Itik-itik, Subli, do any of these ring a bell? Also, I believe that in high school, and college, we were also exposed to modern dance. Ballroom dance primarily, but some of us also studied ballet,…

Culture, Government, Politics, Society

Chief Justice Renato Corona is protected by the Cory Aquino Constitution

May 26, 2012May 26, 2012 Ilda 75 Comments

A critic of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona lamented over Twitter, â€œBut Corona is using the law for his own protection.â€ Eureka! Coronaâ€™s critic had the answer to the dilemma dividing the sentiments of the entire nation. Indeed, if the law cannot protect the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, then the law cannot…

Crime, Government, Politics