We beg to differ.
Politics in the Philippines is in a big mess thanks to President Noynoy Aquino (PNoy). Because of his singular desire to get rid of people he perceives to be getting in the way as he pursues his presidential “agendas”, the Filipino people have become somewhat paralyzed and confused about their social and moral obligations. Through…
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Juan Ponce Enrile, in his expert presiding over the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona brings honour to the venerable institution of the Philippine Senate. The now seminal admonition of lead prosecutor Neil Tupas Jr during the trial session on Tuesday, the 24th of January 2012 is certain to go down in…
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Today’s impeachment trial session (evaluating the bid to impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona) seems to have been about the rigour around which the proceedings are being conducted by the senator-judges led by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile. One of the more revealing moments of the session was around the way the prosecution called…
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Apologists among the mob who have been campaigning for the ouster of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona now seem to be getting really desperate — desperate enough to question the very manner with which Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile is conducting the Senate trial. A certain Floren Hilbay, for example, writing for the Inquirer.net…
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Another EDSA ocho-ocho “revolution” in the works? That’s according to House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman who reportedly spoke of knowledge of a plan on the part of the administration of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to incite an uprising if Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona is acquitted in his on-going impeachment trial… “I hope…
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Perhaps it is as what everyone had suspected all along. Of what looked like volumes of “evidence” of improper conduct on the part of Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona splashed all over the media by the House of Representatives prosecution team (despite repeated warnings from the Senate), it turns out that only a…
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Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Senate Pasay City Fifteenth Congress First Regular Session RESOLUTION NO. 39 RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE RULES OF PROCEDURE ON IMPEACHMENT TRIALS Resolved by the Senate, To adopt, as it hereby adopts, the following: RULES OF PROCEDURE ON IMPEACHMENT TRIALS I. When the Senate receives articles of impeachment pursuant…
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It seems like most Filipinos either do not know the meaning of “due process” or are simply too impatient to understand and observe it properly. God forbid that one become the subject of an investigation or an impeachment bid in the Philippines. Once the Filipino public gets a hold of any information that can be…
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