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Philippine Congress mints new anti-cybercrime and anti-slander laws

June 1, 2012June 1, 2012 benign0 9 Comments

Media people whether they be old-school journalists, “on-line reporters” or Web publishers (such as bloggers and much of the rest of humanity who have access to Facebook and Twitter among others) are up in arms about the raft of “anti-media” bills being drafted and passed in Congress. Critics of these measures assert that these “anti-media”…

Crime, Culture, Media, Tech Talk

Chief Justice Renato Corona goes beyond redeeming himself to become hero of bank secrecy reform!

May 25, 2012September 16, 2013 benign0 63 Comments

Chief Justice Renato Corona more than redeemed himself today after the minor debacle he got himself into when he left the witness stand before he was formally discharged on his first appearance in his own impeachment trial last Tuesday, the 22nd of May. Coming across today as forthright and sincere, Corona delivered a brilliant television…

Civics, Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Is Noynoy Aquino turning MalacaÃ±ang into an organised crime syndicate?

February 21, 2012February 21, 2012 benign0 43 Comments

New revelations emerging in yesterday’s court session in the on-going impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona shed further light into the true priorities of the governement of Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. Senator-Judge Joker Arroyo in a speech before the court last Monday (the 20th February) encapsulated this disturbing character of…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

The fatal error of the Corona impeachment prosecution team

February 14, 2012 benign0 47 Comments

Yesterday (the 13th of Feb) proved to be a humbling day for both the prosecution and and the Senate impeachment court. A house of cards built upon unlawfully-obtained information came crashing down after thirteen senators voted to honour a temporary restraining order (TRO) on an order issued by the Senate tribunal for Philippine Savings Bank…

Crime, Government, Media

Corona impeachment twist: 100 million reasons to defy a Supreme Court restraining order

February 13, 2012February 13, 2012 benign0 28 Comments

Last night (the 12th of Feb 2012), the legal team defending Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona in his impeachment trial went public on a plot allegedly perpetrated by Executive Secretary Paquito â€œJojoâ€ Ochoa to “persuade” members of the Philippine Senate to defy a temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by the Supreme Court on the…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

So is Raissa Robles the ‘small lady’?

February 12, 2012September 14, 2018 benign0 36 Comments

As the circus that is the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona drags on, there is much collateral damage being wrought upon the already fraying society of the Philippines. One is the spectre of a constitutional crisis now casting a pall over the nation’s hallowed institutions. The other is the undermining of…

Crime, Economy, Media, Money Talks

Could Umali, Tupas, ‘small lady’, and Rappler.com be all chargeable for serious violation of Philippine bank secrecy laws?

February 9, 2012April 29, 2016 benign0 139 Comments

A big gray area now looms over the Senate impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona after the questioning yesterday (the 8th of Feb) of prosecution witness Pascual Garcia III who is president of Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) raised the ugly heads of the Philippines’ bank secrecy laws further. During questioning conducted by…

Crime