Tag: marites vitug

Anti-Corona Mob laments Cuevas’s brilliant wit and ‘star quality’ of defense team

January 23, 2012February 10, 2014 benign0 77 Comments

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…

Civics, Crime, Media, Politics

Will Noynoy Aquino incite rebellion if Chief Justice Renato Corona is acquitted?

January 20, 2012January 30, 2012 benign0 109 Comments

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… â€œI hope…

Civics, Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Day 2 of Corona Impeachment: Amazing grace exhibited by defense team

January 18, 2012January 30, 2012 benign0 64 Comments

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…

Civics, Crime, Government, Media, Politics

World Bank report on Supreme Court ‘ineligible funds’ inappropriately leaked to Rappler?

January 15, 2012January 30, 2012 benign0 37 Comments

Recently, Purple S. Romero of “social news network” site Rappler.com published the article “Return P8.6-M, World Bank tells SC” which details a World Bank request to the Philippine Supreme Court to return “a total of US$199,000 (P8.6-M) in ‘ineligible’ funds by the end of January, saying the High Tribunal spent this on activities and projects…

Government, Media, Politics

Ressa cries bloody ‘libel!’ – When will Rappler.com get it?

January 14, 2012August 7, 2013 benign0 21 Comments

Interesting the way Rappler.com CEO Maria Ressa cries bloody libel over Katrina Stuart-Santiago’s article Going to the dogs — an article about the manner with which Ressa’s self-described “social news network” startup precipitated (and possibly encouraged) a broader “ganging up” on the University of Santo Tomas over a perceived favour it granted to Chief Justice…

Media, Politics, Tech Talk

Chief Justice Renato Corona’s trial-by-publicity heats up as MalacaÃ±ang PR machine switches to overdrive

January 5, 2012January 30, 2012 benign0 61 Comments

It is not very surprising behaviour coming from the parties that seek to oust Chief Justice Renato Corona from the Supreme Court. Even before the 16th of January impeachment trial to be conducted by the Philippine Senate, efforts to sway public opinion by demonising Corona are already underway. The most obvious among these is disclosure…

Crime, Media, Politics, Society

The official definition of ‘social news network’ @rapplerdotcom

January 2, 2012October 12, 2016 benign0 39 Comments

I came across some chatter on Twitter today regarding some kind of issue around something “veteran journalist” Marites Vitug wrote about the Philippines’ University of Santo Tomas reportedly granting a doctorate in law, summa cum laude, to Chief Justice Renato Corona without requiring a dissertation. I’m thinking, whatever. Granting degrees and distinctions on any person,…

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