Tag: reynaldo umali

Senator Miriam Santiago: ‘social media superstar’ or just another ampaw politician?

March 15, 2014 benign0 14 Comments

Of all people. Senator Miriam Santiago was the last person in the world I would’ve expected to request that Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III be “given leeway in making his decisions.” “I will be very careful in criticizing a president because I have close, first hand observation of how difficult it is to…

Politics, Society

Deus ex machina: The Filipino’s Simplistic Mindset

May 11, 2012May 12, 2012 a 48 Comments

Looking back to the events that transpired in the course of Chief Justice Renato Coronaâ€™s impeachment trial, it could be said that major highlights concerned envelopes. First, we had witnessed the amusing incident involving a certain â€œsmall ladyâ€ who, according to prosecutor Reynaldo Umaliâ€™s story, gave him an envelope which contained Coronaâ€™s bank records, and…

Culture, Government, Society

Corona Impeachment: things the prosecutors wish the public would forget

May 2, 2012September 15, 2013 Ilda 39 Comments

The impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona is about to resume after a six-week break. Thanks to a few objective Senator Judges of the impeachment court who admonished the prosecution team for giving information that had not yet been introduced in court to the media, the prosecutors have been compelled to stay…

Crime, Featured, 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

PNoy’s prejudice is causing a lot of problems in Philippine society

February 17, 2012June 29, 2013 Ilda 91 Comments

President Noynoy Aquino (PNoy) seems to be suffering from tunnel vision. The medical term tunnel vision refers to the loss of a person’s peripheral vision. People who suffer from tunnel vision can only see what is in front of them and not the ones on the sides of their eyes. The term tunnel vision is…

Development, Education, Government, 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