Tag: Senate

Philippine Senate Resolution 39 Rules of Procedure on Impeachment Trials

January 13, 2012 benign0 No Comments

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…

Government, References

Will Senator Antonio Trillanes defer to public opinion when deciding on Corona’s impeachment?

January 9, 2012April 29, 2016 benign0 50 Comments

According to “Senator” Antonio Trillanes IV, public opinion will weigh heavily in his final decision with regard to the impeachment of Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. In a speech delivered at a forum held at the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance, Diliman last week Trillanes said that he intends to…

Crime, Politics

Impeachment touted as ‘political in nature’ used against a man accused of politicizing Philippine Supreme Court

January 8, 2012January 8, 2012 benign0 9 Comments

A lot of newspaper “columnists” started the week by expounding on the nature of impeachment trials as being political in nature while at the same time emphasizing that it is still a process that follows the principles of the scientific method, of revealing a conclusion as close to the truth as the quality of the…

Crime, Government, Politics

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

Fact by consensus: are we accepting beliefs in lieu of knowledge?

August 24, 2011 benign0 21 Comments

Media spin, political slogans and catch phrases, and “majority rule”. Today, these seem to be the preferred bases for validating what we come to know about our world everyday. At the very top of the hierarchy of this flawed approach with which we validate the “knowledge” we live by is the very concept of democracy…

Culture, Media, Politics, Society

Senator Zubiri resignation: Is it an admission of guilt?

August 5, 2011 Ilda 22 Comments

Quite a number of Filipinos were shocked by the news that Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri had filed his resignation following allegations of electoral fraud during the 2007 senatorial elections. The move was a first in Philippine political history. There has been no Filipino public official on record who resigned out of delicadeza or shame in…

Civics, Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society