Tag: supreme court

PNoy damaged the Supreme Court when he appointed Lourdes Sereno Chief Justice in 2012

March 5, 2018 benign0 12 Comments

Since way back in 2012, the disturbing results of Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno’s psychiatric evaluation, her inability to earn the respect of her peers in the high court, her non-compliance to rules regarding disclosure of her personal assets and liabilities, and the questionable motivation behind her appointment as Chief Justice by then President Benigno Simeon…

Politics

Sereno must resign for the sake of the Filipino people

March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 Ilda 10 Comments

For the sake of the nation, current Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court Lourdes Sereno should resign immediately. It’s not just the public that has lost respect for her, her colleagues have had it with her too. Information from insiders at the Supreme Court has exposed the cracks in the high court. The cracks…

Government, Politics

SC Chief Justice Sereno should be removed from office and arrested for non filing of SALN

February 8, 2018February 9, 2018 Ilda 7 Comments

When there are so many pressing issues to write about, it gets so confusing sorting out which one to prioritise. There’s the issue about the controversial dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, there’s this issue about China’s continuing military construction on the disputed islands along the South China Sea (or “West Philippine Sea”) and there is also this…

Crime

CJ Lourdes Sereno faces the wrath of a Filipino public clamouring for her impeachment

November 22, 2017 benign0 5 Comments

The impeachment “trial” of Supreme Court Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno is an exercise that is political in nature — because it is a process conducted in and governed by Congress where popularity holds currency (in contrast to trials done in a court of law where standards to ensure logic and reason prevail are higher and…

Media, Politics

Philippine Opposition hopelessly fragmented due to lack of an intelligent leader

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 benign0 5 Comments

Some the the Philippines’ most influential social media “thought leaders” — mostly from the current Opposition camp — are clucking about all the wrong things about three of the biggest issues confronting Filipinos today. Because of a lack of modern and intelligent thinking applied to their chatter, they contribute neither clarity nor value to the…

Politics, Society

Of course not all EDSA rallyists are yellows, many of them are useful idiots too!

December 9, 2016December 10, 2016 Hector Gamboa 34 Comments

The other day president Rodrigo Duterte (Du30) said that “yellow” rallyists want him out because they cannot accept defeat. Du30, of course, was referring to the folks who claim to be protesting against the burial of former president Ferdinand E. Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Cemetery of Heroes) as allowed by president Du30…

Politics

Ferdinand Marcos laid to rest with the quiet dignity a former President and soldier deserves

November 19, 2016 benign0 53 Comments

Former President Ferdinand Marcos was finally laid to rest at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) yesterday, the 18th November 2016. The “secret” funeral rites caught everyone by surprise and sent the usual anti-Marcos mobs on an eleventh-hour protest frenzy. The funeral itself was a dignified affair involving full military honours. The dignity with which…

Civics, Society

SC approval of Marcos burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani proves the Aquinos are no heroes

November 9, 2016November 15, 2016 Ilda 116 Comments

The Philippine Supreme Court has finally issued its decision against the petition to block former President Ferdinand Marcos’s burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) and the result was 9-5 in favour of allowing the burial. As predicted, there are people weeping and gnashing their teeth in frustration. Anti-Marcos rallies are being held as of this…

Politics, Society