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All in the family: father-son-brother tandems that impeached Corona

June 6, 2012June 6, 2012 benign0 9 Comments

The Philippines indeed is a glitzy world of dynastic politics. The following signatories to the impeachment complaint of former Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona (of a total 188 signatories) are direct relatives of three Senator-Judges during the trial — Senators Edgardo Angara, Jinggoy Estrada, and Juan Ponce Enrile — who voted to issue…

Civics, Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Government, Politics

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

Congressman Tiangco: Impeachment complaint against CJ Corona was railroaded

March 13, 2012August 26, 2013 Ilda 96 Comments

It’s not mere hearsay anymore. A member of the House of Representatives, Congressman Tobias Tiangco confirmed what most people have long been suspecting – that there is a culture of bullying, intimidation, and bribery in Congress. The bullying it seems even comes from the House Majority Leader Neptali “Boyet” Gonzales II himself. But the Senator…

Crime, Culture, Government, Politics

Why Filipinos cannot seem to get what the defense team in the impeachment trial are up to

March 13, 2012 benign0 37 Comments

Kiko Pangilinan and Senator-Judge Jinggoy Estrada don’t seem to get it. Neither do any of the media commentators who talked about today’s hearing in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. Echoing Pangilinan’s and Estrada’s assertion, Media pundits also expressed how they saw no point in the Defense team’s tack in raising the issue…

Crime, Culture, Government, Media, Politics

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