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It dawned on me exactly what has been bugging me. I am no legal expert. But I do know something about sports and I do know a little about movies. It is in these arenas that I see analogies that help me figure out what was so wrong in the Chief Justice Impeachment trial. Tim…
There are news reports that simply do my head in. One such news is the announcement that more celebrities are entering Philippine politics in 2013. Judging from how most Filipino voters voted in the past, once the announcement is made, it’s pretty much a sure win for these celebrities. Come Election Day, the voting process…
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I hate Facebook’s new timeline thingy. Back in the early days, Facebook delivered a clean and light user experience. Its pages loaded straight away and you could scroll up and down the page smoothly within a fraction of a second of its key elements appearing. With the new user interface (UI), the experience is completely…
Partisan social news network Rappler recently published an article, narrating the local businessmen’s joy over Renato Corona’s conviction in his impeachment trial. Businessmen lauded the results of the over 4-month-long impeachment trial of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona that was sealed by a 20-3 votes of senator judges on Tuesday, May 29. “Our…
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Aptly put by Twitterzen @JesterInExile in his tweet: Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona was convicted in his impeachment trial in spite of and not because of the trial prosecution team. As Senate President and presiding officer of the impeachment trial Juan Ponce Enrile emphasized in his vote speech on Article II of the…
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The vote of the Senate President HON. JUAN PONCE ENRILE On Article II of the Articles of Impeachment against Hon. Chief Justice Renato C. Corona * * * In the entire course of this impeachment trial, I have faced many difficult challenges to my own and the Court’s collective wisdom, our sense of justice and…
Once upon a time, then senator Benigno “Noynoy†Aquino III made a bold declaration in a press release during his presidential campaign. “I am willing if necessary (to waive my rights under the Bank Secrecy Law)…but I will not presume for others who will join government,” he said in the Second Integrity and Human Rights…
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Kicking a horse when it is down. It’s an idiom for what a person does to his opponent. The Urban Dictionary describes it as when someone breaks up with their girl/boyfriend and continues to bitch about them with their friends weeks later. It’s the same as when someone beats his opponent to a pulp even…
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