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Inip na sa ending ang taumbayan

Kapag impeachment ni Chief Justice Renato Corona ang pinaguusapan, ang tanong ng karamihan ay, “Maku-convict ba si Corona?” Inip na sa ending ang mga tao. Sa aming baryo sa Guisijan sa Antique, marami ang sumusunod ng Corona impeachment trial.Sa mga nakita nilang lumabas na mga impormasyun sa trial, naniniwala silang guilty si Corona.Kaya kahit medyo [...]

February 20, 2012  Tags: ,   Posted in: Abante, Corona Impeachment, Justice, Supreme Court  37 Comments

Who is the better fictionist?

Just when we were getting excited by another set of accounts by Chief Justice Renato Corona with the Philippine Savings Bank, Katipunan branch, totaling some P36 million which were withdrawn on Dec. 12, 2012, the day the House of Representatives approved the impeachment of the Chief Justice, bank manager Annabel Tiongson, dropped another information that [...]

February 17, 2012  Tags: ,   Posted in: Justice, Malaya, Supreme Court  44 Comments

Why is Malacañang vouching for authenticity of ‘fake’ bank document?

Why is Malacañang vouching for the authenticity of the documents supposedly on the bank accounts of Chief Justice Renato Corona at the Philippine Savings Bank submitted by the prosecution to the impeachment court? That document, which PSB Katipunan branch manager Annabel Tiongson, said was fake became the basis of the subpoena issued by the impeachment [...]

February 14, 2012  Tags: ,   Posted in: Corona Impeachment, Malaya, Supreme Court  77 Comments

Corona to prosecution: You did not have any iota of evidence against me when you filed the impeachment complaint.

Press statement of Chief Justice Renato C. Corona: Throughout my public career, I have never been involved in any anomaly or scandal. Whatever assets my wife and I have acquired are products of 45 years of toil and honest work. My wife and I have been privileged to come from families of comfortable means. We [...]

February 13, 2012   Posted in: Corona Impeachment, Justice, Supreme Court  22 Comments

Defense: Palace offered P100-M per senator to skirt TRO

By Ira Pedrasa, ABS-CBNnews.com Palace says claims are ‘unsubstantiated,’ a ‘desperate gimmick’ The defense on Sunday alleged that Malacanang offered P100 million for senators to skirt around the Supreme Court-issued temporary restraining order on the subpoena issued on Chief Justice Renato Corona’s alleged dollar accounts. Citing a “very reliable” source, defense lawyer Dennis Manalo said [...]

February 12, 2012  Tags:   Posted in: Corona Impeachment, Supreme Court  83 Comments

Corona is finished

As I was writing this piece, Supreme Court Spokesman Midas Marquez was having a press conference announcing the Temporary Restraining Order that the High Court issued against the Senate, seating as an impeachment court, to subpoena information on the foreign dollar account of Chief Justice Renato Corona. The vote was 8-5-1. Corona inhibited. As to [...]

February 10, 2012  Tags:   Posted in: Justice, Malaya, Supreme Court  158 Comments

Corona had P19.7M by end-2010: bank records

By David Dizon, ABS-CBNnews.com Corona’s SALN (end-2010): P3.5M cash/investments Chief Justice Renato Corona had a total bank balance of P19,728,555.39 from 2 bank accounts in Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) as of end-December 2010, records from the bank showed Wednesday. The bank balance is much higher than the P3.5 million cash and investments he declared in [...]

February 9, 2012  Tags:   Posted in: Justice, Supreme Court  53 Comments

Free-load syndrome

All the lawyers in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, both of the prosecution and the defense, boast that they are participating in the most important legal event in the country today, pro bono. Wikipedia says the term pro bono comes from Pro bono public which means for the public good. It is [...]

February 7, 2012  Tags:   Posted in: Corona Impeachment, Justice, Supreme Court  30 Comments

Corona impeachment court resolution allowing subpoena of bank records

Senate Resolution on the Request for Subpoena of Corona’s Bank Accounts Santiago’s motion for reconsideration of opening of bank accounts FULL text of the Senate impeachment court’s Feb. 6 resolution granting the prosecution’s request to subpoena certain bank records of Chief Justice Renato Corona and summon bank officials. Resolution This resolves the twin Requests for [...]

February 7, 2012  Tags:   Posted in: Justice, Supreme Court  24 Comments

Impeachment court grants request to subpoena bank execs, Corona bank accounts

Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, InterAksyon.com The impeachment court trying Chief Justice Renato Corona has granted, “but sets specific limits to the same,” the request of prosecutors to subpoena bank executives and records on accounts of the accused and members of his family. Emerging from a closed-door caucus on Day 12 of the trial, the court presiding officer, [...]

February 6, 2012  Tags:   Posted in: Justice, Supreme Court  18 Comments