By Lala Ordenes-Cascolan, VERA Files Chief Justice Renato Corona, impeached for failure to disclose to the public his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth…
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Alam daw kasi ng mga opisyal ng Japanese Embassy na may kuneksyun ni Ohara sa mga hindi kanais-nais na mga grupo sa Hapon at hindi malaman kung alin sa mga sinasabi niya ay totoo. Noong taon 2009 pa raw dito sa Pilipinas ngunit noong Oktubre 29, 2011 siya hinuli ng mga ahente ng NBI sa Pangasinan sa bahay ng ‘handler’ niya dito.
Itong handler niya, kilala ang isang media man na may kuneksyun sa mga taga DOJ.
President Aquino said he has lost trust on NBI Director Magtanggol Gatdula. He is president and he has every right to fire anybody whom he no longer trusts.
But there must be competent way to do it.
After the Department of Justice implicated NBI Director Magtanggol Gatdula in kidnapping and extortion, here comes the DOJ Undersecretary Francisco Baraan saying they didn’t make any conclusion.
Take a look at the letter Justice Secretary Leila de Lima sent to the Ombudsman. She can’t decide who she is sending the letter to.
The quote for this week should be: “It’s not within my competence.”
That was what Supreme Court Clerk of Court Enriquita Vidal told the Senate-turned-impeachment court when she was still in a dilemma whether to comply with the trial court’s order to produce the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
A variation of it, “It’s not within the competence of the witness,” was former Associate Justice Serafin Cuevas’ constant protest when prosecution lawyers would ask records custodians-witnesses to comment on the veracity of the contents of the documents that they were merely told to bring to the impeachment court.
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda also said, “It is not within my competence.”
By YVONNE T. CHUA, VERA Files Chief Justice Renato C. Corona has reported a net worth of P22.9 million and five pieces of property, including…
It was the second day and the prosecution was expected to start the presentation of evidence. It was
Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr (Cavite, 2nd dist) who was the lead prosecutor and he started with saying that it
was in the public interest that they start with Article 2 of the Impeachment complaint which was“culpable violation of the Constitution and/or betrayed the public trust when he failed disclose to the public his statement of assets, liabilities, and networth statement of assets,
liabilities, and net worth as required unders Sec. 17, Art. XI of the 1987 Constitution.”
The defense, as expected, opposed the re-arranging of the order of presentation of evidence. Barzaga said the prosecution was not ready with the evidence for Article 1 which was “betrayal of the public trust through his track record marked by partiality and subservience in cases involving the Arroyo administration from the time of his appointment as supreme court justice which continued to his dubious appointment as a midnight chief justice and up to the present. “
Statement of Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda on the World Bank report on the Judiciary Contrary to the excitable—but utterly wrong—conclusions of an opposition lawmaker, the…
Philippine media has a term for it: kuryente
It looks like a number of Philippine media organizations were victims of a hoax World BanK Report regarding Supreme Court’s Judicial Reform Support Project criticizing Chief Justice Renato Corona and Court Aministrator Midas Marquez.
Manila Bulletin came out with a report on WB disowning the so-called JRSP report. Here it is:
World Bank disowns JRSP report
By CHINO S. LEYCO
January 16, 2012, 5:38pm
MANILA, Philippines — The World Bank denied on Monday it released a report on the Supreme Court’s Judicial Reform Support Project (JRSP) that noted its dissatisfaction with the way the project was being implemented.
Erika Leann Lacson-Esguerra, World Bank program assistant for external relations, said Monday the bank did not release to the media a supposed memo regarding the “unsatisfactory” progress of the high court’s loan.
“This email message did not come from the World Bank. Any official statement from the World Bank will be posted online (www.worldbank.org.ph),” Lacson-Esguerra said.
The trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona has started.
It is expected that like the Estrada impeachment trial, the Corona impeachment would also be a blockbuster telenovela that will be followed by the Filipino nation. Afternoons will now be prime TV hours, Mondays through Thursdays.
It is appropriate to ponder how we got into this situation that viewed from the Aquino administration’s perspective would result in reforms in the judiciary and better government for the people. From the political opposition’s perspective, however, it’s trampling on the Constitutional guarantee of separation of powers and bastardizing democracy.
I think it’s good to know how we got into this situation in the first place. We must ask why, after one-and-a-half-years in office, Aquino finally decided to move for the ouster of Corona.
VERA Files has created a page on the Corona Trial. I encourage you to visit it. We will try to help readers understand the proceedings…