Category: Government

Looking beyond PNoy’s hypocrisy: the beauty of keeping your mouth shut

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The momentous and much-praised (to the point of being overrated) victory of PNoy’s administration in ousting former Chief Justice Renato Corona from office was marred by the president’s blatant hypocrisy in refusing to fulfil his promise of waiving his bank secrecy rights for the sake of a new era of transparency and accountability. PNoy’s administration…

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Government, Politics, Society

When it rains, it pours: weathering the Filipino calamity

Posted on By FallenAngel 4 Comments on When it rains, it pours: weathering the Filipino calamity

Starting this week, we still living here in the Philippines encountered the first bouts of deluge that are a sure sign of the arrival of the rainy season. With the advent of the rainy season, the start of the school season comes along with it too. Expect there to be heavy traffic starting tomorrow, as…

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Culture, Economy, Environment, Government, Society

Next Pigs Will Fly: When Noynoy takes stock of his own agendas

Posted on By Gogs 13 Comments on Next Pigs Will Fly: When Noynoy takes stock of his own agendas

Did the editors at the Philippine Daily Inquirer overdose on Dormicum? The normally so yellow publication that you can call it Chiquita shocked at least me that Rigoberto Tiglao called out BS Aquino for what he really he did and put it in perspective with a time line. In it, he describes various ambitions in…

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Crime, Government, Politics

Lessons from Renato Corona’s experience: Five tips on how to survive an impeachment trial

Posted on By Ilda 72 Comments on Lessons from Renato Corona’s experience: Five tips on how to survive an impeachment trial

After 43 sessions within the span of 5 months, the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona has finally ended with an overwhelming vote for a “guilty” verdict. So much has been said about how the prosecution cut corners and violated the most sacred parts of the Philippine Constitution just to demonize the…

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Crime, Featured, Government, Politics

Moving on after the trial: repeal of the Foreign Currency Deposit Act followed by a full-scale audit and investigation

Posted on By benign0 35 Comments on Moving on after the trial: repeal of the Foreign Currency Deposit Act followed by a full-scale audit and investigation

The challenge of “moving on” needs to be substantiated. I keep hearing that challenge in the context of the recently-concluded trial and conviction of Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. That circus took up no less than six months of the already meagre attention span of Philippine society and, as most circuses do, it…

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Crime, Culture, Development, Featured, Government, Politics

The conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona paves the way for WHAT exactly?

Posted on By benign0 231 Comments on The conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona paves the way for WHAT exactly?

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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Crime, Culture, Government, Politics, Society

The vote speech of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona

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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…

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Government, References