Category: Media

Prosecution’s lack of teamwork is obvious in Corona’s impeachment trial

January 27, 2012January 27, 2012 Ilda 44 Comments

Aside from their obvious incompetence, there are reports that seem to indicate that members of the prosecution team in the trial of the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona do not practice good teamwork. This became most evident when Ilocos Norte Rep. Rodolfo FariÃ±as walked out in the middle of the proceedings…

Civics, Crime, Government, Media, Politics

Rachel Weisz expresses concern over Philippine poverty

January 27, 2012January 27, 2012 benign0 45 Comments

Actor Rachel Weisz is reportedly “deeply concerned” with poverty in the Philippines after presumably seeing — and experiencing — the renowned banal impoverishment that blankets much of the country. Weisz is currently in the Philippines for on-location shoots for the film Bourne Legacy together with co-stars Jeremy Renner and Edward Norton. In an interview with…

Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics, Religion

Senator Juan Ponce Enrile – a star in his own right

January 25, 2012 benign0 5 Comments

Juan Ponce Enrile, in his expert presiding over the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona brings honour to the venerable institution of the Philippine Senate. The now seminal admonition of lead prosecutor Neil Tupas Jr during the trial session on Tuesday, the 24th of January 2012 is certain to go down in…

Crime, Glitz and Glamour, Government, Media, Politics

Senator Lito Lapid now under ABS-CBN Network payroll

January 25, 2012 benign0 27 Comments

Senator and former “action star” Lito Lapid will be moonlighting again in showbiz despite his duties as senator-judge in the on-going impeachment trial versus Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. “Kailangan kong kumayod,” (my translation: “I need to scrape hard to make a living”) said the action man which leads us to wonder what sort…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Media, Politics

Anti-Corona Mob laments Cuevas’s brilliant wit and ‘star quality’ of defense team

January 23, 2012February 10, 2014 benign0 77 Comments

Apologists among the mob who have been campaigning for the ouster of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona now seem to be getting really desperate — desperate enough to question the very manner with which Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile is conducting the Senate trial. A certain Floren Hilbay, for example, writing for the Inquirer.net…

Civics, Crime, Media, Politics

Karen Jimeno – good looks translate to quality genes

January 21, 2012January 22, 2012 Ilda 55 Comments

Ladies and gentlemen, a star is born and her name is Karen Jimeno! For those who have been living under a rock, Jimeno (not to be confused with Jimenez) is a lawyer and one of the spokespersons for the defense team of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. Some people are even saying that she…

Glitz and Glamour, Media

Will Noynoy Aquino incite rebellion if Chief Justice Renato Corona is acquitted?

January 20, 2012January 30, 2012 benign0 109 Comments

Another EDSA ocho-ocho “revolution” in the works? That’s according to House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman who reportedly spoke of knowledge of a plan on the part of the administration of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to incite an uprising if Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona is acquitted in his on-going impeachment trial… â€œI hope…

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Corona impeachment: Prosecution team is incompetent not just underdogs

January 19, 2012March 16, 2017 Ilda 169 Comments

Supreme Court Chief Justice, Renato Corona is richer (only) by eight million pesos according to an ABS-CBN headline report. This is shocking news, indeed. This means that the embattled Chief Justice won’t be able to afford to purchase even just a second hand Porsche similar to the one President Noynoy Aquino (PNoy) bought in 2011,…

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