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Prosecutor FariÃ±as admits that Articles of Impeachment were rushed and badly-written

February 8, 2012February 8, 2012 Ilda 47 Comments

Prosecutor Congressman Rodolfo FariÃ±as finally admitted at the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona that the 188 Congressmen who signed the impeachment complaint may not have read and understood the articles of impeachment properly. According to him, he did not sign the impeachment complaint because he was a slow reader compared to…

Crime, Government, Politics

Day 13: Impeachment prosecutor Rudy FariÃ±as spices up trial and charms media personalities

February 8, 2012 benign0 11 Comments

It looks like Ilocos Norte Rep. Rudy FariÃ±as might be laying the groundwork for a completely different approach to prosecuting Chief Justice Renato Corona. In what was described in an ABS-CBN â€œreportâ€ as an episode that provided “some unexpected comic relief” to the impeachment trial, FariÃ±as delivered a fine performance for the cameras as he…

Crime, Government, Media, Politics

AirAsia one-ups ‘bouncy’ Cebu Pacific flight attendants

February 7, 2012June 4, 2013 benign0 4 Comments

Southeast Asia’s biggest budget airline is set to open its Philippine operations following the recent approval of its air operator certificate (AOC) by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). AirAsia Philippines will be operating out of the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in the former United States Air Force base in Clark Field, Angeles…

Economy, Glitz and Glamour

Impeachment and looming bank runs: Is economic plunder the real agenda of the Second Aquino Administration?

February 7, 2012February 7, 2012 benign0 29 Comments

Looks like the venerable Philippine Savings Bank (PS Bank) is the next hapless chump thrust into the circus spotlight. In the usual tradition of the way the prosecution habitually pre-empts any court order to authorise any of its police activities, an “envelope” delivered by a shadowy “small lady” allegedly containing Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato…

Crime, Economy, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Niel Tupas Jr gets the boot, Hacienda Luisita shares up!

February 6, 2012February 6, 2012 benign0 12 Comments

Well, not really. Hacienda Luisita Inc (HLI) is not a publicly-listed company and therefore we can only do thought experiments on how the price of some hypothetical HLI shares floating in the equity market would react to the news of Iloilo Representative Niel Tupas Jr’s removal as head of the prosecution team in the impeachment…

Economy, Government, Politics

Grace Lee: In love? Or another PNoy spokesperson?

February 6, 2012February 6, 2012 Ilda 83 Comments

Philippine television host and radio disc jockey, Grace Lee has been gracing the headline reports of major media networks lately. The Korean expatriate has been thrust further into the limelight after President Noynoy Aquino (PNoy) admitted that they are â€œseeing each otherâ€. Despite the age and racial difference, Lee willingly spoke about the status of…

Glitz and Glamour, Media

Losing Momentum

February 4, 2012February 4, 2012 a 48 Comments

Itâ€™s been almost a month since the prosecution under President Noynoy Aquino’s (PNoyâ€™s) guiding hand made a bold move and attempted to allegedly bring Chief Justice Renato Corona to justice. Armed with PNoyâ€™s convoluted sense of justice and the will of the brainwashed masses through unrelenting trial by publicity, the prosecution, led by Niel Tupas,…

Suggestions on Educational Reform in the Philippines

February 4, 2012August 23, 2022 ChinoF 78 Comments

Many who read this blogsite and allied sites may agree that the educational system of the Philippines is in a terrible state. I read some months ago about 58,000 nurses applying for only 10,000 slots in the government. Another one was that around 88% of those who took the civil service example flunked. And we…

Culture, Education