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Vote for Jessica Sanchez for American Idol tonight

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Dear Friends and Kababayans: Jessica Sanchez, our kababayan is one of the three finalists tonight! Jessica needs your support.  Let’s help her win!  She’s the pride of all Filipino around the world and every vote counts!  Even our kababayans in the Philippines and in the 120 countries where OFWs are working can vote.  Click on the links below to find out how you can vote Read More …

Laundering, plunder charges eyed vs CJ

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales gestures during her second day of testimony as a witness in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona at the Senate yesterday. Manny Marcelo

By Jess Diaz The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – A prosecution spokesman yesterday said the dizzying movement of funds in Chief Justice Renato Corona’s dollar accounts as alleged by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales in the impeachment trial is proof of money laundering. Quezon Rep. Erin Tañada also warned that Corona can be charged with plunder even after he is convicted. “Outside of the impeachment case, if Read More …

CJ testifies on Tuesday

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By Christina Mendez and Marvin Sy The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Four months after his impeachment, Chief Justice Renato Corona will finally testify in his trial on Tuesday, with his lawyers given the remaining days of this week to help him prepare his testimony. “The sole and only witness remaining is the respondent,” defense lead counsel former Justice Serafin Cuevas said, referring to the Read More …

Quo vadis, Corona?

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales shows AMLC report

PerryScope By Perry Diaz When the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona went into a six-week recess in observance of Lent, a lot of people were saying that it seemed that the prosecution would have a hard time piercing the Corona defense with the seemingly weak evidence that they presented.  Some of Corona’s rah rah boys jubilantly declared that the prosecution’s case Read More …

Corona morally unfit for the SC

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BY AMADO P. MACASAET MALAYA  ‘Judgment or a verdict is not essentially based on evidence accepted or rejected by the court. It is based on the politics of the senator judges.’ WHEN a justice of the Supreme Court pokes a gun on the temple of the 90-year old uncle of his wife over the issue of money, such a man would never realize that he Read More …

The defense’s debacle

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View from Malcolm By Atty. Harry Roque Jr. Manila Standard Today The prosecutors in the on-going impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona owe the defense a mountain of gratitude. After all, it was the defense that proved what the prosecutors could not: That the chief justice has dollar deposits in the amount of— at least—$12 million, which he failed to disclose in his Statement Read More …

Filipino Quislings encourage Chinese bullying

Minister President Vidkun Quisling of Norway with Führer Adolf Hitler of Germany, circa 1942-1945

AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo The Philippine Star The term “Quisling” — now evolved to mean traitor — takes its roots from a Norwegian politician, Vidkun Quisling, who openly advocated for Nazi occupation of Norway after his ascension to power in February 1942. In our current row with China, several Quislings in our midst have been exposed. Many of them are Read More …

Taiwan: More ships fitted with Hsiungfeng III missile

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Talk of the Day — More ships fitted with Hsiungfeng III missile Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel  China’s first aircraft carrier Varyag has gone on seven rounds of sea trials, according to local media reports. The reports also cited military sources as saying that Taiwan has decided to have its 500-ton Chinchiang-class warships fitted with its locally developed Hsiungfeng III supersonic anti-ship missiles as part Read More …