Akbayan Rep. Kaka Bag-ao’s Speech on the Occasion of Akbayan Party’s 14th Year Anniversary Celebration, 23 January 2012, Pugad Lawin Hall, Quezon City Sports Club, Quezon City Distinguished and honored guests, friends of Akbayan, my party-mates in Akbayan Kung Hei Fat Choi! I welcome this invitation to speak before you today as a refreshing break [...]
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Movement 188 says Corona camp in ‘panic mode’
By Lilybeth G. Ison Zamboanga Today A newly-formed potent bloc in the House of Representatives comprising the 188 signatories to the resolution impeaching Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona said on Sunday the chief magistrate’s camp is in “panic mode” with barely a week into the Senate trial, owing to the prevalence this early of [...]
Read more →Day 7: Highlights of Corona impeachment trial at the Senate
Call to order The trial resumed at 2:03 p.m. Thursday. Presumption of ‘unexplained wealth’ more relevant to trial Senator-judge Miriam Defensor-Santiago asked the House prosecution panel whether Chief Justice Renato Corona was being charged under the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act. Private prosecutor Arthur Lim answered in the affirmative, saying the prosecution was accusing Corona [...]
Read more →The good that can come from Corona’s impeachment trial
No Limitation By Ted Laguatan Never mind that the prosecution team appears sometimes like bumbling freshman Moot Court law students. Understandably, they are primarily not trial lawyers but congressmen instantly casted as prosecutors. Unlike the defense lawyers, trying cases is not their usual everyday fare. They cannot be faulted for not appearing like seasoned trial [...]
Read more →‘Mrs. Corona used as dummy to buy P11M property?’
Source: ABS-CBN News MANILA, Philippines- Lawyer Vicky Aveña questioned Thursday Cristina Corona’s purchase of an P11 million property in La Vista subdivision after failing to file her yearly income tax return. “On its face, there is no explanation as to where she got the money to buy because if that money was hers, the question [...]
Read more →‘Coronas’ income, assets don’t match’
By Helen Flores The Philippine Star Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares takes her oath during the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona at the Senate yesterday. MANILA, Philippines – The declared income of Chief Justice Renato Corona and his wife Cristina did not match records of their asset acquisitions. This was the gist of the [...]
Read more →The Gatdula cause célèbre
PerryScope By Perry Diaz Claiming innocence, former police general Magtanggol Gatdula, who was fired as Director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), vowed to fight back to clear his name of allegations of kidnapping and extortion. However, he conceded that when the President lost trust and confidence in him, that was his signal to [...]
Read more →We Are Your Family
GLIMPSES By Jose Ma. Montelibano I am not sure anymore about the latest death count and the numbers of the still missing from the destructive Typhoon Sendong. What I am sure about is the deep pain of the affected, the nightmare the floods must have been, and the continuing agony of accepting death in the [...]
Read more →Lapid’s wife arrested in US for smuggling $50,000
By Ding Cervantes The Philippine Star ANGELES CITY, Philippines – The wife of Sen. Lito Lapid was arrested shortly after her landing in Las Vegas last Jan. 15 in connection with the dollar smuggling charges filed against her after she was accosted at the international airport there last November. Senator Lapid confirmed yesterday that his [...]
Read more →Nine dead, hostages saved: SEAL Team 6 does it again
Source: Sunday Morning Herald First they took out al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Now the US Navy SEALs have earned their “special forces” designation once again by conducting a daring, pinpoint rescue of two aid workers held hostage for three months in Somalia. US officials confirmed it was a Navy SEAL team that carried out [...]
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