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By Peter Tabingo Malaya THE Arroyo government in 2006 received information about several foreign bank deposits and other assets of the family and associates of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos amounting to $3 trillion. In his 95-page pre-trial brief submitted last April 5 to the Sandiganbayan Fourth Division, former Presidential Commission on Good Government chair Camilo L. Sabio said foreign lawyers who have been working Read More …
By Leandro D. Quintana* It was on a hot humid day in August of 1972 when I left the Philippines; for good, I thought then. I was disillusioned, feeling hopeless and, like millions of other Filipinos, looking for a chance at a new life in new lands. (It was a most fortunate escape.) Our country’s raging ailment then? Graft and corruption. The twin evils ruled Read More …
By Leila B. Salaverria Philippine Daily Inquirer The Sandiganbayan First Division has ordered businessman Herminio Disini, a crony of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, to surrender $50.6 million in commissions that he received for helping two foreign firms obtain the contract to build the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) in 1974. The antigraft court said the commissions were “ill-gotten” and that Disini should reconvey Read More …
Viewpoint By Juan L. Mercado Philippine Daily Inquirer “I sinned by betraying innocent blood,” Judas Iscariot’s scream reechoes every Holy Week for two millennia now. For 30 pieces of silver, Judas sold out his Friend who was crucified. Innocent blood is still spilled here on Holy Week 2012. Ferdinand Marcos imposed Presidential Decree 276 in 1973. Thousands of farmers still go to their graves today, Read More …
By Fernando del Mundo Philippine Daily Inquirer Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco, current chairman of San Miguel Corp. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO Coconut farmers can kiss goodbye their hopes of recovering nearly P60 billion worth of shares in San Miguel Corp. (SMC). The Supreme Court slammed the door to any further judicial action concerning a 20-percent bloc of SMC shares when it issued an “entry of judgment” after Read More …
Source: GMA News GMA News TV commemorates the Edsa Anniversary this year by airing two powerful documentaries on former Philippine Presidents: “Marcos: The Fall of a Dictator” and “Cory Aquino: The Housewife Who Led a Revolution”. Commissioned by and first aired on History Channel Asia, the documentaries include valuable archival video of the Marcos era and Martial Law years as well as of the Edsa Read More …
Source: ABS-CBNnews.com http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/01/24/12/prosecutors-told-read-coronas-ruling-marcos-ill-gotten-wealth MANILA, Philippines – When prosecutors submit their position paper on issues surrounding Chief Justice Renato Corona’s alleged ill-gotten wealth, there’s one document they can cite in their favor: Corona’s own decision on the case of the Marcos ill-gotten wealth which resulted in the forfeiture to the Philippine treasury of money hidden in Swiss banks. In her latest blog entry, journalist and blogger Read More …
By Aurea Calica and Czeriza Valencia The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – The government will appeal the Sandiganbayan dismissal of the P51-billion damage suit against the late President Ferdinand Marcos, his widow Imelda, and several others. Solicitor General Jose Anselmo Cadiz said that the anti-graft court seemed oblivious to the political reality during martial law in deciding to clear the Marcoses, several officials of his Read More …
This is a case of “justice delayed, justice denied.” It took the Sandiganbayan 25 years to issue its ruling! Once again, the victims of this miscarriage of justice are the Filipino people. This ruling is the “smoking gun” evidence that the judicial system is broken and needs to be reformed if Philippine democracy is to survive. — PERRY DIAZ Court junks P51-B suit vs Marcoses Read More …
By Raïssa Robles RaissaRobles.com I read with great interest a Philippine Star story on lawyer Oliver Lozano’s impeachment complaint filed against President Benigno Aquino III entitled ‘Direct assault on SC another impeachable offense.’ Lozano implied that PNoy was worse than dictator Ferdinand Marcos because PNoy had publicly castigated Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. Lozano was quoted as saying the following: “Even former President (Ferdinand) Marcos Read More …