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By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com So finally after months of speculation on who would be the anointed one, which began with the impeachment of former chief justice Renato Corona, a new chief justice has been named in the person of Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. Events leading to the appointment of Chief Justice Sereno have been accompanied by much fanfare. The impeachment of Corona itself is stuff Read More …
DEMAND AND SUPPLY By Boo Chanco The Philippine Star This is funny… but only if you want to laugh to stop yourself from crying. According to Marites Danguilan Vitug in an article she wrote for Rappler, “CJ nominee Cesar Villanueva’s law firm, Villanueva Gabionza and De los Santos, defended Cristina Corona in the cases she filed against her relatives, the Basa-Guidotes, in the Securities and Read More …
BY NESTOR MATA MALAYA ‘He promised to follow his campaign mantra of “daang matuwid’, but after two years in office his straight path has become a crooked road!’ When President Noynoy Aquino came to office over two years ago he promised to deliver a “new kind of politics.” He did— his own unilateral governance. This has turned out to be a monocracy, a form of Read More …
PerryScope By Perry Diaz The Judicial and Bar Council’s interview of the 20 nominees to the Chief Justice position was going so well into the fourth and last day when suddenly it hit a snag that could trigger a constitutional crisis in the Judiciary. Indeed, in a matter of days, the orderly selection process went into a tailspin when the two leaders of Congress – Read More …
By Jomar Canlas, Reporter The Manila Times JUSTICE Secretary Leila de Lima on Tuesday admitted facing a dilemma regarding the disbarment cases filed against her with the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP). Her admission came as Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero let Rep. Niel Tupas Jr. of Iloilo province represent Congress in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) and the Supreme Court junked a petition Read More …
PerryScope By Perry Diaz Recently, a Manila newspaper prefaced its editorial, “The new chief justice must not be anything less than a tower of moral virtues. He must also be a firm champion of judicial independence, the principle of the separation of powers between the three co-equal branches of government.” This brings to mind my article, “Judicial Independence” (November 24, 2006), which I wrote in Read More …
BY AMADO P. MACASAET MALAYA ‘Live coverage is critical because it is not edited. People are automatically exposed to brilliance or idiocy. The first effect of this is for JBC members to be more careful in their utterances.’ IF the Judicial and Bar Council is the substitute – actually ersatz – for the Commission on Appointments, there is no reason its deliberations should not be Read More …
By Carmela Fonbuena Rappler MANILA, Philippines – Is it enough to remove Renato Corona from the Supreme Court? Or should government pursue cases against him? The senators who convicted Corona are split. Saying no one is above the law, senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Francis Pangilinan want government to file separate charges against Corona. But Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and senators Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan, Read More …
GLIMPSES By Jose Ma.Montelibano It is difficult not to be optimistic about the future of our country. In fact, one would have to be totally blind, totally prejudiced, totally compromised, or simply too emotionally constipated not to be optimistic. Optimism does not remove the problems, but makes it easier to do so. Optimism does not paint a bright future but makes it attractive to have Read More …
BY AMADO P. MACASAET MALAYA ‘There is clear wisdom in picking one who is already in the Court. It need not necessarily be Carpio. He is not salivating for it.’ Whoever forced, coerced or threatened former Chief Justice Reynato to retire – not really retire but resign — before he reached 70 years in May 2010? The effect of this act as the rape of Read More …