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By Christina Mendez The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Ousted chief justice Renato Corona will no longer contest his removal from office by the Senate impeachment court, his lawyers said yesterday. “I am closing this chapter in my life,” Corona was quoted as saying by lawyer Tranquil Salvador III, who visited him yesterday at The Medical City where he is still confined. Senators, acting as Read More …
“It is expected that the Aquino regime will hail the Corona conviction as the ‘crowning glory’ of its so-called daang matuwid (righteous path) crusade. We take exception to this for the simple reason that outside the impeachment, the Aquino government has not done much in terms of political and economic reforms, respect for human rights and the cause of justice.” – Bayan By ANNE MARXZE Read More …
Source: ABS-CBNnews.com MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) chief on Friday said it will use the unconditional bank waiver signed by former Chief Justice Renato Corona to look into his dollar accounts. The BIR has already received a copy of Corona’s unconditional bank waiver, which allows government agencies to look into his dollar and peso accounts. BIR Commissioner Kim Henares Read More …
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo The Philippine Star For most people, Ilocos Norte Representative Rudy Fariñas came into our consciousness when he circulated a Betamax video of actress Vivian Velez and him — where they stripped into their birthday clothes, among other things they did on and off camera. Last Monday, Rudy Fariñas outdid himself by stripping now convicted Chief Justice Read More …
PerryScope by Perry Diaz The much-anticipated vote on the impeachment case against Chief Justice Renato Corona finally came to pass last May 29, 2012. It was supposed to be suspenseful to the very end with either side winning by a razor-thin margin. But as it turned out it was a massacre! Twenty senator-judges voted for conviction leaving the three die-hard Coronistas – Senators Joker Arroyo, Read More …
Pop goes the world By Jenny Ortuoste Manila Standard Today May 29 was a historic day for the country, when twenty senators to three voted to impeach Chief Justice Renato Corona after 44 days of trial. It had played out as a telenovela, with drama on both sides of the dispute grabbing the attention of the nation like no other broadcast production. Reality, after all, Read More …
SEARCH FOR TRUTH By Ernesto M. Maceda The Philippine Star The conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona for culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust is a resounding victory for President Noynoy Aquino. It puts him firmly in control of the legislative branch of government and he is well on his way to getting control of the Supreme Court after 3 more Read More …
POSTSCRIPT By Federico D. Pascual Jr. The Philippine Star SELF-INFLICTED: Listening to the senator-judges explain their votes at the conclusion Tuesday of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato C. Corona, one gets the feeling it was the accused who convicted himself. Many senators, including Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile who presided over the 44-day trial that began Jan. 16, noted the sloppy preparation and Read More …
20-3 vote ends first completed impeach trial BY JP LOPEZ and WENDELL VIGILIA MALAYA By a vote of 20-3, the impeachment tribunal found Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona guilty of culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust for his failure to disclose in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth his properties and dollar bank deposits. The Chief Justice was Read More …
By Edu Punay The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Chief Justice Renato Corona accepted yesterday the verdict of the impeachment court convicting him of culpable violation of the Constitution. Corona and his family watched the verdict in his room on the 15th floor of The Medical City hospital in Pasig, where he has been confined for about a week. In a statement released hours after Read More …