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P-Noy had an opportunity to show magnanimity to Corona but instead he demonstrated vindictiveness. That’s not who we are. — PERRY DIAZ House minority seeks compassion for ‘professionally dead’ Corona Source: Sun Star MANILA — The House minority bloc on Wednesday appealed to the Aquino administration for “a little bit of compassion” for ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona. “We all know that when he was Read More …
By Fernan J. Angeles The Daily Tribune Even before knowing the finer details of the P158-million tax evasion charges filed against former Chief Justice Renato Corona and members of his family, Malacañang had shut the door on the possibility of the Coronas striking a compromise deal with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on the case. Charged with the tax fraud case were Corona, his Read More …
Kaleidoscope By Perry Diaz The recent brouhaha about Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s refusal to disclose his tax returns prior to 2010 is causing a lot of political migraine for Romney. It simply wouldn’t go away. Even his wife Ann has been trying to assuage the American public that there is nothing in those tax returns that is not right. She said, “We’ve given all 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 …
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 …
By Ducky Paredes Malaya “The sooner he submits, the sooner this controversy will die down. Wala naman kaming sinasabing liability kaya nga ho namin sya iniimbestigahan” What should Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Kim Henares do about Filipino boxing sensation and Saranggani Rep. Manny Pacquiao? She has a real problem. The boxer-congressman paid only P7 million in 2009, after paying P125 million in 2008. Read More …
Telltale Signs By Rodel Rodis If Senator Miriam Santiago had been the defense lawyer of Al Capone in his tax evasion trial in 1931, she may have argued for the exclusion of all evidence of unexplained wealth as she warned her Philippine Senate colleagues this week that exposing the dollar bank accounts of Chief Justice Renato Corona in the Senate Impeachment Trial would have a Read More …
By Sandy Araneta The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Former presidential son Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo and his wife Angela were ordered to appear before the Department of Justice (DOJ) to answer charges in a P73.85-million tax evasion case filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) last April 7. Prosecutor General Claro Arellano told The STAR that the DOJ has already sent the Read More …
By Evangeline de Vera Malaya The Department of Justice has formed an all-woman prosecution panel to conduct a preliminary investigation on the P73.85 million tax evasion case filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue against Ang Galing Pinoy Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo and wife Maria Angela. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima issued Department Order No. 292 dated April 19 designating Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Read More …
PerryScope by Perry Diaz In 1931, when the United States failed to prosecute Alphonse “Scarface Al” Capone for the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and other heinous crimes, government investigators took a different approach in bringing Capone to justice — he was charged for tax evasion. The following year, Capone was found guilty and sentenced to 11 years in federal prison. Thus ended his reign of Read More …