This is a press release from Akbayan For the first time after a week-long absence, Miriam Defensor-Santiago appeared as a senator-judge in the impeachment trial of embattled Chief Justice Renato C. Corona. The feisty Senator gave her perspective at the beginning of the trial yesterday. First, Santiago stresses that the impeachment proceedings is not a [...]
Archive | January, 2012
Impeachment and Reproductive Health Advocacy: Parellelisms and Contrasts
IMPEACHMENT AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ADVOCACY: PARALLELISMS AND CONTRASTS (Opening Statement of Rep. Edcel C. Lagman at the “Prospects for the Philippines” forum of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) on 19 January 2012 at the Mandarin Oriental, Makati City) Edcel Lagman, photo credit ph.yfittopostblog.com For some time now the entire nation is focused on [...]
Impeachment Chronicles, 16-19 January 2012 (Day 1-4) via Akbayan
This is a press release from Akbayan. Impeachment Chronicles Updates on 16-19 January 2012 (Day 1-4) Defense’s delaying tactics apparent in the first week of the Senate Trial The information materials on the impeachment process and on the impeachment case against Chief Justice Renato Corona seek to educate the people on the legal processes in and to [...]
Dismantling Coronarroyo, A Conspiracy of Millions
Speech of Akbayan Rep. Kaka Bag-ao for the 14th Year Anniversary of Akbayan Citizens Action Party, 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 [...]
Simplifying the Senate Rules on Impeachment Trials
What is the nature of the impeachment proceedings before the Senate? How will the trial proceed? What are the salient features of the Senate Rules? The impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona has already begun and the people are eager to watch, learn and analyze the ongoings. Hence, it is just but [...]
Kung Hei Group meet up in UCC
Guess who is who in Twitter? @limbertqc @RENESLAZO @tetalimcangco @aupijuan @momblogger @FrancisAcero @unlawyer @mrsunlawyer @indayevarona It was a two hour banter with more than 140 characters that @cryptonomikon noticed how noisy we were in UCC Terrace. It’s good to express in more than 140 characters every so often , observe the expressions and nuances of [...]
Philippines Corruption Perception Index increase by 0.2 points from 2.4 in 2010 to 2.6 in 2011 but same score in 2004
Transparency International first launched The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) in 1995. It has been widely credited with putting the issue of corruption on the international policy agenda. The score ranges below five on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 10 (very clean). The CPI ranks almost 200 countries by their perceived levels of corruption, [...]
UN Official: Philippine Law on Anti-Corporal Punishment could be First in Asia
The Anti-Corporal Punishment Bill recently passed in the House of Representatives but is still pending at the Senate could be first in the entire Asia, a visiting UN official said during her dialogue with children and the child rights advocates in Manila today. According to Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) [...]
SM Baguio plan to earth-ball pine trees is tantamount to killing them #protectBAGUIOtrees
SM Supermalls vice president for Operations Bien Mateo says there is “>misunderstanding on their proposed mall redevelopment at Luneta Hill in Baguio City. Mateo “claimed the mall expansion taking place anytime this first quarter of the year, will not result to the cutting of 182 trees, as these trees including saplings will be earth balled [...]
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- Ombudsman complaint orchestrated to discredit CJ; Senators scold “dollar account” complainant May 16, 2012
- Day 38 Corona Impeachment Trial – May 15: The drama plods on May 16, 2012
- Day 37 Highlights of the Corona Impeachment trial – May 14, 2012 May 15, 2012
- The Powerpoint Presentation of Ombudsman Carpio-Morales on Corona Transactional balances May 15, 2012
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Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN)
This time, for a common Juan and Maria like me and for the majority of the population, another term, another Acronym in our vocabulary, SALN or Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth is the talk of the town in relation to the impeachment trial against Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Renato Corona. The [...]