This is a press statement from the Corona Defense team. (Videos embedded by Blog Watch) On the 39th day of the impeachment trial against Chief Justice Renato C. Corona, the defense team successfully showed, with its presentation of three of the complainants in the cases filed against the Chief Justice before the Office of the [...]
Day 38 Corona Impeachment Trial – May 15: The drama plods on
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIALS – DAY 38, May 15, 2012 THE DRAMA PLODS ON! By Wilfred Avila I must immediately admit that I am not good with numbers and, having said that, found the entire hearing rather boring. Basically, it was a replay of yesterday’s hearing. Ho hum. From a whopping 23 Senator-Judges present, the number [...]
Day 37 Highlights of the Corona Impeachment trial – May 14, 2012
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIALS – DAY 37, May 14, 2012 IT WAS HELL! by Wilfred Avila Today’s hearing was a virtual hell for the Defense Panel and painted as the Devil incarnate was the Chief Justice, Renato Corona! Day 37 of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona began with a bold assertion by Defense [...]
The Powerpoint Presentation of Ombudsman Carpio-Morales on Corona Transactional balances
View or download CJ Corona Dollar Account Power Point by the Ombudsman Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales presented “information she had on Corona’s dollar accounts came from a 17-page report of the Anti-Money Laundering Council that was made available to her office in the course of investigating complaints filed before her over Corona’s alleged ill-gotten wealth.” Ombudsman [...]
Day 36 highlights of the Corona Impeachment trial: The double-edged sword of justice
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIALS – DAY 36, May 8, 2012 THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD OF JUSTICE! by Wilfred Avila At 2:00 pm of Monday, a brown envelope was delivered to the office of Senate President and Presiding Judge Juan Ponce Enrile. It contained purported “transaction records” of Chief Justice Renato Corona’s foreign and peso currency accounts. “I [...]
Day 35 Highlights of the Corona Impeachment Trial: Off to everywhere
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIALS – DAY 35, May 7, 2012 OFF TO THE EVERYWHERE! by Wilfred Avila During the hiatus of the Impeachment hearings, everyone but everyone went on with the circus in their own way. The Prosecution went on campaign sorties to the provinces using the trial as the basis for their being re-elected and/or [...]
Chief Justice Corona’s defense team launches ACQUITCJ.com
The defense team of Supreme Court CJ Corona launched an official website ACQUITCJ.com that provides information about the trial ( trial highlights , pleadings), the media corner (news and interviews) , manifestos of support. The team sent this message: Today we launch the Acquit C web as a response to the mounting clamor from our [...]
Impeachment hearings to resume, Corona testimony uncertain
As impeachment proceedings resume on Monday, defense lawyers announce that there is still no decision on whether Chief Justice Renato Corona or his wife Cristina will take the witness stand. The Philippine Daily Inquirer Online quoted spokesperson Karen Jimeno saying that Corona still has no decision but the couple would testify “if they felt this [...]
“I do not own $10M . Simply does not exist.”
Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales said she had received information that “there are several bank accounts in PSBank and several other banks in your (Corona’s) name, including those denominated in US dollars the aggregate value of which amounts to at least US$10,000,000.” This is the response to Inquirer’s Corona asked: Explain $10M bank accounts through his [...]
@risahontiveros to Binay: Explain camp’s “a vote for Corona is a vote for Binay” statement
This is a press statement from Akbayan. Akbayan National Spokesperson Risa Hontiveros today asked Vice President Jejomar Binay to explain his camp’s statement that a vote for the acquittal of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona will bolster his chances in the 2016 elections. Hontiveros made the statement after former Senator Ernesto Maceda, a leading member [...]















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