Videos: Defense Panel clears various aspects of the Corona Impeachment Trial
Here are videos from the Defense Panel of Chief Justice Renato Corona unfolds today. This will hopefully bring out and put into clear focus the...
Akbayan renews call for Corona to resign
This is a press statement from Akbayan. Group says people successful in revealing truth behind bank records Akbayan Party today reiterated its call to Supreme...
Sub judice rule imposed on publicized speech
IN ESSENCE WHAT IS THE SUB JUDICE RULE? In essence, the sub judice rule restricts comments and disclosures pertaining to pending judicial proceedings. TO WHOM...
The President’s speech at La Consolacion College (Pilipino and English version)
Talumpati ng Kagalang-galang Benigno S. Aquino III Pangulo ng Pilipinas Sa Pulong Bayan ng Pangulo at paggunita ng Tagumpay ng Bayan [Burador ng talumpating inihayag sa...
Did the Senate fall for defense’s gambit?
In a significant vote, the Senate sitting as theImpeachment Court decided on Monday to uphold the Supreme Court’s temporary restraining order (TRO) against the subpoena on impeached Chief Justice Renato...
#CoronaTrial Day 18 Highlights : The clock has stopped and the days grow longer
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIALS – DAY 18, FEB. 15, 2012 THE CLOCK HAS STOPPED AND THE DAYS GROW LONGER! by Wilfred Avila Originally posted at the...
FOI advocates welcome @PresidentNoy endorsement of proposed FOI bill
The Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition welcomes the recent public endorsement by President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III of the passage of the Freedom...
#CJtrialWatch: What we learned from the votes on the SC’s TRO
The impeachment trial started to unfold in a dramatic fashion, much like a telenovela. Day 16 of the impeachment trial proved to be exciting and quite a...
The Corona Impeachment Trial: Fighting dirty to clean house
Entering the fourth week of the impeachment trial, Filipinos can’t help but wonder how much worse things can get. This applies not only for Chief Justice Renato...
Day 17 Highlights: Love rules the day
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIALS – DAY 17, FEB. 14, 2012 LOVE RULES THE DAY! by Wilfred Avila Originally posted at Noisy Minority Facebook page As I...
Senators as Judges – The importance of voting properly #CJtrialWatch
In a country where elections can be described as a circus and where the electoral process is tainted with vote buying, accusations of electoral fraud, cheating and...
Video: “Is this government by media or is this judicial system by media?” – Senator Santiago
Senator-judge Miriam Defensor-Santiago asked if a questionable document could be a basis for issuing a subpoena. “Hindi mo pala alam kung ano yun bakit mo...
Women to Solons: Give Love on Valentine’s Day, Vote on the RH Bill!
This is a press statement from Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines (DSWP). On Valentine’s Day, a group of women advocates working among grassroots communities’...
Concurring Opinion re PSBank TRO: “bank secrecy remains the general rule.”
Here is the concurring opinion of the Supreme Court re G.R. No. 200238 – PHILIPPINE SAVINGS BANK and PASCUAL M. GARCIA III, as representative of...
Associate Justice Carpio dissenting opinion: “Majority decision makes mockery of transparency”
Dissenting opinion of Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on G.R. No. 200238 – PHILIPPINE SAVINGS BANK and PASCUAL M. GARCIA III, as representative of Philippine Savings...