Blog Posts on judiciary
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A Woman of Distinction by Spontaneous Cerebrations on Mar 23, 2012Last Monday, March 19, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines together with the Regional Trial Court-Surigao employees threw a grand party for my aunt, who marked her 70th birthday as well as her retirement from the Judiciary. It was a bittersweet mom...
Santiago's Bar Exam Result, UP Law Education, and the "Top Ten" Fetish by Politics for Breakfast on Mar 8, 2012Recently, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago was a target of various attack on her supposedly arrogant attitude towards Atty. Vitaliano Aguirre of the prosecution team during the Corona impeachment trial. If we have been monitoring news, we may have...
Corona and the Numbers Game (by Emmanuel Hizon) by Politics for Breakfast on Mar 1, 2012Photo by Matikas Santos/INQUIRER.net photo.Apologists of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona asserted that they are not only winning the battle in the impeachment court but also the one that is being waged in the streets. This assertion stemme...
Analysis under the Constitution: Is having SOLE authority means having ABSOLUTE authority? by MAINBAR on Feb 8, 2012Sole power or exclusive authority never guarantees absolute exercise of that authority! When the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides the Senate the sole power to try and decide cases of impeachment, the Constitution, very essentially, does not auth...
Analysis under the Constitution: Is having SOLE authority means having ABSOLUTE authority? by MAINBAR on Feb 8, 2012Sole power or exclusive authority never guarantees absolute exercise of that authority! When the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides the Senate the sole power to try and decide cases of impeachment, the Constitution, very essentially, does not auth...
CORONAVELA: The Trial Begins by Everybody's Journal on Jan 26, 2012As the year 2012 entered, a new breed of drama has dominated Koreanovelas and soap operas in the afternoon.There is no doubt; more and more Filipinos get hooked with this “Coronavela”, a true-to-life story of the Philippines Chief Justice and his...
Few points on Impeachment of CJ Corona (Coronavela) by CleveArguelles dotcom on Jan 16, 2012(1) The impeachment is not a fight between Arroyo, Corona and Aquino. While the mainstream media tries to project as such, the impeachment is a fight for accountability and justice of the people against Arroyo, Corona and Aquino. Kumbaga sa teleserye...
PHL Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona by myepinoy's BLOG on Jan 16, 2012How low can he go? Di ko alam. Ikaw alam mo ba? Pansamantala, isasantabi ko muna na sya ay midnight appointee ni Gloria. Di ko rin gaano pinag-uukulan ng pansin ang kanyang mga properties, pag pabor diumano kay Gloria Arroyo at marami pang iba. S...
PHL Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona by myepinoy's BLOG on Jan 16, 2012How low can he go? Di ko alam. Ikaw alam mo ba? Pansamantala, isasantabi ko muna na sya ay midnight appointee ni Gloria. Di ko rin gaano pinag-uukulan ng pansin ang kanyang mga properties, pag pabor diumano kay Gloria Arroyo at marami pang iba. S...
Senate as impeachment court: Political Partisanship looms! by MAINBAR on Jan 14, 2012Senate Resolutions No. 39, the resolution adopting the rules of procedure on impeachment trials, defined “political neutrality” as the exercise of a public official’s duty without unfair discrimination and regardless of party affiliation or p...
