By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld In 1633, the Inquisition declared Galileo guilty of writing a heretical book in which he supposedly favored the Copernican theory that the Sun rather than the Earth was at the center of the (then known) universe. The Catholic Church eventually admitted that he might have been right,…
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Remove Corona, hold Arroyo accountable – progressive groups
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“While Corona’s removal from the SC will, to some extent, help in the prosecution of Arroyo, the people should be reminded that it is still the Executive branch which has the ultimate responsibility in ensuring that GMA is held accountable.” – Bayan
Single-mindedness?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com When Benigno Aquino III centered his presidential campaign on his slogan “Kung walang korap, walang mahirap,” nobody thought that his government would do just that. Worse, not only does the Aquino government appear to be single-mindedly focusing its efforts on its “anti-corruption” campaign. It’s anti-corruption campaign itself appears to be focused…
Salungguhit: Tiring diversion
The Senate impeachment hearings, with all the antics of the prosecution, defense, and even the Senator-judges is starting to become a tiring diversion, especially since the lives of the Filipino people are getting worse with the spikes in prices, the festering unemployment and underemployment problems and the worsening poverty. And the worse part is, all…
Prometheus Bound: Game theory
By Giovanni Tapang, PhD The ongoing impeachment trial at the Senate for the removal of Chief Justice Renato Corona is slowly becoming an early afternoon telenovela. Complete with courtroom drama and a cast of judges, accused and prosecutors, it transports listeners and viewers to a local version of Court TV writ large. Newspapers keep count…
How will it all end?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The Senate impeachment hearing has just begun and it appears that Chief Justice Renato Corona would put up a tough fight. While the Aquino government had been declaring that it is confident that it has enough evidences to support its case, this did not translate into a good showing during the…
Impeaching the CJ: what’s in it for the people?
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star On Monday, January 16, the Senate will begin the impeachment trial on the eight charges filed against Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona by 188 members of the House of Representatives. The charges aim to substantiate three impeachable offenses: culpable violation of the Constitution,…
Salungguhit: The battle is on
The battle between Pres. Benigno Aquino III and Chief Justice Renato Corona has begun. It has started with the exchange of verbal fireworks. However, everything would come to a head in a few days time when the Senate convenes itself as an impeachment court. This would, perhaps, outstage the current telenovela craze as what happened…
Pursue rights violation cases vs GMA, minions
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star “Our gathering this morning is an opportunity to further assess the strengths and weaknesses of the present criminal justice system, and to come up with new and timely initiatives concerning the delivery of justice… Your decisions and the steps you take have implications integral…
Chief justice on trial
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In our previous column entitled “Battle for Justice”, we said that a big battle is looming to bring the Arroyos to justice. Few outside the innermost circles of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino would have foreseen that the initial major skirmish would take the form of an impeachment move against…
Liar, liar
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The main complaint by his mostly lawyer partisans against the impeachment of Renato Corona is that it was done too quickly, followed by claims that it’s an attack on the Supreme Court’s independence, and is unconstitutional besides. Minority Congressman and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ally Edcel Lagman is leading…