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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
President Benigno Aquino III doesn't like the idea of Renato Corona escaping criminal prosecution after being fired as Chief Justice by the Senate impeachment court on Tuesday. Laws for the common folk should be equally applied to those who wield...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Iloilo, PhilippinesPresident Benigno Aquino III does not relish the idea that Renato Corona be exempted from criminal prosecution for possible violations of the law following his removal as chief justice of the Supreme Court through impeachment...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
Oliver Lozano, said the Senate judgment was ready-made apparently prepared hastily before the oral arguments. The group claims that the Enrile Block of 6 (six) Senators decided to convict the chief Justice before the oral arguments. The four...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines The process in selecting the next chief justice should be transparent, Senator Teofisto Guingona III on Friday said. In a chance interview, Guingona said that this would be in accordance with the principle of transparency the Aquino...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Senator Francis Escudero said in an interview on Radyo Inquirer 990AM. Escudero, an ex-officio member of the JBC, said it is time to up the ante on the qualifications of a chief justice...Escudero said that such a requirement is not under the rules...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
PhilippinesJustice Secretary Leila de Lima on Friday admitted she was not ruling out accepting a nomination for the position of Chief Justice but said she prefers to stay in the executive branch to finish important tasks. If you ask me if I am...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines Senators Serge Osmena III and Teofisto Guingona II defended President Benigno Aquino III's refusal to sign a waiver on his bank accounts, saying this stems from his desire to keep his privacy...Jesus, he can have it deposited in his...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Gov't officials urged to heed lessons learned' from Corona conviction 10:50 am Friday, June 1st, 2012 Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. Philippines Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Friday advised government officials to heed lessons learned from the...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
PhilippinesA senator on Thursday warned Malacanang against choosing a politician as the next Chief Justice. But a colleague of his thinks the senator is actually up to the job of succeeding Renato Corona, who was ousted as chief justice by the Senate...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
PhilippinesActing Chief Justice Antonio Carpio may preside over the Supreme Court but he will have to inhibit himself from the Judicial and Bar Council's deliberations in the selection of a replacement for Renato Corona, who has been removed, Sen.
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Why Lito Lapid broke his less talk, less mistake' vow at Corona trial 6:09 pm Thursday, May 31st, 2012 Senator Lito Lapid. Philippines Senator Lito Lapid broke his less talk, less mistake vow when he took the podium to explain his vote at the end of...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
14pm Malacanang on Thursday said it will leave to the Office of the Ombudsman the filing of charges, if there will be any, against convicted Chief Justice Renato Corona. May pending complaints po kasi. [Bahala na ang] Office of the Ombudsman kung ano...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines Navotas Representative Tobias Tiangco does not agree with the guilty verdict slapped on now ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona. In an interview with Radyo Inquirer 990AM Thursday, Tiangco said the impeachment complaint was flawed in the...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
PhilippinesThe fate of Chief Justice Renato Corona was sealed as early as Sunday night, when Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile and six other senator-judges met to ponder his guilt or innocence. All seven senator-judges decided to convict Corona, Sen.
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Channel NewsAsia
| 1 year ago
Philippine President Benigno Aquino Wednesday hailed the sacking of the county's top judge, calling it a necessary step in his anti-corruption crusade and pledging to appoint an untainted replacement. "What we did was to strengthen the system; to...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
Wednesday's special session was devoted to acting on the Senate decision that stripped Corona of his position as the chief magistrate. SC receives copy of Senate decision convicting Corona Palace confirms Aquino met with House prosecutors hours after...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012 House Speaker Sonny Belmonte at the impeachment court...He said they would discuss the matter soon, adding they would have to use their best efforts for everyone to do it. Belmonte pointed out that lawmakers will not be...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio will be the acting Chief Justice after incumbent Renato Corona was removed from office following his conviction by the Senate impeachment court...Carpio's takeover in acting capacity is contained in...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
Lee, in a post on her Twitter account Tuesday evening said: "Impeachment over.... Now time for the other politicians to sign that waiver... "[I] can volunteer to bring it personally to their offices," she said . But early replies to her tweet...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
The Constitution and our statutes oblige every public official to make and submit a complete disclosure of his assets, liabilities, and net worth in order to suppress any questionable accumulation of wealth. This obligatory constitutional rule seeks...
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Kuwait Times
| 1 year ago
Filipinos in Kuwait are divided over the guilty verdict handed down to Philippine Chief Justice, Renato Corona. The head of the Philippines' Supreme Court faced an impeachment trial since January at the Philippine senate. He will be immediately...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Corona's removal is immediately effectiveSotto 12:18 am Wednesday, May 30th, 2012 Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III during the impeachment finale...While President Juan Ponce Enrile did not expressly state it, Chief Justice Renato Corona's...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano pointed to a new paradigm in good governance. He said that he admired Corona's submission of an unconditional waiver during his second appearance before the Senate impeachment court on Friday allowing the...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
43pm The recently concluded impeachment trial of now ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona, noteworthy for being the first and only impeachment trial in Philippine history to be settled by a Senate vote, may have implications on Philippine political...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
According to the Philippine Constitution, judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than removal from office and disqualification to hold any office under the Republic of the Philippines. Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, however,...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
28pm The House prosecution team may have successfully convicted Chief Justice Renato Corona but its members are not jumping and shouting for joy, saying the celebrations will evolve in time in the form of reforms. Lead prosecutor Niel Tupas Jr.
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Members of the militant group Akbayan raise placards that read convict during a rally at the Senate Tuesday. PhilippinesMembers of the militant group Akbayan jumped for joy Tuesday upon hearing the Senate sitting as an impeachment court ruled to...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines The Senate impeachment court's guilty verdict on Chief Justice Renato Corona and the subsequent punishment of removal from office for his failure to declare his true worth of assets was a major victory of the people, accountability,...
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Al Jazeera
| 1 year ago
41 Justice Corona denounced the case against him, saying it was not backed by evidence [Reuters] Philippine senators have voted overwhelmingly to convict chief justice Renato Corona of corruption and failing to declare his assets, ending a...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Trillanes votes to convict Corona in the interest of the country' 6:02 pm Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Philippines Senator Antonio Trillanes IV voted to convict Chief Justice Renato Corona Tuesday, saying that it is in the...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
43 pm Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 Senator Aquilino Pimentel III. Philippines Senator Aquilino Pimentel III is the 14 th senator-judge to convict Chief Justice Renato Corona on Tuesday. This senator-judge find the respondent guilty on betrayal of public...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines Senator Lito Lapid voted for the conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona Tuesday and explained his vote without a prepared speech. Lapid said in Filipino that he was using only his conscience in deciding on his vote instead of citing...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines Senator Teofisto Guingona III voted to convict Chief Justice Renato Corona Tuesday, saying that he violated the sanctity of the Constitution. In this trial, my vote is for the sacredness of the Constitution, Guinggona said. Corona used...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines Senator Ferdinand Marcos II voted for the acquittal of the Chief Justice Renato Corona based on Article 2 of the impeachment complaint...The framers of the constitution intended culpable violation of the Constitution to mean a woeful and...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines Senator Sergio Osmena III voted for the conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona Tuesday and said that it was Corona himself who gave the reasons for his conviction. Osmena said that he looked at four points in deciding Corona's guilt:...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
43 pm Tuesday, May 29th, 2012 Chief Justice Renato Corona. Philippines Fourteen senators, just two short of the 16 votes needed, have cast their guilty votes for Chief Justice Renato Corona. The 14th senator to cast a guilty verdict for Corona was...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines Senator-Judge Gregorio Honasan voted guilty on embattled Chief Justice Renato Corona and joined senator-judge Francis Escudero in a call for the chief magistrate to step down from office. Although admittedly looking for reason to acquit [...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines Senator Joker Arroyo voted for the acquittal of Chief Justice Renato Corona Tuesday. In his speech on the 44th day of the Senate impeachment trial, Arroyo said that an impeachment is a political process not a political assassination An...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines Lead defense council former Justice Serafin is confident that Chief Justice Renato Corona will get an acquittal from the Senate acting as the impeachment court, which is expected to come out with its verdict Tuesday. In a chance interview,...
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China Post
| 1 year ago
A historic verdict on whether the Philippines' top judge should be sacked was due to be handed down Tuesday in one of the defining moments of President Benigno Aquino's bruising anti-graft crusade. Supreme Court chief justice Renato Corona, on trial...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines Day 44 of the impeachment trial began on Tuesday with the Senate, acting as an impeachment court, expected to give its verdict on Chief Justice Renato Corona. Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile, who presides over the trial, banged the...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Prosecution spokesperson Lorenzo Erin Tanada III early Tuesday reacted on Senator-judge Santiago's suggestion reprimanding Chief Justice Corona instead of being sacked from office. Noy Morcoso III Prosecution spokesman and Quezon 4th District...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Corona's fate now hangs on 23 senators, who sit as judges in the impeachment trial of Corona that started on January 16, 2012 and ended on Monday, May 28, 2012. After holding trials for 43 days, the Senate, acting as an impeachment court, is now...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Will Chief Justice Renato Corona seek the intervention of his colleagues on the Supreme Court if the Senate convicts him Tuesday?...Serafin Cuevas, leader of Corona's defense team, said on Sunday that his group would use all legal options...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Chief Justice Renato Corona, the judiciary's highest official who bends justice to hide his crime, deserves nothing but conviction, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said Monday. At the conclusion of the trial, Belmonte ended the prosecution's closing...
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Kuwait Times
| 1 year ago
Philippine Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile prepares to bang the gavel at the conclusion of the oral arguments in the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona yesterday before the senator-judges acting as an impeachment court...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines The prosecution team does not see the possibility of the decision on Chief Justice Renato Corona's impeachment trial being brought to the Supreme Court for intervention. Lead prosecutor Iloilo Representative Niel Tupas Jr. maintained on...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines Chief Justice Renato Corona can only either be removed from office or be cleared of all charges and will not be meted out with other penalties like admonition or reprimand. Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told reporters Monday that the only...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
Philippines After holding trials for 43 days, the Senate, acting as an impeachment court, is now ready to render its verdict on Chief Justice Renato Corona when it resumes at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Senator Gringo Honasan said Senator Edgardo Angara will...
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
PhilippinesRep. Joseph Victor JV Ejercito (San Juan, lone district) on Saturday said he hoped Chief Justice Renato Corona would resign to spare himself and his family from humiliation. Ejercito, son of deposed President Joseph Estrada, said he signed...
