Archive for January, 2012

IMPEACHED CHIEF JUSTICE Renato Corona bought his Bellagio penthouse at 10-million pesos less than its original price because of damage from a typhoon, and because he paid promptly. Megaworld Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing, Noli...

by Winona Cueva Two more witnesses took the witness stand to present documentary evidence to show that Chief Justice Renato Corona and his wife owned properties in Ayala and Global City, Taguig that were not in his statements of assets liabilities...

by Winona Cueva A FINANCE DIRECTOR of the Megaword Corporation stood as 7th withness for the Prosecution on Day 8 of the Impeachment Trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. Giovanni Ng presented documents pertaining to the sale of...

January 30, 2012 · Posted in: General

Legal jargon swamps
viewers of trial

by Karol Ilagan LEGAL JARGON ruled the second week of the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona as defense and prosecution lawyers maneuvered around Article II of the impeachment complaint. Appearing for the first time at...

by Rowena Caronan and Jessa Jarilla Here are quotes from legal luminaries to explain the highlights of the second week of impeachment trial, where more details of the complaint unfolded, more documents were marked as evidence, and more senator-judges...

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) has released another documentary on the killings of newsmen in the Philippines. DEAD CASES: To Die A Second Time deals with what investigators and prosecutors call cold or dead cases, cases that...

SENATOR-JUDGE Gregorio Honasan has asked the spokesmen of all the parties involved in the impeachment trial to "moderate their public pronouncements and statements" because of concerns that the some are already engaged in trial by publicity. Honasan...