Archive for February, 2012

February 29, 2012 · Posted in: General

Private prosecutor
cited for contempt

                  THE IMPEACHMENT COURT has cited for contempt a private lawyer who is part of the prosecution panel for conducting himself in a manner that the Senator-Judges...

SENATOR-JUDGE MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO blew her top and asked the impeachment court to cite private prosecutor Vitaliano Aguirre II for contempt for allegedly disrespecting the court by covering his ears while she was berating the...

SENATOR-JUDGE Chiz Escudero asked prosecutors if they intended to withdraw, abandon, or waive their rights to present evidence on five of the eight articles contained in the articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato...

                JUST MOMENTS AFTER asking the impeachment court for a chance to present Supreme Court Associate Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, prosecution lawyers did another about face...

JUST ONE DAY AFTER declaring that they were terminating their presentation and resting their case, prosecutors in the impeachment case against Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona now say they may still present Associate Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno...

PROSECUTION LAWYERS felt the fiery and blistering ire of Senator-Judge Miriam Defensor Santiago today as she alternately scolded and questioned them for withdrawing five of the eight articles of impeachment that they filed against Supreme Court Chief...

February 29, 2012 · Posted in: General

Ka Pepe Diokno
and the fight for human rights

This is the third part of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism's (PCIJ) video series on Senator Jose "Pepe" Diokno in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of his birth and the 25th anniversary of his death. The third installment begins with...