Archive for March, 2012

BUDGET SECRETARY Florencio Abad acknowledged that he has only been listing the assessed values of his real properties in his statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN), and pledged to review his previous SALNs and include the acquisition...

March 15, 2012 · Posted in: General

Two-part story on SALN

Our latest report looks at the mixed picture of good and bad compliance with the law on the filing and disclosure of the Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) by senior public officials from across branches of government and political...

SUPREME COURT Chief Justice Renato Corona's December 2010 statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth came under intense scrutiny after Senator-Judge Panfilo Lacson noted apparent errors in Corona's entries for the properties he owns. Lacson...

                       Taguig City Assessor Roberto Villaruz (pool photo) AFTER MORE THAN an hour of wrangling between defense and prosecution lawyers on the distinctions...

PROSECUTORS in the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona took a different tack on the 30th day of the impeachment trial by implying that Corona had not declared the true value of his properties with the Taguig City Assessor's...

FOR WEEKS, prosecution and defense lawyers battled over whether foreign currency accounts allegedly owned by Chief Justice Renato Corona and deposited at the Philippine Savings Bank should be divulged to the public. Today, a Senator-Judge raised a more...

March 14, 2012 · Posted in: General

Forty-five, twenty-four, twenty-one…

LIKE A broken countdown, the number of properties allegedly owned by Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona was revised downward yet again by prosecution lawyers in the Corona impeachment trial. Lead prosecutor Niel Tupas told the court that...