Archive for May, 2012

A THAI COURT found a webmaster liable for online comments made by other people in a website she was administering, and imposed on her a one year prison term and a $1,000 fine. In a report released by the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), a...

CJs, former and acting: Corona and Carpio during 'happier' times IN A SUDDEN TURNAROUND, the Supreme Court en banc decided to approve the release to the public of the statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN) of all judges and...

              IMPEACHMENT PRESIDING OFFICER Juan Ponce Enrile cast the 20th and final guilty vote on impeached Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato C. Corona, sealing Corona's conviction for...

May 29, 2012 · Posted in: General

Guilt, reelection, party lines

SIX senators with plans to seek reelection in May 2013 voted to declare Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona guilty of Article II of the artices of impeachment, for culpable violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust. The six...

Quoted below is the MBC's statement on the just concluded impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona. The Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, has spoken. While certain rules and parameters had to be defined along the way due to the, in many...

SENATOR-JUDGES Vicente Sotto, Antonio Trillanes IV, and Manny Villar cast their votes for the conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona, adding three more votes to the 16 votes that already sealed the chief magistrate's fate. The three senators...

SENATOR-JUDGE Ramon Revilla Jr. cast the 16th vote that convicted Chief Justice Renato Corona for culpable violation of the Consitution and betrayal of the public trust for Article II of the impeachment complaint alleging failure to fully disclose his...