Archive for June, 2012

June 5, 2012 · Posted in: General

Youth launch ‘WaiverWatch’

  A YOUTH NETWORK has launched a campaign to get senior public officials, including President Benigno S. Aquino III, members of his Cabinet, and legislators from both the Senate and the House of Representatives, to sign a waiver against the...

JUST DAYS AFTER convicting impeached Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona for failure to declare all his assets, members of the Philippine Senate, this time sitting as the upper chamber instead of an impeachment court, led the way towards greater...

June 3, 2012 · Posted in: General

Investigating the courts 101

Corona and the courts under trial   THE RECENT IMPEACHMENT AND CONVICTION of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona for failure to declare all his assets as required by law has focused the public's gaze on the judicial system, that...

THE SUPREME COURT on Friday issued a formal notice that it is releasing copies of the 2011 statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) of all judges and justices in the country to the public following a series of motions filed over the...

June 1, 2012 · Posted in: General

Journalists decry Indonesian attacks

INDONESIAN JOURNALISTS raised the alarm over the spate of violence against mediamen in Indonesia after four separate attacks on journalists in the span of a week. The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) of Indonesia, a founding member of the...