Archive for July, 2012

SUPREME COURT Associate Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno dismissed allegations that she had shown partiality to the family of President Benigno S. Aquino III in voting on the Hacienda Luisita issue, saying she had never recommended that the land be sold for...

FORMER EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Ronaldo Zamora assured the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) that he would not give any preferential treatment to the family of the former strongman Ferdinand Marcos if he is appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Zamora,...

SUPREME COURT Associate Justice Teresita De Castro defended the Supreme Court's policy on the release of asset data records, even as she stressed that court officers were not hiding anything from the public. Appearing as the 15th nominee to be publicly...

July 26, 2012 · Posted in: General

Carpio on Corona:
I would have resigned

ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE Antonio Carpio says impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona should have resigned "right away" than go through a contentious impeachment trial. Carpio said the resignation would have been all the more urgent if Corona had wrongly...

SUPREME COURT ASSOCIATE JUSTICE Arturo Brion defended the apparent opaqueness of the judiciary on the transparency of its asset data records by saying that the court was concerned that its independence would be compromised. Brion was the 10th nominee...

PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III should appoint a sitting Justice of the Supreme Court as the new Chief Justice so the judiciary could "forgive" him and the House of Representatives for the impeachment of former Chief Justice Renato Corona. This was the...

THE PHILIPPINE CENTER for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) has asked the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to grill aspirants to the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court on the key issues of transparency and accountability as the JBC holds public...