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Corona Impeachment Trial: Wanting in civility

Corona Impeachment Trial: Wanting in civility

Granting that the House Panel of Prosecutors appears to be in utter disarray in presenting evidence at the trial before the Senate as an impeachment court against Chief Justice Renato Corona, still the senator--judges have to be more civil in treating their fellow legislators or even their fellow lawyers, whether as private prosecutors or defense counsels. It should not be taken lightly that the impeachment proceedings are covered live on television. Besides, the citizenry has been repeatedly urged to watch closely the impeachment as the hearings unfold.

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Science-less Grade One

Science-less Grade One

Mistaken Perspectives and Unimaginative Responses from the DepEd

The DepEd's decision to remove Science as a subject for Grade One students under the K12 program highlights the spirit of transforming education into a perfunctory and mindless process aimed not at cultivating minds but for pedantic qualifi...

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OUCH!!! The Corona Impeachment Trial is affecting the economy

OUCH!!! The Corona Impeachment Trial is affecting the economy

The impeachment trial of Chief Justice Corona has been all over the headlines since December last year. Every day, the media has been on a blitz , reporting the ins and outs of the trial developments. After the trial proceedings, the senator judges and other participants of the trial are even intervie...

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Corona Impeachment Trial: overly suspicious?

Corona Impeachment Trial: overly suspicious?

The defense panel in the impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Renato Corona should better exercise extra care in seeking the inhibition of any of the Senator Judges. Otherwise, a pattern may be detected.

For all political intents and purposes it has to be realized that the senate is composed o...

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Nagpapatuloy ang Sigwa: Ika-42 taong paggunita sa First Quarter Storm

Nagpapatuloy ang Sigwa: Ika-42 taong paggunita sa First Quarter Storm

Youth groups and FQS veterans in Davao commemorate the storm, from Kabataan Partylist Davao


Enero 26, 1970, 42 taon ang nakakaraan, naganap ang isa sa pinakamahalagang pangyayari sa kasaysayan ng pakikibaka ng kabataan at mamamayan --- ang First Quarter Storm (FQS) ng 1970. Niyanig ng malalaking mga pr...

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The Corona Impeachment Trial: Incompetence – A Defense Strategy?

The Corona Impeachment Trial:  Incompetence – A Defense Strategy?

The prosecution team is once again pleading its case to the public, albeit with more humility. It seems there is a need to remind the public that they are fighting for the truth and they are fighting this case not for their own vested interest but for the well being of the Filipino people.

Is it on p...

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The Corona Impeachment Trial: it’s not that easy after all!

The Corona Impeachment Trial: it’s not that easy after all!

If there’s one thing that the last 9 days of the impeachment trial has shown, it is that it isn’t easy to remove someone from his appointed or elected position.

Prosecution team facing challenges

The 9th day of the impeachment trial once again showed how the prosecution team has been breaking at the sea...

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The Corona Impeachment Trial: are 100 witnesses really necessary?

The Corona Impeachment Trial: are 100 witnesses really necessary?

The Corona impeachment trial is entering its third week and things are going at a slumberous pace.

The prosecution revealed to the Senate Court the list of witnesses that they will be presenting in relation to the impeachment case of Chief justice Renato Corona. It’s an eye popping 100 witnesses !

That ...

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Are the forces of government going after Corona?

Are the forces of government going after Corona?

When the good guys become the bad guys

There is something becoming glaringly clear about the way the government prosecutors and the Aquino administration are handling the impeachment of Chief Justice Renato Corona .

In two weeks of hearings, various evidences have been presented. In some cases, while the do...

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Field trip to hell: UP students harassed, terrorized by military in Pampanga

Field trip to hell: UP students harassed, terrorized by military in Pampanga

"Akala ko katapusan na namin," said Anton Dulce, 25 year old University of the Philippines student, as he narrated how he, 2 other students and several locals were harassed, interrogated and assaulted by military men in Porac, Pampanga.

Dulce, Marie Gold Villar, and another who refused to be identifie...

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Corona Impeachment Trial: Betrayal of public trust?

Corona Impeachment Trial:  Betrayal of public trust?

One need not belabor in order to understand the whole import of the allegations in Article 2 of the impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Renato Corona. Contrary to the claim of the defense panel, the contents of Art. 2 are intimately related to each other and supportive of its title. Instead of ...

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Corona Impeachment Trial: media's hasty conclusions

Corona Impeachment Trial: media's hasty conclusions

The impeachment case against Chief Justice Renato Corona now being tried by the senators in their capacity as senator judges, being of truly sensitive nature, imposes a very stiff requirement for those in the media profession , most particularly the broadcast media practitioners, to observe extra caution ...

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Impeachment definition of terms picked up by the ordinary Pinoy

Impeachment definition of terms picked up by the ordinary Pinoy

TGIF! Thank God, it’s Friday. And while we are on a break from the Corona Impeachment Trial, let’s review what we have learned in so far as impeachment terms are concerned. Yes, watching the impeachment trial proceedings is indeed an educational experience, not only for the learned, but for the ordina...

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The Corona Impeachment Trial: Taking everyone down

The Corona Impeachment Trial: Taking everyone down

The impeachment proceedings certainly took a different turn yesterday. It made for good copy and interesting TV.

The way things were going, it seemed like the prosecution team had it in its head to just take everyone down, in their quest to get Chief Justice Renato Corona out of the halls of the Suprem...

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The Corona Impeachment Trial: Cast the first stone

The Corona Impeachment Trial: Cast the first stone

The sixth day of the impeachment trial against Chief Justice Renato Corona was quite painful to watch. Within the three hour session in Senate, it became difficult to discern if the trial was for impeachment or for tax evasion.

The prosecution, still presenting witness and evidence regarding Article 2 ...

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Aquino using impeachment trial to cover up ‘crimes’ of his own

Aquino using impeachment trial to cover up ‘crimes’ of his own

Hundreds marched to Mendiola yesterday to call on the Aquino government to stop oil price hikes and impending tuition hikes amidst the resumption of the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.

The protest action was led by youth groups ANAKBAYAN , League of Filipino Students, Nation...

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Of Savvy and “Nasabi Lang” Lawyers

Of Savvy and “Nasabi Lang” Lawyers

All week long dark patches of rainclouds threatened but didn’t bring down the rain, which was par for the course for a January kind of weather.  A fine time sana for a quiet game of chess with Egay the barber but which, of course, didn’t happen as the barbershop “debaters” were there just waiting for ...

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What people want from the Corona Impeachment Trial

What people want from the Corona Impeachment Trial

With the first week of the Corona Trial out of the way and the second week about to begin, many people are wondering just exactly how things will turn out. While no one can say for certain how things will unravel, there are certain expectations and desires that the Filipino people have.

The weeks leadin...

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Why we need DepEd’s K-12 program

Why we need DepEd’s K-12 program

“We are the LAST country in Asia and one of only three countries in the world with a 10-year pre-university program.” (Source: SEAMEO Innotech 2011)

This was a statement in one of the K to 12 (K-12) slide handouts distributed by Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro at a media pre...

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Dear Noynoy

The People have spoken and they chose you to lead this battered ship of State. Nine years of sailing through rough seas and here we find ourselves picking up the pieces of wreckage. You say you are up to the challenge. You say you are ready. Dare we believe in your truths?... read more


The promises of Benigno Simeon Aquino III

The promises made by Noynoy Aquino from the time he was running as a candidate to the time of his oath taking as 15th president of the Republic of the Philippines was compiled by ang_mungo. The fact that these all came from his own mouth makes it better than those put together by his staff... read more

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