Cebu Expat – Podcasts
Chief Justice Renato Corona is struggling to shake off where his money came from and the assets he acquired during the Arroya presidential administration. The latest setback relates to his daughter who at the height of the U.S. housing collapse in 2008 bought a home with a 10% down payment in the U.S. with...
For me this is a surprise but then again did anyone ask the people in the survey who followed the trial? Because this is part of the problem in politics generally and high profile court cases that the average person in the public doesn’t take an interest. This shows with 5% saying he was...
A major blow to the defence team of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona as his bank records have been admitted as evidence in the Senate Impeachment Court as evidence. It may have taken a two hour discussion but the fact that the records are now valid pieces of evidence will be a strong...
Few politicians are known to foreign nationals but everyone Filipino and foreign know Senator-Judge Miriam Defensor-Santiago famous for being outspoken and a voice of truth amongst many corrupt political figures. But interesting to see the latest revelations from a priest, while carrying out the first Saturday Mass in honour of the Blessed Mother Fr....
The trial which seems a decade long with the amount of media speculation and expansion of the people involved in the media circus. May now close sooner than expected, the prosecution believe they have more than enough evidence in its articles of impeachment 2, 3 and 7 so are currently looking at dropping 1,...
Another twist to the soap opera styled case, would be funny if it wasn’t a real trial. The alleged photo shows lead prosecutor Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas Jr. and Philippine Savings Bank Katipunan Branch Manager Annabelle Tiongson together in the photo above. Although the photo is being blown off by all parties as not...
An interesting trial indeed in the Philippines as it does show how corruption plays a major part in Philippines life. CHIEF Justice Renato Corona’s petition has become a bit of an issue because two of his colleagues declined to handle the suit. It was raffled yesterday for the third time after the Associate Justice...
Part of the problem in the Philippines is the extent of corruption that leaks into everything from waste collection all the way up to the current trial facing Arroyo for vote rigging. This is caused a bit of it to leak into the Corona’s trial as you can read below. The lead prosecutor...
No not that Corona! We are talking about the Chief Justice in the Philippines that seems to have accumulated more than a life-times salary in a matter of no time and it seems to be creating a bit of a stir as to where did all come from, or more importantly how much has...
The Corona impeachment trial dubbed by many as rather boring and compelling courtroom drama was brought up to the limelight. A recent recruit by the name of Atty.Karen Olivia Jimeno was added to the defense team by Corona defense lawyer Ramon Esguerra, her former UP professor. Jimeno is a 2005 UP Law graduate who...