Finally,  Chief Justice Renato Corona has decided to take the witness stand and defend himself before the Senate sitting as the Impeachment Tribunal, especially on allegations that he has a $10 million account.
Many were surprised with the announcement made by one of his lawyers, Jose Roy III, former president and law dean of the Pamantasan ng [...]

Although the satisfaction rating of the government of President Benigno S. Aquino III is still good – at +46 net – supporters of the Chief Executive are slowly expressing concern considering that the rating has been continuously falling down. At the last survey of the Social Weather Station, the net rating was +56, from a [...]

As tension between the Philippines and China lingers on over the disputed Scarborough Shoal and the Spratlys chain of islands and reefs, President Benigno S. Aquino III continues to issue statements and make directives affirming the country’s claims over the shoal and the chain.
The President’s latest statement was made early this week where he assured that the [...]

To many leaders of Mindanao who attended the just concluded Minandao Summit on Energy in Davao City, the exercise was useless because it has not accomplished anything to assuage the businesses and the people of the region on the growing power crisis there despite the presence of President Benigno S. Aquino III in that gathering. [...]

As the Philippines celebrate Holy Week, President Aquino and his predecessor, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, issued messages for the Filipinos. Aquino called on the peoples to use the Holy Week break as an opportunity to pause and reflect on “where we want to go” as individuals and as a nation, bearing in mind the interest of [...]

Yes, it’s so easy to accuse any one of anything under the sun. One can just manufacture just about anything against a person and there’s a case against that person and his reputation besmirched. However, it is very hard to regain once’s honor and image once tarnished with accusations without any iota of truth.
This [...]

Journalists in the Philippines have a new reason to be alarmed.
Where before, murder of media people happened only in the countryside, the record was broken with the mauling and shooting of a newsman right in Metro Manila.
And not just an ordinary newsman, but a member of the Malacanang Press Corps no less who has been [...]

A close friend and former classmate of President Benigno S. Aquino III, Cristino Naguiat Jr., the Chief Executive’s appointee as chairman and chief executive officer of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. or Pagcor, is on the spot. Naguit has been accused in case filed in Las Vegas, Nevada  of receiving large sum of bribes [...]

There is a big chance that the Senate will be convened again as a Senate Impeachment Tribunal after the trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
Rep. Neil Tupas Jr. of Iloilo, head of the House of Representatives prosecutors of CJ Corona, confirmed himself during the Senate trial that the House is just about to endorse the [...]

Philippine Chief Justice Renato Corona is under close scrutiny today due to his alleged failure to disclose to the public his Statement of Assets and Liabilities (SALN), the document every official and employee of the government and all its branches and agencies is required by law to file each year by way of promoting honesty [...]