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Is President Aquino allowing legal shortcuts against Chief Justice Corona?

By Tonyo Cruz Tue, May 15, 2012 11:53PM UTC View Comments

The impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona has so far produced a mixed bag in terms of possible outcomes. What is obvious though is how President Aquino, the chief architect of the oust-Corona enterprise, has authorized legal and political shortcuts to help advance the impeachment case. Take, for example, the presentation given by Ombudsman...

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Philippines: Former President Arroyo, aide sued for plunder

By Tonyo Cruz Tue, Jul 12, 2011 3:33PM UTC View Comments

Filipinos have not forgotten. They want justice for nine years of Arroyo's misrule, corruption and abuses. Visual from kilusan.net.

Two activist Members of Congress today formally filed a case against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and one of her appointees in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office regarding the graft, malversation and plunder of PCSO funds intended for the poor. Bayan Muna (People First) Representatives Teddy Casino and Neri Javier Colmenares filed the case against...

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No more Merci: Aquino govt now free to hunt Arroyo et al

By Tonyo Cruz Sat, Apr 30, 2011 11:59PM UTC View Comments

The resignation of impeached Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez removes the last institutional stumbling block to the prosecution of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her henchmen. Now, the Aquino government loses a familiar excuse to explain away the continued failure to prosecute the previous government’s top leaders. Search for the next Ombudsman President Benigno Aquino III...

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Philippines impeachment: Aquino must transcend partisan politics

By Carlos H. Conde Wed, Mar 23, 2011 9:46AM UTC View Comments

This week, the Philippine Congress, voting overwhelmingly, impeached Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, the country’s main anti-corruption investigator. Gutierrez has been accused of sitting on numerous corruption cases involving former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her family, who are supposedly her friends and allies. Gutierrez now faces the prospect of being tried in an impeachment trial in the...

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