One look at these inmates and you may think perhaps the joke is true: prison is more fun in the Philippines. Some 2,000 maximum security inmates of the…
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Booklovers have found a paradise in a library by the bay in Pandan town in Antique. The Leocadio Alonsagay Dioso Memorial Public Library keeps at least 25,000 books…
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Before children of the new generation forget how a stamp looks like, postage stamp collectors and the Philippine Postal Corp. (Philpost) have teamed up and brought out their…
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Prosecution Team members clarify reports on Representative Rodolfo Farinas’s “walk-out” during the impeachment trial. Video by INQUIRER.net’s Cathy Miranda.…
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Defense Team lawyer Jose Roy III reacts to BIR Commissioner Kim Henares’s statement about the bureau’s separate investigation on Corona’s records. Video by INQUIRER.net’s Noy Morcoso.…
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The defense panel on Thursday sought the inhibition of Senator Franklin Drilon from the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, accusing him of acting like “an ally”…
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The prosecution on Friday reported to the Senate impeachment court that it would present more than 100 witnesses including 13 Supreme Court justices, their spokesperson, and personnel; Inquirer reporters and other journalists; as well as Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, and the doctors of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.…
Jan 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Daughter to bring home Representative Ignacio ‘Iggy’ Arroyo; special election up »
Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo has dispatched the daughter of his brother, Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo to London to take charge of the arrangements for the homecoming of his youngest brother, a spokesperson for the family on Friday said.…
Jan 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »IBP says prosecution unable to prove ill-gotten wealth raps vs Corona »
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) on Friday said that after seven days of the impeachment trial, the prosecution still fell short in proving the alleged ill-gotten wealth of Chief Justice Renato Corona.…
Jan 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Inhibition voluntary; it’s up to Drilon »
It’s entirely up to Sen. Franklin Drilon whether to inhibit himself from the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona over alleged bias for the prosecution, senators said on Friday in separate phone interviews.…
Jan 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Senators worried by long list of prosecution witnesses »
A number of senators have voiced apprehension that the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona could drag on for months after the prosecution submitted a list of more than 100 witnesses it plans to put on the…
Jan 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Prosecution wreaking havoc on SC, says Lagman »
Albay Representative Edcel Lagman on Saturday accused the House of Representatives’ prosecution team of wreaking havoc on the Supreme Court by including some of its justices as witnesses in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona in…
Jan 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Aquino aide takes issue with bar association over statements »
An aide to President Benigno Aquino took issue Saturday with the leadership of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines over its statements regarding the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.…
Jan 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Prosecution may not present all 100 witnesses, says Palace aide »
An aide to President Benigno Aquino said Saturday she does not think the prosecution will actually present all of the more than 100 persons it has included on a list of the witnesses it intends to present at…
Jan 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Wilcon store branch gypped out of P13,000 »
Would you prepare "change" of P13,000 for a purchase of P9,999? This store did exactly that and ended up losing the money to con artists who identified themselves as relatives of Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista, police said.…
Jan 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Children among 74 dead in 2 days of Syrian turmoil »
Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria have killed at least 74 people, including small children, as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shelled residential buildings and fired on crowds in a dramatic escalation of violence, activists say.…
Jan 28 2012 / No Comment / Read More »Lawyer Lozano objects to downgrading of charge in son’s killing »
Lawyer Oliver Lozano is objecting to the filing of downgraded criminal charges in a Pampanga court against the Dominguez brothers in connection with the abduction and killing of his son in 2010 and is seeking a transfer of…
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