President Benigno Aquino’s spokesman welcomed former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s arraignment on a charge of electoral sabotage at a Pasay City on Thursday, saying justice may now take its course.
President Benigno Aquino III’s spokesman welcomed former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s arraignment on a charge of electoral sabotage at a Pasay City on Thursday, saying justice may now take its course.
Catholic Church leaders have urged the people to mark the celebration of the 26th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution on Saturday with gratitude to God for attaining freedom through “bloodless” means, but warned those using the event for personal motives and interests.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile’s decision to block the testimony of a Philippine Airlines executive on the travel perks Chief Justice Renato Corona allegedly received appeared to alienate the public from the magistrate’s impeachment trial, Malacanang said on Wednesday.
Malacañang indicated, on Tuesday, its lack of interest in seeing the impeachment complaint against Associate Justice Mariano Del Castillo immediately endorsed to the Senate before the end of the trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, saying that could be too much of a burden on all parties involved.
The prosecution on Saturday said it had established “proof beyond reasonable doubt” to secure a conviction of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona and was preparing to rest its case on Article 2 of the impeachment complaint.
President Benigno Aquino III has no psychiatric or psychological records to present to anyone, a Malacañang spokesperson said Saturday.
A Malacañang Palace aide encouraged Filipinos on Saturday to discuss among themselves the merits of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona and see if the magistrate is guilty of the charges on the basis of the evidence so far presented.
President Benigno Aquino III may discuss the merits of the case in Chief Justice Renato Corona’s impeachment trial, a Palace aide indicated on Friday.
A Palace aide on Friday said she found it fishy that Chief Justice Renato Corona closed three time deposit accounts with the Philippine Savings Bank and withdrew P32.6 million on same the day the House of Representatives impeached him.
A Palace aide on Friday said Quezon City Rep. Jorge Banal’s meeting with Philippine Savings Bank branch manager Anabelle Tiongson shows the House prosecution panel’s resolve to prove Chief Justice Renato Corona’s guilt in his impeachment trial.
Attending the first of a series of events to mark the 26th anniversary of the EDSA Revolution, President Aquino said Thursday that Chief Justice Renato Corona’s failure to fully declare his multimillion-peso bank deposits was sufficient basis to remove him from his post.
The Aquino administration has allocated P20 billion for protection from calamities and the effects of climate change in this year’s national budget, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad said on Thursday.
