The prosecution team on Wednesday slammed the defense panel’s argument on why Chief Justice Renato Corona was singled out in the impeachment case when other Supreme Court justices were involved in the ruling on the temporary restraining order for former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima maintained that the Supreme Court justices conspired to issue a temporary restraining order that would have allowed former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to leave the country.
To have the Senate, acting as an impeachment court, declare the ongoing trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona a “mistrial” isn’t part of the strategy of the defense, a spokesman for the team said Wednesday.
The camp of former National Bureau of Investigation chief Magtanggol Gatdula on Wednesday demanded a public apology from Justice Secretary Leila de Lima after the latter linked the ambush attack on NBI deputy Director Reynaldo Esmeralda on Tuesday night to the alleged abduction and extortion of a Japanese woman in which Gatdula was allegedly involved.
Justice Secretary Leila De Lima took the witness stand Wednesday and testified on allegations that Chief Justice Renato Corona tried to influence the Supreme Court to bar the Department of Justice from stopping former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from leaving the country.
The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee is pressuring Germany to do away with the practice of surgical castration of sex offenders.
Security will be tight Thursday at the Pasay Regional Trial Court in preparation for the arraignment of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is detained in a government hospital in Quezon City on charges of electoral sabotage.
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was questioned by French police for a second day on Wednesday over allegations that he took part in sex parties organized by a corrupt vice ring.
Ambush-survivor National Bureau on Investigation (NBI) deputy director Rey Esmeralda on Wednesday said he received death threats two weeks ago, prompting him to change vehicles as a security precaution.
“Fast break” was the adjective Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday used to describe how prosecutors put together the articles of impeachment against Chief Justice Renato Corona.
The prosecution panel said it dropped two of the three charges under Article 3 of the Articles of Impeachment against Chief Justice Renato Corona.
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.
Australia’s foreign minister resigned Wednesday amid an ongoing leadership squabble, saying he could not continue in his role without the support of Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
