Category: justice
surreal justice
UPDATE: stats for revisiting hubert webb spiked like mad, through the ceiling, the day he was acquitted. which is good. people are googling and reading up on the case. read, too, katrina’s piece on pinky and press ethics. i … Continue reading
why ping
almost everyone’s saying senator panfilo aka “ping” lacson should surrender and prove his innocence in court instead of forever playing the unfairly accused fugitive. but when i think of the vizconde massacre and how there is so much reasonable doubt … Continue reading
televise the trial
In spite of the fact that the Maguindanao Massacre is an open-and-shut case, with the guilt of the accused very clear, justice for the victims and their families is still far off. Can’t P-Noy’s administration and the Supreme Court make … Continue reading
Midnight CJ and the Four R’s
Rene Saguisag The framers could have said the position of Chief Justice (CJ) should be filled up immediately and that only the CJ could swear in a Prez. They did not. They said any judicial vacancy should be filled up … Continue reading
hearsay not good enough
Court should allow live coverage of Ampatuan trial Neal Cruz Why is live coverage by the media of the Ampatuan trial being prohibited? Isn’t that a denial of the public’s right to information? I understand that the judge wants to … Continue reading
no live coverage of ampatuan trial :(
Supreme Court spokesperson Atty. Midas Marquez said that only 30 accredited media, close relatives and counsels of complainants and defendants would be allowed inside the court room. “I am asking for everyone’s cooperation. We are doing this for everyone’s sake, … Continue reading
calling out cheche
so what’s winston garcia of gsis up to, doing a mike defensor and doing it worse, harassing bullying persecuting no less than the veteran journalist cheche lazaro, who is highly esteemed, widely loved, and multi-awarded for the excellence and relevance … Continue reading
justice for jun?
totoo ba ito? judge jorge emmanuel lorredo of the manila metropolitan trial court who first dismissed mike defensor’s complaint of perjury vs. jun lozada is the very same judge pala who issued the arrest warrant, and who yesterday issued … Continue reading
mike’s defense
so what’s mike defensor up to, dredging up the rot of the nbn-zte-fg deal that saw (alleged fixer) ben abalos resign as comelec chief and the project stopped in its tracks. natabunan na nga ng walang katapusang iba’t ibang atraso … Continue reading
screwed by manangs
read ricky carandang’s screwed and manuel buencamino’s “manangs” acquit a rapist. my sentiments exactly. what a huge setback for the women’s fight against sexist politics. biglang we’re back to the dark ages when women were seen as sex objects incapable … Continue reading