TWELVE DAYS BEFORE Christmas, the House of Representatives impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona. Congratulations President Aquino! ‘Gusto ko happy ka!’
Malacañang categorically denied that President Aquino was behind the impeachment of the Chief Justice… mainly because he was at the forefront of the initiative.
Palace spokespersons denied President Aquino had a hand in the impeachment of Corona. He had his ‘whole body’ working on it.
A total of 188 congressmen voted to impeach Chief Justice Renato Corona. Within just minutes, allies of President Aquino have mustered more than enough votes for the ouster move. It was a walk in the pork.
The House of Representatives was able to transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate in less than five hours. And Judge Jesus Mupas was like, “Gaya-gaya!”
House Justice Committee Chair and Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas says, “The Chief Justice used public funds for his own personal purposes.” Again, a classic case of “Hello kettle. I am pot. You’re so black.”
Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman said the impeachment complaint was the “mother of all blackmails.” Hey, you sponsored the same practice before. Why rant against it now?
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile says senators will vote on the impeachment case based on evidence presented. Spell cliché.
The House of Representatives voted to impeach Chief Justice Renato Corona. From the Lower House, the complaint was transmitted to the Senate. David Stern tried to block the move but failed.
In 2012, we’ll probably witness the trials of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Chief Justice Renato Corona. What an exciting way to spend our last year on Earth.
Just Saying. If the proposed Freedom of Information Act, and the 13-year-old Reproductive Health Bill were “Renato Corona,” both would have been approved a long time ago. Kung ayaw, may dahilan. Kung may pork, maraming paraan.
Merry Christmas!
Quotes of the Day
“Malacañang is not privy to the discussions of the Liberal Party in the House.”
~Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte
“President Aquino gave the general direction, we followed because we believe this is the right thing.”
~ Cavite Representative Joseph Emilio A. Abaya, a Liberal Party stalwart
“This is very important, grave and historic.”
~House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte
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“The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office.”
~ Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
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todays lesson in politics
pork barrel in a congressmens bank account is more important than pork belly on a childs table.
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Again, you nailed it, ambilis mo din!
me link ka ba nung blackmail ni edcel..
sana matapos lahat ng trial before 12-12, hehe para me iba naman tayo magawa before end of the world.. ayos!
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kakainis naman…ubos na naman oras nila sa ganyang mga .,..di naman makapagdudulot ng ginhawa sa amin ngayong kapaskuhan!
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HAHAHAHA! “A walk in the Pork.” Nice one! LOL
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PH,
Totally agree with your insights. The humor in your writing is not something to laugh about, nakaka-awa tayo.
Kung naging mabuting President si GMA, eh di sana hindi ngayayari ito. Yung actions ni PNoy gawain din ni GMA dati, providing pork to get things done or not get things done depende sa situation.
PNoy, mag-trabaho ka aside from persecuting GMA, baka pag-hindi friendly sa iyo next President natin, you might find yourself in Veteran’s pag-bumaba ka sa pwesto.
PH, keep it up, you provide the real situation in our country.
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‘ Kung ayaw, may dahilan. Kung may pork, maraming paraan. ‘
akala ko pa naman hindi gagamit si noynoy ng pork to influence…
imposible magaya si noynoy kay gloria dahil, matuwid na landas
ang kanyang tatahakin daw
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Todays lesson in history
Solon (594 BC) is credited as the father of democracy in athens, greece, until it fell to be replaced by the tyranny of Peisistratus.
When Pericles re-instated democracy it subsequently fell to the power of the oligarchs – the Peloponnesian war.
EDSA (in alpha test) isnt mentioned but am sure it figured somewhere.
2,500 years of advancement and today we have…..
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“Malacañang categorically denied that President Aquino was behind the impeachment of the Chief Justice… mainly because he was at the FOREFRONT of the initiative.”
Oo nga naman. But it’s about time. One more hurdle to go, senators, do your job!!!!
Oo nga pala, when Erap was impeached, it was the SC Chief Justice who presided the impeachment proceedings at the Senate.
Now that the SC Chief Justice is impeached by the House, who is going to preside the impeachment proceedings at the Senate? PNoy ba?
Just wondering,…. asking…
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siguro si enrile, pero siempre, si noynoy will be the force behind,
kasi nga, his will be done
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the SC Chief Justice presided the Impeachment Trial against Erap because the charges are against the Philippine President. For all other cases it should be the Senate President.
Source: http://www.chanrobles.com/legal11impeachmentrules.htm
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Would pNoy be this aggressive in making Corona accountable if the SC hadn’t ruled on the Hacienda Luisita case? Hope im mistaken but this battle had become a personal one… #JustSaying
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Hello Mr. PH! Been a silent reader of your blog for a year already. I was 16 then and your blogs made me aware of current issues I often overlooked before since I thought reading and watching news are boring. 🙂
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thank u Rhia. 🙂 happy new year. news will never be boring. 🙂
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so sad… good if the economy’s doing okay, but not!!!
Ngoynoy is indeed a b.s. president. In fact the most b.s. of all…
hahayyy…. why do the 15M’s so love ako-budoy’s that they put one at the helm?!!!??!!!!!?!!!!
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You mean mas b.s. si Pnoy kay GMA?
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yes. BS = Benigno Simeon
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The elephant in the room
( no, i am not talking about sharon c.)
2012 prediction
The HL land will not be distributed back to the farmers.
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http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/241510/news/nation/marquez-hits-back-at-aquino-admin-describes-corona-impeachment-as-dastardly
Midas Marquez is on the defensive. He tied the impeachment of Corona as an attack on the SC itself, which is not true considering the exasperation of the Filipino people in what is being afforded towards CGMA. Only in the Philippines would an official cling to his post this hard…. if this only happened in Japan or elsewhere, said official would have resigned voluntarily and then defend his name….
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what is being afforded ba to gma, if that tro was given to
anybody else other than gma, would the reaction of noynoy,
de lima and yours D’ Transcriber be still the same?
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CGMA is being given a VIP treatment if compared to most of us citizens of this country would get if we were charged with electoral sabotage.
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Right. Why don’t you guys just shot and kill that pandak so we can all move on and just focus on improving the economy of this country?
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Oh you mean shoot and kill, right?
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sorry, typo.
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oh you mean taypu, right?
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bagong punching bag si corona….whos next??? ppol r distracted from more important issues such as d tumbling economy.pnoy is like that roman emperor in the movie gladiator,he creates (political)spectacle & (constitutional) violence to entertain every1 & divert attention fr his poor performance.a pity pinoys are willing(victims) to engage.
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impeachment proceedings will begin early next year. by june, ang dami na namang mag-eenroll sa mga law schools. ang dami na namang magagaling.
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bilis ng pangyayari… sana pareho rin kabilis ung pamamahagi ng mga lupain sa HACIENDA LUISITA… tagal na nun ah! …para yatang tinatago lng ni PNOY ung isyu ng HACIENDA LUISITA sa mga pagkakamali ng iba… sana pagmay gustong ituwid umpisahan natin sa sarili natin…
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I’m always reminded by this video I’ve seen in my FB wall.
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ayos lang yan, magkaubusan sila, kahit saka na Pilipinas, sana lang pag natapos na to meron sana talagang naparusahan, hindi yung parang nagbakasyon lang…
sana po sir pnoy ung hacienda luisita issue ayusin nyo rin po, baka yan pa ang gawing butas ng mga gustong gumanti, sobrang bilis kasi nung kay corona tapos ung luisita parang di pa yata naiimplement…
what goes around comes around…
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An empty can makes the most noise. Somebody put a gag on Pnoy! Went Corona bashing again. He keeps yapping like an old bitch!
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just like you my dear….. just like you!
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put a gag on the most powerful man of the philippines?
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If he has nothing better and more important things to say, yes. He’s far too old for hissy-fits.
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pnoy, the most powerful man in the philippines? i thought it was gabby lopez and his abs-cbn empire
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is looking for the “like” button. Nice.
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…like an old bitch in heat.
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I am wondering if the SC’s ruling over Hacienda Luisita has ANYTHING to do with all this…
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This is EXACTLY what it is all about, Hacienda Luisita.
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2 speed
Quick on revenge
Slow on promises
2 faced
Speak of honesty and openness
Act with hypocricy and subterfuge
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I have a big job – toilet cleaner at the elephant house in the zoo – and it stinks, but much as i love dumb animals even i couldnt begin to clean up the sh#t on the floor of congress.
toilet cleaners – sanitary engineers in makati – have their standards and principles.
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Beyond the satire, it is depressing and anxiety provoking when you look at where we are headed….a country led by a president without a vision,whose mission is to persecute GMA,and neglecting to attend to more vital issues confronting the people.Like his mother,he will again waste the goodwill of the people to steer the government to meaningful reforms.He is great with doublespeak and propaganda and truly is no different than the one he hates so much.Ang mga ibinabato niya ganoon din siya…wait and see (example, travels). Haaay kawawang bayan ko!
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“there is no such thing as public opinion.
Only published opinion”
Winston churchill
My independent survey shows 80% believe aquino is putting self interest before the interests of the country.
Publish that abs-cbn!
And 100% believe SWS surveys are unrepresentative
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agree. in 977,616,000 seconds of my existence, never i have been approached by people from sws or false asia
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In the interests of full disclosure the above mentioned survey was conducted after copious wine & brandy and it is just possible that when they said yes they thought they were being asked if they wanted another drink. The other 20% – dont know – was due to alex being unfairly distracted by the waitress at the time and not only in a questionable state of undress but also not of sound mind.( she was stunning) A rerun will be held next week.
Surveys are a political weapon.
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libertas, you certainly is having the time of your life, good life,
one time you went yachting, next you are in a night club
enjoying the night with stunning girls..
i am not just sure if i am comprehending rightly your writings,
but if i am, this i would like to tell you, that you know, here in
the internet we can say anything we want to say, that maybe
next time you will tell us that you just came straight from jupiter,
how will we know that you are telling the truth..
anyway, you are already of age, you know where liars go…
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from barangay hall and as far as malacañan
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with corona’s voting record as an SC justice, then tell me he’s not worthy to be impeached. he had it coming the moment he accepted GMA’s midnight appointment.
you might also want to check the dbm website. lahat ng pork barrel ni Edcel Lagman ay lumabas na. http://www.dbm.gov.ph/pdaf.php?periodsel=2011amp;type=congress&fund_typePDAF®ion=allamp;province=all&district=all&legislator=Lagman%2C+Edcel+C.&type=congress&legislator_typecongress&period=2011&reportmode=congress2
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tell me, what wrong with his voting record? or you’re just yapping and echoing what you read without thinking?
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Why u people not read decisions and see for yourself?
Exactly, these people are only echoing what is a hearsay.
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http://ph.news.yahoo.com/-corona-warns-of-aquino–dictatorship—vows-to-fight-impeachment.html
Just read this news right now. Corona is in a fighting mood as most of those connected with the judiciary. They keep yapping that we PNoy is becoming authoritarian, but what of the SC? It’s becoming Arroyo’s backers and protector from way, way back since Corona sat in his chair as SC C/Justice. PNoy is only harping on the fact that if the untouchables cannot be touched, then where would the Philippines be in the eyes of the ordinary citizens of this country who have to endure the sting of the law of the land.
Now, that Arroyo is “arrested,” it’s only natural that it follows the natural course of the justice system and not have an SC changing its own ruling or interpretation it wants to because of subservience to Arroyo who appointed most of them.
It really hurts Filipinos when they fight it out at high level like that. If that were in other countries with high regard for nationalism and nationhood, then said official might have committed harakiri or resigned from office to save the institution he represents from great embarrassment and great harm.
We all know what happened to the institutions, they reek of corruption to the highest level from the military down to the secretaries and they have even not spared the SC with these midnight appointments. This is where lies the problem, those midnight appointments which is benefiting Arroyo now that she is out of power.
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Was it really midnight when Corona was appointed? #justasking
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at bakit kaya tinatawag na simbang gabi ang simbang gabi,
dapat simbang madaling araw
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that is just one of the deceits of the catholic church
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OMG. That’s an insult to the high court. What really hurts is that we Filipinos accept the so-called “facts”. Why don’t we begin to ask questions? Read SC decisions and find it out yourself. CJ voted in favor of GMA Admin’s cases for only 8 times, and 28 times against it. And what of Carpio? He voted in favor of 19 cases and against 11 cases of GMA’s admin. C’mon, the information’s all there. READ. Don’t eat what they feed. Poor Filipinos.
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What the nation is doing is calling for blood in the GMA “situation.” What they don’t realize is that in the process, they are only creating another monster. One who is more dangerous than the former. It’s already starting to show. I sure hope that the people do not forget how this all started. Oh well, I guess it’s true when they say that Pinoys have such short memory and with only a flair for the dramatics. Tuwang-tuwa yung iba kasi parang nanunod lang ng pelikula kahit ang ending lahat tayo apektado…
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i agree.
and the monster brat/bully
is now rearing its (very) ugly head! ugh!
ang mga pinoy talaga kasi
‘di mawala ang telenovela mentality.
they always see things in black and white…
at bentang-benta ang nilalako ni penot
na “good vs evil” ek.
the monster in the closet
is always more dangerous!
kawawang pilipinas.
tsk tsk…
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…an ugly sex-starved monster in the closet!
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sa mga hindi sang-ayon sa impeachment ni SCCJ Corona at bumabatikos sa mga ginagawa ni Pnoy, ang wish ko lang ay sana naging miyembro kayo ng FASAP, naulila sana kayo ng mga namatay sa Maguindanao Massacre, naging opisyal sana kayo na sakop ng mga League of Cities na di malaman kung saan sila lulugar o small coconut farmers sana kayo na naisahan ng korte supremang ito.
Wish ko laaannnngggg….
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Wish ko rin na sana naging anak ka ng magsasaka sa Hacienda Luista at kasama yung tatay mo na namatay sa Hacienda Luisita Massacre. Wish ko laaannnngggg….
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hala nag-away na ang mga oval
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pati sa maguindanao massacre si corona din ang salarin?
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I want to LIKE. For people who don’t understand what a “collegial body” is… In Filipino, yung decision sa SC ay hindi decision ng isang tao lamang. At ang boto ng CJ ay isa lamang, tulad ng boto ng 14 other justices.
So stop blaming Corona. The CJ could be any person not Corona, the same logic will apply. His vote is just one — and of equal weight as the others’. And mind you, Corona has long inhibited from the FASAP case. Magbasa ka naman Ovalboy. Wag bangga nang bangga na hindi tumitingin parang si Penot. Yan ang sakit nating mga Pilipino. Magbago na tayo please.
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wala akong mabasa na sinseridad sa mukha ni CORONA habang binabasa ang speech niya..pati na sa mukha ng kanyang asawa. to me, HE MUST GO !
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Binabasa pala ang mukha? #justasking
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sinusulatan pa nga din
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at binabasa ng ehem
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at bakit naman kailangan ang sinseridad, hindi naman siya
humihingi ng patawad
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I hope this impeachment move against corona will not affect the SC’s soon to be released decision on the legality of the DOJ-Comelec panel which was specifically created to investigate/resolve the election sabotage involving GMA, Abalos etc.
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Corona should face the accusations hurled against him. I just hope that the decision of the senator-judges in this impeachment case should be based on evidence and not on the whims and caprices of the bullies in malacanang!
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That’s politics game here in our country…. ganti ganti lang at panapanahon lang yan,,, kawawang juan de la cruz!
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hahhahahah”””
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tama lang na ibasura si corona kasi walang nagawa matinong dcsion….
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sunod sunoran namn talaga yan si corona kay gloria””
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wlang nagawa matino….palaging palpak sa discion….gudbye corona na mawalan ng corona….
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