LEARNINGS FROM DAY 8: FIVE DISCOVERIES, AIDING THE ENEMY, A MEMORABLE EXCHANGE, AHA AHA! originally posted by Adolfo Mortera at his Facebook wall (used with permission) FIVE DISCOVERIES 1. RAMON ESGUERRA OF DEFENSE did very well in his cross-examination of witness Bisnar and successfully established the information that CJ Corona did not include his 113 [...]
Updated January 31 House Representative Antonio L. Tinio (@tonchi) of the ACT Teachers Party-List says the Cybercrime bill in the House of Representatives passed committee level and is awaiting plenary (see House CYBERCRIME BILL-Committee 5.30.11 below) Senator Edgardo Angara expressed “optimism that Filipinos will be assured a safer cyberspace as the Senate approves upon third [...]
Lead prosecutor Rep. Niel Tupas Jr. of Iloilo said the prosecution panel needs the more than 100 witnesses it intends to call to prove its case against Corona. “The list of witnesses and documents contained in our compliance filed with the Senate should be taken without manifestation that we will present a very strong, solid [...]
Arangkada, a tagalog term, verb, which means as “to move fast” or “acceleration of motion” hence “umarangkada ka na” (go) or “umalis kana” (go now). And for the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce (JFC) who are here in the Philippines as investors and guests, they chose this term for the Economy of the Philippines to [...]
This is a press release from Department of Tourism. In what is perhaps another first in the history of Philippine tourism, the Department of Tourism (DOT) forged a convergence with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) through the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that seeks to boost tourism infrastructure projects in [...]
This is a press release from Senator Kiko Pangilinan. At the launch of a groundbreaking advocacy called “Sagip Saka”, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Chairman of the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, and Social Justice and Rural Development, as well as Co-Chair of the Congressional Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization (COCAFM), announced that [...]
from: Adolfo Mortera DISCOVERY OF THE DAY: Senator Enrile authored the Internal Revenue Code and he highlighted specific provisions which the witness, BIR commissioner Kim Henares, couldn’t answer. Also, I noticed Tupas talked less today. LOL! MEMORABLE EXCHANGES 1. SEN. SANTIAGO TO PROSEC LAWYER ARTHUR LIM: ‘Don’t override me. Don’t revise your questions. Don’t talk [...]
This is a press release from Senator Kiko Pangilinan. Chairman of the Senate Committees on Agriculture and Food, and Rural Justice and Social Development, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, commends the Supreme Court’s upholding of a ruling of the government’s re-conveyance of the 24 percent block of shares in San Miguel Corp. (SMC) acquired through coconut [...]
@cmfr posed the question on twitter “How is the press faring in its Corona impeachment trial coverage?” The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) is organized to support the work of enhancing ethical and professional values in the Philippine press. It is day 7 of the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona started [...]
“We jail people for killing one or two persons. How about institutions or people that ravage the environment and cause the death of hundreds or thousands? The floods of Palawan are absolutely due to mining – due to the denudation of forests.” Doc Gerry Ortega One year ago on January 24, a gunman shot dead [...]
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