According to Newsbreak, the Sandiganbayan has withdrawn the arrest issued against Jaime Dichaves, co-defendant of former President Joseph Estrada in the plunder of P4.1 billion in 2002. Dichaves was abroad and probably had left after he was impleaded as co-defendant of the former President. The recall of the warrant was issued “in absentia.” Just like what the Court…
The next Ombudsman is in the hands of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) – We can only pray for a lesser screw-up. Or you can meet my incoming Ombudsman, on the left. I consider the Judicial Bar Council an elite mob, (others describe it as Old Boys Club, just like the SCORP) therefore it…
Thomas Jefferson If there is a constitutional crisis in the Republic, the Supreme Court of the Republic of the Philippines (SCORP) has brought it upon the country- it has only itself to blame. It is all right for an individual to have an ego as huge as the Himalayan trenches, but if an institution like…
SCORP’s feather is ruffled over the budget proposal that hikes only one BILLION of its previous budget from what it perceived requirement of P27.1 Billion for 2011. Malacanang submitted to Congress on August 24 a P14.3 Billion budget for the judiciary which was one billion more than its previous budget and the SCORP, through its…
Upset over their “boss” playing footsie with justice The resolution of Acting DOJ Secretary Alberto Agra exonerating Zaldy and Akmad Ampatuan from the charge of murders of some 57 people in Maguindanao highlights two basic truism in our judicial process, 1) the powerful and the well-connected are above the law and 2) our judicial machinery…
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