Recurring political images in the Philipines: ROLSON RODRIGUEZ, a barangay chairman of Sto. Domingo, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental was found guilty of dishonesty and oppression. He was dismissed from the service and stripped with all his retirement benefits and civil service eligibilities. DELSA M. FLORES, court interpreter of a regional trial court of Davao received from the municipality of Panabo the…
Impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona reported in his statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) in 2003 and 2004 that he had obtained an P11-million cash advance from Basa-Guidote Enterprise Inc. (BGEI). The alleged loan has turned media attention to BGEI, the company established in 1961 by the family of the Chief Justice’s wife,…
Was Jose Maria Basa, the father of Jose Maria Basa III and Asuncion Basa, a patriot or a scoundrel? If he was a scoundrel does that character trait inherited by her daughter Asuncion Basa, which in turn inherited by Asuncion’s daughter, Cristina Roco Corona, the wife of the embattled chief justice? Was this bad gene…
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