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As the first anniversary of Chief Justice Renato Corona’s removal from office draws near, Aurora Rep. Edgardo “Sonny” Angara maintains that ousting the former top magistrate was a “public service” and played down the criticism that it was not the prosecutors but the defense that secured Corona’s conviction.
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A year after Chief Justice Renato Corona was ousted for not being forthright in his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth, members of the House of Representatives still reject requests to release their SALNs.
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Saying it has become moot and academic, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by the Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) that sought to annul the order of the Senate sitting as impeachment court to produce the documents regarding the dollar accounts of former Chief Justice Renato Corona.
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At her second flag-raising ceremony since becoming head of the judiciary on August 25, Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Monday found herself with a dwindling number of supporters among her colleagues on the Supreme Court.
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It is time for the judiciary to move on from the impeachment of Chief Justice Renato Corona, a Supreme Court Associate Justice said Monday
Associate Justice Roberto Abad said his sentiment is shared by the other high court justices as well.
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In February, Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares told the Senate impeachment court that she had ordered an investigation of the tax records filed by then Chief Justice Renato Corona and his family.
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During an appearance in his Senate impeachment trial on May 22, then Chief Justice Renato Corona signed a waiver on the confidentiality of his bank accounts.
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Three months after his ouster as Chief Justice, Renato Corona was slapped with a P150-million tax evasion charge by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).
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Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno Thursday night released her statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) for 2011, waiving conditions set by Supreme Court resolutions.
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Lawmakers on Thursday backed the P150.68 million worth tax evasion case lodged by the Bureau of Internal Revenue against ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona, his daughter Ma. Carla Beatriz Castillo and son-in-law Constantino Castillo III.
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The “Midas touch” may be gone, but it’s back to the Golden Days—of dignified silence, that is—in the Supreme Court.
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Give her a chance, it’s only fair. Catholic Church leaders on Monday issued guarded statements on the appointment by President Benigno Aquino of Associate Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno to replace ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona.
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The search for three nominees to succeed ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona ends Monday.
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For three hours Thursday, the Supreme Court listened to arguments on why there should be one or two representatives from Congress in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), with one of the justices proposing a compromise: For the court to allow the House and the Senate to sit in the council until it could recommend to President Benigno Aquino on Monday its top three choices for a successor to ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona.
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President Benigno Aquino told reporters Thursday the presidential legal team was helping Justice Secretary Leila de Lima fight a petition to disbar her before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP).
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With less than a month to go before the constitutional deadline for President Benigno Aquino to name the successor to ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona, the Supreme Court has set oral arguments Thursday on the contentious issue of congressional representation in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC).
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The Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Monday calling on the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to suspend its selection process for ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona’s successor until the Supreme Court has made a final ruling on the Congress representation in the screening panel.
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Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, who claims to have the edge among candidates for Chief Justice, was nowhere among the top picks in a mock vote conducted by the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) for the vacant post.
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She may be Malacañang’s anointed one, but a complaint that she bad-mouthed a sitting Chief Justice may be her undoing.
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The ghost of ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona haunts the reputed front-runner for the vacant position.
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Lawyer Vicente Velasquez, a Chief Justice aspirant who was disqualified by the Judicial and Bar Council on Wednesday for failing to meet documentary requirements, attempted to get into the council's hearing room Thursday but was bundled out by security personnel.
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President Benigno Aquino risks demoralization in the judiciary if he breaks tradition and picks an outsider to replace ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona.
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Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio denied conspiring with President Benigno Aquino III and DoTC Secretary Mar Roxas to oust former Chief Justice Renato Corona.
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A wounded Supreme Court may need one of its own—not an outsider—to lead in the healing process.
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Who among the 22 nominees vying for the post of Chief Justice has “proven competence, integrity, probity and independence?”
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Senator Francis Escudero and Iloilo Representative Niel Tupas Jr. are not about to give up their claim to sit in the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) at the same time.
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The reputedly strongest nominee for Chief Justice came under the strongest questioning Tuesday.
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