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VACC: De Lima best bet as SC chief Dante Jimenez, founder of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption, on Wednesday explained the group’s nomination of Justice Leila De Lima for the Chief Justice post.
Aquino: Corona ouster brightens democracy In an Independence Day speech, President Benigno Aquino said the removal of Chief Justice Renato Corona brightened the essence of democracy in the country.
Palace won’t nominate candidate for top SC post–spokesman Malacanang won’t have a nominee for Chief Justice and would instead wait for the list to be submitted by the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC), a spokesman for President Benigno Aquino III said over Radyo Inquirer 990AM.
Bare bank accounts, aspirants for chief justice told Those aspiring to be Chief Justice should sign a waiver for the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) to be able to compare statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) and his bank deposits, Senator Francis Escudero said in an interview on Radyo Inquirer 990AM.
‘Corona asking all of us to move on,’ says defense lawyer It’s time for us to move on, one of the defense counsels of ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona said Friday.

Corona’s response to Aquino’s speech in La Consolacion »

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INQUIRER.net is posting the full text of Chief Justice Renato Corona’s statement in response to President Benigno Aquino III’s speech Thursday at the La Consolacion College in Manila where he raised anew doubts over the credibility of Corona as head of the Supreme Court and strongly urged him to step down from his post.

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The statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) of public officials should never be wielded as a “weapon for political vendetta,” the Supreme Court has declared as it granted the full retirement benefits of the late Chief Justice Renato Corona despite his impeachment in 2012. The tribunal’s Jan. 12 decision also unanimously approved the […] Read more
Rappler’s Reynaldo Santos Jr. wrote on May 29, 2012 that then embattled Chief Justice Renato Corona was using a sports utility vehicle (SUV) owned by a businessman. Read more
He had warned President Aquino to stay off the case of former Chief Justice Renato Corona, lest he become a dictator like ousted President Ferdinand Marcos, Vice President Jejomar Binay said. Read more
No one is above the law, yes, so follow your own. Read more
The majority floor leader in the House of Representatives said there was nothing wrong in endorsing lawmakers for funds from the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) days after the chamber impeached then Chief Justice Renato Corona. Read more
At least 46 former and incumbent lawmakers received funds from President Benigno Aquino III's outlawed Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) for a milk feeding program, or just days after the chamber impeached former Chief Justice Renato Corona in December 2011, the Commission on Audit (COA) said in its latest report. Read more
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. remains confident the impeachment moves against President Benigno Aquino III would not prosper under the House of Representatives that is packed with presidential allies. Read more
The Court of Appeals (CA) has upheld its earlier decision affirming the claim of the family of the wife of former Chief Justice Renato Corona as the rightful owner of a controversial property in Manila. Read more
The Department of Justice filed last Monday a P120.5-million tax evasion case against impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona in the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA). Read more

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