February 2012
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Miriam Defensor Santiago just over a month ago
Miriam Defensor-Santiago told the Senate on January 24 that she’d learned a lesson from the 2001 impeachment. Today, she contradicted what she said a little over a month ago.
THE PRESIDING OFFICER. The Gentlewoman Senator from Iloilo.
SEN. SANTIAGO. Opo. The Rules of Court, we do need jurisprudence by the Supreme Court on whether we should be liberal or highly technical or very strict in...
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Law Ruling Out Truth
From Law ruling out truth, by Patricio Diaz
Mindanews, February 26, 2012
On the witness stand was Justice Secretary Leila de Lima testifying why she defied last November 15 the Temporary Restraining Order issued by the Supreme Court. The TRO would have allowed former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to leave the country by restraining the Department of Justice from enforcing its Watch List...
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“On Week 5 of the Corona impeachment trial, she rose to sternly lecture House of...”
– Edwin G. Espejo, in his Mindanews commentary, Senator Miriam Santiago: Lost in translation
Borrow a Corpse to Raise the Spirit: Overlawyering... →
from Manuel L. Quezon III
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“WATCHING the impeachment trial has made me realize 3 things about my profession:...”
– Atty. Jose Manuel Diokno, The Legalese Disease and some unsolicited advice, February 13, 2012
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It’s all about character, by Peter Wallace →
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“Public pulse as of the hour is of the view, more or less, that the majority of...”
– Edsel Tupaz,Extraordinary Constitutional Interpretation in Corona’s Impeachment
The Philippines and Southeast Asia →
from Manuel L. Quezon III
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Inspirations: A Short Film Celebrating the... →
Dan Colman, openculture.com
Almost two years ago, Spanish filmmaker Cristóbal Vila shot an exquisite little film, Nature by Numbers, which captured the ways in which mathematical concepts (Fibonacci Sequence, Golden Number, etc.) reveal themselves in…
Velvet Revolution: The Prospects by Timothy Garton... →
EDSA: Memories and Meanings, Timelines and... →
from Manuel L. Quezon III
EDSA: Memories and Meanings, Timelines and...
I. Prelude: What is a revolution? How did Martial Law Happen? In my blog entry, “Thoughts on stillborn revolutions,” I put forward Apolinario Mabini’s definition of a revolution, and proposed other possible definitions. ShareManuel L. Quezon III | Thoughts on stillborn revolutionsWhat, Apolinario Mabini asked, is a revolution? By political revolution I understand a people’s...
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“On Thursday, he partially rejected former Justice Serafin Cuevas’ objection on...”
– Raul Pangalanan, Fearless stand on airport standoff, February 23, 2012
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“Mudslinging is commonplace with politicians, not Chief Justices. The Court he...”
– Ted Te, The CJ’s ‘peanut butter defense’
Watchsandwichspy:
Inspired, in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and a love for books, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a story of people who devote their lives to books and books who return the favor. Morris Lessmore is a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story. This is one of five animated short films that will be...
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“AS a physician witnessing the impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice...”
– Philip S. Chua, MD, in A nation on trial.
The Seventh Charge: The Story of the Great Escape →
from Manuel L. Quezon III
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Under Pressure →
from Manuel L. Quezon III
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“The impeachment proceeding against CJ Corona can be viewed as an effort to...”
– Fr. Amado Picardal, CSsR.
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“So here comes the lawyers of Chief Justice Renato Corona, trying to defend him....”
– Joseph Gonzales, in his column, Flight and fight, February 19, 2012
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“It’s a bit strange to see the Chief Justice running to his colleagues at the...”
– Joseph Gonzales, in his column, Touch move, February 12, 2012
Chaos Strategem of the Day: Borrow the Road to... →
from Manuel L. Quezon III