Onslaught of Democratic Institutions

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile

The fools at the Palace shifted full gear its attack on our democratic institutions. After prostituting and undermining the independence of the House of Representative and besmirching the Supreme Court, the path of destruction of democratic institutions now points to the Senate.

And the specific target of the onslaught - Senate President himself, Juan Ponce Enrile.

Bank on this - Osmena Makes No Sense

Senator Osmena

Day 14 of the Corona impeachment hearing included the testimony of PS Bank president Pascual Garcia III on the subpoenaed alleged deposit accounts of the chief justice.

The bank president was asked by the impeachment court to present documents pertaining to 10 deposit accounts. However, Garcia came with information on five of the accounts. Apparently, the other five are foreign currency deposit accounts.

Garcia explained that there are two laws that separately govern peso and foreign currency deposit accounts, with the latter being more stringent when it comes to confidentiality.

Changing Winds; Changing Views

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Come writers and critics

Who prophesize with your pen

And keep your eyes wide

The chance won't come again

And don't speak too soon

For the wheel's still in spin

And there's no tellin' who

That it's namin'

For the loser now

Will be later to win

For the times they are a-changin'.

DAY 11 - IMPEACHMENT TRIAL - February 2, 2012

by Wilfred Avila

Day 11 of Corona impeachment

What a day this has been.

I'll put the end of this post right here at the beginning. It was dud for the Prosecution! Having established that, let's move on!

The trial began at 2:04 pm. It began with the sun shining so brightly outside the Senate building and the air was totally humid. The Prosecution must have felt the heat enveloping them.

PALEA Takes Case to USTR

PALEA picket line

Philippine Airlines Employees' Association (PALEA) scored the Aquino government at a hearing of the United States Trade Representative Office in Washington DC. At the said hearing, PALEA officers faced-off with Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz.

PALEA charged that the Aquino government "has abused its power to assume jurisdiction of strikes thereby curtailing workers’ rights to freely organize and bargain collectively."

Below is PALEA's press statement:

TanDem's Statement on Corona Impeachment

Tanggulang Demokrasya

There's been a growing number of organizations voicing out their opposition against the railroaded impeachment of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. Among these organizations is Tanggulang Demokrasya or TanDem.

TanDem is a network of different people's organizations and Netizens. It has been on the forefront of unearthing the cheating and manipulations done in the country's first automated election system.

UGAT - Taking Roots; Breaking Grounds

UGAT was formed by various online groups

Below is the official statement of UGAT (Unified Groups for the Advancement fof Truth) on the Corona impeachment.

UGAT is composed of Netizens from various Facebook groups and online communities and forums.

Many of UGAT's members are veterans of the cyber rally that was launched late last year on the occasion of Noynoy Aquino's online interview. On that day they "occupied" various Facebook pages including Aquino's official page. Last Friday, many of the went out of their comfort zone to personally express their support for Chief Justice Corona.