MALACAÑANG said Thursday that the impeachment of former Chief Justice Renato Corona will not stop government from pursuing him for his alleged wrongdoings during his 10-year stint in the Supreme Court. Corona criticized President Benigno Aquino III when he filed his counter-affidavit on tax evasion charges filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Thursday, [...]

MANILA (Updated) – President Benigno Aquino III wanted his predecessor, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, back in jail for a separate case of plunder filed against her by the Ombudsman last week. Arroyo, who is now Pampanga second district representative, was released from hospital detention Wednesday after the Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 112 allowed her [...]

MANILA (5th Update, 5:25 p.m.) — President Benigno Aquino III again mentioned his political nemeses, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and ousted Chief Justice Renato Corona, in his third State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday. “Katarungan ang tawag sa plunder case na isinampa laban sa dating Pangulo,” Aquino said in his speech delivered before [...]

MALACANANG lauded on Saturday the statement made by the judge handling the Maguindanao massacre case that the verdict on the suspects could be handed down before the end of the term of President Benigno Aquino III. “We are very glad. At least she (Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court) said that [...]