The Mighty Man and his new car

“Once we allowed ourselves to be corrupted, we have no one to trust but the corrupt…One thing more than what is due is evil,” Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal said.
The government has been campaigning against corruption and yet, issues of corruptions have been thrown at our present administration. Mudslingings here and there. Doing these stories [...]

Lawyer disbarred for adultery

By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 18:01:00 10/20/2008
MANILA, Philippines — For leaving his wife and 12 children and cohabiting with a married woman, the Supreme Court has disbarred a lawyer whose conduct it described as “willful, flagrant or shameless.”
In a seven-page decision, the high court said disbarment was the most appropriate penalty against lawyer Ponciano Arnobit.
The high [...]

SC: CA presiding justice should retire

First posted 16:44:37 (Mla time) October 17, 2008
Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
 
MANILA, Philippines — Court of Appeals Presiding Justice Conrado Vazquez should retire, said a Supreme Court justice who wrote a separate opinion that was attached to the high tribunal ruling on the bribery issue involving four appellate court justices.
“Accordingly, the writer of the separate opinion voted [...]

SC upholds ruling vs CA justices, trader

First posted 15:45:10 (Mla time) October 15, 2008
Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
 
MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) The Supreme Court stood pat on the penalty it imposed against the Court of Appeals justices and a businessman who were linked to the controversy surrounding the case filed by the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) against the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS).
In [...]

SC affirms P1.03-B refund to Lucio Tan

First posted 19:38:54 (Mla time) October 16, 2008
Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
 
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court stood by its ruling for the Bureau of Internal Revenue to refund P 1.03-billion to Fortune Tobacco Corporation owned by tycoon Lucio Tan.
A resolution by the high court’s 2nd division dismissed the motion for reconsideration filed by the Office of [...]

New Home

Hi. Since, i think its getting too cramped here, i’ll be relocating some categories here to my other blog…the full text of Supreme Court decisions and other scanned documents and stuff related will be on my other blog…A Peek Into the Ice Queen’s World. The blog will also contain my other interests as well…

SC: MILF deal unconstitutional

Arroyo can’t enter pacts needing Charter change
By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 12:51:00 10/14/2008
MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE 4) The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
The 90-page high court decision, authored by Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, reminded President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that, [...]

Bear with me

Gosh, finals week is almost over (two more exams before I can officially declare my semestral break). I still cant update this but once the sem is over and i am waiting for my grades, i will upload audios of US hearing and more documents and articles.
CIAO

Just some thought…

 
 
“Forgive and forget. That’s what they say. It’s good advice, but it’s not very practical. When someone hurts us, we want to hurt them back. When someone wrongs us, we want to be right. Without forgiveness, old scores are never settled…old wounds never heal. And the most we can hope for is that one day [...]

De Borja asks SC to reconsider CA bribe scandal ruling

First posted 16:04:31 (Mla time) September 29, 2008
Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
 
MANILA, Philippines — A businessman linked to the bribery scandal that rocked the Court of Appeals has asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling on the issue, claiming his rights had been violated because the tribunal had apparently prejudged his guilt.
“The Supreme Court spent only [...]