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Corona impeachment court resolution allowing subpoena of bank records

Published by Ellen on February 7, 2012

Senate Resolution on the Request for Subpoena of Corona’s Bank Accounts

Santiago’s motion for reconsideration of opening of bank accounts

FULL text of the Senate impeachment court’s Feb. 6 resolution granting the prosecution’s request to subpoena certain bank records of Chief Justice Renato Corona and summon bank officials.

Resolution

This resolves the twin Requests for Issuance of Subpoenae both dated January 31, 2012 filed by the House of Representatives.

On January 31, 2012, the House of Representatives, through its Prosecutors, filed a Request for Issuance of Subpoena seeking to require the President/Manager and/or other authorized officers of Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) to testify and produce before the Court the original and certified true copies of the following documents:

a. Customer Identification and Specimen Signature Card of the bank account, under the name RENATO CORONA which won P1 Million in the PSBank Monthly Millions Raffle Promo as listed in the Official List of Winners as of March 13, 2008;

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Quake kills 52 in Negros Oriental

Published by Ellen on February 6, 2012

Photo from Sheelaii Gee's FB wall
From the Philippine Daily Inquirer

Many still buried in 10 meters of rubble

By Alex Pal, Florence Baesa, Inquirer Visayas

DUMAGUETE CITY—At least 52 people were killed when a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit Negros and Cebu provinces shortly before noon Monday, causing landslides and huge cracks on highways, and violently shaking buildings, officials said.

A three-story building collapsed, while seven bridges were rendered impassable, they said.

In Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, at least 29 people were feared dead following a landslide in Barangay (village) Planas, Mayor Ernesto Reyes said in a phone interview. He said there could be more fatalities in other barangays.

“They were buried in 30 feet (10 meters) of soil. If you had been buried from noon until now (6 p.m.), I don’t expect you to be alive,” Reyes said.

Rescuers dug with picks and shovels trying to reach dozens of people trapped under houses that collapsed, according to The Associated Press (AP).

Ten others died due to a landslide at the Guihulngan national road, Reyes said.

Governor Roel Degamo said a 9-year-old girl, Bernadette Raidan, died when a wall collapsed in Tayasan town.

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Impeachment court grants request to subpoena bank execs, Corona bank accounts

Published by Ellen on February 6, 2012

Presiding judge
Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, InterAksyon.com

The impeachment court trying Chief Justice Renato Corona has granted, “but sets specific limits to the same,” the request of prosecutors to subpoena bank executives and records on accounts of the accused and members of his family.

Emerging from a closed-door caucus on Day 12 of the trial, the court presiding officer, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, said the senator-judges deliberated on the prosecution motion, and majority voted to grant the request under certain restrictions. He directed Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III to read aloud the court resolution on the matter.

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A must in the fight vs cancer: leaders should set example of healthy lifestyle

Published by Ellen on February 5, 2012

From the power point presentation of Dr. Leachon
All the speakers in last Friday’s symposium on “A Global Call to Action: Public-Private Partnership for Cancer Care and Control” stressed three must- do: No smoking, eating healthy and balanced diet, and regular exercise.

The event was to mark World Cancer Day.

Health Secretary Enrique Ona laid out the burden of cancer in the Philippines, which kills 7.3 million people worldwide annually.

He said it is estimated that one in five Filipinos will be afflicted with cancer during their lifetime. “With the population approaching 100 million, this translates to 20 million of our countrymen that will require cancer care,” he said.

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Ang lakas talaga ni Mancao sa DOJ

Published by Ellen on February 5, 2012

The incredible Cezar Mancao
Ang lakas talaga ni dating Police Superintendent Cezar Mancao kay Justice Secretary Leila de Lima.

Kahit na dinismis ng Manila Regional Trial Court ang hiling ni Mancao na hindi siya aalisin bilang akusado sa kaso ng pagpatay sa publicist na si Salvador “Bubby” Dacer at kanyang driver na si Emmanuel Corbito noong 2000, ayaw pa rin nilang alisin si Mancao sa Witness Protection Program.

Protektado pa rin nila si Mancao.

Sinabi ng mga DOJ prosecutors na may hawak ng kaso na iapela raw nila ang desisyon ni Manila RTC Thelma Bunyi-Medina.

Kaya nasa WPP si Mancao dahil ginamit siya nina Gloria at Mike Arroyo sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga galamay sa DOJ na idiin si Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson sa kaso ng Dacer-Corbito murders.

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The Global Call to Action Against Cancer

Published by Ellen on January 31, 2012

Will the Philippines respond and Move As One?

By Cecilia Llave,MD.

Cecilia Llave
Traditional view holds that infectious diseases cause more deaths than cancer does. Recent findings have shown this to be false.

Researchers Colin D. Mathers and DejanLoncar, in a study funded by the World Health Organization and published in 2006, have found that it is cancer, not infectious diseases, that has been killing more people worldwide.

They observed that in 2002, infectious diseases – HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria – altogether killed 5.3 million people. Cancer, however, well exceeded this, accounting for some 7.2 million deaths worldwide.

The number of cancer cases, moreover, is growing. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) noted that from 12.9 million worldwide in 2009, cancer cases in 2020 will reach 16.8 million – an enormous number of ill people that surpasses the entire population of Metro Manila by some 5 million more.

In the Philippines 82,468 people were diagnosed with cancer in 2010, according to the Philippine Cancer Facts and Estimates. That does not include Filipinos who had previously been diagnosed of the disease. During the same year, according to the estimate, nearly 52,000 Filipinos died due to the disease.

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Protektado pa rin ng DOJ si Mancao

Published by Ellen on January 31, 2012

Habang ang atensyun ng madla ay nasa impeachment trial ni Chief Justice, may nangyayari sa Department of Justice.

Noong Huwebes, nang ina-nunsyo ni Justice Secretary Leila de Lima na itinalaga niya si Regional Prosecutor Nonnatus Caesar Rojas bilang officer-in-charge ng National Bureau of Investigation, kapalit ni Magtanggol Gatdula, ang pinatalsik ni Pangulong Aquino na hepe ng NBI, pumunta kaagad si dating Police Officer Cezar Mancao kay De Lima.

Sabi ng aming source, naka-confine daw sa isang kuwarto sa itaas ng NBI building si Mancao.

Si dating Police Senior Superintendent Michael Ray Aquino ay nakakulong sa NBI rin ngunit nasa ibaba naman.

Hindi na hinintay ni Mancao na arestuhin siya. Halatang tiwalang-tiwala si Mancao kay De Lima.

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Unexplained or ill-gotten?

Published by Ellen on January 29, 2012

The prosecution’s clumsy preparation of the Articles of Impeachment against Chief Justice Renato Corona has caught up with them.

Last Wednesday, the impeachment court trying Chief Justice Renato Corona decided to reject the prosecution’s request to present evidence in relation to the alleged ill-gotten wealth of Chief Justice Renato Corona.

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, acting as the impeachment court’s president officer, said:”This impeachment court has arrived at a decision in that caucus that this court will allow the introduction of evidence and impeachment on article 2 paragraph 2.2 and 2.3 but not the introduction of evidence of paragraph 2.4. And so parties must be guided accordingly,” Enrile said.

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