By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com So finally after months of speculation on who would be the anointed one, which began with the impeachment of former chief justice Renato Corona, a new chief justice has been named in the person of Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. Events leading to the appointment of Chief Justice Sereno have been accompanied…
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Farmers say no to pro-Aquino Chief Justice
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“It would be easy for the President to put a subservient CJ and put the case of Hacienda Luisita to a standoff through the issue of just compensation.” – Rodel Mesa, UMA
The Shame of Padre Faura
By ATTY. MARIE YUVENCO Bulatlat.com It isn’t true that the course of our history is charted within that building along the polluted banks of the Pasig river. Malacañang may point the direction towards which the ship of state is headed, but the captain cannot pull out of port without clearance from higher authority. The voyage…
Workers to JBC: Defy Palace Appointment of ‘Midnight CJ’
NEWS RELEASE 15 March 2010 Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno warned the Judicial and Bar Council today against granting Gloria Arroyo’s dark wish of having the list of nominees for the chief justice post so that she can appoint a “midnight CJ.” “The Filipino workers and people are demanding the JBC to stand its ground…