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Court Collision Averted

Should the senate court find him guilty, Chief Justice Renato Corona will become the highest-profile scalp yet in President Benigno Aquino’s anti-graft campaign. Image: Francis R Malasig/AFP

Two courts tussle over the impeachment trial of top judge, raising new doubts that the Philippines can combat corruption

MANILA (17 February 2012) — A potential constitutional crisis has been averted in the impeachment trial of the country’s top judge, after the senate court agreed to shelve an investigation of the justice’s foreign currency bank accounts.

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High Crimes Or Misdemea

MANILA (10 February 2012) — The impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona has entered a critical new phase, shifting focus from financial impropriety to his alleged bias towards powerful business and political interests.

Quantity Control

MANILA (3 February 2012) — The ongoing senate impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona may drag on for a year, after prosecutors revealed that they plan to present nearly a hundred witnesses. The trial was originally expected to last just three months.

Court Inaction

MANILA (20 January 2012) — The corruption trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona continued in fits and starts as a prosecution attack on his allegedly ill-gotten gains backfired, prompting an early halt to proceedings on the trial’s second day.

Trial and Error

MANILA (13 January 2012) — Prosecutors in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona have found themselves on the defensive.

Savage Storm Sweeps Sou

MANILA (23 December 2011) — In the wake of the devastating Tropical Storm Washi, the Philippines is wrestling with the gruesome decision of whether to bury the storm’s victims in mass graves without waiting to identify all of the 1,000-plus bodies.

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