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By Raïssa Robles Examining for the first time the official disclosures of Chief Justice Renato Corona regarding his worldly wealth, I am reminded of this bible verse from Luke, Chapter 16, verse 10: If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won’t be honest [...]
Read the SC expenses rejected by the WB My Exclusive by Raissa Robles Last Monday January 16, Chief Justice Renato Corona denounced as “a huge lie” a leaked World Bank report stating that the WB had rejected the charging of plane fares, dinners, hotel expenses incurred under CJ Corona’s watch. These expenses amounting to US$199,900 were charged against a [...]
By Raïssa E. Robles Congressman Tedoro Casiño personally released this morning his own Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) without waiting for anyone to ask him. I’m glad he did. I hope he starts the ball rolling with the rest of the congressmen and senators. And those in the Executive Department. The Judiciary. The police and military [...]
My Exclusive By Raïssa Robles When Chief Justice Renato Corona bought his luxury penthouse overlooking a golf course for P14.5 million, the government taxed the transaction at under a million pesos. Iluminada Lucio, acting Chief of the Asset Valuation Division of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, confirmed to me that the transaction paid the correct taxes, if based on [...]
My exclusive By Raïssa Robles This contradicts the statement earlier made by Chief Justice Renato Corona’s lead lawyer that his client was still paying installment on his luxury condo to this day. A Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) officer told me he personally signed a document in late 2009 which assumed that CJ Corona had fully paid up for [...]
Low taxes “unheard of” in the business, broker says My Exclusive By Raïssa Robles Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona may have been sold a luxury penthouse at a very special discounted price. He also may have enjoyed tax breaks on the same transaction, courtesy of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, sources separately confirmed to me. What’s wrong with [...]
An Exclusive From Raïssa Robles Cocooned in a white tent during a typhoon, popular celebrity Pia Guanio cried with tears of joy as she said “I do” to businessman Steeve Mago. Their wedding was originally set for May next year in Italy but because Steeve’s pregnant sister would not have been able to fly there, the couple decided to move [...]
At the annual gathering of Manila’s foreign press, guests from the American diplomatic corps and the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) surprised us by bursting into song. It was a first for the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP), to be serenaded by those we interview. The song came with this intro - Those who have suffered through Manila’s [...]
Thank you. Thank you for dropping by my blog and taking part in the discussions. Thank you for taking the time to point out my typo errors and my mental lapses. It’s been a wonderful, sometimes painful and gruelling adventure with you all. I’m here for the long haul, don’t worry. And I know you’ll be joining me, too, every [...]
My exclusive By Raïssa Robles Cristina Corona, wife of Renato the Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice, claims that a Department of Justice investigation of her is actually connected to her husband’s impeachment trial. According to her, “the Chief Justice is clearly the target, not me,” she said in a statement. She has denounced as “bare-faced lies” and “purely black propaganda” all [...]
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