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CJ withdrew $3.25 M last December: report

MANILA, Philippines - The prosecution panel is expected to stress tomorrow that Chief Justice Renato Corona withdrew at least $3.25 million deposits from Dec. 12, 2011, the day he was impeached, to Dec. 22, 2011, contrary to what he claimed on Friday that he held only $2.4 million deposits.

Aquino prays for strength, unity

Katatagan at pagkaka-isa. Ito ang dalangin ni Pangulong Aquino sa kanyang pagdalo sa Global Day of Prayer. Nataon din ang kanyang apila sa sambayanan, ilang araw bago ang inaabangang hatol ng senado sa impeachment trial ni Chief Justice Renato Corona. Nagpa-Patrol, Jay Ruiz. TV Patrol, Mayo 26, 2012, Sabado

2 legal experts predict CJ conviction

MANILA, Philippines – Two legal experts predicted on Saturday that senator-judges will hand down a guilty verdict in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.

New PH ambassador to China named

Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte announced that President Aquino has named career diplomat Sonia Brady as the country's new ambassador to China. -- Headlines, ANC, May 26, 2012

PNoy appoints 3 new Court of Appeals justices

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang on Saturday announced the appointments of three new associate justices to the Court of Appeals.

PNoy joins Global Day of Prayer

MANILA, Philippines – Three days before the Senate verdict on the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, President Benigno Noynoy Aquino III joined the Global Day of Prayer at Victory Church in San Juan.

PNoy picks career diplomat as new envoy to China

President Aquino has named a career diplomat as the country's new ambassador to China amid a festering territorial dispute over Scarborough Shoal. Palace spokesperson Abigail Valte said Aquino picked Sonia Brady as ambassador to Beijing, a post she also held under the previous government.

US report: Corruption remains a problem for PNP

  MANILA, Philippines - The 138,825-member Philippine National Police (PNP) has deep-rooted institutional deficiencies and continues to suffer from a widely held and accurate public perception that corruption remains a problem, according to the latest annual US State Department human rights report on the Philippines.  
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