+ Follow JUDGE TOLENTINO Tag
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[Title] => Whither Raul Roco? / Readers seek Webb freedom
[Summary] => If you’re going to go by brains, expe-rience, grasp of leadership and mayhaps integrity, your best bet for the 2004 presidential elections has to be Raul Roco. By far and by large, if the voting would be limited to the upper layers of the citizenry – Classes A to C – Raul Roco would run a race so fast and so overwhelming he would have the others biting his dust. Except that the 2004 elections will be dominated by the masses, swept by the masses, defined by the masses. And against the masses, Raul Roco is just helpless, like a torn kite in a gale.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-19 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134313
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1204555
[AuthorName] => Teodoro C. Benigno
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[ArticleID] => 231283
[Title] => Justice for an innocent: A Yuletide wish
[Summary] => It’s Christmas, the Yuletide, when the poinsettias bloom and the cry of the Christ Child pierces Christendom with its ageless message of peace and goodwill. Nobody is neutral. Nobody is a straggler as the light from Bethlehem surges forth like a perpetual shooting star. Even enemies on the battle front during the two World Wars stuck their bayonets into the ground to salute that immemorial wail from a manger. The soldiers of Herod could not locate the baby wreathed in light they were sworn to kill without mercy.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-12 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1204555
[AuthorName] => Teodoro C. Benigno
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[Title] => The Tolentino blunder / The Down syndrome
[Summary] => We thought we had heard the last of that irascible and intemperate woman, Amelita Tolentino, a Regional Trial Court judge whose temper in a courtroom had the choler and character of a runaway cyclone. Remember her? She was the judge in the Vizconde massacre trial, she with the screaming voice, the overblown ego that brooked no opposition, and the gavel that fell on proceedings like a thunderclap. Well, Judge Tolentino has just been appointed to the Court of Appeals at the eloquent instance of the Judicial and Bar Council, a body with the probity of a bent crowbar.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-12 00:00:00
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[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1204555
[AuthorName] => Teodoro C. Benigno
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[ArticleID] => 103705
[Title] => Sub judice - A Law Each Day (Keeps Trouble Away)
[Summary] =>
No other case has attracted so much attention and has elicited so many
commentaries than the Hubert Webb case. Even noted journalists without an iota
of legal background have become legal experts overnight giving opinions on why
the accused are guilty or not guilty. In fact most of those who have aired
their opinions in the press are non-lawyers who think they know better than the
judge in evaluating the evidence presented at the trial.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-11 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804883
[AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[ArticleID] => 103694
[Title] => Beyond reasonable doubt? Let Supreme Court decide
[Summary] =>
Justice Secretary Serafin Cuevas did his person and his portfolio a great
disservice when on the eve of the rendering of the verdict on the Vizconde
massacre case, he gleefully set the public up for a guilty life-term verdict.
"The evidence is insurmountable," he gloated, and certainly there will be a
conviction. One would have expected from the man juridical silence, prudence
and serenity. After all, his was a lofty perch in the government and, to boot,
Secretary Cuevas was a former member of the Supreme Court.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-10 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1204555
[AuthorName] => Teodoro C. Benigno
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[ArticleID] => 103691
[Title] => Flawed judgment - My Viewpoint
[Summary] =>
No one in his right mind would begrudge Lauro Vizconde his right to obtain
justice for the massacre of his family and the vicious gang-rape of his young
daughter. Those killers and rapists should burn in hell for all eternity.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-09 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1202601
[AuthorName] => by Ricardo V. Puno
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[ArticleID] => 103685
[Title] => Webb sentence stirs legal controversy - Roses And Thorns
[Summary] =>
Newspapermen can comment on justice. But they cannot dispense justice. Only our
court can do that. Four things are required of a judge: to hear courteously,
answer judiciously, consider temperately, and decide impartially.
Parañaque Judge Amelita Tolentino's verdict on Hubert Webb and five
others on the controversial Vizconde massacre case started the Year 2000 with a
major controversy.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-08 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1115213
[AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces
[SectionName] => Opinion
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[URL] =>
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[Title] => All ears were glued to the radio; all eyes were on television
[Summary] =>
Wherever I went yesterday, and I visited at least eight places, I found huddles
of people listening, riveted, to the five-hour long, 186-page decision of Judge
Amelita Tolentino on the "Vizconde Massacre" case.
Television sets were switched on even in executive suites and office waiting
rooms, in the malls, in hospitals, in private homes.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-07 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 725459
[AuthorName] => Matt Wolf
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
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[ArticleID] => 103677
[Title] => A timely message
[Summary] =>
It took five hours for the clerks of court to read the decision of Judge
Amelita Tolentino on the celebrated Vizconde massacre case. This is probably a
record insofar as the reading of a judicial decision is concerned.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-07 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1189692
[AuthorName] => Art Borjal
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 103678
[Title] => `Father, forgive them for they know what they do'
[Summary] =>
Among us all who were behind him at the courtroom Thursday, Hubert Webb was the
calmest, the most serene, unruffled even when he knew beforehand the verdict
would send him to prison for the rest of his life. At one time, we were so
outraged by Judge Amelita Tolentino's insolent and shameless presentation, we
silently hissed and swore under our breath. Hubert sensed it, looked back,
lifted both palms to gently signal us to calm down. Please. The night before,
after the vigil, I talked to Hubert in prison and he said: "I am at peace,
Tito Teddy, I am all right, I am ready.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-07 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1204555
[AuthorName] => Teodoro C. Benigno
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
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JUDGE TOLENTINO
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[Title] => Whither Raul Roco? / Readers seek Webb freedom
[Summary] => If you’re going to go by brains, expe-rience, grasp of leadership and mayhaps integrity, your best bet for the 2004 presidential elections has to be Raul Roco. By far and by large, if the voting would be limited to the upper layers of the citizenry – Classes A to C – Raul Roco would run a race so fast and so overwhelming he would have the others biting his dust. Except that the 2004 elections will be dominated by the masses, swept by the masses, defined by the masses. And against the masses, Raul Roco is just helpless, like a torn kite in a gale.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-19 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134313
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1204555
[AuthorName] => Teodoro C. Benigno
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 231283
[Title] => Justice for an innocent: A Yuletide wish
[Summary] => It’s Christmas, the Yuletide, when the poinsettias bloom and the cry of the Christ Child pierces Christendom with its ageless message of peace and goodwill. Nobody is neutral. Nobody is a straggler as the light from Bethlehem surges forth like a perpetual shooting star. Even enemies on the battle front during the two World Wars stuck their bayonets into the ground to salute that immemorial wail from a manger. The soldiers of Herod could not locate the baby wreathed in light they were sworn to kill without mercy.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-12 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134313
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1204555
[AuthorName] => Teodoro C. Benigno
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 133414
[Title] => The Tolentino blunder / The Down syndrome
[Summary] => We thought we had heard the last of that irascible and intemperate woman, Amelita Tolentino, a Regional Trial Court judge whose temper in a courtroom had the choler and character of a runaway cyclone. Remember her? She was the judge in the Vizconde massacre trial, she with the screaming voice, the overblown ego that brooked no opposition, and the gavel that fell on proceedings like a thunderclap. Well, Judge Tolentino has just been appointed to the Court of Appeals at the eloquent instance of the Judicial and Bar Council, a body with the probity of a bent crowbar.
[DatePublished] => 2001-09-12 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 134313
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1204555
[AuthorName] => Teodoro C. Benigno
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
[3] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 103705
[Title] => Sub judice - A Law Each Day (Keeps Trouble Away)
[Summary] =>
No other case has attracted so much attention and has elicited so many
commentaries than the Hubert Webb case. Even noted journalists without an iota
of legal background have become legal experts overnight giving opinions on why
the accused are guilty or not guilty. In fact most of those who have aired
their opinions in the press are non-lawyers who think they know better than the
judge in evaluating the evidence presented at the trial.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-11 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1804883
[AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
[4] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 103694
[Title] => Beyond reasonable doubt? Let Supreme Court decide
[Summary] =>
Justice Secretary Serafin Cuevas did his person and his portfolio a great
disservice when on the eve of the rendering of the verdict on the Vizconde
massacre case, he gleefully set the public up for a guilty life-term verdict.
"The evidence is insurmountable," he gloated, and certainly there will be a
conviction. One would have expected from the man juridical silence, prudence
and serenity. After all, his was a lofty perch in the government and, to boot,
Secretary Cuevas was a former member of the Supreme Court.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-10 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
[Focus] => 1
[AuthorID] => 1204555
[AuthorName] => Teodoro C. Benigno
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
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[ArticleID] => 103691
[Title] => Flawed judgment - My Viewpoint
[Summary] =>
No one in his right mind would begrudge Lauro Vizconde his right to obtain
justice for the massacre of his family and the vicious gang-rape of his young
daughter. Those killers and rapists should burn in hell for all eternity.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-09 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1202601
[AuthorName] => by Ricardo V. Puno
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
[6] => Array
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[ArticleID] => 103685
[Title] => Webb sentence stirs legal controversy - Roses And Thorns
[Summary] =>
Newspapermen can comment on justice. But they cannot dispense justice. Only our
court can do that. Four things are required of a judge: to hear courteously,
answer judiciously, consider temperately, and decide impartially.
Parañaque Judge Amelita Tolentino's verdict on Hubert Webb and five
others on the controversial Vizconde massacre case started the Year 2000 with a
major controversy.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-08 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1115213
[AuthorName] => Alejandro R. Roces
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
[7] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 103676
[Title] => All ears were glued to the radio; all eyes were on television
[Summary] =>
Wherever I went yesterday, and I visited at least eight places, I found huddles
of people listening, riveted, to the five-hour long, 186-page decision of Judge
Amelita Tolentino on the "Vizconde Massacre" case.
Television sets were switched on even in executive suites and office waiting
rooms, in the malls, in hospitals, in private homes.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-07 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 725459
[AuthorName] => Matt Wolf
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
[8] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 103677
[Title] => A timely message
[Summary] =>
It took five hours for the clerks of court to read the decision of Judge
Amelita Tolentino on the celebrated Vizconde massacre case. This is probably a
record insofar as the reading of a judicial decision is concerned.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-07 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1189692
[AuthorName] => Art Borjal
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
[9] => Array
(
[ArticleID] => 103678
[Title] => `Father, forgive them for they know what they do'
[Summary] =>
Among us all who were behind him at the courtroom Thursday, Hubert Webb was the
calmest, the most serene, unruffled even when he knew beforehand the verdict
would send him to prison for the rest of his life. At one time, we were so
outraged by Judge Amelita Tolentino's insolent and shameless presentation, we
silently hissed and swore under our breath. Hubert sensed it, looked back,
lifted both palms to gently signal us to calm down. Please. The night before,
after the vigil, I talked to Hubert in prison and he said: "I am at peace,
Tito Teddy, I am all right, I am ready.
[DatePublished] => 2000-01-07 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1204555
[AuthorName] => Teodoro C. Benigno
[SectionName] => Opinion
[SectionUrl] => opinion
[URL] =>
)
)
)
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