• epa03035302 Filipino Chief Justice Renato Corona (C) with wife, Cristina (2-L), attends a mass at the Supreme Court in Manila, Philippines, 16 December 2011. The Philippines' chief justice accused the government of President Benigno Aquino III of blackmailing him in a bid to get a subservient Supreme Court after he was impeached on allegations of betrayal of public trust, corruption and bias. President Aquino has accused the Supreme Court under Corona of repeatedly blocking attempts to prosecute former officials for corruption during the previous administration, including ex president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who is now detained on electoral fraud charges. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG