Archive - The Corona Trial

HOUSE prosecutors said on Tuesday they submitted "in good faith" the documents that served as the basis for the subpoena issued to the Philippine Savings Bank to produce certifications on impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona's bank accounts. In a 13-page answer to PSBank Katipunan branch manager Annabelle Tiongson's testimony that the documents were not authentic, the prosecution reiterated Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali's explanation that the documents were furnished by an anonymous source. Read the full text of the prosecution's explanation.

COUNSELS for impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona on Wednesday asked the Senate impeachment court to quash its Feb. 13 order of PSBank Katpunan branch manager Annabelle Tiongson to bring original and certified true copies of opening forms and account balances of the chief justice's peso accounts. Read the full text of the defense motion.

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Thursday slammed impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona for submitting "questionable" statements of assets, liabilities and net worth that he had tried to conceal for years by defying the law on public disclosure of net worth declarations. Read the full text of the speech.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on Feb. 14.

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
WHY is Malacañang vouching for the authenticity of the documents supposedly on the bank accounts of Chief Justice Renato Corona at the Philippine Savings Bank submitted by the prosecution to the impeachment court?

FULL TEXT of Corona's Feb. 13 supplemental petition before the Supreme Court

FULL TEXT of Corona's Feb. 8 petition for certiorari with TRO before the Supreme Court

By JOSEPH HOLANDES UBALDE
ORIENTAL Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali on Tuesday insisted that a “small lady” handed him the dubious photocopies of bank documents showing the accounts allegedly owned by Chief Justice Renato Corona, but he admitted he cannot prove his source’s existence. “I have no proof, I have no proof but my word as an officer of the court,” Umali told reporters Tuesday.

FULL TEXT of the TRO on the implementation of the subpoena to PSBank Katipunan Branch. Also read Associate Justice Maria Lourdes P. A. Sereno's dissenting opinion and Associate Justice Arturo D. Brion's concurring opinion.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on Feb. 13.

CHIEF Justice Renato Corona's Feb. 13 press statement explaining the source of his and his wife's wealth and attacking President Aquino and the prosecution panel.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on Feb. 9. Feb 9 Senate impeachment court record//

By LALA ORDENES and ARTHA KIRA PAREDES
(Written by VERA Files for the Philippine Daily Inquirer's Talk of the Town)
ALL public officers and employees must submit a declaration under oath of their respective statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALNs) on April 30. In accomplishing the SALN, they could learn a lesson or two from arguably the most scrutinized SALN in Philippine history: that of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona. Corona is on trial in the Senate for, among others, betrayal of public trust arising from his failure to disclose to the public his SALN. Article 11, Section 17 of the 1987 Constitution provides that “a public officer or employee shall, upon assumption of office and as often thereafter as may be required by law, submit a declaration under oath of his assets, liabilities and net worth.”

By LALA ORDENES and ARTHA KIRA PAREDES
(Written by VERA Files for the Philippine Daily Inquirer's Talk of the Town)
THE impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona has put the spotlight on an otherwise nondescript document that all government officials routinely file annually: the statement of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN). Supreme Court decisions show that violations relating to improper filing of a SALN, including what some may consider minor, have been meted out severe penalties.

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
AS I was writing this piece, Supreme Court Spokesman Midas Marquez was having a press conference announcing the Temporary Restraining Order that the High Court issued against the Senate, seating as an impeachment court, to subpoena information on the foreign dollar account of Chief Justice Renato Corona.

By JOSEPH HOLANDES UBALDE
PHILIPPINE Savings Bank President Pascual Garcia III’s refusal to divulge information on the contested deposit account of Chief Justice Renato Corona on Thursday tested the senator-judges’ patience and eventually pushed them to summon the bank manager privy to the information.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on Feb. 8. Feb 8 Senate impeachment court record//

By YVONNE T. CHUA
PSBANK President Pascual Garcia III submitted to the Senate on Wednesday certifications showing deposits in three bank accounts of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona that apparently were not fully disclosed in his Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on Feb. 7. Feb 7 Senate impeachment court record//

Motion to Quash Subpoena Bank Officials//

Motion to Defer Action on Subpoenae issued to BPI and PSBank//

FULL text of the Defense’s Motion to Stop Reception of Evidence on the Flight Attendants’ and  Stewards’ Association of the Philippines (FASAP) and Article III of the impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Renato Corona. Motion to Stop Reception of Evidence //

FULL text of the PSBank petition before the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the  impeachment court from disclosing foreign currency deposits allegedly belonging to Chief Justice Renato Corona on the grounds that it is a violation of the absolute confidentiality of foreign currency deposits under Republic Act 6426 or the Foreign Currency Deposit Act of

FULL text of the Senate Resolution denying Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s motion asking the Senate impeachment court to reconsider its Feb. 6 resolution granting the prosecution’s request to subpoena certain bank records and bank officials. Senate Resolution on Senator Santiago’s Motion for Reconsideration//