Archive - The Corona Trial

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
TO those who follow the impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona, Eulalio Diaz III, a classmate of President Aquino whom he appointed administrator of the Land Registration Authority, bungled his job, big time, in releasing a list of 45 properties credited to Corona.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on March 21.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on March 20.

PULSE Asia conducted a nationwide survey (1,200 respondents) on the impeachment of Chief Justice Renato Corona from Feb.26 to March 9, 2012.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on March 19.

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

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
IT seems that the strategy of the defense in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona ’s strategy is leading towards admission that yes, he made “inadvertent mistake” in the filing of his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth but that is not an impeachable offense.

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
OMBUDSMAN Conchita Carpio-Morales has asked the Anti-Money Laundering Council for a copy of the records of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona’s bank deposits, including dollar accounts that are the subject of a temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on March 15.

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

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
IF the purpose of the defense in the Corona impeachment trial in presenting its second witness, Demetrio Coronado Vicente, was to render the prosecution, the senator-judges and the public dazed, they succeeded.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on March 12.

By JOSEPH HOLANDES UBALDE
PSBank President Pascual Garcia III launched on Saturday a personal blog (www,pascualgarcia.ph), which he called an outlet for him and part of his “release process” two weeks after he was discharged by the impeachment court as a witness.

Editorial cartoon by VINCENT GO
Indeed, Santiago has been the diva of the afternoon TV and radio courtroom drama called the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, though her every appearance has been more suspense-thriller (Which prosecution lawyer or witness will she attack today?), or stand-up comedy (What antics will she pull off this time?).

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on Feb. 29. Feb 29 Senate impeachment court record

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on Feb. 28.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on Feb. 27.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on Feb. 23.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on Feb. 22.

Editorial cartoon by VINCENT GO
The revelations about Corona so far may have shocked and angered the public—the apparent lack of delicadeza, the unexplained assets, the conflicts of interest. But the revelations need to withstand the rigors of the court with all its technicalities, and not merely the canons of a journalistic report. And somehow, it’s hard to shake the feeling the prosecution has been presenting its case on a hit-or-miss or trial-and-error basis, if not as a fishing expedition from which they have as yet no idea what they will reel in.

By JOSEPH HOLANDES UBALDE
Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano Thursday asked the prosecution to produce a witness who can accurately testify to what happened when the Supreme Court justices voted to allow former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to leave the country last year.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on Feb. 21.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on Feb. 20.

By JOSEPH HOLANDES UBALDE
PSBank president Pascual Garcia on Monday noted 42 points of difference between the authentic bank records they have of Chief Justice Renato Corona and the “leaked” records provided by the prosecution.

FULL text of the defense’s explanation why they should not be penalized for the statements they made in a press conference on 12 Feb 2012 regarding the alleged P100 million bribe to each senator-judge of the impeachment court. Defense’s Explanation Re Presscon on Feb 12//

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on Feb. 16.

FULL text of the record of the Senate sitting as impeachment court on Feb. 15.

CHIEF Justice Renato Corona on Friday asked President Benigno Aquino III not to influence his trial by the Senate impeachment court by resorting to trial by publicity. Corona issued the statement in response to the President’s speech at La Consolacion College where he attacked the Chief Justice for reportedly hiding his net worth declarations. Read Corona’s statement.

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
JUST when we were getting excited by another set of accounts by Chief Justice Renato Corona with the Philippine Savings Bank, Katipunan branch, totaling some P36 million which were withdrawn on Dec. 12, 2012, the day the House of Representatives approved the impeachment of the Chief Justice, bank manager Annabel Tiongson dropped another information that brought us back to the fascinating tale of the "small lady" that has regaled us the past days.

By JOSEPH HOLANDES UBALDE
THE name “Bolet Banal” came out on Day 19 of the Corona impeachment trial on Thursday after PSBank Katipunan bank manager Annabelle Tiongson identified him as the person who went to her branch on Jan. 31 and sought her help on a dollar account of Chief Justice Renato Corona. Bolet Banal is none other than Jorge Banal, who was elected in representative of the third district of Quezon City in 2010.