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.
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.