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Feb 16, 2012

Prosecution’s Compliance Explanation Re: ‘Fake’ or ‘Forged’ Documents

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.

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Prosecution’s Compliance Explanation Re: ‘Fake’ or ‘Forged’ Documents
Feb 16, 2012

Defense’s Reiterative Motion to Quash Subpoena of PSBank Documents

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.

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Defense’s Reiterative Motion to Quash Subpoena of PSBank Documents
Feb 16, 2012

President Aquino’s Feb 16 speech at La Consolacion College

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.

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President Aquino’s Feb 16 speech at La Consolacion College
Feb 14, 2012

Umali: I have no proof that ‘small lady’ exists

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.

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Umali: I have no proof that ‘small lady’ exists