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Prosecution doubts Corona will testify

MANILA — The House prosecution panel said Sunday that Chief Justice Renato Corona is not likely to speak up on the witness stand, despite going on a media blitz last week to proclaim his innocence. Corona has been appearing in television and radio interviews to insist that the impeachment complaint is rooted in the Supreme […]

Defense to present 2 witnesses in Corona trial Monday

LAWYERS of Chief Justice Renato Corona are set to present in Monday’s impeachment trial Navotas Representative Tobias Tiangco and House Secretary General Marilyn Barua-Yap. Defense spokesman Ramon Esguerra said Tiangco and Yap will prove that the impeachment complaint, signed by 188 members of the House of Representatives, lack probable cause and the required verification when […]

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Defense to present 2 witnesses in Corona trial Monday

LAWYERS of Chief Justice Renato Corona are set to present in Monday’s impeachment trial Navotas Representative Tobias Tiangco and House Secretary General Marilyn Barua-Yap. Defense spokesman Ramon Esguerra said Tiangco and Yap will prove that the impeachment complaint, signed by 188 members of the House of Representatives, lack probable cause and the required verification when […]

BSP exec points to PSBank on leak

MANILA, Philippines – An anti-money laundering specialist of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) pointed to Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) officials as the ones who could have possibly leaked the signature cards of Chief Justice Renato Corona, which led to the disclosure of his multimillion-peso accounts in the impeachment court. “From the start, I have […]

BSP exec points to PSBank on leak

MANILA, Philippines – An anti-money laundering specialist of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) pointed to Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) officials as the ones who could have possibly leaked the signature cards of Chief Justice Renato Corona, which led to the disclosure of his multimillion-peso accounts in the impeachment court. “From the start, I have […]

PhilHealth covers 75% of CL population

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has reported that 75 percent of the about 10 million population of Central Luzon is now covered by the government-owned insurance company. This was disclosed by Dr. Roberto Reyes, department manager of PhilHealth Region 3, saying the number covers members who are government-employed […]