March 13 Senate impeachment court record

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TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012 1

Republic of the Philippines

Senate

Record of the SenateSitting As An Impeachment Court

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Pasay City

AT 2:14 P.M., THE PRESIDING OFFICER, SENATE PRESIDENT JUAN PONCE ENRILE,

CALLED THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO C.

CORONA TO ORDER.

The Presiding Officer. The continuation of the impeachment trial of the Hon. Chief Justice Renato

C. Corona of the Supreme Court is hereby called to order.

We shall be led in prayer by Sen. Franklin M. Drilon.

Senator Drilon. Let us put ourselves in the presence of the Lord.

Almighty God, we thank You for gathering us and giving us the chance today to be once

more of service to You and Your people.

Father, we seek Your light and wisdom as we continue to carry out our bounden duty to

seek the truth and dispense justice. We need Your light to see beyond what we hear. We

need Your wisdom to guide us in our task and enable us to discern and decide with honor.

Finally, Father, we entrust to You our nation. Hear us and make us united despite our

disagreements.

All these we ask through Christ our Lord,

Amen.

The Presiding Officer. The Secretary will please call the roll.

The Secretary, reading:

Senator Edgardo J. Angara ............................................................... Present


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2 TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012

______________*Arrived after the roll call

Senator Joker P. Arroyo ................................................................... Present*

Senator Alan Peter Compaero S. Cayetano ................................. Present*

Senator Pia S. Cayetano ................................................................... Present

Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago .................................................... Present

Senator Franklin M. Drilon ................................................................ Present

Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada ....................................................... Present

Senator Francis G. Escudero ............................................................. Present

Senator Teofisto L. Guingona III ....................................................... Present

Senator Gregorio B. Honasan II ........................................................ Present

Senator Panfilo M. Lacson ................................................................ Present

Senator Manuel Lito M. Lapid ....................................................... Present

Senator Loren Legarda ...................................................................... Present

Senator Ferdinand Bongbong R. Marcos Jr. .................................. Present

Senator Sergio R. Osmea III ........................................................... Present*

Senator Francis N. Pangilinan ............................................................ Present

Senator Aquilino L. Pimentel III ........................................................ Present

Senator Ralph G. Recto .................................................................... PresentSenator Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. ..................................................... Present

Senator Vicente C. Sotto III ............................................................. Present

Senator Antonio Sonny F. Trillanes IV........................................... Present

Senator Manny Villar ......................................................................... Present*

The President ..................................................................................... Present

The Presiding Officer. With 19 Senator-Judges present, the Presiding Officer declares the

presence of a quorum.

The Floor Leader is recognized.

Senator Honasan. Mr. President, may I ask the Sergeant-At-Arms to make the proclamation.

The Presiding Officer. The Sergeant-At-Arms is directed to make the proclamation.

The Sergeant-At-Arms. All persons are commanded to keep silent under pain of penalty while

the Senate is sitting in trial on the Articles of Impeachment against Chief Justice Renato C. Corona.

The Presiding Officer. The Floor Leader is recognized.

Senator Honasan. Mr. President, I move that we dispense with the reading of the March 12,

2012Journal of the Senate sitting as an Impeachment Court and consider it approved.

The Presiding Officer. Is there any objection? [Silence] There being none, the March 12, 2012Journal of the Senate sitting as an Impeachment Court is hereby approved.

The Secretary may now please call the case.

The Secretary. Case No. 002-2011 In the Matter of Impeachment Trial of Honorable Chief

Justice Renato C. Corona.

The Presiding Officer. Appearances, Floor Leader.


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Senator Honasan. Mr. President, may we ask the parties and/or their respective Counsel to enter

their appearances.

Representative Agabas. Mr. Senate President, Your Honors, good afternoon. For the

Prosecution panel of the House of Representatives, same appearance. We are ready, Your Honors.

The Presiding Officer. Noted. The Defense.

Mr. Cuevas. For the Defense, Your Honor, the same appearance. We are ready also, Your

Honor.

The Presiding Officer. Noted.

The Floor Leader is recognized.

Senator Honasan. Mr. President, in yesterdays session, the Counsel of Chief Justice Corona

manifested on the floor that they are requesting that certain members of the House of Representatives

be invited to testify as adverse witnesses for the Defense. Their request was opposed by the

Prosecution invoking previous rulings of the Court on inter-departmental courtesies.

Mr. President, I move that the matter be submitted to the Presiding Officer for proper disposition.

The Presiding Officer. This Presiding Officer has gone over the provisions of Article XI of the

Constitution again. And I reread the entire provision and, indeed, the sole power to impeach is lodged

by the people through their Constitution in the House of Representatives. The wording is that The

House of Representatives shall have the sole power to initiate all cases of impeachment.

In view of this, it is the understanding of this Presiding Officer that any impeachment that is made

against any impeachable officer is an act of the House of Representatives through its Representatives.

And therefore, given that situation, this Presiding Officer has decided to rule that we cannot compel by

compulsory process any member of the House to appear as a witness here or as an adverse party. In

the same manner that we have accorded the same courtesy with the members of the Supreme Court

when there was a request from the Prosecution to subpoena them, we shall accord the same

consideration and inter-parliamentary courtesy to the members of the House.

So ordered.

Senator Honasan. Mr. President.

The Presiding Officer. The Floor Leader is recognized.

Senator Honasan. Yesterday, the Hon. Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago made a reservation thatshe be allowed to propound questions to the Defense witness, the Hon. Tobias Tiangco.

May we request that Representative Tiangco be allowed to retake the witness stand.

The Presiding Officer. Is the hon. Congressman here? Please take the witness stand and testify

under the same oath and the gentle lady from Iloilo has the floor.

Mr. Cuevas. He is here, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. Proceed.

Senator Defensor Santiago. Thank you, Mr. President.


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in the case of an adverse witness, since the witness is adverse, what he says carries great weight. So,

in effect, he is testifying against self-interest.

Normally, you would not testify against your own colleagues unless you are a sociopath. There

must, therefore, be a very strong motivation for you to testify. And if you cannot be impeached, then

the Rules of Court will apply as interpreted by the Supreme Court.

Our Supreme Court has ruled:

Testimony is positive when the witness affirms to the fact, did or did not occur, and

negative when he says that he did not see or know of the factual occurrence.

I have already said your testimony is positive. Normally, they expect negative testimony from the

Defense. That is why I now invoke the very classic rule. It is well-settled that an affirmative testimony

is far stronger than negative testimony, especially so when it comes from the mouth of a credible

witness. The Supreme Court has qualified that rule by saying, Evidence to be credible must not only

proceed from the mouth of a credible witness but the evidence that he testifies to must conform to

natural habits and natural occurrences and behavioral patterns.

So, I have taken the trouble of requesting for your resum. You finished both elementary and high

school in Xavier School presumably for....

Representative Tiangco. Yes, Your Honor.

Senator Defensor Santiago. Yes. You confirmed that and you finished management in Ateneo.


Senator Defensor Santiago. And, in fact, you even went to management first before you went

to public service.


Senator Defensor Santiago. And then what I am most impressed with is that you received the

following awardsyou do not need to confirm this but if you wish to deny it then, of course, you

should: Most Outstanding Vice Mayor in Metro Manila, 2000; Most Outstanding Mayor in Metro

Manila, 2001; National Achievers for Young Professionals in the Field of Public Service; One of the Ten

Most Outstanding Municipal Mayors in the Philippines, 2002; The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM).

Now, we will now have to see whether, since you appear to be a credible witness, what you

described is pursuant to natural patterns of behavior of an ordinary man, the so-called reasonable man

in law. So, let me just raise a few points, very few points.

The only way that the Prosecution can impeach you as a witness, meaning to say, can prove thatyou are lying under oath and, therefore, that your testimony should be completely disregarded, the only

way that they can impeach you is, has already been pointed out by the Supreme Court. The Court

said: It is well-settled that if the defense fails to prove any nefarious motive on the part of one who

testifiesI should amend that by saying that it is well-settled that if the panel fails to prove any nefarious

motive on the part of one who testifiesagainst the accused or against the prosecution, the presumption

is that the witness has not been so moved and that his testimony should thereby be accorded faith

and credit.

In other words, what the Supreme Court means is, if he seems credible and what he is testifying to seems

also credible, the only way you can prove that he is a liar is to show that he has a nefarious motive.


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Therefore, I will ask you this question. Have you ever had a run-in with the Administration? In the

political context, have you ever had any major disagreement? I understand that you resigned from the

Majority; you delivered a privilege speech about the matter that you testified to yesterday. So, the

question is: What makes you ticked? What is your motivation? Do you have any?

Representative Tiangco. My only motivation, Your Honor, to appear before this Impeachment

Court was precisely the privilege speech because doon po sa privilege speech may parliamentaryimmunity po tayo. So, gusto ko lamang siguraduhin, siyempre I have to move forward, Your

Honor, na hindi po ito magamit sa akin later on na sabihin na nagsinungaling po ako sa privilege

speech ko. So the best way for me to prove na kaya kong panindigan iyong privilege speech ko

is, iyong manumpa po ako dito sa Korteng ito at sabihin na ang sinasabi ko po ay ang

katotohanan at ang buong katotohanan. Kung ang tanong ninyo po sa akin is if I have had any....

Senator Defensor Santiago. Nefarious motive is the way the Supreme Court put it.

Representative Tiangco. ...Hindi. Iyong hindi ayos na...

Senator Defensor Santiago. Any disagreement.

Representative Tiangco....Disagreement. Sa akin po, wala po akong alam. Ang ano lamang

po, I do not know if you will call this a disagreement. Siguro naman we are free to vote whatever

we think of. Noon pong Merceditas Gutierrez impeachment, hindi ho ako nakumbinsing may

probable cause so, hindi ho ako bumoto doon. That was an administration measure. Doon ho sa

ARMM postponement, hindi rin ho ako bumoto kahit iyon ay administration measure dahil may iba

ho akongI am not a lawyer, Your Honor, but there were issues there that I did notbelieve na dapat

ma-postpone iyong ARMM elections.

Senator Defensor Santiago. All right. Let me think of some other motive because you sound

too good to be true.

You do not have any political disagreement with the Administration according to you?

Representative Tiangco. No, Your Honor.

Senator Defensor Santiago. That, of course, remains to be tested.

Do you have any business relations with the leading members of the Administration or any of their

families that could have soured your relationship?

Representative Tiangco. With this Administration, Your Honor?

Senator Defensor Santiago. Yes.

Representative Tiangco. No, Your Honor.

Senator Defensor Santiago. No. Do you intend to run for senator and therefore obtain publicity

through these proceedings?

Representative Tiangco. On record and in front of the whole Filipino people, I will say this:

I have two more terms as congressman of Navotas. I will finish my term as congressman of Navotas.

So, in 2013 and 2016, in front of the Filipino people, in front of all of you, I am saying, I will just run

in my former post as congressman of Navotas. If I may explain, Your Honor?

Senator Defensor Santiago. Yes, go ahead, please.


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Representative Tiangco. Alam ninyo ho, noong kinalaban ko ho si GMA ng nine-and-a-half

years, hindi ho ako iniwanan ng mga mamamayan ng Navotas. Kahit pinahirapan ho ako noong

nine-and-a-half years dahil kalaban ko ho si GMA, ibinoto pa rin nila ako na mayor ng tatlong

beses. So, iyan ho ay utang ko sa kanila. So, ganoon ho. So, ito ho ay pangako ko sa lahat

ng nakikinig ngayon. Kung tumakbo ho ako ng senadorbefore 2016, tawagin ho ninyo akong

sinungaling. But after 2016 when I am termed out already, I will have to find an option for myself,

Your Honor.

Senator Defensor Santiago. Of course. So, you were an archenemy of Gloria Arroyo and one

of the reasons alleged here in impeachment proceedings is that the Chief Justice should be removed

because he is too close or too intimate with Gloria Arroyo, and yet, you are saying now that you were

an archenemy politically of President Arroyo. Is that a fair summary?

Representative Tiangco. That is very accurate, Your Honor. It is not personal. It started, Your

Honor, when the impeachmentiyong hindi po natapos iyong impeachment, noong nag-walk out

I do not want to offend anyone but I will state what

Senator Defensor Santiago. Oh, feel free to offend me if you want to. [Laughter]Representative Tiangco. No, Your Honor. What I am trying to say is,ay huwag na ho kasi

nandito ho iyong ibang nag-walk out noon, eh.

Senator Defensor Santiago. All right. Well, my next question

Representative Tiangco. Okay. I will apologize, no. This is a difference of opinion but I hope

my opinion is respected.

Senator Defensor Santiago. You notice, of course, that I am trying to test your credibility.

Representative Tiangco. Yes, yes.

Senator Defensor Santiago. You testified that you attended this all-majority caucus

Representative Tiangco. Maam, can I finish the

Senator Defensor Santiago. It is not really necessary; otherwise, the two of us will take too long;

it will be unfair to others.

Representative Tiangco. Okay.

Senator Defensor Santiago. You said that you attended the Majority caucus and there, you

were already suspicious that you might not be able to reach a conclusion that would enable you to

sign the Impeachment Complaintyou gave several reasons.


Senator Defensor Santiago. Did you do or say anything in that caucus to indicate that you

disagreed with what they were planning to do?

Representative Tiangco. Maam, Your Honor, we were not allowed to ask questions. Only

two persons were able to make singit their questions and that was Congressman Biazon and

Congressman Rufus Rodriguez; after that, Congressman Mandanas stood up. Actually, I was reading

theRules because I wanted to stand up but no one was allowed to ask questions.

Senator Defensor Santiago. Oh! so, you are prohibited.


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Representative Tiangco. It was stated by the Speaker, sabi ho niya, Pagkatapos ng power

point presentation, iyong mga gustong pumirma, pumirma. Iyong mga ayaw pumirma, bahala

kayo, huwag kayong pumirma. Pero this is nondebatable, no questions will be entertained.

Senator Defensor Santiago. I was trying to see whether the rule of admission by silence applies

to you since under the Rules of Court, if you are present in something that you now denounce and you

did not say or do anything, that is considered admission by silence. But now you are saying that thatdoes not apply to you because there was a rule or a policy that no questions would be entertained.

Is that so?


Senator Defensor Santiago. Yes. Now, you have, in effect....In fact, in the transcript that has

just been distributed to us, you have, in effect, stated that you felt under threat to sign the Complaint.

You said so categorically.


Senator Defensor Santiago. All right.

Now, I will read to you excerpts from R.A. No. 3019, the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act,

Section 3Corrupt Practices of Public Officers. The following shall constitute corrupt practices of

any public officer and are hereby declared to be unlawful: a) Persuading, inducing or influencing another

public officer to perform an act constituting a violation of rules and regulations duly promulgated by

competent authority.

I am referring, of course, to the Rules of the House of Representatives on Impeachment which

requires you to read the Complaint and then sign it. So since you are claiming that you felt that you

are being pressured or that you are being threatened by what was said or done to you in your testimony

yesterday, I would like to know whether you feel or you believe that what I have just read from the

law applies to that situation you described?


Senator Defensor Santiago. In that case, then you are alleging that your fellow colleagues in the

House were guilty of the corrupt practices as described by the paragraph I just read.

Representative Tiangco. Not my colleagues, Your Honor, but those who spoke during the all-

majority caucus, Your Honor.

Senator Defensor Santiago. All right. Not all of your colleagues but, at least, some of them.

Representative Tiangco. Those who spoke, those who threatenedI will correct my statement

those who threatened during the all-majority caucus.

Senator Defensor Santiago. All right. One last question: As you said, you felt pressured and

you resented it because in my reading, your personality has always been one of independencemay

I say fiery independence.

Now, I will read to you the Penal Code particularly on threats and coercion.

Article 286Grave Coercions. A certain penalty shall be imposed upon any person who,

without authority of law, shall, by means of threats or intimidation, prevent another from doing

something not prohibited by law or compel him to do something against his will whether it be

right or wrong.


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In general terms, do you feel that this paragraph I have just read apply to that situation?

Representative Tiangco. Not only to that situation, Your Honor, even to the situation yesterday

when the Majority Leader, when interviewed on Sunday, came out with statements that I will be

expelled from Congress.

Senator Defensor Santiago. Mr. Witness, you will either end up a national hero in the eyes ofthe public or a heel or a traitor in the eyes of your colleagues in the House of Representatives. What

your future status depends on subsequent developments and how the public take these developments.

Thank you for answering these questions.

I am done with this Witness, Mr. President. Thank you.

The Presiding Officer. Thank you.

Representative Tiangco. Thank you, Madam Senator-Judge Miriam Defensor Santiago.

The Presiding Officer. The Floor Leader.

Senator Honasan. Mr. President, there being no other Senator-Judges to propound questions,

may we move to discharge the witness.

The Presiding Officer. The witness is discharged and thank you, Toby, for coming here.

Representative Tiangco. Thank you, Your Honor. Thank you to all the Senator-Judges.

The Presiding Officer. The Defense may now proceed to present their witnesses.

Mr. Cuevas. Yes, Your Honor. We are calling Ms. Bayuga. She is allegedly in the Holding

Area, Your Honor. May we be allowed to call her?

The Presiding Officer. Yes, will you please....Who is your witness?

Mr. Cuevas. Mrs. Araceli Bayuga, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. Will you call the witness of the Defense to the Chamber to take the stand

and to be sworn in and testify?

The Presiding Officer. One-minute suspension, to wait for the witness.

The trial was suspended at 2:40 p.m.

At 2:41 p.m., the trial was resumed.

The Presiding Officer. The trial is resumed.

By the way, Counsel, how many witnesses do you intend to present today?

Mr. Cuevas. We have four (4) witnesses today, Your Honor, but some of them will only have

a very short testimony.

The Presiding Officer. Yes. All right, proceed.

The Clerk of Court. Madam Witness, please stand up and raise your right hand.

Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?


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Ms. Bayuga. Yes.

The Clerk of Court. So help you God.

The Presiding Officer. Now, before we proceed, may I suggest to the Prosecution to be

watchful and raise your objections seasonably so that the Chair can make a ruling.

Mr. Hernandez. Yes, Your Honor, we will do that.

The Presiding Officer. The Defense also will grant time for the Prosecution to understand

the question.

Mr. Hernandez. Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. Yes.

Mr. Hernandez. May I make a comment before we start. Apparently, the witness called here

to testify is an employee of the Supreme Court. I am reading the Compliance of the Defense and I am

just wondering if she is covered by the same February 14, 2012 resolution that prohibited employees

of the Supreme Court for testifying for the Prosecution.

The Presiding Officer. Let the witness invoke any prohibitory rules promulgated by the Court.

We cannot anticipate.

Mr. Hernandez. Yes, Your Honor, thank you.

Mr. Cuevas. Besides, Your Honor, the witness will be testifying on factual matters in connection

with the discharge of her duties as an employee of the Supreme Court, never on privilege matters,

Your Honor.


Mr. Cuevas. Will you kindly state your name and other personal circumstances? Sabihin nga

ninyo ang pangalan ninyo.

Ms. Bayuga. Opo. My name is Araceli C. Bayuga of the Supreme Court of the Philippines,

located at Padre Faura, Manila.

Mr. Cuevas. Civil status?

Ms. Bayuga. I am married.

Mr. Cuevas. Your age? Edad po ninyo?

Ms. Bayuga. I am 62 years old.

Mr. Cuevas. Your occupation right now?

Ms. Bayuga. My position is SSC Chief Division Staff Officer of the Cash, Collection and

Disbursement Division of the Fiscal Management and Budget Office.

Mr. Cuevas. If Your Honor please, the testimony of this Witness is being presented in connection

with Impeachment Article No. II, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. Article II?

Mr. Cuevas. Yes, Your Honor.


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The Presiding Officer. The one that deals with SALN?

Mr. Cuevas. That is correct, Your Honor, very correct.

The Presiding Officer. All right, proceed.

Mr. Cuevas. The purpose of the offer of this Witness deals with the nature of her job as Chief

of Staff of the Cash, Collection and Disbursement Division of the Supreme Court, the fact that shehad prepared a statement of the cash, collection and disbursements of the Hon. Chief Justice Corona,

Your Honor, and further to authenticate the certification issued by her in the discharge of her duties

in that capacity.


Mr. Cuevas. Thank you, Your Honor. Now, sabihin nga ninyo kung ano ang inyong mga

gampanin bilang Chief Judicial Staff officer ng Cash, Collection and Distribution Division of the

Supreme Court? Naunawaan ba ninyo ang Tagalog? Gusto ba ninyo sa Tagalog o Ingles.

Ms. Bayuga. Opo. May I read my duties and responsibilities dahil napakarami po ito.Mr. Cuevas. Sige po.

Ms. Bayuga. Supervises and implements the policies, rules and regulations related to the

operation of the Cash, Collection and Disbursement Division;

Supervises the activities of the personnel;

Custodian of all monies and other cash items, official receipts of the Court;

Signs and encashes checks of cash advances for salaries, allowances and other benefits of the

officials and employees of the Court, including the honorable Justices;

Signs disbursement vouchers or cash advances, initial salaries, terminal leaves with pay, and

other payments made to officials and employees of the Court;

Signs all monthly report of disbursement and monthly report of collections to be submitted to

the Accounting Division FMBO and COA;

Supervises the counting and distribution of salaries, allowances and other emoluments of

Supreme Court officials, honorable justices and officials of the Court;

Signs certification for salaries, allowances and other benefits received by honorable justices,

officials and employees of the Court;

Signs and submits to the BIR the annual return of income tax withheld on compensation in the

alphabetical listing of officials and employees of the Court from whom taxes are withheld;

Signs all individual withholding tax statement of officials and employees for distribution to all

concerned officials and employees; and

Performs other duties that may be assigned from time to time, by my immediate chief.

Mr. Cuevas. All right, thank you. With the nature of the function you have narrated a while ago,

will you kindly tell the Honorable Court whether you have executed any certification relative to

the allowances and benefits received by the Chief Justice in his capacity as Chief Justice of the

Supreme Court?


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Ms. Bayuga. Yes, Your Honor.

Mr. Cuevas. Now, I am showing to you a Certification of the Cash, Collection and Disbursement

Division, consisting of four pages, Your Honor, which was earlier marked as Exhibit 114 for

expediency.

Will you kindly go over the same and tell us what relation has that with the certification you have

issued in connection with the allowances, salaries, and disbursement made in favor of the Chief Justice?

Ms. Bayuga. Yes, Sir.

Mr. Cuevas. Iyan po ba?

Ms. Bayuga. Opo.

Mr. Hernandez. Your Honor, excuse me. May I just make a manifestation. Justice Cuevas

manifested that the exhibit was marked. It was, in fact, not officially pre-marked, Your Honor.

Ms. Cuevas. No, we made of record that we have earlier marked for convenience and

expediency. We are now adopting the same marking. We will make a manifestation to that effect.

Mr. Hernandez. The marking you made, Counsel, is....

The Presiding Officer. Counsel, there is no relevance of that. Let the Defense do that. Anyway,

you are the Prosecution. If you will not mark this as exhibit, we will disregard it.

Ms. Hernandez. Yes, Your Honor, just to set the record straight.

The Presiding Officer. Do not interrupt, so that we will not be derailed by all of these details.

Mr. Cuevas. May we request that the certification referred to by the Witness in her testimony,

Your Honor, be marked as, first page as Exhibit 114, second page as Exhibit 115, the third page

as Exhibit 116, and the last page, Your Honor, as Exhibit 117 for the Defense, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. Mark the documents accordingly.

Mr. Cuevas. May we be allowed to proceed, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. Proceed, Counsel.

Mr. Cuevas. Now, I noticed that appearing on the last page, more specifically Exhibit 117 for

the Defense, Your Honor, is a signature over the typewritten name Araceli C. Bayuga, SS Chief,

Judicial Staff Officer, Cash, Collection and Disbursement Division, FMBO. Kindly examine the same

and tell us whose signature is that.

Ms. Bayuga. This is mine. Sa akin po itong pirma.

Mr. Cuevas. All right. Now, I also noticed that at the left-hand bottom portion of Exhibit 117

is a signature appearing over and above the typewritten name Corazon G. Ferrer Flores, Deputy Clerk

of Court and Chief Fiscal Management and Budget Office. Will you kindly tell the Honorable Court

whose signature is that?

Ms. Bayuga. This is the signature of my chief, immediate chief, Your Honor.

Mr. Cuevas. Namely?

Ms. Bayuga. Her name is Corazon G. Ferrer Flores.


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Mr. Cuevas. Why do you know that that is the signature of Corazon G. Ferrer Flores?

Ms. Bayuga. She is my boss for so many years.

Mr. Cuevas. And how many times have you seen her affix her signature similar to this one?

Ms. Bayuga. Daily, Your Honor.

Mr. Cuevas. Daily. Now, kindly go over Exhibit 114 and tell us about the entries therein

appearing more specially under the item Salaries.

Ms. Bayuga. The salaries of the Chief Justice for 2002 is P353,000.45; for 2003, P485,100;

for 2004, P485,100; for 2005, P485,100; for 2006, P485,100 for 2007, P508,248.72; for 2008,

P627,763.20; for 2009, P625,653.90; for 2010, P650,447.23; and for 2011, P1,147,301.77

amounting to P5,872,859.82.

Mr. Cuevas. Thank you. Kindly go to Exhibit 117 which is the fourth page of this certification.

Now, in there, there is a total amount appearing under Calendar Year 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,

2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. Now, there appears in here a total amount in the sum of

P21,636,781.45. Is that right?

Ms. Bayuga. Yes, Sir.

Mr. Cuevas. Now, kindly tell the Honorable Court what is the source of these figures that you

have stated in these exhibits, Exhibits 1 to 117. Saan po galing ito?

Ms. Bayuga. The nature of payment are the following: salaries, longevity pay, PERA, ADCOM,

representation allowance and transportation allowance, extraordinary and miscellaneous expense

allowance, monthly special allowance under Republic Act No. 9227, additional cost of living

allowancethat is the JDF, productivity incentive benefit, clothing allowance, year-end bonus and

cash gift, loyalty cash award, extraordinary and miscellaneous expense allowance from Presidential

Electoral Tribunal, monthly expense allowance from Presidential Electoral Tribunal, and fringe benefit

and other allowances, such as emergency economic assistance, anniversary bonus, productivity

enhancement benefit, Christmas cash gift, additional Christmas cash gift, year-end cash gift, fringe

benefit, rice allowance, groceries as fringe benefit, additional fringe benefit, Christmas allowance and

PET Christmas allowance.

Mr. Cuevas. Now, I direct your attention to the figure reading P21,636,781.45 which I request,

Your Honor, to be encircled and marked as Exhibit 117-A.

The Presiding Officer. Mark it accordingly.

Mr. Cuevas. Where did you get this total amount? Saan po ninyo kinuha o saan nanggalingiyon?

Ms. Bayuga. I reviewed and evaluated all the paid payrolls pertaining to salaries, allowances and

other benefits received by the honorable Chief Justice from 2002 up to 2011.

Mr. Cuevas. Now, do you now swear under oath as to the correctness, accuracy and truth of

the entries appearing in these Exhibits 114, 115, 116 up to 117?


Mr. Cuevas. Do you also swear as to the truth of the correctness of the figure reading

P21,636,781.45?


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Mr. Cuevas. Now, a little earlier or a couple of weeks before, we requested for the production

of payrolls in your possession, more specifically those covering that of the honorable Chief Justice

Corona. Do you have them with you now?

Ms. Bayuga. I do not have them with me.Mr. Cuevas. Why? Kindly tell the Court.

Ms. Bayuga. It is too voluminous. Napakarami po ng paid payrolls para po madala namin

sa ngayon.

Mr. Cuevas. In other words, if that is so, what do these figures appearing in Exhibits 114, 115,

116 and 117 represent or cover?

Ms. Bayuga. I reviewed and evaluated all the paid payrolls, Your Honor, to certify as to

correctness of the amount stated in the Certification.

Mr. Cuevas. But the payrolls that you mentioned which are rather voluminous and toocumbersome to be brought before this Court, in whose possession are they?

Ms. Bayuga. In my possession, Your Honor.

Mr. Cuevas. And your possession dates back from when up to when?

Ms. Bayuga. From the time I joined the Court up to present.

Mr. Cuevas. Meaning, from what year up to what year?

Ms. Bayuga. From 1973 up to present.

Mr. Cuevas. Now, in your examination of entries appearing in these payrolls which you mentioned

a while ago, were you at any time assisted by any of your employee in your division?

Ms. Bayuga. No, Your Honor.

Mr. Cuevas. Meaning you did it alone?


Mr. Cuevas. Now, during the introduction of the evidence for the Prosecution, mention had been

made that there had been no alpha list covering the Chief Justice from the year 2002, 2003, 2004 up

to 2005. My question to you now is, do you have this claimed alpha list in your possession now?

Mr. Hernandez. Objection, Your Honor. The Witness will be incompetent. She enumerated all

her duties and functions and the taking care of the alpha lists or supervising the reporting of such alpha

list was not one of the duties which she mentioned.

The Presiding Officer. Are you in possession of the alpha list, Madam, of the Supreme Court?


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The Presiding Officer. All right. Let the witness answer.

Mr. Cuevas. In fact, it is mentioned as one of her functions, Your Honor.

Do you have them with you now? I am sorry.


Mr. Cuevas. Will you kindly bring it out for the information and examination by the

Honorable Court?

Witness handing to this representation, Your Honor, the alleged filed copies. Alin po ba, ito?


Mr. Cuevas. Sige po.

Ms. Bayuga. The certified xerox copies of the alpha list from 2002 up to 2005.

Mr. Cuevas. Can you dispense with this?

Ms. Bayuga. No, Your Honor.

Mr. Cuevas. We will just request, Your Honor, that we be permitted to have them marked and

make the substitution later because these are copies which formed part of the official records of the

Supreme Court. But in the meanwhile, to gain time, we will just mark them.

The Presiding Officer. Would there be any objection on the part of the Prosecution to have those

copies copied?

Mr. Hernandez. We have no objection to having those documents reproduced. We would like

a copy for purposes of our cross-examination.

Mr. Cuevas. We will give you a copy as of today, Your Honor. Our only purpose is to preserve

this as part of the official records of the honorable Supreme Court.

The Presiding Officer. So, proceed.

Mr. Cuevas. Now, how about for 2003, do you have it with you?


Mr. Cuevas. Witness handing over to this representation, Your Honor, the 2003 BIR year-end

report on compensation.

How about for 2004?

Witness handing, Your Honor, to this representation the 2004 BIR year-end report.

The Presiding Officer. Para malinaw, Ginang Witness , sabihin mo lamang kapag sinabi

iyong taon kung meron o wala para makumpleto ang record natin.

Mr. Cuevas. Iyon pong 2005, meron po ba o wala?

Ms. Bayuga. Meron po.

Mr. Cuevas. Meron po. All right.


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Ms. Bayuga. 2005.

Mr. Cuevas. Witness handing to this representation, Your Honor, the 2005 BIR year-end report

on compensation.

Now, we request, Your Honor, that these documents identified by the Witness in todays

proceedings be marked as follows: First, the 2002 BIR year-end report be marked as Exhibit 118,Your Honor


Mr. Cuevas. which is made up of five (5) pages.

The BIR year-end report, Your Honor, dated 2003 on compensation, consisting likewise of six (6)

pages be marked as Exhibit 119.


Mr. Cuevas. The 2004 year-end report on compensation, consisting likewise of several pages,

Your Honor, be marked as Exhibit 120.


Mr. Cuevas. And the BIR 2005 year-end report identified by the Witness, consisting of five (5)

pages be marked as Exhibit....

Now, will you kindly tell the....

The Presiding Officer. Mark as what? What exhibit is that?

Mr. Cuevas. These are from Exhibits 118 up to 120, Your Honor.

We have taken the liberty of earlier marking them for convenience, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. All right. Mark them accordingly.

Mr. Cuevas. And we are adopting the same markings, Your Honor, for identification purposes

Exhibits 118 to 121.

Now, kindly go over this stamp mark appearing at the right-hand margin on page 2 of Exhibit

118, which is accompanied by a signature appearing over a typewritten name Araceli C. Bayuga,

January 31, 2003, and tell the Honorable Court what is that stamp mark there?

Ms. Bayuga. It was duly received by the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

Mr. Cuevas. Witness referring to the stamp markpakibasa po ninyo, for the record.

Ms. Bayuga. Revenue Region No. VI, Revenue District No. 33, Intramuros, Malate, Ermita

Area, received January 31, 2003.

Mr. Cuevas. Thank you. Now, likewise, may I be allowed to direct your attention to a rubber

stamp impression appearing on the second page of this Exhibit 119, bearing the date January 30,

2004. Kindly go over it and tell us how that happened to be there, if you know.

Ms. Bayuga. For 2003, our alpha list was received by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Revenue

Region No. VI, Revenue District No. 33, Intramuros, Manila, received on January 30, 2004.


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Mr. Cuevas. Thank you. Likewise, may I be allowed to direct your attention to a rubber stamp

impression appearing on the second page of Exhibit 120, bearing the date January 28, 2005. Kindly

go over the same, examine it, and tell the Honorable Court how that rubber stamp impression happened

to be there, if you know.

Ms. Bayuga. For 2004, our alpha list was received by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Revenue

Region No. VI, Revenue District No. 33, Intramuros, Malate, Ermita, Port Area, dated January28, 2005.

Mr. Cuevas. Thank you. Now, likewise may I be permitted to direct your attention to another

rubber stamp impression appearing on the second page of Exhibit 121, dated January 30, 2006.

Kindly go over the same and tell the Honorable Court, if you know, how that rubber stamp impression

happened to be there.

Ms. Bayuga. For 2005 alpha list of the Supreme Court, it was received by the Bureau of Internal

Revenue, Revenue Region No. VI, Revenue District No. 33, Intramuros, Malate, Ermita, Port Area,

dated January 30, 2006.

Mr. Cuevas. Now, you mentioned that all these rubber stamp impressions belong to the BIR.


Mr. Cuevas. How do you know that?

Ms. Bayuga. I was the one who...

Mr. Cuevas. Sabihin po ninyo nang malakas, hindi kayo madinig.

Ms. Bayuga. I was the one who brought the alpha list to the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

Mr. Cuevas. Why is it necessary that they be brought to the BIR? Bakit po kinailangang

dalhin iyan sa BIR?

Ms. Bayuga. Under revenue regulations, we have to submit the annual alpha list wherein the

names of the officials and employees of the court from whom taxes were withheld were stated.

The Presiding Officer. Ginang Witness, iyan bang alpha list ang withholding tax ng mga

empleyado ng Korte Suprema?


The Presiding Officer. Pati ang mga Mahistrado?

Ms. Bayuga. Including the honorable Justices and officials of the Court.

The Presiding Officer. Lahat ng opisyales at empleyado ng Korte Suprema?


Mr. Cuevas. That will be all with the witness, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. Okay, Prosecution, cross-examination?

Mr. Hernandez. Your Honor, may we request that we be allowed to go over the documents and

conduct our cross-examination tomorrow? This is the first time that we are seeing these documents

and they are fine lines, Sir.


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The Presiding Officer. Motion granted.

Mr. Cuevas. No objection, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. Granted.

Mr. Cuevas. We will just request that we have this xerox-copied, so we can retain the original,

Your Honor.


Mr. Cuevas. Thank you, Your Honor.

Representative Barzaga. May the Prosecution, Your Honor, be permitted to make a

manifestation.


Representative Barzaga. Actually, Your Honor, this is already day 28 of the trial. And along

the days that we have been conducting hearings certain procedures have already been set up. Andinsofar as the marking of the documentary evidence is concerned, it has been the order of the Presiding

Officer that the pre-marking should be made in the morning in order not to waste the time of the

Honorable Court.

And therefore, we appeal to the Defense that insofar as the other documentary evidence to be

presented by them, we suggest that what has been the mandate of this Court be observed. After all,

that was the procedure which we followed and we expect also that the Defense would comply in the

same manner that we did in the course of the presentation of our documentary evidence.

The Presiding Officer. All right.

Mr. Cuevas. May we be allowed to make a comment?

The Presiding Officer. Do you have any further statement?

Representative Barzaga. Well, actually, this rule is actually embodied in the records of the

proceedings, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. Yes, we understand that.

Mr. Cuevas. Your Honor please, we were made to understand that the purpose behind this rule

is to expedite. So, notwithstanding the fact that the witness was seen by us only this afternoon, we have

arrogated unto ourselves the marking so that we can move on expeditiously. And there is no diminution

of the time allowed to the Prosecution, Your Honor. I do not see any reason how they could havebeen prejudiced.

The Presiding Officer. That is correct.

Mr. Cuevas. But we will do that if we have time.

Representative Barzaga. Just a brief rejoinder, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. Yes, please.

Representative Barzaga. Well, aside from the employee of the Supreme Court, the Defense

also requested for the issuance of subpoena insofar as the City Assessor of Taguig is concerned.


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The City Assessor was present as early as ten oclock in the morning. The Counsel for the Prosecution

was also present. Unfortunately, no marking of the documentary evidence subpoenaed was made on

account of the absence or non-presence of the Defense Counsel.

Mr. Cuevas. What is your point? I do not understand.

Representative Barzaga. Well, my manifestation is very simple. The request for....The Presiding Officer. Wait a minute. The City Assessor of Taguig was subpoenaed upon the

request of the Prosecution?

Representative Barzaga. Upon the request of the Defense, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. Well, we do not know whether they want to present him, this city

assessor or not. So, let us wait until they present the city assessor.

Representative Barzaga. The presumption of the Prosecution, Your Honor, is that as long as

a request for subpoena was made by the Defense, our presumption is that the person subpoenaed,

together with the documents will be presented....The Presiding Officer. That is correct. But we cannot control their presentation of their evidence.

They may change their mind not to present him.

Representative Barzaga. We submit, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. Okay. Let us not quibble about these minor details. This will not affect

your case either way. So, proceed.

Mr. Cuevas. Your Honor please, they are requesting for a deferment of the cross-examination

allegedly to be able to examine the documents identified. We have no objection.

The Presiding Officer. We already ruled. We allow them to make their cross-examinationtomorrow. Do you have another witness, Counsel?

Mr. Cuevas. Okay then, Your Honor, may we request that the Witness on this stand,

Mrs. Bayuga, be temporarily excused.

The Presiding Officer. Madam Witness, you are temporarily discharge. Please come back to this

Court tomorrow at two oclock in the afternoon.


Ms. Bayuga. Thank you, Your Honor.

Mr. Cuevas. If it will not be asking too much, Your Honor, may we request only one minute

suspension.

The Presiding Officer. One long minute suspension.

The trial was suspended at 3:15 p.m.

At 3:21 p.m., the trial was resumed.

The Presiding Officer. Trial resumed. Proceed.

Mr. Cuevas. Mr. Demetrio.


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The Presiding Officer. Who is your next witness? Please put him on the witness stand and

swear him.

Senator Pangilinan. Mr. President.

The Presiding Officer. The gentleman from Pampanga.

Senator Pangilinan. Yes, Mr. President, just a clarification.

Would there be other Supreme Court employees who will be testifying today?

The Presiding Officer. I do not know.

Senator Pangilinan. May the Defense Counsel...

Mr. Cuevas. As of today, none, Your Honor.

Senator Pangilinan. So this next witness is not from the Supreme Court?

Mr. Cuevas. He is not from the Supreme Court, Your Honor.

Senator Pangilinan. Mr. President, may I just make a manifestation before we proceed with the

next witness?


Senator Pangilinan. Mr. President, earlier it was a witness from the Supreme Court that came

before us. I would like to stress I have no issue with the Defense. My issue is with the Supreme Court.

I was told that the previous witness was subpoenaed and, therefore, Attorney Bayuga was here

on the strength of a subpoena.

Previously, a court process server was likewise subpoenaed by this Court. Yet, the Supreme Court

refused to honor the subpoena, and, therefore, the witness did not appear.

Mr. President, my concern here is, we now have a situation wherein the Supreme Court decides

when it will honor our subpoena and when it will ignore our subpoena. Again, this is not an issue

between whether it is for the Defense or the Prosecution, Mr. President. This is an issue between this

Impeachment Court which has the sole power to try and decide impeachment cases and the Supreme

Court which is an institution that is held accountable by this Impeachment Court. The only check on

the possible excesses of the Supreme Court is in this Impeachment Court.

My fear is, now, the only check is now being checked by the entity that is supposed to be checked.

I do not wish for any ruling, Mr. President. At this point, I am just making this manifestation and,

hopefully, we may be able to find a solution. Because again, we will be calling the Supreme Court

employee or she will return tomorrow, Mr. President, if the Supreme Court allows.

The Presiding Officer. Well, I guess when the time comes for a rebuttal evidence that the

Prosecution would want to ask any of the employees of the Supreme Court to appear, then we will

equally issue a subpoena and thresh out that problem at the proper time.

Mr. Cuevas. In this connection, along this line, Your Honor, may we be permitted only one minute.

The Presiding Officer. Yes, please proceed.


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Mr. Cuevas. We have here a copy of the Resolution referred to February 14, 2012, Your Honor.

And it provides, among other things, last portion, In sum, Philippine law, rules and regulations prohibit

the disclosure of confidential or privileged information under well-defined rules. At the most basic level

and subject to the principle of committee, members of the court, the court officials, employees may not

be compelled to testify on matters that are part of internal deliberation and actions of the court in the

exercise of their adjudicatory functions and duties while testimony on matters external to their

adjudicatory functions and duties may be compelled by compulsory processes, Your Honor.

I am just reading from the

The Presiding Officer. At any rate, I was informed by the Office of the Legal Counsel that Ms.

Bayuga was also subpoenaed on February 1st upon the request of the Prosecution. And she complied.

She appeared here on February 1st in response to the subpoena issued to her. Maybe the matter that

was the subject of her examination today, as well as then, are not considered confidential by the

Supreme Court.

So, proceed.

The Clerk of Court. Mr. Witness,pakitaas po ang kanang kamay. Do you swear to tell thetruth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in these impeachment proceedings?

Witness. Yes.

The Clerk of Court. So help you God.

Mr. Cuevas. With the kind permission of the Honorable Court.

Pakisabi po ninyo ang inyong pangalan, edad.

Mr. Vicente. I am Demetrio C. Vicente. I am 70 years old.

Mr. Cuevas. Binata pa ho kayo o may asawa?

Mr. Vicente. Meron na ho, isa lang.

The Presiding Officer. What is the purpose of this witness?

Mr. Cuevas. This Witness, Your Honor, is being presented to prove the existence of the sale in

his favor by seven (7) parcels of land formerly in the name of Mrs. Ma. Cristina Roco Corona.

With the kind permission of the Honorable Court.

Kilala ho ba ninyo si Ginang Ma. Cristina Roco-Corona?

Mr. Vicente. Oho, kilala ko ho dahil siya ang unang binilhan ko ng lupa.

Mr. Cuevas. Ito ho ba iyong maybahay ng kagalang-galang na Unang Hukom ng Kataas-

taasang Hukuman ng ating Republika?

Mr. Vicente. Oho, iyan, siya ho.

Mr. Cuevas. Siya si Chief Justice Corona.

Mr. Vicente. Oho.

Mr. Cuevas. Now, sinabi po ninyo sa Kagalang-galang na Hukuman na kaya ninyo siya

nakilala sapagkat nakabili kayo ng lupa sa kanya, tama ho ba iyon?


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Mr. Vicente. Oho.

Mr. Cuevas. All right. Ano po itong lupa na nabili ninyo sa kanya?

Mr. Vicente. Sa Marikina Heights. Doon ho ako nakabili ng lupa na pag-aari ni

Mrs. Cristina Roco-Corona.

Mr. Cuevas. Kelan po iyang pagkakabili ninyo ng lupa na ang nagmamay-ari ay siMa. Cristina Roco-Corona, kelan po iyon?

Mr. Vicente. Ang tanda ko mga 1990, maybe July 1990.

Mr. Cuevas. Iyon ho bang binilhan ninyo ng lupa ni Mrs. Corona ay naka-dokumento

o may papel?

Mr. Vicente. Meron ho akong Absolute Deed of Sale.

Mr. Cuevas. Now, ilan pong parcel ng lupa ang nabili niyo kay Mrs. Corona?

Mr. Vicente. Pito ho, pito.

Mr. Cuevas. Pito.

The Presiding Officer. Pitong ano po, pitong?

Mr. Vicente. Parcel of land.

The Presiding Officer. Pitong ektarya?

Mr. Vicente. Pitong metro kuwadrado. Pitong titulo.

Mr. Cuevas. Pitong titulo?

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

The Presiding Officer. Pitong titulo?

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

The Presiding Officer. Ah.

Mr. Cuevas. May we be allowed to proceed, Your Honor?

The Presiding Officer. Proceed, Counsel.


Now, I am showing to youipinakikita ko po sa inyo ang kopya ng Deed of Sale which

had earlier been marked as Exhibit 54 for the Defense, consisting of six (6) pages including the

various certifications appearing therein. Will you kindly go over the same, examine it and tell

the Honorable Court what connection or relation? The Witness is going over the document.

Pakitingnan niyo nga po iyan.

The Witness going over the same.Ipinakikita ko po sa inyo ang dokumento na iyan na binubuo

ng anim na pahina, paki-tingnan ninyo, sabihin ninyo sa Kagalang-galang na Hukuman na ito

kung ano ang relasyon niyan doon sa dokumento ng bilihan ninyo niMrs. Corona.


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Mr. Vicente. Ito ho ang Absolute Deed of Sale of property nabinili ko kay Mrs. Corona.

Mr. Cuevas. Salamat po.

The Presiding Officer. Ano bang petsa iyang dokumento na iyan?

Mr. Cuevas. Ano raw po ang petsa?

Mr. Vicente. July 20, 1990po.

The Presiding Officer. July 20, 1990, notaryado?

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

The Presiding Officer. O sige.

Mr. Cuevas. Now, I noticed that on page 1 of this document is a signature which apparently

reads D. Vicente, kindly go over the same and tell us whose signature is that? Pakitingnan po ninyo.

Mr. Vicente. This is my signature.

Mr. Cuevas. We request, Your Honor, that the signature referred to by the Witness be underlined

or encircled and marked as Exhibit 54-A.

The Presiding Officer. Mark it accordingly. The document has already been marked?

Mr. Cuevas. Yes, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. All right.

Mr. Cuevas. It had been earlier marked as Exhibit 54 for the Defense, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. Okay. Noted.

Mr. Cuevas. May I stand corrected, Your Honor. This should be 54-B, Your Honor, because

we already have 54-A.

The Presiding Officer. All right. Correct the records and place the correct marking.

Mr. Cuevas. Now, kindly go over the other pages of this document of sale and examine the

signature therein reading D. Vicente. Kanino pong pirma po ito?

Mr. Vicente. That is my signature.

Mr. Cuevas. Witness, referring to a signature appearing on the left hand margin of page 3,Your Honor, which we request to be marked as Exhibit 54-C.

Likewise, on page 4 is another signature reading D. Vicente, kanino pong signature?

Mr. Vicente. Akin hong signature iyan.

Mr. Cuevas. All right. We request, Your Honor, that the said signature identified by the

Witness be marked as Exhibit 54-D.

Thank you.

The Presiding Officer. Mark them accordingly.


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Mr. Cuevas. Now, likewise, on page 5 is a signature appearing over and above the typewritten

name Demetrio C. Vicente, Vendee, will you kindly tell the Honorable Court whose signature is that?

Mr. Vicente. This is my signature.

Mr. Cuevas. All right. We request, Your Honor, that the signature identified by the Witness to

be his be marked as Exhibit 54-E. Thank you.Now, may I also direct your attention


Mr. Cuevas. to a signature appearing over a typewritten name Cristina R. Corona, Vendor.

Whose signature is that? Kanino pong signature iyon?

Mr. Vicente. Signature ho nung seller, ni Ma. Cristina Roco Corona.

Mr. Cuevas. Yung sinasabi niyo kanina na maybahay ng kagalang-galang na Chief Justice

Corona?

Mr. Vicente. Totoo po yon.

Mr. Cuevas. Thank you.

Now, will you kindly examine the entries appearing under one TCT No. N97119 which is Lot

13-A PSD-13-189. Napansin ho ba ninyo yan?

Mr. Vicente. Opo, opo. Yes, Sir.

Mr. Cuevas. Now, likewise, under TCT No. 97120 is a statement or entry reading, A portion

of Lot 13-A, napansin ho ba ninyo iyon?

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

Mr. Cuevas. Alin po yung Lot-13? Alin po iyon, kung alam ninyo?

Mr. Vicente. Yung second lot po

Mr. Cuevas. Ilakas po ninyo, hindi kayo nadidinig.

Mr. Vicente. Secondlot from the whole seven lots.

Mr. Cuevas. All right. Now, yun pong under TCT No. 97122 is another parcel which is

Lot No. 13-A-3. Yun ho ba ayano po iyon?

Mr. Vicente. Yun po yung isa pang titulo na referring to.

Mr. Cuevas. Lot No. 3?

Mr. Vicente. Lot No. 3.

Mr. Cuevas. Okay, thank you.

Likewise, appearing under TCT No. N97122 is a parcel described as Lot 13-A-4. Alin po yang

lote na yan?

Mr. Vicente. That pertains to No. 4 lot.


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Mr. Cuevas. Likewise, under No. 5, TCT No. N97123 is a parcel of land described as

Lot 13-A-5. Alin po yang lote na yan?

Mr. Vicente. Yan ang No. 5 na lote.

Mr. Cuevas. Again, may I call your attention to No. 6 which is covered by TCT No. 97124,

a parcel of land denominated as Lot No. 13-A-6. Alin po yan?

Mr. Vicente. Yan yung No. 6 na lote.

Mr. Cuevas. Doon po sa susunod, yung ika-pito, TCT No. 97125 is a parcel of land

denominated as Lot 13-A-7. Alin po yun?

Mr. Vicente. Iyan po ang pang-pitong lote.

Mr. Cuevas. Now, sinasabi ninyo na itong mga lote na ito, Lote No. A-1 up to A-6 are

portion of a bigger lot. What is that? Alin po yung bigger lot na yan na tinutukoy ninyo?

Mr. Vicente. Yan yung motherMr. Cuevas. Pakilakas ninyo.

Mr. Vicente. Yan yung mother title nung buong lote na nabiliko.

Mr. Cuevas. Ibig ninyong sabihinliwanagin ninyo, hindi pokayo maintindihan ni

Mr. Vicente. Isang lote ho yan na binili ko, mother title, kasama na ho iyon doon, yung

loteng iyan, subdivided nung ibinigay sa akin.

Mr. Cuevas. Isang buong lote na subdivided into seven lots.

Mr. Vicente. Seven lots, opo.

Mr. Cuevas. Sino po ang nag-subdivide niyan into different lots, Lots A, 13-A, so on and so

on down the line.

Mr. Vicente. Noong makuha ko yan, si Cristina Roco ang nag-subdivide niyan into seven (7) lots.

Mr. Cuevas. Siya po. Siya po ang nag-subdivide? Ganoon hoba ang ibig ninyong sabihin?

Mr. Vicente. No, ang ibig sabihin, noong ibigay sa akin yung title, pito. But as far as the

Marikina City Assessors Office is concerned, isa lang ho ang title diyan pero hindi pa naita-transfer

sa kanila yung pito. Yung mothertitle lang ang nandoon.

Mr. Cuevas. Ano po ang ibig ninyong sabihin na mother title lang ang nandoon? Paliwanag

nga ninyo sa kagalang-galang na Hukuman.

Mr. Vicente. Yung pinanggalingan ho nung pitong maliliit na lote.

The Presiding Officer. Yun bang kabuuan...

Mr. Cuevas. Pakinggan ninyo.

Mr. Vicente. Kabuuan ho noong mother title.

The Presiding Officer. Sandali lang po, sandali lang.


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Mr. Cuevas. Pakinggan ninyo. Pakinggan ninyo.

The Presiding Officer. Yuon pong kabuuan nung lupa na sumasakop nung pitong lote ay

may titulo iyon?

Mr. Cuevas. Sa pito ho.

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

The Presiding Officer. At sa kaninong pangalan yung titulo?

Mr. Vicente. Kay Mrs. Cristina Roco-Corona.

The Presiding Officer. Ngayon, yung titulo na iyon ay pina-subdivide yung lupa na

sinasakop nung titulo na iyon.

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

The Presiding Officer. Sino ang nagpa-subdivide?

Mr. Vicente. Si Mrs. Corona ho.

The Presiding Officer. At dahil nga doon sa subdivision na ginawa, naging pitong lote.

Mr. Vicente. Tama po iyon.

The Presiding Officer. At iyong dating titulo, nakansela at binigyan ng ibat-ibang titulo

yung mga lote na bumubuo doon sa dating titulo.


The Presiding Officer. At iyan ang pitong parsela ng lupa na ipinagbili sa inyo ni

Gng. Cristina Corona.

Mr. Vicente. Opo.


Mr. Cuevas. All right. Now, again I go back to Lot 13-A-1 which is covered by TCT

No. N97119 and it states, 200 squares meters, tama ho bais that correct?

Mr. Vicente. Tama ho iyon, tama ho iyon.

Mr. Cuevas. Now, Lot No. 13-A-2, which is TCT No.covered by TCT No. 97120

consists of 200 square meters, tama po ba iyon?


Mr. Cuevas. All right. Now, again may I direct your attention to TCT No. 97121 and it states

it contains an areathe lot therein described contain an area of 280 square meters, tama po iyon?


Mr. Cuevas. All right. Now, TCT No. 97122, which covers Lot No. 13-A-4 consists of 225

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Mr. Cuevas. Thank you. Iyon pong Lot No. 13-A-5, which is covered by TCT No. 97123

consists of 232 square meters, tama ho baiyon?

Mr. Vicente. Tama ho iyon.

Mr. Cuevas. All right. Now, on the other hand, Lot No. 13-A-6, which is covered by TCT

No. 97124 consists of 255 square meters, pakitingnan nga po ninyo. Tingnan ninyo kung

tama iyon.

Mr. Vicente. Tama ho iyon, tama.

Mr. Cuevas. Tama po. Thank you. Now, on the other hand, Lot No. 13-A-7, which is covered

by TCT No. 97125, consists of 327 andno, no, I am sorry, 327 and 95 square metersand 95

square decimeters, is that correct?

Mr. Vicente. Tama ho iyon.

Mr. Cuevas. All right. Now, this contract refers to a sale of seven (7) parcels of properties.

Mr. Vicente. Oho.

Mr. Cuevas. Teka muna, wala pa hong tanong. How much was paid by you for the purchase

of the seven parcels from Mrs. Corona?

Mr. Vicente. I paid P509,900 something.

Mr. Cuevas. Sige po. Hindi kayo nadidinig. Nine hundred-

Mr. Vicente. Nine hundred eighty-nine something.

Mr. Cuevas. For the entire seven parcels.

Mr. Vicente. For the entire property. Oo.

Mr. Cuevas. All right. Now

The Presiding Officer. Sandali lang. Ilang metro kuadrado iyong kabuuan nung

pitong titulo?

Mr. Vicente. It has a total area of 1,700.

The Presiding Officer. Five thousand?

Mr. Vicente. 1,700 square meters po.

The Presiding Officer. 1,700 square meters. Magkano per square meter ang presyo sa inyo?

Mr. Vicente. Nakalimutan ko na po, pero iyon ho ang binayaran ko.

The Presiding Officer. Pero ang total purchase price niyan P900....

Mr. Vicente. P509,989.

The Presiding Officer. Sige. Thank you.

Mr. Cuevas. Sa likod po ng document of sale na ito are several entries referring to payment

of capital gains, confirmation receipt and amount of documentary stamp tax. Kindly go over the same,

examine it and tell the Honorable Court what does that represent. Ano po ang sinasaklaw niyan?


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Mr. Vicente. Ang sinasaklaw po dito nabayaran na ang capital gains, documentary stamp at....

Mr. Cuevas. Sino po ang nagbayad niyan?

Mr. Vicente. Si Mrs. Cristina Roco-Corona.

Mr. Cuevas. Lahat-lahat.

Mr. Vicente. Lahat na ho iyan.

Mr. Cuevas. Kanino po itong mga titulo na nakalagay dito?

The Presiding Officer. Sandali lamang. Doon sa P509,000 na gross price noong pitong

parsela, inawas doon ang capital gains tax, ganoon ba?

Mr. Vicente. Hindi ho. Siya ho ang nagbayad noon.

The Presiding Officer. Kaya nga. Pero saan niya kinuha iyong ibinayad, doon sa ibinayad

sa iyo o....

Mr. Vicente. Binayaran ko na ho iyong lahat na halaga noong lote.

The Presiding Officer. Iyong ibinayad mo sa kanya, doon inawas iyong buwis?

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

The Presiding Officer. Iyon.

Mr. Cuevas. Since these are real properties, will you kindly tell the Honorable Court who has

been paying the real estate tax? Iyon pong amilyar, sino po ang nagbabayad?

Mr. Vicente. Ako ang nagbabayad ng amilyar dahil akin na po iyong property.

Mr. Cuevas. Kailan pa po kayo simulang nagbayad ng amilyarcovering these properties?

Mr. Vicente. From the time I got these properties, 1990.

Mr. Cuevas. All right. What documents can you show to this Honorable Court attesting to the

fact that you have been paying the real estate tax? Ano po ang dokumento ninyo?

Mr. Vicente. Mayroon po akong mga resibo dito.

Mr. Cuevas. The Witness is going over his envelope containing the said receipts.

The Presiding Officer. Just a minute,

Counsel. What is the purpose of this line of examination? Anyway, that was property sold alreadyby Mrs. Corona.

Mr. Cuevas. The purpose, Your Honor, is to show that the sale is a genuine deed of sale between

the seller and the buyer. So that any and all obligations which should be shouldered by the buyer is

being shouldered by this Witness, Your Honor. In other words, it is not merely a make-believe

transaction. It is an honest-to-goodness transaction.

The Presiding Officer. I do not think there is an issue about that. So, anyway, go ahead.

Mr. Cuevas. The Witness, Your Honor, is presenting to this representation the latest payment

covered by Official Real Property Tax Receipt No. 070134, received from/paid by Demetrio Vicente.


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Mr. Vicente. That is the latest payment for the year.

Mr. Cuevas. We will request, Your Honor, that this document identified by the Witness be

marked as Exhibit 122. Thank you.

The Presiding Officer. Mark it accordingly. By the way, may I ask this question from

the Prosecution. Are you disputing the validity of this transaction, where seven (7) parcels of landwere sold by Cristina Corona to Mr. Vicente?

Mr. Justiniano. Yes, Your Honor, there is an issue with respect to this transaction. And that

will be pointed out during our cross-examination.

The Presiding Officer. All right. Go ahead.

Mr. Cuevas. Thank you.

Sa ngayon po kanino naka-rehistro sa Register of Deeds itong pitong parsela na ito na

sinasabi ninyo sa Kagalang-galang na Hukuman na binili ninyo kay Ma. Cristina Roco-Corona?

The Presiding Officer. I think the title would show Counsel that fact, is it not?

Mr. Justiniano. The best evidence, Your Honor, is the title.

The Presiding Officer. Well, anyway, the Witness may answer in order not to delay the

proceedings.

Mr. Cuevas. May we now proceed, Your Honor?


Mr. Cuevas. Now, I have here seven (7) xerox copies of Transfer Certificate of Title,

more specially TCT No. 9719; TCT No. N-97120; TCT No. 97121 which had been markedas Exhibit JJ.

May I go back. TCT No. 97120 which had been marked as Exhibit II and TCT No. 9719 as

Exhibit HH, Your Honor. TCT No. 97121 which had earlier been marked as Exhibit JJ. Likewise,

TCT No. 97122 which had earlier been marked as Exhibit KK; TCT No. 97123 which had been

marked as LL; TCT No. 97124 which has been marked earlier as Exhibit MM and Exhibit NN

which is TCT No. 97125.

I notice that the name of the registered owner as appearing in here is still Ma. Cristina M. Corona

married to Renato C. Corona, in all these titles. Teka muna, sabihin nga ninyo sa Husgado kung

bakit nabili na ninyo itong properties na ito eh ang titulo nasa pangalan pa ni Mrs. Corona?

Mr. Vicente. Hindi ko po naitra-transfer sa pangalan ko iyong mga titulo.

Mr. Cuevas. Bakit nga po ninyo hindi pa nililipat sa pangalan ninyo ang titulo?

Mr. Vicente. Eh kasi po iyong mismong lote na iyan nagpatayo po ako ng bahay. Naubos

po doon iyong pera hindi pa nga po tapos hanggang ngayon.

Mr. Cuevas. Hindi kayo madinig, liwanagan po ninyo.

Mr. Vicente. Pagpasensiyahan ninyo na po ako dahil nai-stroke po ako kaya medyo bulol

po ang pagsasalita ko.


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Mr. Cuevas. O sige dahan-dahan po lang. Huwag kayong magalit. [Laughter]

Mr. Vicente. Ay hindi po.

Mr. Cuevas. Sige po.

Mr. Vicente. Kaya po hindi ko nai-rehistro sa pangalan ko gawa ng nawalan ako ng pera

na mai-transfer sa pangalan ko dahil nagpagawa po ako ng bahay doon kaya doon na akonakatira ngayon.

Mr. Cuevas. Doon po sa pitong lote na iyon?

Mr. Vicente. Doon sa dulo po.

Mr. Cuevas. Eh iyon pong ibang lote?

Mr. Vicente. Nandoon bakante po.

Mr. Cuevas. Sa ngayon?

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

Mr. Cuevas. Wala pong nakatirik doon? Walang nakatira?

Mr. Vicente. Wala po, wala.

Mr. Cuevas. Sino po ang nangangasiwa ng pitong lote na iyan ngayon o namamahala?

Mr. Vicente. May bakod po iyon. Ako mismo ang nangangasiwa nung lote.

Mr. Cuevas. Ano po ang pakialam, kung mayroon, si Mrs. Corona diyan sa pitong lote na

iyan na ipinagbili sa inyo?

Mr. Vicente. Wala na po siyang pakialam dahil hindi na po sa kanya iyon. Akin na iyon dahil

mayroon akong Deed of Sale.

Mr. Cuevas. Salamat po. That will be all with the Witness, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. All right. Cross-examination?

Mr. Justiniano. With the permission of the Honorable Court.


Mr. Justiniano. Mr. Vicente, ang sabi po dito sa Deed of Sale ay binili ninyo ng halagang

P509,985.00. Papaano po ba ito binayaran, cash or tseke?

Mr. Vicente. Binayaran ko po iyan ng managers check.

Mr. Justiniano. Managers check. Saan po kayo nagkabayaran? Saang lugar?

Mr. Vicente. Doon po sa bahay niya sa may Loyola.

Mr. Justiniano. Sa may Loyola.

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

Mr. Justiniano. Sino po ang kaharap noong kayo ay nagkabayaran?


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Mr. Vicente. Wala na po, bastat inabot ko sa kanya iyong tseke in the name of Cristina

Roco-Corona.

Mr. Justiniano. Ito pong Deed of Sale na ito na prinisenta sa inyo ni Justice Cuevas,

sino po ba ang gumawa nito? Ah, sorry. I stand corrected. Sino po ba ang gumawa nitong

Deed of Sale na ito?

Mr. Vicente.Iyan po ay naka-prepare na iyang Deed of Sale na iyan noong mabayaran ko.

Mr. Justiniano. Hindi po ninyoalam kung sino ang nag-prepare nito, sino ang nag-draft?

Mr. Vicente.Ang abogado po.

Mr. Justiniano. Hindi ninyo kilala?

Mr. Vicente. Hindi ko kilala pero humarap po ako, nag-oath-taking ako roon sa abogado.

Mr. Justiniano. A, nag-oath-taking po kayo.

Mr. Vicente. Pirma ko po iyon.

Mr. Justiniano.Opo. Hindi ko po sinasabing hindi ninyo pirma iyan. Napuna ko po dito, Mr.

Vicente, na kayo, bilang buyer, at si Mrs. Cristina Corona, ay parehong taga Quezon City? Hindi

po ba tama iyan?

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

Mr. Justiniano. Napuna ko rin po dito na itong dokumentong ito ay ninotaryo sa Makati.

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

Mr. Justiniano.Ano po ba ang dahilan? Wala po bang notaryo doon sa Quezon City?

Mr. Vicente. Hindi po. Nagpunta po kami doon sa Makati. Hindi ko nga po matandaan

ngayon.

Mr. Vicente. Oo nga po. Ano po ang dahilan at kayo ay nagpunta doon?

Mr. Vicente. Para i-notaryo po iyong pirma ko at saka iyong pirma ni Mrs. Corona.

Mr. Justiniano. Ang tanong ko po, wala po bang notaryo sa Quezon City?

Mr. Vicente. Hindi ko po alam. Wala po akong kilalang abogado roon, eh.

Mr. Justiniano.Napuna ko po dito sa Deed of Sale na ito, dito sa page 5, doon sa inyong

cedula. Ang cedula ni Mrs. Corona ay kinuha sa Quezon City noong March 7, 1990. Ang cedulaninyo ay kinuha rin sa Quezon City noong March 7, 1990.

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

Mr. Justiniano. Sabay po ba kayong kumuha ng cedula?

Mr. Vicente. Hindi po. It so happened na pareho po ang date , eh.

Mr. Justiniano. Ibig po ba ninyong sabihin bago itong Deed of Sale na ito wala pa kayong

cedula noon?

Mr. Vicente. Wala pa po, eh.


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Mr. Justiniano. Kaya po ba kayo kumuha ng cedula para mapirmahan itong Deed

of Sale na ito?

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

Mr. Justiniano. Ngayon po, Mr. Witness, sabi po ninyo kayo ay nagpunta sa Makati.

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

Mr. Justiniano.Saan po bang lugar doon sa Makati kayo nagpunta?

Mr. Vicente. Hindi ko na po matandaan dahil 22 years ago.

Mr. Justiniano. Siguro naman po bata pa kayo noon?

Mr. Vicente. Hindi. Ngayon po ay hindi ako napupunta ng Makati.

Mr. Justiniano.A, hindi po. Kailan po kayo huling napunta roon?

Mr. Vicente. Two years ago.

Mr. Justiniano. Two years ago. Saan pong lugar kayo sa Makati nagpunta?

Mr. Vicente.Madalas po kami roon, nagba-bike po ako, eh.

Mr. Justiniano. Oo nga po. Saan po roon sa Makati?

Mr. Vicente. Ayala po. Hindi ko na po....

Mr. Justiniano. Akala ko po ba madalas kayo roon? Ano po ba ang tama?

Mr. Vicente. Madalas po ako diyan sa Makati noong araw.

Mr. Justiniano.Hindi po ba sabi ninyo kanina two years ago nagpunta kayo roon? Ano po

ba talaga ang totoo dito?

Mr. Vicente. Ang huli ko pong punta roon two years ago.

Mr. Justiniano. Iyon nga po, two years ago. Noong two years ago, saan po kayo sa Makati

nagpunta?

Mr. Vicente. Ang ibig mo pong sabihin iyong saan kami nagpanotaryo?

Mr. Justiniano. Hindi po. Hindi ko po sinasabing.... Huwag po natin pag-usapan iyong

notaryo kasi sabi nga po ninyo hindi ninyo matandaan, eh.

Mr. Vicente. Kaya nga po, eh.

Mr. Justiniano. Saang lugar kayo sa Makati nagpunta noong two years ago po? Iyon po

ang pinag-uusapan natin.

Mr. Vicente. Ayala-Buendia. Iyon ang mga alam ko.

Mr. Justiniano. Ayala-Buendia. Iyon po bang opisina ng notaryo ay doon din sa

Ayala-Buendia?

Mr. Vicente.Hindi ko na po matandaan.


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Mr. Justiniano. Ano po ba iyong opisina? Ito po ba ay building, bahay?

Mr. Vicente. Building po.

Mr. Justiniano.Building. Mga ilang palapag po?

Mr. Vicente.Ang Makati po noong araw kaunti lamang ang tao. Araw-araw po akong

nagdadaan diyan.

Mr. Justiniano.Ang tanong ko po sa inyo, iyong building, mga ilan pong palapag?

Mr. Vicente.Hindi ko na rin po matandaan, eh.

Mr. Justiniano. Matatandaan ba ninyo kung anoground floor, second floor, third floor?

Mr. Vicente. Ground floor ho siguro iyon.

Mr. Justiniano.Ah, ground floor.Ano po iyongito bang opisina ng abogado, may katabi

po ba ito?

Mr. Vicente. Mukhang hindi ko matandaan.

Mr. Justiniano. Napuna ko din dito, dito sa Deed of Sale na ito, may dalawang testigo.

Ito pong unang testigo kilala ho ba ninyo siya? Ito pong nasa bandang kaliwa. Eh kung gusto

po ninyo, tingnan po muna ninyo para hindi kayo malito.

Mr. Vicente. Hindi ko ho kilala iyon, eh.

Mr. Justiniano. Ah, hindi ninyo kilala.

Mr. Vicente. Hindi ko kilala iyon eh. Iyong isa kilala ko.

Mr. Justiniano. Ang isa po. Di ba ang isang testigo mismong si Chief Justice Renato Corona?

Mr. Vicente. Kilala ko ho iyan.

Mr. Justiniano. Yan, tama. Pero iyong isa hindi ninyo kilala? Hindi ba puwedehindi rin

kayo kilala noong isang testigo na iyon na hindi ninyo kilala?

Mr. Vicente. Aywan ko ho.

Mr. Justiniano. Mr. Vicente, napuna ko po iyong middle initial ninyo ay letter C, ano po ang

ibig sabihin niyan?

Mr. Vicente. Coronado.

Mr. Justiniano. Ah, Coronado. Abay kayo ba ay kamag-anak ni Chief Justice Corona kasi

po ang kanyang ina ay Coronado ang apelyido?

Mr. Vicente. First cousin ho ng Nanay ko iyan.

Mr. Justiniano. Ayon, iyon pala. Kayo ay may relasyon, ganoon po.

Sabi po ninyo kaninainamin ninyoiyong titulo noong bahay ay nasa pangalan pa rin ni

Mrs.Corona, totoo po ba iyon?



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Mr. Justiniano. Sabi po ninyo kaya hindi ninyo naipalipat ay dahil nagpagawa kayo

ng bahay?

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

Mr. Justiniano. Magkano po ba ang nagastos ninyo doon sa pagpapagawa ninyo ng bahay?

Mr. Vicente. At that time ho iyong sobra noong pinagbilhan ng bahay sa Quezon City,nailagay ko sa lote at saka sa improvement ng bahay.

Mr. Justiniano. Kayo po badoon sa pagpapalipat ng titulo nagtanong po ba kayo kahit

kayo, Magkano ba ang estimate na magagastos kung ipalilipat sa inyo ang titulo?

Mr. Vicente. Eh, ang alam ko ho babayad ako ng transfer tax at saka documentary stamp.

Mr. Justiniano. Oo nga po. May idea po ba kayo kung magkano inyo ibabayad at hindi

ninyonaipalipat sa pangalan ninyo ang titulo?

Mr. Vicente. Hindi dahil trusted ko ho iyong pinagbilhan ko dahil kamag-anak ho

namin, eh.

Mr. Justiniano. Ah, kamag-anak. Kaya hindi ninyo pinalipat dahil kamag-anak ninyo si

Chief Justice Corona, ganoon po ba ang dahilan?

Mr. Vicente. Opo. Actually, second cousin ko ho iyan, eh.

Mr. Justiniano. Ah, ganoon po. Iyon pong tax declaration, kanino po bang pangalan ito

naroroon ngayon?

Mr. Vicente. Iyan po ay nasa pangalan ni Cristina Corona.

Mr. Justiniano. Hindi rin po ninyo pinalipat ang tax declaration sa pangalan ninyo ito, hindi

po ba totoo iyon?

Mr. Vicente. Hindi, iyong mga later part. Sinabi ko sa Assessors Office, ipinakita ko iyong

Deed of Sale, Akin yan.

Mr. Justiniano. Hindi nga po, ang tanong sa inyo iyong tax declaration. Sa ngayon po, na

kaninong pangalan ang tax declaration?

Mr. Vicente. Ang tax declaration ho na kay ano pa, na kay Mrs. Corona.

Mr. Justiniano. Eh bakit naman po hindi ninyo ipinalipat sa pangalan ninyo, hindi na nga

ninyo napalipat ang titulo at pati tax declaration hindi pa rin ipalilipat?

Mr. Vicente. Iyong mga ibang mga titulo since 2010 ay sabi ko nga doon noong ipinakita

ko ang Deed of Sale na, Sa akin na yan.

Mr. Justiniano. Ang tanong ko po sa inyo, bakit hindi ninyo ipinalipat ang tax declaration

sa pangalan ninyo? Iyon po ang tanong.

Mr. Vicente. E, hindi ko na ho naisip iyon palipat wala pa naman sa akin iyong ano, e.

Mr. Justiniano. Hindi po ba bilang pagmamay-ari, hindi po ba ninyo naisip na ang

katibayan ng pagmamay-ari ng isang lupain ay ang titulo?

Mr. Vicente. Opo.


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Mr. Justiniano. Alam po ninyo iyan?

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

The Presiding Officer. Just a minute, Counsel. Let the Witness finish the answer so that the

record will not be garbled.

Mr. Justiniano. I am sorry po, Your Honor, medyo na napapabilis po tayo ng salita.

The Presiding Officer. Do not be excited.

Mr. Justiniano. Ngayon, wala na nga po sa pangalan ninyo iyong titulo, hindi rin po ba

ninyo naisip na wala na nga sa pangalan ko ang titulo ay dito man lang sa tax declaration,

mailagay sa pangalan ko. Hindi po ba ninyo naisip iyon?

Mr. Vicente. Marunong ho akong mag-isip pero nasa akin ang Absolute Deed of Sale,

eh tama na ho iyon.

Mr. Justiniano. Ganoon po. Dahil na sa inyo ang Absolute Deed of Sale sa tingin ninyo,

tama na po iyon?

Mr. Vicente.Sa aking palagay ho, ganoon.

The Presiding Officer. Mr. Vicente.

Mr. Vicente. Yes, Sir.

The Presiding Officer. Kayo po ba ay may mga anak?

Mr. Vicente. Isa lang ho.

The Presiding Officer. Wala?

Mr. Vicente. Sa asawa ko, isa lang.

The Presiding Officer.Hindi, tinatanong ko kung may mga anak kayo. Mayroon ba kayong

mga anak?

Mr. Vicente. Isa lang ho.

The Presiding Officer. Isa. Buhay pa?

Mr. Vicente. Oho, nagtatrabaho ho.


Mr. Justiniano. Puwede na po ba akong magpatuloy, Mr. President?

The Presiding Officer. Patuloy, patuloy.

Mr. Justiniano. Ito pong sa likod ng Deed of Sale, mayroon po ditong nakalagay na bayad

naman po iyong documentary stamp , ito po puwede po bang pakibasa ninyo?

Mr. Vicente. Opo.

Mr. Justiniano. Eh wala po sigurong dahilan para hindi ninyo maipalipat sa pangalan

ninyo ang titulo. Bayad na po pala naman. Sabi ninyo kanina hindi, wala kayong pera,

iyan po bayad eh.


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Mr. Vicente.Hindi ho, pag sa transfer niyan, babayaran ko pa uli, saka iyong documentary

stamp , babayaran ko pa rin.

Mr. Justiniano. Ito nga po, bayad na nga daw sinasabi dito. Ayan po, puwede po bang

pakibasa ninyo?

Mr. Cuevas. Your Honor, please, I hate to object, Your Honor, but the Counsel now is arguingwith the Witness?

The Presiding Officer. What is the ground of the objection?

Mr. Cuevas. Argumentative, Your Honor.

The Presiding Officer. No, he is testing the credibility of the Witness. May answer.

Mr. Justiniano. Puwede po bang pakibasa lang ninyo, ito po iyon...

Mr. Vicente. Documentary stamp, paid.

Mr. Justiniano. Ayun nga po, paid. Di po ba ibig sabihin niyan bayad?Mr. Vicente. Capital gains, paid.

Mr. Justiniano. O bayad din po.

Mr. Vicente. Hindi ko makita iyong kwan eh.

Mr. Justiniano. Ganoon nga po, ang sabi po ninyo kanina, kaya ninyo hindi...

The Presiding Officer. Ano ang sagot ng Witness?

Mr. Justiniano. Ano po ba ang sagot, bayad din?

Mr. Vicente. Bayad na rin ho.

Mr. Justiniano. Bayad na rin iyon. So maliwanag po, documentary stamp, bayad, capital

gains, bayad. Ngayon ang sinasabi ninyo kanina ay kaya hindi ninyo maipalipat, wala kayong

pera dahil nagpagawa kayo ng bahay.

Ngayon po, kung bayad na, hindi po ba wala nang dahilan para mailipat sa inyo ang

titulo ng lupa?

Mr. Vicente.Hindi, mayroon pa ho akong babayaran diyan eh.

Mr. Justiniano. Ano po iyong...

Mr. Vicente. Iyong transfer tax.

Mr. Justiniano. Alam po ba ninyo kung magkano iyong transfer tax?

Mr. Vicente. Hindi nga ho alam pero nagtanong ako malaki rin daw ho iyon.

Mr. Justiniano. Magkano po ang sinabi sa inyo?

Mr. Vicente. Hindi ko na ho matandaan.

Mr. Justiniano. Mr. Witness, hawak ko po ang isang sertipikasyon, na ito po ay may selyo

ng Regional Trial Court, National Capital Judicial Region, City of Makati na issued po ito ni Atty. Ma.


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Corazon Cecilia H. Pineda, Clerk of Court VI, at ito po ay sertipikasyon. Binayaran po namin ito

as shown by Official Receipt No. 1408567, dated February 21, 2012. Ang sinasabi po dito sa

sertipikasyon na ito at babasahin ko pa sa inyo: This is to certify that in accordance with the

records of this office, a certain Ma. Beatriz S. Montoya has never been commissioned by this court

as notary public for and in the City of Makati.

Ang tanong ko po sa inyo: Hindi po ba iyong nakalagay sa dokumento na inyongpinirmahan ang nag-notaryo ay si Atty. Ma. Beatriz S. Montoya, ah Mantoya. Pakitingnan po

ninyo. Eh ano po ang masasabi ninyo? Sabi po ng sertipikasyon na ito ay fake daw namang

notaryo ito eh, hindi daw nagingnever pong na-komisyong notaryo.

Mr. Cuevas. It is not binding on the Witness, Your Honor. He is not a signator

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