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 ==[[Mindoro Oriental News]]==
-'''OrMin Receives 2011 Agri-Pinoy Rice Achiever Award'''
+'''Umali ready to face possible ethics complaint'''
-*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04B&article=401329877626
+*Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/02/23/12/umali-ready-face-possible-ethics-complaint
-*Wednesday 22nd of February 2012
+*02/23/2012 10:45 AM | Updated as of 02/23/2012 2:00 PM
-:by (Louie T. Cueto/DOS/PIA-4B)
+:by David Dizon, ABS-CBNnews.com
-CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, Feb. 10 (PIA) – The province of Oriental Mindoro received the 2011 Agri-Pinoy Rice Achiever Award last Februarry 10 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Manila.
+MANILA, Philippines - Oriental Mindoro 2nd District Rep. Reynaldo Umali on Thursday said he is ready to face a possible ethics complaint filed by the House minority for producing an allegedly "leaked" bank document of Chief Justice Renato Corona's bank accounts.
-Gov. Alfonso V. Umali, Jr. together with provincial agriculturist Petronilo Dimailig received a plaque of recognition and P4 million in cash prize from Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso Alcala.
+Umali said the filing of the complaint against him and Quezon City Rep. Jorge "Bolet" Banal would be unfortunate. He said he is willing to cooperate with any government agency that conducts the investigation.
-Oriental Mindoro placed third among the top 10 rice-producing provinces in the Philippines.
+He also said there is nothing in the country's bank secrecy laws that says he could be held liable for submitting a possibly leaked bank document.
-According to Dimailig, based on the evaluation conducted recently by DA, the production of rice in the province has been continuously rising in the past years. He said the provincial government’s programs on seed subsidy, the launching of ‘Gawad Sapat Ani,’ the technical support, conducting farmers’ field school, and other trainings for farmers are factors in giving of the award to the province.
+"The law itself doesn't provide for penalties for that particular act. In fact, yung batas kasi if you look at it there is nothing, like in the wiretapping law where mere possession is a violation. In this particular case, there is no provision in the law that says possession of it will make us liable for such act. It was given to us, handed to us. I don't even know where it came from. It was handed to me and I am a prosecutor. As a prosecutor, it was my duty to share it with my team and that is precisely what I did," he told ANC's Headstart.
-It can be recalled that the ‘Agri-Pinoy Rice Achiever Awards’ was recently launched by Presedent Benigno S. Aquino III to raise rice production and attain rice self-sufficiency.
+Umali has come under criticism for sharing the allegedly leaked document, which he said was handed to him by a "small lady" in the Senate. The document was attached to the House prosecution team's supplementary request for subpoena for Corona's bank records.
+Another congressman, Quezon City Rep. Jorge Banal, also received a copy of the supposedly leaked document, which was left at his house last January 30. Banal said he tried to verify the authenticity of the document by going to Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) Katipunan branch last January 31.
+Umali, meanwhile, said he cannot be accused of forging the document after PSBank president Pascual Garcia pointed out that the supposedly leaked bank record had "42 points of difference" with the original.
+"I am not holding the original but a photocopy. They can't say I am holding a forged or fake document because I don't have the original," he said.
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