118,459
edits
LOG IN. UPLOAD PICTURES.
The Philippines has Zambo Mart to help propagate the Chavacano Language.
Difference between revisions of "Mindoro Oriental News"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→ → Go back HOME to Zamboanga: the Portal to the Philippines.
Mindoro Oriental News (view source)
Revision as of 15:09, 24 February 2012
, 15:09, 24 February 2012→Umali ready to face possible ethics complaint
| Line 42: | Line 42: | ||
---- | ---- | ||
<!--- DO NOT EDIT ABOVE THIS LINE ---> | <!--- DO NOT EDIT ABOVE THIS LINE ---> | ||
==I did not violate Bank Secrecy Law - Umali== | |||
*Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?publicationSubCategoryId=63&articleId=780619 | |||
*February 24, 2012 12:00 AM | |||
:by Jess Diaz | |||
MANILA, Philippines - Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali said yesterday he did not violate the Bank Secrecy Law by receiving photocopies of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona’s bank records from a “small lady.” | |||
In a television interview, Umali said the law does not punish a person for receiving or possessing bank documents. | |||
“If you look at it, there is nothing where mere possession is a violation. There is no provision in the law that says possession of a bank document makes us liable for such act. It was handed to me. As a prosecutor, it was my duty to share it with my team and that is precisely what I did,” he said. | |||
Another congressman, Jorge Banal of Quezon City who is part of the prosecution’s secretariat, received another set of Corona bank records similar to those handed to Umali by an unnamed source. | |||
Umali said he and Banal are ready to face an investigation by the House ethics committee if congressmen-allies of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo make good their threat to file a complaint against them. | |||
He said the threat made by the minority group, to which Arroyo, now representative of Pampanga’s second district belongs, is “unfortunate.” | |||
He said minority members are glossing over the fact that the documents volunteered to the prosecution have exposed Corona’s peso and dollar deposits with the Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) Katipunan Avenue branch in Quezon City. | |||
He pointed out that based on the testimonies of bank officials, the Chief Justice had at least P31 million in PSBank Katipunan branch as of Dec. 31, 2010, which Corona did not declare in his statement of assets, liabilities and net worth for that year. | |||
Bank officials have told the Senate impeachment court that the photocopies in the prosecution’s possession and the original documents filed with te Katipunan branch had some differences and some similarities. | |||
But by and large, they are “similar documents,” bank president Pascual Garcia III said. He also said the information contained in the photocopies is “mostly accurate.” | |||
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada has expressed belief that the prosecution’s photocopies were based on the originals, though some of his Senate colleagues believe the photocopies were manufactured. | |||
‘Unequivocal support’ | |||
At the House of Representatives, Umali and Banal have been assured “full and unequivocal support” by their colleagues who signed the impeachment complaint against Corona. | |||
Members of Movement 188 – referring to the 188 congressmen who signed the Articles of Impeachment – expressed their support in a resolution. | |||
“Be it resolved as it is hereby resolved to express its full and unequivocal support for Representatives Reynaldo Umali and Jorge ‘Bolet’ Banal, in their search for truth in connection with the impeachment trial of Corona,” the group said in its resolution. | |||
“The issue of authenticity is no longer relevant to the trial, given the confirmation of the Chief Justice’s huge peso deposits by the officers of the concerned banks, and is thus better left for further examination by the National Bureau of Investigation or any other appropriate government agency,” it said. – With Paolo Romero | |||
==Umali ready to face possible ethics complaint== | ==Umali ready to face possible ethics complaint== | ||
*Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/02/23/12/umali-ready-face-possible-ethics-complaint | *Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/02/23/12/umali-ready-face-possible-ethics-complaint | ||
| Line 62: | Line 109: | ||
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. | 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. | "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. | ||
==OrMin Receives 2011 Agri-Pinoy Rice Achiever Award== | ==OrMin Receives 2011 Agri-Pinoy Rice Achiever Award== | ||