The camp of Chief Justice Renato Corona on Tuesday formally opposed the Senate impeachment court’s decision allowing his bank records to be subpoenaed to the proceedings.
In a seven-page motion, Corona’s counsel said the documents should be deemed “inadmissible and irrelevant” to the proceedings.
The defense also noted that the Senate had earlier ruled that no evidence should be presented in connection with Paragraph 2.4 of Article II of the impeachment complaint, which is about Corona’s alleged ill-gotten wealth.
“The introduction of the subpoenaed documents relating to CJ Corona’s bank deposits should therefore …

Spokespersons of the prosecution in the trial of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona on Friday said the criticism directed at it for its failure to present proof of his purported 45 properties is not only undeserved but also missed the point of the impeachment.
“They claimed we have lost the case because we only presented 25 and not 45 [properties]. But whether it is 5 or 10 or 20 or 45, the point is he did not disclose and declare them for years. And why were these declared at very low …

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official, who was asked by House prosecutors to testify on the company that allegedly loaned Chief Justice Renato Corona P11 million, on Wednesday admitted that he didn’t really know anything about the firm and its transactions.
Benito Cataran, director of the SEC Company Registration and Monitoring Department, testified during the day’s trial that they had already revoked the license and dissolved Basa-Guidote Enterprises Inc. in 2003, the year Corona got a P11-million loan from the firm.
Cataran likewise said that Corona nor his wife Cristina, the …