BPI exec takes witness stand
The manager of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) on Thursday took the witness stand during the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona.
Testifying for the first time was BPI Ayala branch Leonora Dizon.
The Senate had earlier issued a subpoena for an authorized representative from the BPI and the Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) to testify on Article II of the impeachment complaint which accuses Corona of failure to properly disclose all his assets in his Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALNs).
On Wednesday, PSBank President Pascual Garcia III admitted before the impeachment court that Corona had almost P20 million in savings as of 2010.
The prosecution had also accused Corona of maintaining dollar accounts in PSBank containing at least US$700,000 or roughly P30 million.
Garcia, however, declined to divulge information on the chief justice's five dollar accounts with them, saying it might expose him to criminal liability. — Kimberly Jane Tan/RSJ, GMA News
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