A Plaza Miranda Exclusive
By Raïssa Robles
Soon after Chief Justice Renato Corona categorically denied that he and his family owned any property in the United States, a California lawyer sent me documentary evidence showing the purchase of a house in Roseville, California by the chief magistrate’s youngest daughter, Charina.
This purchase was made 22 days before she allegedly bought a condo in McKinley Hills at the Fort.
Later I will explain why the two shoulder-to-shoulder properties transactions could have an important bearing on the ongoing impeachment trial of CJ Corona.
Yesterday, CJ Corona reacted to my article entitled – “Does Renato C. Corona have a clone living in the US?” – by issuing a blanket denial to reporters covering the justice beat.
I was particularly intrigued by the following sentence which came out in ABS-CBN News.com, which quoted CJ Corona as saying “we have no property in the US.”
And so I phoned his lawyer Tranquil Salvador to clarify what the word “We” meant. I asked Atty Salvador who was the CJ referring to when he said “we” don’t own any property. Was he referring to himself and his wife only or does “we” include his three children?
Instead of answering, Atty Salvador said he would send me CJ Corona’s original text message. He did and it said:
“Not true 101%. We have NO prop in the US. The addresses cited by Raissa Robles were the apts rented by my daughters at various times over the past 14 yrs and were therefore temp mailing addresses at those various times. The house in Bayshore, Tampa is owned by a family friend where we stay in the few times we’ve been to Tampa Fl. It’s also a mailing address.”
I thanked Atty Salvador who texted back saying, “Ok I hope it helps.”
Little did I know when I was talking to him that he had earlier said some things about me to other reporters. The Philippine Daily Inquirer quoted him in today’s issue as saying:
“The release of this story is highly suspicious because there will be no hearings and opportunities for us to confront them. The danger of releasing stories of similar nature is that these might raise suspicions, and conclusions may be drawn [against the Chief Justice].”
I would like to assure him I have no ulterior motive except the truth. And what journalist in her right mind would turn down such a scoop?
It is in this spirit that I continue to delve into the truth behind CJ Corona’s wealth. And as journalist I try to get all sides. It was for this reason that I also tried to reach one other defense lawyer, Atty Ramon Esguerra, yesterday but he did not answer. Shortly thereafter, I received a text message from his wife saying “My husband left a while back for a week-long solo quiet retreat. Thank you. Be blessed of God.”
Much earlier, I had sent a text message to Atty. Esguerra asking – Does the CJ have any assets abroad?
I received no reply.
I have also tried four times through different people to obtain an interview with CJ Corona himself. All my requests have been met by silence.
Why drag in CJ’s daughter?
It was Corona’s lawyers who introduced his youngest 33-year-old daughter Charina into the case. Charina was named as the real buyer of the McKinley Hills condo in the ritziest part of town. They said that on October 2, 2008, a Maria Charina Corona bought a unit for P6.19 million. Although the receipts for payment were made out to CJ Corona, his lawyers insisted that the chief magistrate had merely acted “in trust” for his daughter.
The lawyers also said Charina could well afford to buy the condo since she had been living abroad “for less than 10 years” now.
This morning during an interview on ANC, lawyer Karen Gimeno even upgraded Charina’s occupation to that of medical doctor. The truth is, CJ Corona’s two daughters, Carla and Charina, are both physical therapists.
Can a physical therapist raising two children and drawing salary from a hospital afford a pricey condo ON TOP OF a three-bedroom house in Roseville, California almost at the same time?
Charina’s Roseville property
On September 10, 2008 or 22 days before Charina bought a McKinley Hill unit – according to CJ Corona’s lawyers – Charina also bought a 1,337 square foot (or 122 square meter) property in Roseville. See below:
She also took out a loan of US$245,000 in order to pay the tag price of US$269,500 (equivalent to P11.5 million at 43 pesos per US$1.00). See the first page of the loan document or Deed of Trust below:
It therefore becomes a legitimate question to raise in the impeachment trial whether she could afford to have paid for both almost at the same time. And why she was buying a condo unit in The Fort when she had just invested in a home in California, payable for the next 26 years and paid a donwpayemnt of US$24,356 (P1 million) on it.
Since Charina was married to Carlos Salgado, you would assume that Roseville is their conjugal home. But it is intriguing to note that on the day Charina bought Roseville, her husband Carlos signed an “Interspousal Grant Deed” waiving all his rights to the property.
The deed turned Roseville into Charina’s “sole and separate property.”
See below:
Implications of these two properties
I’m not saying that CJ Corona gave a helping hand in the purchase of these two properties.
All I’m saying is that given these two transactions, it has become very relevant, material and pertinent to look at the money flow in CJ Corona’s dollar accounts.
First, if dollars were remitted to Manila from Charina’s California bank account before the McKinly Hill condo was bought, then that would show the money used indeed came from Charina. But if no money came in, whose money was used to buy the condo?
Second, if dollars were remitted from CJ Corona’s bank accounts in Manila to Charina’s bank account in the US before the Roseville property was bought, then that could prove to be highly suspicious.
Tomorrow, I will give an update on the cyber-sleuthing that Our Plaza Miranda did on the Bayshore and Mountain View properties that are somehow being linked to CJ Corona. My sincere thanks to Our Plaza Miranda – the growing community of Filipinos here and abroad who frequent my site to discuss, debate and share information on issues such as the impeachment trial.
In barely 24 hours, at least 10 Filipinos who had never seen nor met each other except in our Cyber Plaza Miranda had tracked down the Roseville property of Charina. They go by the handle @Baltazar, @Teri, @Sam, @Yvonne, @Tomas “Buddy” Gomez, @Johnny Lin, @Alfred, @Maxima, @Rho, @Ed and @Pogo. And thank you of course @Steve, who e-mailed me the property documents.
Victinluz says
Hello , I can’t come in now
maddog says
with at least $2.4M and P80M loot in the bank, ill-gotten wealth unless proven otherwise, the probability is very high that the “dirt-cheap” roseville condo is fully paid up.
PROSECUTION’S PROPAGANDIST says
Prosecution’s propagandist, too
FRONTLINE
Ninez Cacho-Olivares
03/27/2012
So why should Raissa Robles, blogger, come up and claim a property in the United States that belongs to the daughter of Chief Justice Renato Corona and link it to the CJ while insisting that such information is relevant to his alleged dollar account?
Earlier, even when this blogger was aware of the fact that the two other residences in the US do not belong to the CJ, she nevertheless linked them to him, which is not only reflective of a tabloid reporting mentality but also fairly malicious, as she was obviously trying to create an entirely different impression on those properties as probably belonging to him under a dummy, then claiming that heavens, no, she is not saying that the properties belong to the CJ.
So why bring it up then, if the properties are not in the name of the CJ?
But that wasn’t the end of it or her. Still she claimed in an interview with the usual yellow media yesterday of the linkage between daughter Charina’s purchase of an unnamed property in the US and her purchase of the McKinley property in a space of 22 days, claiming that it would be too much for Charina to have two liabilities while stressing on the importance of the link to the CJ’s dollar deposits. Hello. Wht a gossip she is. The liabilities are not the blogger’s problem or business, for that matter but Charina’s.
She even stressed that all these were relevant and material to the impeachment case.
She should take up law first, because if she did, she would have known that (a) it is neither relevant to the impeachment case nor (b) is it material to the same impeachment case and (c) she is being impertinent with her claim, considering the fact that (1) the property mentioned is obviously registered in the name of the CJ’s daughter and not the CJ himself and (2) the prosecution has already rested its case.
Then too, just who does she think she is, insisting on the CJ to clarify his statement that “we do not own any property in the United States?” with her even demnding if the “we” used by the CJ means only the CJ and his wife Cristina, or his entire family.
And what is it to look into the properties abroad of daughter Charina, who is not the subject of the impeachment trial?
Can Robles prove that Charina is just a dummy when the blogger herself admits that the property is in the name of Charina for her to even insinuate that she is merely a dummy for the CJ?
Not even the prosecution team can prove that the other properties in the name of his other daughters are his — certainly not when official documents and other sale documents point to the children being the real owners.
And what does all that she says in the blog have to do with the dollar account of the CJ?
Robles, along with a few more journalist-bloggers are said to be conduits of past demolition jobs against the CJ.
Raissa has also been tagged earlier by a Tribune source as being one of those who had passed on to prosecution members the PSBank account numbers and the manufactured photocopy of the dollar accounts in the name of the CJ.
The thing is, since she is a blogger, as well as a journalist, being stringer for an Asian newspaper, if she truly has the “goods” on the CJ’s deposits and properties abroad, why does she put these out in her blog instead of coming up with a genuine journalist’s report, instead of coming up with all these innuendos in her blog, which isn’t journalism at all and worse, she is showing her partisan color in coming up with such innuendos against the CJ.
She may not be officially a member of the prosecution team but she certainly is starting to look like one of its propagandists
raissa says
Oh, THAT!
You might want to read this –
http://raissarobles.com/2012/02/12/ninez-seems-to-know-better-than-me-where-my-body-was/
Mafe says
late na sa balita si prosecution’s propagandist. Ninez’s issue has been amply discussed here at CPM. pati pangalan na prosec propagandist ay stale na. wala nang prosec ngayon. didn’t you know the impeachment trial has been concluded and that corona was convicted on a 20-3-0 vote?
Alan says
I once read the Tribune, but it was all a mistake. I thought it was a newspaper
Lamosto says
Ala eh!
Kahit linggo-linggo pala bumili, pwede!
“Morales said Corona had only one dollar account in 2003, or a year before he was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court during the time of former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
But in 2004, Corona opened 13 more dollar accounts; additional 9 in 2005 or a total of 23 dollar accounts from 2003 to 2005 alone.
In 2006, Corona opened additional 12 dollar accounts; 35 more in 2007; and another 14 accounts in 2008.
So by 2008, Morales said Corona had a total of 49 dollar accounts and added another 14 accounts bringing the number to 63 in 2009.
From 63 accounts, Morales said Corona again opened 12 dollar accounts in 2009 and six more accounts in 2010.
“In 2011, he had 81 dollar accounts, he added one account that gives a total of 82 dollar accounts,” said the Ombudsman.”
Spokening DOLLAR$!!!
felice says
Raissa, mukhang talagang NAPIKON ka sa comment ko tungkol sa writing mo. Hindi ako Master of Language, pero dahil hindi ko Master, hindi ibig sabihin na hindi ako marunong kumilatis mg topnotch writing. Tulad din ng pagkain. Kahit hindi ka Chef, alam mo kung masarap o hindi ang luto Hindi ako ang journalist.” Ikaw ang journalist. Therefore, ang standards para sa iyo ay dapat ikaw ang “Master of Language.” Hindi ba? At dahil hindi ako impressed sa writing mo, naging loka-loka na ako? (Re your inclusion of “Mandaluyong” in your sarcastic reply to my comment). What is in order here is the EGO CROWN for you, rather than a crown for the lunatic that you say I am just because I gave you some pointers in your writing. Raissa, it would behoove you to take note of my criticism in order to improve your future writings. Deep in your heart, you know it’s true that your syntax, organization, etc could use some work. Anything given to the public must bear criticism and comments. Your reaction shows your lack of professionalism. You were very ANGRY and DEFENSIVE. A professional would have replied this way: “Thanks for your comments, Felice. Yes, I’m still green, but hope to get better and better with each journalistic piece.” Deep in your heart, you know I was right. I am amused to see the angry reactions to my comment: Must have hit a nerve. The nerve of truth. So, Raissa. Make sure your future articles are tight and perfectly written (yes, in professional writing, sloppiness is not allowed). As to your loyal admirer Elena Lemi’s comment: Who or what is MDS? I need to know if I have a long-lost relative I know not of. I do wonder how much time Elena and others have, constantly making comments. Would they even have time to take a shower? And most of their comments are shallow, sarcastic, useless, personal, and destructive. Lots of ego involved. In the end, all this is garbage. The only thing that matters is where we end up after death (this comment is for Christians). If you are not a believer, ignore this part. It’s healthy that we all want to search for the truth, and an open platform for discourse is rather commendable. Therefore, criticisms to your article should be an issue that can be taken for granted. Take it in stride. Take whatever value you can get from them, and don’t get all riled up. Raissa, it is not professional to reply the way you did to me. Remember that. You actually proved my comment to be true. That you are still quite green as a journalist. And I will dare say herein that, in a way, I am a Master of Language. But never purporting to be a professional such as you are. I don’t have the degree or credentials, but I have the instinctive feel for language. A journalistic and investigative piece of journalism must not include personal opinions. Stick to the facts if they are indeed facts (meaning, documented), and classfy the non-facts as mere questions. Speculation, by the way, has no place in strict journalism. That belongs to the editorial column. First, decide what your article is. Is it investigative, or is it an editorial? Review your lessons in college about journalism, and stick to the rules. Beware that you don’t acquire self importance just because you are getting hundreds of comments. The goal of a journalist is to expose the truth – the truth in its proper context. You are a mere conduit, a messenger, not the center of the issue at hand. Do write the Truth not only in its barest and obvious form, but also truth with all its delicate subtleties. If some is something is in an “alleged” stage, avoid writing it as if it’s already a fact. An “incomplete” truth is not yet truth or a fact. Not yet. Make sure you review yuor writing before publishing it to make sure it does not contain innuendos that might plant seeds in the readers’ minds. Because if that is done, it becomes propaganda, not professional journalism. Best of luck to you, Raissa. You’re going to need it. God bless us all.
Alan says
Sorry, Raissa’s time is too precious to waste replying to ageing pointless KSP trollettes. However I have a little time to spare: listen, judging from your tone you must be no less than the Greatest Journalist in the World, writing for Time, Newsweek and Trollweek among others. And you must also be a bestselling writer too. So what are you doing wasting your time in a site like this? Shouldn’t you be busy writing Harry Potter XXI? MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
techburns says
@felice
Wow marunong ka palang kumilatis ng topnotch writing! Parang pagkain pala, LOL.
Ganito na lang. Kung meron kang nakita na part ng Ariticle na twisted facts, or unclassified opinion, or questions or statements that contain inuendos, yun ang pag-usapan natin dito, kung wala naman e tumahimik ka nalang.
baby17 says
Ano daw??? Was? Am? Master of Language ba kamo…wehhhh di nga???
Jeff O. M. says
@felice bulag ka ba? o nagbulag-bulagan naiintindihan mo ba’t nabasa ang titulo ng sinulat ni @ms raissa o babasahin ko pa’t ipapaintindi sa’yo, buti sana kung ang dalawang properties na’to nabili’t nabayaran sa loob ng maraming taon subali’t 22 days lang po!; pakitanong nga sa mga idolo mo kung papano nangyari ‘to. Sa palagay mo? bakit ba na-impeach ang idol mo si corona? idilat mo nga ‘yang mata mo ng mahimasmasan ka “hoy gising”.
felice says
Hindi ko idolo si CJ Corona. Ang mga comment ko ay tungkol sa transactions, hindi sa character ni Corona. Maraming posibilidad ang source ng pera. Hanggang matapos ang lahat, huwag tayong mag-husga.
Jeff O. M. says
Mga kabayan worldwide at sa sambayanang Pilipinas inyong pakatandaan kung sakaling ma-acquate si cj corona sa nalalapit na paghatol ng mga senators judges siguro naman alam n’yo na rin kung sino-sinong senador ang mga nararapat ding hatulan sa 2013 eleksyon, salamat po! at mabuhay ang mga pinoy saan mang sulok ng mundo para sa pagbabago ng Pilipinas at lalo na kina raissa at cpm; blessed us all & our beloved country phils.
teri says
Mukhang pinahack na yata ni TJ yung Placer county website, bakit hindi ako makaconnect sa website nila.
ilongolaway says
when you posted this article, probably wala ka man lang ideya kung papano kumikita ang mga PT like her, she could earn an excess of 10 thousand dollars a month including overtime of if me double job, you are insinuating that she cannot afford it.OMG bago mo i post ang article mo magtanong tanong ka muna, siniraan mo na cla agad,if you know this fact na malaki ang kinikita ng PT sa States at ang binayad nga lang nya d2 ay 10% maski credit card nya lang pwede na nya gamitin pangbayad ng downpayment eh, well ikaw ay isang bayaran o gusto mo iimpress c Pnoy for a position, or ur just simply u wanted ur 15 mins of fame…
raissa says
It’s not just the Roseville property.
You should also take the McKinley property into account.
The REAL proof is the inward remittance of money from Charina’s very own account in the US to put a down payment and then to fully buy McKinley IN CASH.
That’s all.
Rodel says
what’s your comment about this?
now, im disgusted. wala palang basehan mga pinag sasabi mo dito. :) won’t be reading your blogs anymore.
“no wonder. raissa robles graduated with honors from UP majored in IMAGINATIVE WRITING..she could be the female version of CARLO J. CAPARAS and write massacre stories for movies.” – Ed Gabito
raissa says
I never put a gun on anyone’s head or crossed anyone’s palm with silver just to read my blog.
No sweat. People are free NOT to read.
You know what, Rodel, my background on Imaginative Writing really helps me cover the Philippines and its politics because in most instances, truth is stranger than fiction.
I don’t need to invent things. Strange things keep happening in PH.
Recall the time a man declared a stick-up inside a plane and proceeded to rob everyone. And then he was intending to jump out with a makeshift parachute but the steward pushed him out of the plane?
Or take the case of this man who was expelled from high school for fisticuffs. He never finished college and yet ended up getting a full-fledged psychiatrist to fall for his smashing good looks and become his wife. He poured everything into one movie which became a box office hit.
He was a drunkard, a womanizer and all he wanted was to have a good time. But one day he decided he wanted to become president and went for it. And won. But his vices got in the way and he was kicked out of the presidency by a perfumed mob. People thought his political life was over. And yet he managed to still make a political comeback and nearly got the presidency.
That, RODEL, is real life AND stranger than fiction.
Jose Maria Espiritu says
well, here you go, more info about the house that you questioned. given that she could earn at least USD$79k per year, you could save enough to buy properties. stop insinuating.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/04/11/12/coronas-daughter-bought-%E2%80%98starter-house%E2%80%99
and as for the wife owning the property, it’s normal in the US.
so @teri hindi bayaran si ilongolaway. :) why did i know this site? because this particular article made abs-cbn news frontpage, while the article to destroy this by robles, was not, or i think not. but still, clearly a slap to the face.
oh, and you wanted the placer county registry?
http://www.placer.ca.gov/Departments/Tax/Taxes/TaxBillSearch.aspx
http://www.placer.ca.gov/
no one hacked it.
abs-cbn themselves checked it for you.
raissa says
You totally forgot she bought two properties almost at the same time.
Factor the other one in.
Jose Maria Espiritu says
and? just because abs-cbn themselves proved your wrong, based on their article “far from luxurious” you can’t still admit you made a mistake. they clearly said only a starter home. and if you didnt read the 1st line, i think they were mentioning you as one of his critics.
by nadia trinidad abs-cbn north america taken from http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/global-filipino/04/11/12/expert-charina-coronas-home-not-luxurious-property
ROSEVILLE, California (UPDATE) – Critics of Chief Justice Renato Corona painted a picture of a luxurious house that cost millions, and suggested that it must have bought using stolen funds.
But when we paid a visit to the house owned by the daughter of the impeached Supreme Court chief in Roseville, California, this is what we saw: a starter home in a modest neighborhood a few miles away from a Walmart store.
i think nadia should have been more specific. the only one who made is such was, hmm. you. now if you’re gonna claim that you never did, talk to nadia trinidad. it’s on abs-cbn news, go on, its the network that has been promoting ur blogs. :)
raissa says
The article did not prove me wrong.
I never said the US property was “luxurious”. I merely gave the purchase price of the property.
In fact Nadia’s story confirmed my story on the US property further.
My story was that Charina bought two properties almost at the same time. Nadia’s story did not talk about the OTHER property in McKinley.
Sorry.
Your chortling is premature.
Jose Maria Espiritu says
you still dont get it do you raissa? kasasabi lang ni nadia e, uulitin ko ba?
“Critics of Chief Justice Renato Corona painted a picture of a luxurious house that cost millions, and suggested that it must have bought using stolen funds.”
though you claim that you didnt, actually, you did. and there wont be a rebuttal from you if you’re conscience is clean. kaso hindi e, yan guilty of that, and claiming otherwise. :) case closed.
oh my chortling now is premature? and what’s this article? let me get something of what you said, “Since Charina was married to Carlos Salgado, you would assume that Roseville is their conjugal home. But it is intriguing to note that on the day Charina bought Roseville, her husband Carlos signed an “Interspousal Grant Deed” waiving all his rights to the property.
The deed turned Roseville into Charina’s “sole and separate property.”
wasn’t that speculating? when, hmm, who was that in nadia’s article, let me post it. “In Manila, amid speculation regarding this set-up, talk was rife that the Chief Justice’s daughter may have acted as a dummy for her father in owning this house.
But signing quit claims like these, according to Reyes, is not an unusual practice in California.
“It’s not uncommon for married couples to enter into an agreement whether formal or otherwise, that certain property would be considered separate property of one spouse instead of community property even though that property may have been acquired during the time of the marriage. That’s not uncommon at all,” Reyes said.
you read nadia’s article right? and this is investigative journalism? when nadia clearly denounced your “claims”
well im done. im sorry if you cant see your mistakes in this article.
raissa says
As I said, it is true that signing quit claims is not unusual and one of the reasons is in order for the other spouse NOT TO PULL DOWN THE CREDIT RATING.
Which would mean – the husband could have a lower credit rating than Charina.
Which would not look good.
carmen says
Hindi ba halos magkasabay/sunod binili yong Roseville at Fort. Bakit pagkatanda ko at may nabasahan ako na doon sa Fort, “single” ang estadong nakalagay kay Charina. At siyempre alam naman ni Corona na may asawa na ang anak niya at bilang Punong Mahistrado ng Korte Suprema na binigyan kuno ni Charina ng SPA para bilhin para sa kanya yong Fort, nang ginawa ang bilihan ng Fort ipalalagay niya (Corona) “married” sa titulo o/at tax declaration. Hindi ba hayagang pagsisinungaling na naman ito?
Kaya nga hindi karapat-dapat manatili si Corona sa kanyang posisyon unang-una siyang hindi sumusunod sa mga patakaran. Dapat walang bahid-dungis sa lahat ng pagkakataon. Siya ang huwaran ng mga maling gawa. Sino pa ang susunod sa batas?
Jose Maria Espiritu says
basahin mo article raisa, sabi mo:
Since Charina was married to Carlos Salgado, you would assume that Roseville is their conjugal home. But it is intriguing to note that on the day Charina bought Roseville, her husband Carlos signed an “Interspousal Grant Deed” waiving all his rights to the property.
The deed turned Roseville into Charina’s “sole and separate property.”
sabi naman sa article ay: “In Manila, amid speculation regarding this set-up, talk was rife that the Chief Justice’s daughter may have acted as a dummy for her father in owning this house.
But signing quit claims like these, according to Reyes, is not an unusual practice in California.
“It’s not uncommon for married couples to enter into an agreement whether formal or otherwise, that certain property would be considered separate property of one spouse instead of community property even though that property may have been acquired during the time of the marriage. That’s not uncommon at all,” Reyes said. ”
finally kay jiroarturo, plus elena, sabi din ni nadia sa article nya, Charina put a 10% downpayment and assumed the balance with seller-financing that would have them pay for it for the next 30 years.
Based on this public record alone, Reyes says there is nothing remarkable about this purchase.
and, Statistics from the US labor department shows that this occupation remains in demand and pays an annual mean wage of at least $79,000 a year or close to P3.5 million.
Jose Maria Espiritu says
awaiting moderation. LOL. di na ako pede magpost?
Jose Maria Espiritu says:
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April 17, 2012 at 10:31 am
basahin mo article raisa, sabi mo:
Since Charina was married to Carlos Salgado, you would assume that Roseville is their conjugal home. But it is intriguing to note that on the day Charina bought Roseville, her husband Carlos signed an “Interspousal Grant Deed” waiving all his rights to the property.
The deed turned Roseville into Charina’s “sole and separate property.”
sabi naman sa article ay: “In Manila, amid speculation regarding this set-up, talk was rife that the Chief Justice’s daughter may have acted as a dummy for her father in owning this house.
But signing quit claims like these, according to Reyes, is not an unusual practice in California.
“It’s not uncommon for married couples to enter into an agreement whether formal or otherwise, that certain property would be considered separate property of one spouse instead of community property even though that property may have been acquired during the time of the marriage. That’s not uncommon at all,” Reyes said. ”
finally kay jiroarturo, plus elena, sabi din ni nadia sa article nya, Charina put a 10% downpayment and assumed the balance with seller-financing that would have them pay for it for the next 30 years.
Based on this public record alone, Reyes says there is nothing remarkable about this purchase.
and, Statistics from the US labor department shows that this occupation remains in demand and pays an annual mean wage of at least $79,000 a year or close to P3.5 million.
raissa says
Yes it is not uncommon.
What the article did not ask was – why was Salgado”s name not included as owner?
One of the possible reasons was –
Because he has a lower credit score than Charina. Exclusion was resorted to in order to enable Charina to borrow.
Elena Lemi says
@Jose Maria Espiritu
Ikaw ang hindi nakakaintindi. Ang tanong ko kaya ba niyang magbayad sabay saby o sunod sunod sa 2 properties. Yon isa cash yon another one 30 years with 10% down. After 2 years walang nakasulat na lien so ibig sabihin clear na sa mortgage. Saan nanggaling ang pera? Gets?
jorge bernas says
@ jose maria espirito,
Para malaman natin kong nagsasabi nang totoo si charina corona salgado ay ipakita niya sa lahat ang resibo monthly remittances niya kong paano siya nakapagpadala nang pera kay C.J. at ipakita rin ni charina ang monthly income/paycheck niya para malaman na rin natin kong kaya ni charina na bumili nang dalawang mamahaling properties at the same time.
Para malaman mo jose maria espirito hinding hindi makaya ni charina ang mga properties na ito at dahil sa dinawit ni thief justice nato corona ang mga anak makalusot lamang ay si T.J. na rin mismo ang nagbulgar at nagdamay nang mga anak sa kahihiyan…ha ha ha…
jiroarturo says
@jose maria Espiritu
Nag down payment si Charina ng $27K. Tapos binarayan pa niya ang Mckinley Hills ng cash P6M o $115K. Total cash $142K. Meron bang ganoon cash si Charina? Yon bang bahay sa Roseville meron pa bang balance ang loan? Ano ba ang parcel number para ma-search ko kung fully paid na ba ang bahay?
Jose Maria Espiritu says
basahin mo article ni nadia jiroarturo, kasasabi lang na 30years to pay e.
jiroarturo says
@ Jose Maria Espiritu , @Elena Lemi
I will call the Recorder-Registrar today to find out when the loan was fully paid. I can get the certified copy of the document by mail after paying $6 per page.
Elena Lemi says
@JiroArturo
Thanks but I want to share the half. Where can I send you the money or when you come back home I will treat you. That’s a promise. You can get my email add from Raissa. Daming trolls kasi so better careful than you know what I mean.
jiroarturo says
@Elena Lemi
Sa Pinas ka ba ngayon? No need to send me the money. But thanks anyway. I will try my best to get that information. If I get a copy I will post it here. I might go to the Philippines. I am buying a house in Davao City.
Elena Lemi says
@JiroArturo
Just tell me when you will come back then we meet. I will not break my promise of treating you. Am not TJ. Didn’t see you in the new link.
jiroarturo says
@Elena Lemi
I called Placer County Recorder. The lady I talked to said that there is no reconveyance – meaning that the loan has not been paid. I also search online the documents pertaining to Charina. There is an Assignment of Deed of Trust Document 2009-0050024-00. Grantor is John Laing and Corona Maria. Grantee is Wells Fargo. It was recorded in 2009. All this searching points to loan still outstanding.
It is possible that TJ’s money was used to buy the McKinley Hills lot. It can easily be proven if TJ dollar account can be opened.
Elena Lemi says
@JiroArturo
Thanks for the info. The trat still stands when you come home. Dead end na tayo dito.
jiroarturo says
Ang layo mo naman sa akin para i-treat mo ako. Baka magselos pa ang asawa mo. Huwag na lang. Kalimutan mo na lang. Ako naman ang nag volunteer. Nag enjoy naman ako sa ginagawa kong research.
Sa palagay ko lang acquit si Corona. Parang lima lang ang boboto for conviction. Wala akong tiwala kay Enrile, Escudero, Villar, Marcos, Recto, Pia Cayetano, Sotto.
Elena Lemi says
@JiroArturo
Pag uwi mo sa Pinas stand talaga treat ko. No problem with me you can bring your wife pa.
jiroarturo says
@elena
Saan ka ba sa Pinas? Saan tayo magkikita? Ako lang ang uuwi. Ano ang cellphone number mo? Eto ang email add ko: [email protected]. Email mo na lang para ma-contact kita. Bibili pa kasi ako ng sim card sa Pinas para matawagan ka. Kung meron kang FB doon mo na lang i-message. Search mo renato david sa fb. Meron akong picture doon kasama ko ang wife ko, anak at apo.
Elena Lemi says
I mean treat.
techburns says
@Jose Maria Espiritu
You said “i think nadia should have been more specific. the only one who made is such was, hmm. you”
ang nakasulat sa Article ni Nadia ay “CRITICS of Chief Justice Renato Corona painted a picture of a luxurious house that cost millions, and suggested that it must have bought using stolen funds.”
“Critics” ang sabi hindi iisa. Lahat daw ng kritiko ni Corona ngayon, asan ba sa Article ni Raissa na nagsasabing LUXURIOUS yung bahay? Ang nakasaad dun ay kung magkano… Downpayment daw ay 1,000,000.00 pesos take note, downpayment lang yun ah. May 1M ka ba? Ako kasi wala nun. Teka teka, sasabihin mo eh nasa US naman eh, pangkariniwan lang sa US yun, ang kaso hindi naman puro taga US ang nagbabasa. Sa isyu ng “luxurious” nasa tumitingin lang yan, pero walang sinasabi sa article na ito na luxurious yun.
Sa article ni Nadia ang sabi “But signing quit claims like these, according to Reyes, is not an unusual practice in California.” – Yes because Californians are not Filipinos but is it a usual practice for Filipinos in California?
At sabi pa ““It’s not uncommon for married couples to enter into an agreement whether formal or otherwise, that certain property would be considered separate property of one spouse instead of community property even though that property may have been acquired during the time of the marriage. That’s not uncommon at all,” Reyes said. ” – Yes but is it not uncommon for married FILIPINO couples?
Sabi mo “pinopoint ng article na ito, na meron pang ari-arian si corona sa US” well ang title ng Article na ito ay “Corona’s daughter bought California and The Fort properties 22 days of each other ”
at sabi mo pa “pinopoint ng article ng abs-cbn, na si charina talaga may ari hindi si corona” eh ang title nung Article ay “Expert: Charina Corona’s Home Not Luxurious Property”.
Wala namang Conflict yung dalawang article na yan dahil pareho namang nagsasabi na kay charina yung Roseville. Ang hinahanapan namin ng kasagutan e kung sino ang nagbayad? Ang pagbili ng bahay e hindi parang bibili ng kendi sa tindahan.
sabi mo maaring si Charina naghuhulog nung sa California tapos hati silang mag-asawa sa Property sa Pilipinas. OK e di mainam kung ganon nga, pero ang tanong pa rin asan ang money trail. Sa pagkakaalam ko tapos na magprisinta ang defense para sa Mckinley property, iba na ang kasunod, at hindi nila binanggit kung paano ito binayaran ni Charina. Kaya ang presumption ko (akin lang) si TJ ang nagbayad ng McKinley at ipinangalan kay Charina.
techburns says
@Jose Maria Espiritu.
Wala naman sanang question kung yung property lang sa US ang binili ni Charina. Hindi naman pinag-uusapan dito kung pang mahirap ba itong bahay na ito o pang mayaman. Ang punto lang ay kung magkano ba ito. kaso ayon sa depensa ni TJ, sinasabing si Charina rin ang bumili ng lupa sa McKinley na halos kasabay ng pagbili sa kanyang bahay sa US. Pinatunayan ng depensa sa pamamagitan ng SPA at Deed of Assignment na si Charina ang legal na may ari ng naturang lupa sa McKinley, pero walang ebidensya na ipinakita kung papano ito binayaran ni Charina. Lumilitaw na ang kanyang magulang ang nagbayad nito, na pinatutunayan ng mga resibo na nakapangalan sa kanila. Sa ganang akin, kung may ebendensya sila na nagpapatunay na galing kay Charina ang ipinambayad sa McKinley, sana’y inilabas na nila. At kung mapatunayan na si Charina ang nagbayad ng lupang ito, ibig sabihin magkasabay nyang binili yung dalawang property. Ngayon natin tatanungin kung may kakayahan ba siyang bayaran ito ng sabay ng walang tulong mula sa magulang nya na napakayaman. Kung hiniram pansamantala sa magulang ang pambayad sa McKinley sana’y nasa SALN ito ni Corona.
Yan po ang mga katanungan sa maliit kong utak na sanay bigyang kasagutan ng mga kinauukulan.
Jose Maria Espiritu says
yay, isa ka pa @techburn. pinopoint ng article na ito, na meron pang ari-arian si corona sa US. pinopoint ng article ng abs-cbn, na si charina talaga may ari hindi si corona. kailan ito pinalabas ni robles? march 26, kailan article sa abs? april 11 (yata). so kung may paratang, may tamang panahon na ilabas ang ebidensya. bakit mo huhusgahan e di pa nga tapos, wala nang kaso ang prosecution, at depensa na maglalabas. media ginamit para iparatang itong us properties, media din ang sumagot nyan, minsan mabuti din ang abs. sila ang sumira sa “critics” ni corona, as said in the very good article, by an investigative journalist nadia trinidad. walang lumilitaw dahil pinapakita mong nagdedecide ka na sa ebidensya ng prosecution. ang huling estado ng trial ay, 45 properties went down to what? 5? or 6 based on prosecutions claim. alam ko nandun pa lang bago sila mag lenten break. pero, ikaw na rin nagsabi, na si charina ang may ari, bakit ilalagay sa saln? sinabi na mismo ng kakampi nyong si sen recto, na any daughter or son over 18, the assets of whom, shouldn’t be included in the saln. and so if that’s hers, and the deed shows that its hers, what’s it to you kung san nya nakuha pambayad? kung sa us, sya lang pede bumili, baka sa pinas silang dalawa magasawa nagbayad. papaano mo nasabing yung magulang ang nagbayad? based on mere speculation? e kasasabi lang ni robles sa taas, “The REAL proof is the inward remittance of money from Charina’s very own account in the US to put a down payment and then to fully buy McKinley IN CASH” so ano ba talaga kwento nyo? bought in cash or installment? and nasan yung “real” proof na sinasabi ni robles in the first place? so malamang, tanungin mo muna si robles kung anong pangalan nakalagay sa resibo, or mga resibo (kung installment). iba iba kayo ng kwento.
techburns says
@Jose Maria Espiritu. LOL!!!!! asan ka na Dr Pill. hehehe.
techburns says
tagalog na nga di pa naintindihan, ano ba native language mo para mapa-translate natin para sa yo.
jiroarturo says
@techburns
Parang English ang basa ko ng news. Sorry, bobo lang kasi ako.
Elena Lemi says
@Jose Maria Espiritu
Why don’t you tell us if the property in Roseville is fully paid within 2 years. Ano magic? Nawala bigla yon lien niya sa property na yan? Why don’t you answer @Jiro Arturo? To cut it short, pakita ka ng evidence & prove that Charina has the capacity to buy the 2 properties simultaneously. Simple question. Prove it!
Jose Maria Espiritu says
basahin nyo kasi article
Charina made a 10% downpayment and she pays the balance every month. The balance is payable in 30 years
hindi nyo binabasa e, awaiting moderation din post ko, so sorry na lang, baka hindi ipapost ito.
raissa says
This is what you call assuming the wrong thing.
Jose Maria Espiritu says
anyway, if you said it here about the credit rating of the husband, then MAYBE (im speculating, or you would call me assuming that) nadia would also talk about that. but it seems your hmm, how did nadia put it? ahh, your “speculation” on the properties and how she bought it only mattered. if you wish to point the credit rating, go prove it again, as you said, it’s only 1 reason, but are you sure that’s the reason? as an investigative journalist, you will try to find out, wont you? or just ask that question to the air?
and im done here. made my point, and to the others, please read the abs-cbn article, reported by an investigative journalist.
raissa says
Nadia did not ask the question –
Why do they do that, resort to interspousal deed transfer.
You are avoiding the issue.
Elena Lemi says
@Jose Maria Espiritu
I had read & seen the report at abs-cbn. The report is incomplete. I had questioned you re lien on Roseville property & simultaneous purchase of another property in Mckinley, you did not answer but just go around the bush. Best way for thief justice to prove is show the IRS/ITR of Charina. No need to argue with a moron like you!
Mafe says
Kanina ka pa nagsasabi ng basahin niyo,basahin niyo. Binasa na po namin yung isinulat ni Nadia Trinidad. Kami dito sa CPM nagbabasa, hindi lang basta comment ng comment. At hindi lang kami nagbabasa, mag-aanalyze pa. At siyempre, may initiative to do online search, offer evidences, analyses backed by law, etc…
Wala don sa article ni Nadia na nagpapatunay na mali si Raissa or ang mga CPM’ers na nagresearch. Sa tingin ko kulang pa ang research niya at siyempre ng CPM. Kaya tuloy-tuloy pa rin ang volunteerism dito.
Dapat pa nga magpasalamat si Nadia sa blog na ito for the lead.
Lolo_Basyong says
Di ba nag-loan si Charina ng $245K? Binayad niya ang 10% sa Roseville property, tapos binayad niya ang natira para sa cash purchase (worth 6M in pesos) sa Mckinley.
felice says
Charina is not on trial. Her father is. Strictly speaking, she does not have to prove anything to anyone. If she is called to testify in court, that’s the only time she would have to say something. In the meantime, tayong mga hanggang comments lang, dahan-dahan lang. At baka maging mukhang tanga tayong lahat in the end.
Mafe says
@Jose Maria Espiritu
Thanks for the link and for your analysis. But I stick to my own analysis, and that is an analysis that reads between, beyond and beneath the lines of the so-called “getting the facts right” in journalism.
I’m still waiting for the answers to the relevant follow-up questions asked by Raissa and other CPM’ers. For example, is Charina in a financial capacity to buy two properties in the span of less than a month? Roseville, perhaps yes. But McKinley after 22 days? Absolutely not!
Another question, why was there an inter-spousal agreement? The answer is not “because it is not uncommon”. The question is why. Besides in Filipino culture, it is uncommon. So why?
And these transactions should be viewed in light of the other circumstances in the Corona family – the penchant to pass on (disguised as sale) multi-million property to the children.
maria e. says
No it’s not normal there are states that you don’t need both names in the title but when you sell the property both has to sign. It’s very rare especially in California because women are well protected should there will be divorce. Therefore Charina’s intent to the extent that she drew a document to have her husband waive his right is ????
felice says
Raissa , mas maganda yata na kung ang sinasagot mong comment ay sa wikang Tagalog, ay dapat Tagalog din ang gamitin mong wika. Yan ang diperensiya ng mga Pilipino. Kapag magaling mag-Ingles, akala nila, mas matalino o mas-class sila kaysa sa mga Pilipinong hindi ganoong magaling. Alam mo ba ang sinabi ni Jose Rizal tungkol sa mga Pilipinong hindi nagmamahal sa sariling wika? Na sila daw ay mas masahol pa sa malansang isda. Ang daming mali sa Ingles mo Raissa. Masama ang syntax, defective ang organization, sa madaling salita, hindi puedeng ipasok sa mag periodiko or magazine na Ingles tuland ng Time, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal. Por ejemplo – ano ba yung sinasabi mong “inward remittance of money”? At saka bakit may “very own” descriptions yung account ni Charina? Hindi ba bastante na sabihim na lang na “Charina’s account in the US? At yung adjective pa na “fully” (fully buy)? Redundant. Anomg ibig mong sabihin buy in CASH? You mean cold cash? Ang sa alam ko, cheke or banker’s check ang ginagamit sa karamihan ng real estate transactions. Mahina ang Ingles mo Raisa, kaya kung pede lang, mag-practice ka sa Pilipino. Okay? At sa States, pag maganda ang credit mo at nakaipon ka ng down payment, madaling bumili ng baha. Marami diyang city bus drivers lang e dalaw o tatlo and mga bahay. $269,000 for a house in California back in 2008 was mighty cheap.
Kaya Raisa, kung gusto mong maging batikang “investigative journalist,” dpat magaling lang mag-research at magaling ka sa contect ng situasyon.
You are still green, very green.
Best of luck in your investigations.
P.S. Bawal bang maging mayaman ang Chief Justice as long as it’s not from ill-gotten wealth?
raissa says
We are pleased to welcome a master of language.
Pls. take a seat while we get your crown from Mandaluyong.
Bellissima says
I know Felice to be a close relative of MDS. Pagpasensiyahan mo na siya Raissa, parang may tililing….lol
duquemarino says
@felice @raissa
wow @felice you are now crowned “linguistic purist”, kasama ka siguro sa orihinal na bumubuo sa Surian ng Wikang Pambansa (SWP) alinsunod sa Batas Komonwelt Blg. 184 na nilagdaan ng Pangulo ng Komonwelt, si Manuel L. Quezon noong Nobyembre 13, 1936 o kaya ay ang Linangan ng mga Wika ng Pilipinas sa panahon ni Cory Aquino noong 1987 o baka naman ng Komisyon sa Wikang Pilipino sa bisa ng Batas Republika Blg. 7104 petsa Agosto 14, 1991.
Gayun pa man, ang pinag-uusapan natin dito ay ang sustansiya sa mga nilalaman ng nakasulat at sa akusasyon kay corona. Wag mo sanang ilihis na ang isyu dito ay tungkol sa kaso ni Corona at hindi malaking usapin ang paggamit ng iba’t-ibang wika hangga’t nauunawaan ng mga bumabasa ang nasasaad.
sya ng
Bigyan natin ng pokus ang usaping kinakaharap ng punong mahistrado. At ang tanging masasabi ko, sinira ni corona ang tiwala ng bayan (betrayal of public trust, an impeachable offense) kaya dapat ay bigyan siya ng kombiksyon (tama ba yung pagsa-Pilipino ko ng “conviction”?). He he he he.
Elena Lemi says
@felice
Nobody is perfect even you! Why don’t you start checking your own 1st? Start with your spelling!
felice says
To Elena: Sorry, hindi ako nag spell check dahil kulang ang oras ko. Unlike you, it seems who has 24-7 time for this.
Elena Lemi says
@felice
You were the one who first criticize with regards to the writings of Raissa. When I pointed out your misspelled words, you said I got 24/7 time for this. You, yourself can’t accept me for mentioning it then. So what do you call yourself? Perfect? Nobody in this world is! Gets!
Why not talk about the issue at hand?
techburns says
@felice
mas maganda yata kung di ka na lang nagkumento. Kung wala ka rin lang namang maayos na argumento at manglalait ka lang ng kapwa tao, malamang babalik yan sa yo ng maraming beses.
eto basahin mo para maliwanagan ka sa mga sinasabi mo:
http://raissarobles.com/about-us/
at eto naman ang kwento tungkol sa yo:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll
ayos ba?
felice says
To Techburn: This site is wall-to-wall full of your “panglalait sa kapwa.” Bawal ba mag-comment kung hindi kampi kay Raissa o kung hindi anti-Corona?
techburns says
@felice Unang una, sa internet ang ispeling at mga grammar ay hindi mahalaga, at kahit anong wika ang gamitin mo ang importante naiintidihan ng bumabasa.
Pero kung yun lang mga yun ang bibigyan mo ng pansin, siguraduhin mo na perpekto ang pagkakasulat mo dahil siguradong babalik sa yo mga sinabi mo. Marami nang gumawa nyan dito pro o anti at kagaya mo ganyan din ang nangyari.
wala ring bawal dito, kahit mga troll (see definition) pwede, kung sa ibang sites lang yan, buti kung nakita mo pa yang post mo, censored na kaagad yan.
mismong may ari pa nang website ang tinitira mo.
hindi ka lalaitin dito kung hindi mo inumpisahan.
teri says
@ilongolaway I think ikaw bayaran .
Si Thief Corona eh bistado na ang mga kasinungalingan. Kaliwa’t kanan at patong patong na mga kasinungalingan, hindi hearsay ha, me ebidensya, sa bibig nya mismo nangggaling, on live tv!
Ang taong pinagtatanggol sya eh mga bayaran nya.
BTW, I called Placer county assesors office today and I inquired about the lien on the Roseville property if there is any, I was transferred to the Records department and sabi nung kausap ko, sa records nila, walang Lien information on the said property. I asked her , no mortgage lien, sabi nya eh, based on the records eh no lien reported on the property. I asked her, does it mean the loan has been fully paid? she did not answer my question directly , basta sabi nya, no lien information sa record nila.
Kung sino me access dyan, sabi nya, you can call a title company , for a fee , they can perform a preliminary title search, at yung documents na yun ang magiging evidence kung bayad na or hindi yung loan.
concerned citizen says
very interesting is that the 240.000 usd as mortgage looks to be unpaid purchase amount of the unit and the developer/builder filed for insolvency as per: http://lansner.ocregister.com/tag/john-laing/ what opens the posibility of wheeling and dealing…..
Rene-Ipil says
@Teri
That info means that the mortgage loan had been fully paid? Insofar as the world is concerned, the property is free fom any lien. In the realm of possibility, however, Charina might owe somebody a certain amount, the payment of which is solely between Charina and her creditor.
Let us get a copy of the pertinent document and post it here in our Cyber Plaza Miranda.
maddog says
it’s irrelevant what a pt could earn anywhere in the world. only what charina earned up to that time she purchased those two properties matter. why is it that difficult for corona’s camp to show us these numbers to prove that the purchases were legit?
ill-gotten wealth are usually hidden under other people’s name or else it would be too obvious. these people are always relatives and friends.
Elena Lemi says
@ilongolaway
As you said high wages ang mga PT dyan sa US. We are not contesting about that. What we want is prove it to us that Charina is capable of buying the 2 properties simultaneiusly by showing us her IRS/ITR.
By the way, walang bayad bayad dito kaya sa ibang blog ka pumunta. Kawawa ka naman, mukhang you needed the money too much for you to comment such an idea of yours na kalawang. Pity!
techburns says
@ilongolaway. when you posted your comment, probably hindi mo binasa yung article… O baka hindi mo naintindihan…Kahit title lang sana intindihin mong mabuti. Palitan mo pa ng 11 days yung 22 days.
gb says
musta na mga katropa….excited na me sa impeacment continuation sa May… Please do not lose hope and interest… May pagasa pa…
jocko says
So many good people post on here with very much good and factual information. Keep it up.
Now if you would all use your talents.. with friends, relatives etc. in and outside of the Philippines to “dig” for information. We need to know where all this “MILLIONS” of piso are coming from that is lining TJ’s pockets…and start to put some “heat” on these people or companies, hopefully that may stem the flow.
These companies like Megaworld, PAL, etc..should be brought to justice, not so? It is called “BRIBERY”
Maybe in the future, these kinds of events won’t be happening as frequently, and “them crooks” not be so bold about it and flaunt them millions.
Food for thought, as Easter Sunday approaches and as we celebrate the rising of our LORD and savior, so should all Filipinos, and those that are related , married, or just friends with “rise up” and be counted and take your country “back” from those who have been looting, plundering. and stealing for you so very very long….
Example for some work and help… Someone posted a while back he had a auto listed on SALN in 2002 worth 1.2 million..(not sure the exact figure here ) But then in 2006 0r 2008 “wala wala”…. What happen to that auto ?? How was it paid? What make etc…. Surely someone here knows a relative or friend in LTO ? ?? See if that information can come to light in here for all of to see….We just need to keep hammering more AND GET MORE INFORMATION ..
Just my thoughts on the matter.
God Bless all and have a extra safe weekend here.
baycas says
My comments are “now you see it, now you don’t”…
So here goes another re-post…
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Trivial, trivial
A SALN is a tool against graft and corruption. It makes public officers accountable.
A lie can be two things:
1. Lie of commission – there are wrongful entries in SALN
2. Lie of ommission – the needed entries in SALN are lacking
From past cases decided by the Supreme Court, SALNs were placed under a microscope to check if these lies were committed by public officers who were accused of lying. “Public office is a public trust,” the Supreme Court always said.
Past cases also taught us that there is actually a corrective action in accomplishing SALNs. This is by way of a review undertaken by heads of offices, for example, the Chief Justice.
There are two factors in a SALN, namely, form and substance. The corrective action, the Supreme Court said, involved only the FORMAL defects of a SALN:
(a) Was it filed or submitted on time?
(b) Was it filled up or accomplished completely?
(c) Was it in proper form?
The task of a head of office (the reviewer) is to allow correction as to the above formal defects. The filer will later comply with the requirements of the SALN law.
Thus, the review is limited only in scope. The SUBSTANTIAL defects will not be corrected upon review because no way can the reviewer act upon a defect in the substance of the submitted SALN:
(d) Was the SALN accomplished by the filer truthfully or not?
The reviewer, for example, the Chief Justice, will not be able to know if a filer is lying on his SALN or not. He is powerless to further check the accuracy of the SALN entries or omissions. As long as the SALN is filed on time and filled up completely it is then placed for safe-keeping by a custodian as required by the SALN law.
A SALN in the filing cabinet may then be brought out into the open when the public so desires or, most especially, when a filer is suspected of wrongdoing, such as this Corona Impeachment. Scrutiny of a SALN will then take place thereafter it is publicly disclosed.
What has been extensively discussed in this blog are details of the lies of commission AND omission possibly done by the Chief Justice.
Trivial (or just a small item to give enormous importance) as it may seem, there was one omission in the Chief Justice’s SALN that I will give emphasis in this comment. This is the fact that the Chief Justice failed to identify his “kamag-anaks” in government up to the 4th consanguinity.
Then Vice President Noli de Castro has a certain ROMEO C. CORONA working under him.
Mr. Romeo C. Corona turned out to be the first cousin of the Chief Justice because Renato C. Corona placed this in his 2010 SALN. Please note that this was the first time Renato disclosed this information and apparently he mistakenly placed the “Office of the President” as the workplace of Romeo.
I am sure there are other Coronas out there that are already working in government since the Chief Justice started filing SALNs. (One should look for other Coronas out there especially the ones who may, in one way or another, be involved or embroiled in litigation.).
Yet, the Chief Justice inexcusably neglected them as if he is not proud of his relatives being included in his SALNs. To think that they carry the same surname as the Chief Justice’s is incomprehensible to not being able to verify and know that they are blood-related.
It is really hard to understand that this “small” information has been neglected. But what is harder to understand is that this “small” but factual thing is given extreme importance side-by-side with the many “big” lies the Chief Justice allegedly committed in his SALN.
Most likely, there is one and only explanation to this unthinkable failure by the Chief Justice:
It is because SALN is just a TRIVIAL THING for the Chief Justice to be meticulous about. SALN is just a form to be filled up. SALN is just a document to be reviewed by his peer then and by himself now. SALN is just a bunch of papers kept in the cabinet. Anyway, a Supreme Court Resolution made the SALN secret from the public!
Small wonder that Corona Defense counsels are trivializing the prosecution’s evidence and the detailed handling of Renato C. Corona’s SALNs.
It is simply because, to the Chief Justice and company, SALN as a tool against graft and corruption is just a small thing that the accountability of Renato C. Corona is likewise trivial…to merit his conviction.
– baycas, 04.04.2012
baycas says
On Romeo C. Corona: I first mentioned it here…
raissarobles.com/2012/02/06/corona-led-supreme-court-okd-jail-for-2-saln-cheats/#comment-14181
He was already working in government when the Chief Justice was still an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
I am sure there are other Coronas out there that the Chief Justice failed to identify.
Jeff O. M. says
@techburns hindi sa lahat ng pagkakataon ang mga maimpluwensya’t gahaman sa kapangyarihan ang laging panalo,alalahanin mo gaano man kaliliit ang mga pulgas ‘pag kumapit/kumagat ‘to sa malaking aso 2lad ni cj, tiyak sila ang ‘di magpapatahimik sa kanya, saan na ba ngayon ang mga maimpluwensyang nilalang no’ng nakaraang administrasyon, ‘diba nakakulong na, iba kinitil sariling buhay,iba kinuha na ni lord, kaya ‘wag pakasiguro si corona maabswel2 man s’ya sa impeachment dahil marami ‘syang kapanalig ‘do’n tiyak ko naman na sa pamamagitan ng mga pulgas na maralitang sambayanang filipino at ang opm/raissa robles at ang kabayang worldwide ay ‘di titigil upang manaig ang katarungan at ka22hanan.{Ang buhay ng mga maimpluwensya’t ganid ay parang pelikula lang ‘yan sa umpisa laging panalo subali’t sa pagwawakas nito mananaig lagi ang katotohanan at ang mga bida, mabuhay ang sambayanang pilipinas).
techburns says
@Jeff O. M. “Ang tanging laban ng mahihirap na mamamayan ay kung gano kalakas ang kaso na kung minsan kahit singliwanag na ng sikat ng araw ang ipinaglalaban ay natatalo pa rin.” Kaw naman jeff parang di mo naintindihan sinasabi ko. Meron bang word na PALAGI sa komento ko. ang sabi ko “KUNG MINSAN” kahit basahin mo ulit yun, 3 times ko sinabi “KUNG MINSAN”. dapat nga ang sinabi ko pa e “kadalasan”.
Pero sang ayon ako sa mga sinabi mo. walang dapat pagtalunan, There is strength in numbers sabi nga nila. mabisang paraan ang pagsasamasama.