Senate proceeds with VP Sara impeachment trial; Defense presents first witness — GMA News

[0:00] good morning honors uh the prosecution is ready good morning honorable ridon good morning your [0:07] honor same appearance for the respondent and good morning to you too as well attorney sheila [0:13] are you ready to present your first witness attorney sheila yes your honor we are ready [0:18] kindly call your first witness at this point i'll turn over the examination of our first witness to [0:26] attorney linden miguel mcwell your honor attorney linden good morning good morning your honor kindly [0:36] call your first witness attorney linden may we call engineer jaime adalin to the witness stand your [0:41] honor kindly situate the engineer to the witness stand your honor we are yielding to attorney to [0:55] loss um attorney to loss is also recognized on the part of the prosecution to handle the um [1:02] witness as well as the cross-examination in relation there too good morning your honors [1:07] good morning attorney de loso the clerk is directed to administer the oath sir please [1:31] sign up and raise your right hand attorney adalin engineer adalin you jaime adalin do [1:37] swear that the evidence you shall give in the case down pending between the philippines and vice [1:42] president cyrus jimamando 30 shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help [1:47] you god attorney adalin pakisagot po sa mikropono para marinig po at malagay sa record [1:56] naunawakan niyo po inyong pinanumpaan yes your honor ano po ang inyong mas maikling pangalan [2:03] engineer adalin i am jaime galinero galinero adalin sir ano po ang inyong palaya [2:10] jimmy po jimmy yes your honor engineer jimmy offer um attorney linden [2:22] uh can we ask the tech your honor to flash the offer on the screen your honor yes the tech is um [2:28] directed to kindly um flash on the screen the formal the offer rather of attorney linden may [2:46] i proceed your honor you may proceed counsel thank you your honor the testimony of engineer jaime [2:55] g adalin is offered to prove that he is the city assessor of davos city his duties and responsibilities [3:05] and that he has personal knowledge on tax declarations concerning the real property [3:11] covered by tct number two zero two four zero one zero one four six two zero two four zero one zero [3:23] seven seven seven five to prove that the real property covered by the said transfer certificate of [3:31] title is disclosed by the vice president in her statement of assets liabilities and net worth to prove [3:40] that the prosecution's accusation that the respondent did not disclose said transfer certificate of [3:48] title and the real property in her statement of assets liabilities and net worth is malicious and [3:56] completely false to identify and authenticate tax declarations and other related documents concerning the [4:05] transfer certificate of the transfer certificate of title number one four six dash one two zero two [4:11] four zero one zero seven seven seven five and to prove other relevant matters just to abbreviate the [4:21] proceedings with respect to the offer number one uh we're willing to stipulate regarding the position of [4:27] this witness and that uh he has personal knowledge regarding the issuance of the tax declaration covered by the tct [4:36] uh mentioned during the offer with respect to offer number two that the purpose that the testimony of [4:44] this witness would uh supposedly establish that that um tct was disclosed in the salon of the vice president [4:52] we object to that for uh being improper and um misleading there's no way that this witness could prove [5:01] that that that property indicated in the salen um is the same property covered by the subject tct the only thing [5:10] that this could this witness could testify on is that possibly these two properties are in the same barangay [5:17] but that will not in any way prove that they are talking about the same property considering the glaring [5:23] discrepancies between the two specifically with respect to the acquisition um value declared in two [5:31] those two those two documents and for the reason number three we also vehemently oppose that [5:36] especially their characterization that our position that that property covered by the tct what was not [5:44] disclosed in the salen was maliciously and completely false we take the strongest exceptions to this [5:52] accusations your honor it cannot be said that it's completely false because again just a mere [5:58] um facial examination of those two documents would show that there are obvious discrepancies between [6:05] the two can i reply your own um no need counsel julie noted subject across um you may proceed with [6:12] your direct examination attorney linden thank you your honor good morning engineer jaime adalin good [6:20] morning sir uh please state your name for the record sir uh good morning your owners i'm jaime galinero [6:28] galinero adalin um resident of kabantian davao city uh how long have you been a resident of uh kabantian [6:35] sir am i correct sir yes sir how long have you been a resident of kabantian davao city more or less [6:41] uh what is your profession sir i am a civil engineer by uh profession and at the same time a real estate [6:52] appraiser uh how long have you been the civil engineer i passed the board exam in sometime in 1984 so more [7:00] or less that's a 23 years sir uh how about how long have you been a real estate appraiser i passed the uh [7:09] license your examination sometime in 2015 so that would be 13 and i know nine years sir uh what is [7:19] your present occupation sir currently i am the uh city assessor of davos sir how long have you been [7:26] the city assessor of davos city more or less nasa nine years although in katabata city uh [7:34] galing ako doon in the city assessor's office also what are your duties and responsibilities as the [7:40] city assessor of davos city sir among others um number one is to uh ensure that all those governing real [7:50] property shall be properly executed to establish a systematic um real property assessment including [8:01] uh systematic uh identification and accounting system and also to issue um certification as to the [8:13] records of assessment and other relevant information sir i just ask you to speak more uh clearly and [8:20] louder at the microphone okay yes sir thank you sir thank you sir