February 16,2009 newsman's transcript of the Independent Fact Finding Committee on the Alabang Boys

Testimony of BDO assistant vp Liza bugay of Resado account

Testified that there was a deposit on nov 30 credited to resado’s account on December 2. Dec1 holiday, so dec2 pumasok ng pera sa account. Did not say the amount. Lawyer ruben purisima repeatedly told the court that the bank rep may not answer with regards to movement of transactions on that particular accounbts, only on terminologies, hypothetical questions but not on specific accounts. Only panel was able to see the bank statement. Fr. Aquino said the one who is going to file charges is the depositor but here you have the depositor also asking questions from you, sabi ni purisima, they want a written statement of the waiver, even if handwritten. But resado did not do so, he said he also wants to hear the explanations bec there are many entries in his account that he doesn’t understand himself.


Media Ambush interview with Verano

(Philip brodette testifies)... he feels that this is getting to be a family feud and has nothing to do with the case. What he was saying is lets just go on with the case proper. This fight between the brodetts, it doesn’t overwhelm the case itself so he wanted the committee to proceed with case.

(significance) he was invited to appear, he didn’t want to ignore the invite bec that might give the wrong signal. So he came over willingly to appear. Relevant portion is whether or not he called usec blancaflor, he said he just called, he apologized for unnecessarily dragging him in the case, usec decent man (my butt) only to find out why the alabang boys were not being released.

(why he chose blancaflor to call) he was the logical person to call, they were previous acquaintances. I don’t know how much of a friend, he is undersecretary, so normal human tendencies is to contact him.

(did he contribute to bribery) if there was such, but he denied it.

(who tipped him abt release) i think the brother told him, when they found the release order, but there was a glitch... The moment we received it, dec 19, evening.

(resado presentation of bank account) the bank branch manager testified, she just explained what was those codes that were printed on the statement of the banks.

(significant what panel said that deposit made on nov 30 but credited only on dec 2) thats also surprising bec then even the date is irrelevant already, credit lang pala on dec 2. They were making a big issue that it was deposited on the day he supposedly issued the reso.


PDEA chief Dionisio Santiago chance interview

(on the credibility of witnesses ) its up to court to appreciate.
(why significant, why present dave brodett family) activities na kunwari walang alam yung bata, gawa-gawa lang. Here comes Amanda, testifying otherwise. Who can better talk about a relative kundi yung kababata.... friendster account nabura na...
(resado account) nalinawan tayo, nagkaroon lang tayo ng konting problema kung ayaw nila they are invoking bank secrecy law. Andun na yung bank account owner na nagsasabi na willing siyang buksan. Kaya mejo nagquestion na kami.

(lost opportunity to clear his name) its up to the court to decide how they will look at the testimony, nanood lang kami.