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                    [Summary] => A former Equitable-PCIBank executive testified yesterday at the Sandiganbayan that businessman Jaime Dichaves, an associate of deposed President Joseph Estrada, signed bank withdrawal slips on several occasions as "Jose Velarde."


In his testimony before the anti-graft court’s special division which is trying Estrada for plunder, former bank official Romuald Dy Tang said Dichaves made several withdrawals from the Jose Velarde account by signing the name Jose Velarde.


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                    [Title] => Erap witness admits he never saw Dichaves sign as Velarde
                    [Summary] => A defense witness in former President Joseph Estrada’s corruption trial testified yesterday he never saw Estrada associate Jaime Dichaves sign bank documents as "Jose Velarde," an alias state prosecutors allege was used by the ousted leader for money laundering.


During questioning by defense lawyer Cleofe Versola, Romualdo Dy Tang, a former executive vice president and treasurer in Equitable PCI Bank, told the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court that he was under the impression that Dichaves owned the account, which contained up to P3.2 billion at one point.


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                    [Title] => Erap witness admits Jose Velarde account had P2.1B in deposits
                    [Summary] => A former bank executive testifying for ousted President Joseph Estrada yesterday told the Sandiganbayan special division that the "Jose Velarde" account — which the government insists belongs to Estrada — once contained as much as P2.1 billion. 


During cross-examination by Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa Ignacio, Beatriz Bagsit, former PCI Equitable Bank first vice president, said: "Based on my computation, the savings account under the credit column alone reached P2.168 billion."


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                    [Title] => Erap b-day pinayagan
                    [Summary] => Pinayagan kahapon ng Sandiganbayan si dating Pangulong Erap Estrada na magdiwang ng kanyang ika-68 kaarawan sa kanyang detention house sa Tanay, Rizal.


Dahil hindi naman makakalabas ng kanyang Villa si Erap, ang anak nitong si Sen. Jinggoy Estrada ang mamamahagi ng regalo sa mga mahihirap na residente sa Tondo, Maynila bilang gift-giving ng dating Pangulo sa kanyang mga taga-suporta.


Binati naman ni Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis ‘Chavit’ Singson si Erap ng ‘good luck’ sa kasong kinakaharap nito sa Sandiganbayan.


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                    [Title] => Bank official’s testimony only bolsters Erap-Dichaves ties — prosecutor
                    [Summary] => The testimony of a former Equitable PCI Bank executive that the P3.2-billion Jose Velarde account does not belong to deposed President Joseph Estrada but to his business associate, Jaime Dichaves, only bolsters the case against Estrada, a government prosecutor said yesterday.


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                    [Title] => Bank official: Erap not Jose Velarde
                    [Summary] => As the defense panel continued to present its case, a former bank official testified yesterday that "Jose Velarde" is the alias of businessman Jaime Dichaves and not of deposed President Joseph Estrada.


In her testimony for the defense at yesterday’s hearing at the Sandiganbayan, former Equitable PCIBank first vice president Beatriz Bagsit said a P3.2-billion account opened under the name Jose Velarde belonged, not to Estrada, but to his close friend Dichaves.


Estrada is on trial for plunder and perjury before the Sandiganbayan.


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                    [Title] => Ani told: Dig deeper into Velarde account
                    [Summary] => Prosecutors should not be content with ousted President Joseph Estrada’s admission that he signed bank documents as Jose Velarde but should dig deeper into the P3.23-billion Velarde account, Rep. Oscar Moreno (Lakas, Misamis Oriental) said yesterday.


"Even without such admission, Ombudsman Aniano Desierto and his prosecution panel can prove that Estrada owned the Velarde account through independent evidence," he said.


Moreno was a member of the House panel that prosecuted the former president in his aborted Senate impeachment trial.


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                    [Title] => Estrada maintained Boeing, Airbus bank accounts — Joker
                    [Summary] => He also had a fascination for airplanes.


Deposed President Joseph Estrada allegedly maintained several bank accounts named after Boeing and Airbus jet planes.


Makati Rep. Joker Arroyo, a member of the House panel that prosecuted Estrada, told reporters yesterday that had the "now famous" 11 senator-judges allowed the presentation of bank records as evidence, the nation would have known that the former President maintained numerous accounts under false names, including airplane models.


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In his testimony before the anti-graft court’s special division which is trying Estrada for plunder, former bank official Romuald Dy Tang said Dichaves made several withdrawals from the Jose Velarde account by signing the name Jose Velarde.


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During cross-examination by Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa Ignacio, Beatriz Bagsit, former PCI Equitable Bank first vice president, said: "Based on my computation, the savings account under the credit column alone reached P2.168 billion."


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                    [Summary] => Pinayagan kahapon ng Sandiganbayan si dating Pangulong Erap Estrada na magdiwang ng kanyang ika-68 kaarawan sa kanyang detention house sa Tanay, Rizal.


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"Even without such admission, Ombudsman Aniano Desierto and his prosecution panel can prove that Estrada owned the Velarde account through independent evidence," he said.


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Makati Rep. Joker Arroyo, a member of the House panel that prosecuted Estrada, told reporters yesterday that had the "now famous" 11 senator-judges allowed the presentation of bank records as evidence, the nation would have known that the former President maintained numerous accounts under false names, including airplane models.


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