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REPUBLIC
OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
7th Judicial
Region
BRANCH 7
Cebu City
PEOPLE
OF THE PHILIPPINES,
Plaintiff,
- versus
-
CRIM CASES NOS CBU-45303
and -45304
FRANCISCO
JUAN LARRANAGA @
"PACO";
FOR: KIDNAPPING AND SERIOUS
JOSMAN AZNAR, ROWEN ADLAWAN @
WESLEY;
ILLEGAL DETENTION
ALBERTO CANO @ "PAHAK"; ARIEL
BALANSAG; DAVIDSON VALIENTE RUSIA @
"DAVID FLORIDO" @ "TISOY TAGALOG";
JAMES ANTHONY UY @ "WANGWANG" UY
AND JAMS ANDREW UY @ "MM" UY,
Accused.
x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -/
T R A N S C R I P T
of the
stenographic notes taken during the
hearing of the above-entitled case
before HON. MARTIN A. OCAMPO, Presi-
ding Judge of Branch 7, Regional Trial
Court of Cebu City on August 19, 1998 at
2:15 o'clock in the afternoon.
Present:
HON. MARTIN A. OCAMPO
Presiding Judge
ASSISTED
BY:
MS. FARAH T. ABANGAN
Court Stenographer
MS. LUCIA C. BAJARIAS
Court Interpreter
APPEARANCE:
PROSECUTOR PRIMO C. MIRO
PROSECUTOR CESAR ESTRERA
PROSECUTOR RAMON JOSE DUYONGCO
PROSECUTOR TERESITA GALANIDA
PROSECUTOR REYNALDO ACOSTA
(Appearing for the State)
ATTY. HONORATO HERMOSISIMA
ATTY. BIENVENIDO SANIEL
(Appearing as private prosecutors)
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ATTY. RAYMUNDO ARMOVIT
ATTY. RAMON TELERON
(Appearing for accused Larranaga)
ATTY. EDGAR GICA
ATTY. FIDEL GONZALES
(Appearing for accused Aznar)
ATTY. ALFONSO DELA CERNA
(Counsel for accused Adlawan, Cano
and Balansag)
ATTY. LORENZO PAYLADO
(Appearing for accused Uy brothers)
ATTY. FERDINAND SAORNIDO
(Counsel for accused Rusia)
COURT:
(TO COURT INTERPRETER)
Call the cases.
COURT
INTERPRETER: (CALLING THE CASES)
CRIMINAL
CASES NOS. CBU-45303 AND 45304 PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES PLAINTIFF VERSUS FRANCISCO
JUAN LARRANAGA "PACO"; JOSMAN AZNAR; ROWEN ADLAWAN @
"WESLEY"; ALBERTO CANO @ "PAHAK"; ARIEL BALANSAG;
DAVIDSON VALIENTE RUSIA @ "DAVID FLORIDO"@ "TISOY
TAGALOG"; JAMES ANTHONY UY @ "WANGWANG"; AND JAMES ANDREW UY
@ "MM" UY, ACCUSED FOR KIDNAPPING AND SERIOUS ILLEGAL DETENTION.
PROS.
MIRO:
We respectfully appear for the state, Your Honor.
ATTY.
HERMOSISIMA:
Appearing for the private
prosecution, Your Honor, in collaboration with Atty. Saniel.
ATTY.
TELERON:
For accused Larranaga,
Your Honor, in collaboration with Atty. Rafael Armovit.
ATTY.
GICA:
Appearing for accused
Aznar, Your Honor, in collaboration with Atty. Fidel Gonzales.
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ATTY. DELA CERNA:
For
accused Adlawan, Cano and Balansag, Your Honor.
COURT:
Are you ready to
conduct cross-examination?
ATTY.
GICA:
Your Honor
please,
there are other
counsels representing
some accused,
who are
not yet present. Like for
example,
Mr. Rusia who is represented by Atty.
Saornido
is not around, he is an accused. The counsel of the Uy
brothers, Your
Honor.
COURT:
Where is Atty.
Saornido?
ATTY.
GICA:
It might be a
reversible error without the assistance
of counsel, Your Honor.
COURT:
But we can
designate a counsel de oficio for the accused.
ATTY.
GICA:
Atty. Paylado is
here, Your
Honor.
ATTY.
PAYLADO:
Appearing
for accused Uy
brothers, Your Honor.
COURT:
Alright I designate
Atty. Paylado as - - -
ATTY.
GICA:
He
is already representing the Uy brothers,
Your Honor.
COURT:
I
can appoint him to represent fellow accused. We will not hold this trial
because Saornido
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COURT:
(CONTINUATION)
does not appear.
What do you think I am? I an not stupid.
ATTY.
GICA:
We are just trying
to- - -
COURT:
Because one (1)
lawyer chooses not to appear I will suspend the trial? We will go ahead. I
appoint Atty. Paylado as de oficio counsel for Rusia. We have to go
ahead.
ATTY.
GICA:
I
don't know, Your Honor- - -
COURT:
You cannot do
anything because the Court can appoint a panel or a defense attorney as
stated in the Order of this Court, in case of the absence of a lawyer- - -
We cannot cancel the hearing because just one (1) lawyer chooses not to
appear.
ATTY.
GICA:
But that is the
Rules, Your Honor. I'm just invoking- - -
COURT:
Well, I will hold
him in contempt. I will hold this Saornido in contempt but I can appoint
counsel
de oficio in the meantime so that the hearing can go on.
ATTY.
GICA:
That is, Your
Honor, if the accused Uy would agree and also accused Rusia would agree
-
COURT:
They
does not have to agree. I'm appointing him as de oficio counsel- -
ATTY.
GICA:
Under the Rules,
Your Honor, it should be with the consent and upon his choice, Your Honor.
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ATTY. GICA: (CONTINUATION)
of the accused.
COURT:
Look,
there is an Order that in
case of
absence of a defense counsel, the Court may appoint
a lawyer
from the defense Panel to represent that accused and the accused Rusia is
an accused.
ATTY.
GICA:
Yes.
COURT:
Why Saornido did
not appear?
PROS.
DUYONGCO:
He maybe coming,
Your Honor. So. in the meantime- - -
C0URT:
I am beginning to get suspicious again. Last time it was the PAO counsel
who refused to appear for him. Ngayon, ito naman si Saornido. (Now,
it is this Saordino.)
PROS.
DUYONGCO:
Just like
yesterday, Your Honor, he came in late. So, he will be coming also, Your
Honor.
COURT:
You cannot help by
becoming suspicious. There seems to be a concerted effort to delay this
proceeding of this trial.
ATTY.
GICA:
May we raise some
more points to take, I mean, this is an opportunity, Your Honor- - -
COURT:
You have to raise
some points?
ATTY.
GICA:
This
is an opportunity
for us to raise some points because we believe there are important
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ATTY. GICA: (CONTINUATION)
points. We
believe, we respect this Honorable
Court as well as
the
Presiding Judge, especially
me personally, Your Honor, that the Honorable Presiding Judge is a
recipient of an International
award for Human Rights.
Now, Your
Honor, I have observed that the accused are bound together again in
handcuffs, Your Honor. May we request, Your Honor- - -
COURT:
I
directed that
they be
bound only two by two.
ATTY.
GICA:
Your Honor please,
for humanitarian reasons, and with the kind indulgence of this Honorable
Court,
under pain, Your
Honor, and it is suppose
to be our responsibility also, Your Honor, the demeanor of our clients
inside the courtroom during the trial and in my word
of honor
as well as the word
of honor
of the other defense counsels, Your Honor,
we will warrant
this Honorable Court that none
of the
accused in the accused bench, Your Honor, would make any untoward gestures
against any prosecution witness,
Your Honor,
and we will request- - -
COURT:
What is wrong if
they are bound together two by two? There is no- - -
ATTY.
GICA:
They are not yet convicts,
Your Honor. They are still suspects. They are still presumed to be
innocent.
COURT:
They are suspects,
alright. But they are suspects in a non-bailable offense.
ATTY.
GICA: Yes.
But the
shotguns around, Your Honor- - -
COURT:
Your Motion is
denied. What is your next motion?
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ATTY. GICA:
May we ask for a
reconsideration, Your Honor?
COURT:
Denied.
ATTY.
GICA:
Thank you, Your
Honor.
COURT:
What is your next
motion?
ATTY.
GICA:
Our next motion,
Your Honor, is we want to clarify matters raised yesterday by City
Prosecutor Galanida especially in the accusations that this representation
as counsel for accused Josman Aznar, Your Honor, made some misleading
quotations regarding the inclusion of the crime of Theft as one of the
crimes listed under the judicial authority that we have cited to this
Honorable Court as one involving moral torpitude.
PROS.
GALANIDA:
The case involving
People vs. Barsa and Isada to be particular about it.
ATTY.
GICA:
We contended, Your Honor- - -
COURT:
Wait a minute,
Panero (my fellow lawyer) Gica, I think that
requires research and study.
ATTY.
GICA:
We have.
COURT:
That is a written
Decision. Now can I determine who is correct between you when I
have to read that Decision myself. I cannot do that now. You could
submit a written Manifestation.
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COURT: (CONTINUATION)
or
Memorandum but let us not discuss that case now here. We will have to
conduct a trial. We are not suppose to engage a dilatory actuations.
ATTY. GICA:
Because there was an invitation, Your Honor- -
COURT:
Alright, I am cutting it short. You want to discuss it, discuss it by
means of a written Manifestation.
ATTY. GICA:
Thank you, Your Honor. We
will do that, Your Honor.
COURT:
Not here because in the first place this
is a trial. This is not a research room. Please, what is your next motion?
ATTY. GICA:
Our next motion, Your Honor, again we will subscribe to the
suggestion of the Court that we will raise it under a written pleading,
Your Honor, regarding the applicability as cited by this Honorable Court
in its latest Order issued yesterday to each and every lawyer, prosecution
as well as the defense, Your Honor, regarding the applicability of Rule
116, Section 3, regarding the reception of evidence by the prosecution in
the event that an acussed pleads guilty to the offense
charged in the information.
COURT:
Yes, that is what the Rules says that the Court shall require the
prosecution to prove the guilt of the accused and the degree of his
culpability. What are you saying now, that does not apply?
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ATTY. GICA:
That does not
apply, Your Honor, in the case of Rusia because Rusia, Your Honor, did not
enter a plea of guilt
at the inception during arraignment, Your Honor. Actually he
pleaded not guilty when he was arraigned sometimes in July of this year,
Your Honor. And then later on when he was presented after the prosecution
filed a Motion to Discharge him as an accused because they want to utilize
him as a state witness, he was presented on the witness stand even before
other witnesses represented in order to support that Motion and even
before this Honorable Court issued the Order that the Discharge Motion
shall be
hold or deferred in the meantime.
COURT:
Is that not
substantially what happened he changed of his plea of not guilty to guilty
in effect which he can do, including any of these accused here can do if
they want to.
ATTY.
GICA:
It would not
because if that is the case, Your Honor, there should always be a
rearraignment.
COURT:
Re-arraignment?
ATTY.
GICA:
Yes. Because that
is a change of plea from not guilty to guilty.
So, naturally, Your Honor, if we have to follow strictly the
provisions of the Rules, then there should be a re-arraignment. They
should be re-arraigned and then ask again whether- - -
COURT:
So, your position
is 116- - -
ATTY.
GICA:
Is not applicable
to the- - -
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COURT:
What do you- - -
-
ATTY.
GICA:
So as to kill the
Motion of Atty. Teleron, Your Honor.
COURT:
So, what do you
propose the Court to do now, to
sentence him already or to convict him?
ATTY.
GICA:
To consider the
Motion of Atty. Teleron, Your Honor, regarding his request to this
Honorable Court inasmuch as there was a spontaneous and done in open court
admission of guilt for the crime of Rape by one of the principal accused
in these cases who appears to be the most guilty, Your Honor, at this
point in time, then the proper penalty should be imposed. This Honorable
Court should consider that Motion, Your Honor.
COURT:
That
I should convict him already. That is
your position.
ATTY.
GICA:
Our position is for
the Court to consider the Motion not necessarily to grant him- - -
COURT:
What
do you mean to consider? We will cancel the trial and I will think it
over?
ATTY.
GICA:
I believe so, Your
Honor. That would be the most appropriate thing to do.
COURT:
We will not cancel
any trial.
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ATTY. GICA:
We
will submit to the Honorable Court.
COURT:
I
am just asking you, e, ano ang gusto ninyong gawin ko ngayon?
(So, what do you want me to do now?) You want me to convict him?
What is your position? Basta (Just) consider-
consider ... I considered it already. What do want
me to do? Convict him now?
ATTY.
GICA:
Yes,
we are actually, Your Honor, adopting a pro
position to the Motion of Atty. Teleron.
COURT:
That is why, what
do you went the Court to do
now? I shall issue an Order convicting him?
ATTY.
GICA:
I believe so, Your
Honor.
COURT:
Let us hear from the
prosecution.
ATTY.
GICA:
Thank you, Your
Honor.
COURT:
Give them a chance
to be heard.
ATTY.
GICA:
That's
right--
ATTY.
SANIEL:
May I say
something, Your Honor?
COURT:
Yes.
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ATTY. SANIEL:
The
Information in these cases is very clear- the charge in the Information is
for Kidnapping and Serious Illegal Detention. If Rape is mentioned in the
Information it is because Rape is considered to be a qualifying
aggravating circumstance under the law. That is why when Rape is committed
on the occasion of Kidnapping, the maximum penalty shall be imposed.
That's why the allegation of Rape in the Information is an allegation of a
qualifying aggravating circumstance.
COURT:
I want to know what
is your Comment to his proposal that I convict Rusia now. Shall I do so or
not?
ATTY.
SANIEL:
He cannot be
convicted of Rape, Your Honor, because that is not the charge in the
Information. The charge is for Kidnapping and Serious illegal Detention.
Therefore he cannot be convicted of Rape.
COURT:
But do you want me
to convict him of Rape only?
ATTY.
SANIEL:
It cannot
be.
COURT:
Or you want me to
convict him of the entire Information?
ATTY.
GICA:
Of Rape, Your
Honor.
COURT:
Rape only? Puede ba
yon, (Can that be done,) rape
only?
ATTY.
SANIEL:
That cannot
be. That's why we maintain, Your Honor, that accused Rusia cannot be- - -
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COURT:
In fact, the Information
is Kidnapping
and Serious Illegal
Detention.
ATTY.
SANIEL:
The allegation of
Rape is a qualifying aggravating circumstance. Under which if the accused
is- - -
COURT:
So, he is charged
of Kidnapping. And you want
me to convict his of Rape. Baka naman mini-mislead
na naman ako. (Maybe you are again misleading me.)
ATTY.
TELERON:
Your Honor please,
the nature of the charge
is determined from the allegations in the Information and never by
the caption of the Information.
COURT:
Well,
this Rusia is accused of kidnapping not only rape and
then
this Rule that you have cited it says he should be allowed to present
evidence of his defense.
ATTY.
GICA:
Sec. 3, Rule 116- -
-
COURT:
Wala
pa.
(None
yet.) Did we hear his defense already? Assuming that there
is no need for the prosecution to prove his guilt, he has not yet even
finished testifying and you want me to convict him already. Baka gusto
naman ninyo akong mabobola na naman.
(Maybe you what to fool me again.) (Hindi
pa
tapos itong testimony nong tao (It is not yet
finished, the testimony of the person) you want me to convict him.
You do not know if I may, he will say because of your cross-examination he
might recant. 0, Papano alam ba natin kung ano ang sasabihin niya hindi pa
naman
tapos (So, how do we know what he will say, he has
not finished testifying yet) and you want me to convict him
already? 0, ano, ipabilanggo na natin? (So, what,
you want us to jail him already?)
ATTY.
GICA:
That is the nature- - -
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COURT:
You don't care if I
made a mistake or not but I care. You want me to just follow your-
ATTY.
GICA:
No, Your Honor.
Actually, Your Honor, everybody cares if anyone of us- - - - we are all
officers of the Court.
COURT:
That's why we are
asking you hindi pa tapos
yong testimony niya (his testimony has not
ended yet) and besides there is that provision that
if he pleads guilty that's equivalent to pleading guilty and this
is a capital offense. The philosophy of the law is paq ganoon
kamatayan ang
parusa, (if the sentnece is death sentence) the prosecution
has to prove his guilt and he has to be given a chance to present
evidence. Did he has given a chance?
Wala
pa
naman, a. (Not yet.) In
fact, he has not yet finished testifying.
He has been cross-examined
by you. You want me to convict him? Ano ba yon may due process ba
yon? (What is that, is there due process there?)
ATTY. GICA:
We
believe so, Your Honor.
COURT:
I
don't believe so. So, we have to cut short the discussion because I don't
believe so.
ATTY. GICA:
We submit, Your Honor.
COURT:
I believe that Rule 116, Sec. 3 is applicable. Alright, what is your next
motion?
ATTY.
GICA:
No more, Your Honor.
ATTY. TELERON:
Your
Honor please, may I say something, Your Honor?
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COURT:
Yes.
ATTY.
TELERON:
Your
Honor please, we made that Motion for Judgment
on the conviction of Davidson Rusia considering that it should be a
timely Motion in view of the effects of the discharge of the accused, that
if discharge he will be deemed acquitted.
COURT:
I have
not yet discharged him.
ATTY.
TELERON:
Precisely, Your
Honor, we made that timely Motion
and Placed it on the record.
COURT:
Yes, you have an
Opposition to his discharge but it has not vet been proven whether
he is qualified or not. I have not
yet discharge him, e, ano ang renereklamo ninyo?
(So, what are you complaining about?) He is
still an accused. I may still convict him together with his
co-accused. E, ano ba ang renereklamo natin? (So,
what are we complaining about?) That fellow wants to make a
judicial confession. Ano, pipigilan ba natin? (What,
we will not allow him?) Huwag ka mag-confess. (Do
not confess.) Saka pagtatawanan tayo nang tao rito. (Besides,
the people here will laugh at us.) Bakit ayaw ninyong palabasin na
nag-confess yong tao, gusto nang umamin nang kasalanan niya, pipigilan
ninyo? (Why can't you accept that the person has
confessed, he already wants to admit his sins and you will stop him?) Hayaan
mo siya. (Let him alone.) Kaya
pinakokros-eksamin sa inyo. (That's why you are
cross-examining him.) What are we complained about? I don't
see- let us proceed with the trial. Call Mrs. Chiong for
cross-examination.
ATTY.
GICA:
What about Mr. Rusia, Your Honor? Are we not going
to cross-examine him?
COURT:
Yes.
you will still cross-examine him when he is
well enough otherwise e, di kulang yong
testimony niya, di ba? (so, his testimony will be
lucking, wouldn't it be?)
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ATTY. GICA:
Yes,
Your Honor, we understand.
COURT:
He has not been
cross-examine fully. You can question that before a higher court,
di ba? (Can't you?) Papano,
pipiiitin natinq may sakit, gusto nating
ma-cross-examine yong tao - (How, we will
force him if even his sick, we want to cross-examine him- -)
ATTY.
GICA:
May we move for the
exclusion of other witnesses, Your Honor.
PROS.
GALANIDA:
No other witness this
afternoon, Your Honor.
COURT:
She will be
testifying under the same oath. Now,
who will conduct the cross?
ATTY.
TELERON:
I will conduct the
cross-examination today, Your Honor.
(Witness
to the stand)
COURT
INTERPRETER: (to the witness)
You are reminded
that you will be testifying under the same oath.
WITNESS:
Yes, I am.
COURT
INTERPRETER:
(Witness Thelma
Jimenea Chiong testifying under the same oath for cross-examination)
ATTY.
TELERON:
May it please this
Honorable Court.
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COURT:
Proceed.
ATTY.
TELERON:
We would like to
open our cross-examination, Your Honor, that in behalf of the Larranaga
family, we expressed our deepest sympathy to the Chiong family over the
fate of their daughters and we joined Mrs. Thelma Chiong in her
quest.
COURT:
You may
proceed.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
OF THE WITNESS
BY ATTY. RAMON TELERON
Q Mrs. Chiong, before you took the witness stand
yesterday, did you have any opportunity to narrate
the sets of facts and circumstances which you stated to the Court
yesterday to anybody?
A
Yes, sir.
Q
Particularly whom?
A
The whole story?
Q
Yes, madam.
A
For the death of my daughters?
Q
Yes, madam.
A
And the loss of my daughters?
Q
Yes, madam.
A
I have been speaking forums of many schools and I talked about this
so many times.
Q
And you have stated those same sets of facts and circumstances over
the witness stand yesterday? Is that
correct?
A
Yes, some of them.
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ATTY. TELERON:
When you presented
the pictures of your daughter Marijoy yesterday to show her standing
beauty, we would like to ask you whether she had plenty
of suitors?
PROS.
GALANIDA:
We object to the
portion of the question, Your Honor, standing
beauty, that is not
the purpose when she presented that.
ATTY.
TELERON:
That was the
comment of the Lady Prosecutor yesterday, Your Honor, that she was a
beautiful lady.
PROS.
GALANIDA:
Yes, but Mrs.
Chiong did not say I am presenting this because of her standing beauty.
That is also unfair because Mrs. Chiong never said that. That's why we are
objecting to that portion only when he mentioned- - -
COURT:
You reform your
question to avoid the objection.
ATTY.
TELERON:
Q You were just
plainly asked, did Marijoy have plenty of suitors?
WITNESS:
A If you so many, no,
but she had suitors.
Q
Would you be able to recall those suitors of Marijoy?
PROS.
GALANIDA:
What's the
materiality, Your Honor? May we ask for the materiality?
COURT:
What is the
materiality?
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ATTY. TELERON:
Material, Your Honor, because we
are trying to
test the credibility of
her recollection
and the identity- - -
COURT:
Yes, but remember
we would be dealing here with other
people who may not wish to be identified as suitors of a young girl who
was kidnapped and
raped. So, let us respect the feelings of those suitors. Mrs. Chiong may
not want to mention
them and besides we would be
revealing their
names without their consent.
ATTY.
TELERON:
Your Honor please,
that is actually- -
COURT:
Why are we going to
bring in those other
suitors?
ATTY.
TELERON:
To test her
recollection capacity, Your Honor,
considering
that she remembers
events which were
even occurred way back in 1994.
COURT:
Yes, but I believe it
is not proper
for Mrs. Chiong to reveal the names, maybe she can mention the number
of suitors and the ages. Maybe
she could mention their professional standing but not their names because
kung ayaw naman yong mga taong masabi
rito sa husgado ang mga pangalan nila, bakit, (what if
those people wouldn't want their names mentioned here in court, why) why
are we going to involve these people?
ATTY.
TELERON:
There is no damage
to the mention of names, Your Honor.
COURT:
Aba
,
ako, ayaw ko. (Well, if it is me, I will not like
it.) If I were one of the suitors ayaw ko masabi roon, o, si Martin
Ocampa
nanliligaw pala doon sa biktima, (I don't want it
mentioned here, oh this Martin Ocampo was also courting the victim,)
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COURT: (CONTINUATION)
ayaw ko niyon. (I don't like that) Bakit ako
idadamay doon wala naman akong pakialam doon. (Why
should they include me there, I have nothing to do there.) Bakit
labag ba sa batas ang manligaw nang babae? (Why is
it against the law to court a girl?)
ATTY.
TELERON:
But with due
respect, Your Honor, the personal feelings of His Honor, cannot be applied
to other people.
COURT:
Alright objection
sustained. The names of the other suitors may not be revealed.
ATTY.
TELERON:
Q Did those other
suitors of Marijoy visit your house?
COURT:
You ask her- how
many suitors, more or less? Itanong mo- (Ask her- ) how
many suitors did she have more or less, Mrs. Chiong, how many other
suitors?
WITNESS:
A
Five (5) or six (6), Your Honor.
COURT:
About six
(6)- that is enough. I think no need to bring out their names.
ATTY.
TELERON:
Q
Since 1994, Mrs. Chiong?
WITNESS:
A
Yes.
Q
And these suitors of Marijoy visit your house?
A
Some of them, yes.
Q Was
there any time, Mrs. Chiong, that your daughters,
Marijoy and Jacqueline ever lived |