Manila, Oct. 28 -- The Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 18 has affirmed that the affidavit executed by Orly Regala Guteza and presented before the Senate Blue Ribbon committee was falsified.

In an 11-page decision dated Oct. 24, Executive Judge Carolina Icasiano-Sison ruled that the signature of lawyer Petty Rose Espera affixed to Guteza's sworn statement was fake.

The judge gave due course to the incident report filed by Espera, whose signature and notarial details were falsified in the affidavit, and cleared her from any administrative, civil, or criminal liability.

The court also ordered the Department of Justice to file falsification charges against Guteza and all those who used or presented the document for falsifying Espera's s...