Defense tests SEC witness on Sara Duterte business records

MANILA, Philippines - The defense on Tuesday challenged the evidentiary basis of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official Gerardo del Rosario's testimony as the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte entered its 28th day, focusing on the limits of his knowledge of her alleged business interests.During cross-examination by defense lawyer Justin Nicol Gular, Del Rosario, director of the SEC's Company Registration and Monitoring Department, acknowledged that his testimony was based solely on corporate documents in SEC and a list of companies provided by the House of Representatives.Del Rosario also confirmed that he had no access to the contents of Duterte's Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALNs), or those of other public officials, except his own.The defense further established that the House prosecution panel, through Rep.