We have always been told, a picture paints a thousand words. It easy to fool people with our words but not so with pictures. And this is exactly what Senator Richard Gordon did on Monday presenting a picture (a damning evidence) that would probably linked together the main personalities involved in the P728 million fertilizer scam. While they claimed in their statement they did not know each other, the picture showed a different story.
Here is a complete account from abs-cbnNEWS.com.
During the resumption of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the scandal, Gordon presented a photograph of alleged Malacañang liaison Jaime Paule, his wife and daughter, Marilyn Araos and Feshan Philippines officials Julie Gregorio and Redentor Antolin. The photo was taken during the 50th birthday part of Leonicia Llarena in 2004.
Gordon said the photo proved that Paule was lying when he claimed that he did not know the other personalities in the scandal.
“Your credibility is totally destroyed here. Wala kang inaamin na kilala mo sila. Ikaw talaga kilala mo sila (You have denied knowing them when it’s true that you did know them),” Gordon told Paule, adding that the liaison is facing perjury charges for lying under oath.
He also said he has more evidence on Paule that would prove that the liaison is lying. Paule has repeatedly denied any role in the scam and said he did not know former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante and the other fertilizer fund scam witnesses.
During Monday’s hearing, Paule said he was not introduced to the other people at the table during Llarena’s birthday.
Paule’s lawyers, meanwhile, asked the Blue Ribbon Committee to allow them more time to confer with their client. They also asked for an executive session where Paule would be allowed to speak freely.
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is investigating the alleged diversion of P728 million in agriculture department funds allegedly to the campaign kitty of President Arroyo’s 2004 presidential campaign. Bolante has been tagged as the mastermind of the alleged fund scam.
I don’t exactly know what motivated that individual who handed that picture which the good Senator exhibited during the Senate’s hearing on the P728 fertilizer scam. I hope it is more on the search for truth, although it can not be discounted that there were some monetary consideration involved. And I would not also object if the main reason for giving the photograph to the Senator was to end once and for all the propagation of lies in the Senate. I understand the sentiment of most of the Filipinos against witnesses lying in the Senate. They are already sick and tired of nothing but lies.
The Senate is about to conclude now their investigation, what will happen next. Senator Gordon on the other hand is urging the Department of Justice to file a plunder case against those involved in the fertilizer scam. Meanwhile all that we can do as Filipinos is to hope and pray that truth and justice shall prevail.
Who never lied among us? No one, all of us lied (whether simple white lies or grave lies). The psalmist in the Bible expressed his sorrows on man’s great propensity to commit sin for lying . “And in my dismay I said, All men are liars” (Psalms 116:11). What is even more alarming is the idea that when people lie, they go to Hell. “But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur…” (Revelation 21:8).
But why do people lie despite the physical danger and the legal and moral perdition of lying? Mark Kendall, wrote this on his article about lying :”The flip side of why people lie is for gain: money, power, approval.” Politicians lie to gain power and fame. But there are people who lie not only for monetary gain and social acceptance, but for security reasons.
The politics of lying is very common among legislatures and other elective officials, they accuse and charge each other of neglect, corruption, and incompetence in public service. Of course many seemingly have the truth when they speak, but what truth is there when all they said are half-truth to propagate their own self-interest. It has been said, the only way politicians survive in their political career is the ability to lie and lie.
The statement that liars go to hell is a truth, a no lie at all. And to be honest with it, it’s difficult for us human to be exemplary upright and honest with our life. But despite our frailties and impurities as human, we can still be righteous. It is all because of Jesus who showed us the “truth, the way, and life.” All we need to do is to surrender our sinful life to Jesus so He could transform us to one that is righteous and holy unto Him. Politicians need to come to Jesus too to clean their ways that they may become an honest and trustworthy servant of God and people.
Doc.B.
I agree with you doc.bobonyo, 100%. While we have our own reasons for lying, to lie all the time is no longer a normal thing. All of us know that lying is not only immoral, it is also a sin against God and men. And I also agree with the spiritual consequencies of being a liar. Ako ay bilib sa lahat na sinabi mo.
May bagong negosyo kami ngayon ni Artsee, naka turban siya ngayon.Nagpapautang ng 5/6
Hi doc.
It is difficult to be honest all the time. Nobody is immune from lying. We lie because we have too, no matter how immoral and sinful we become. We are but human. In a way lying is a form of defense mechanism. People lie to save their skin. Ask Jocjoc Bolante, hehehe.
Ang pagsisinungaling kung minsan ay susi para sa kalutasan ng ating mga problema. Ang mahirap paano na kung mabuking ka? On the other hand, hindi na rin normal kung palagi ka na lang na nabubuhay sa kasinungalingan.
Jesus showed the life? Look at what Filipinos wanted. iPod, top-of-the-line cellphones, and lies! lies! lies!
Priests have top-of-the-line cellphones.
Pope lives in lifestyle that GMA would be jealous of.
As Way of life? Well, Pope will never come down to Tondo and live with the poor waiting in line to heaven.
Colegiala, no Filipino cares about spiritual consequences. All Filipinos wanted are material consequences. That’s why the smallest social unit in my dear Philippines is the CRIME FAMILY. This crime family network with other crime family all the way to the top in Malacanang.
If only Filipinos see God’s punishment right then and there that’s the only time we toe the line. Since God’s punishment is wishy-washy, Filipinos would rather gamble on God’s punishment.
In America, people toe the line because they know the laws are followed by everyone. In the Philippines, laws are nothing but a symbol of fake civilization.
All we get from God are excuses …
Look, 480 years and counting we’re still waiting for God whereas others has already arrived to success
SATAN IS GREAT!!!!
In my dear Philippines, no one is to be trusted!
I’m even afraid of my handsome son and beautiful daughter be alone with a priest.
My handsome son and beautiful daughter are brown-skin-punked-nose-curly tops NOT THE TYPICAL BEAUTY AS DEFINED BY FILIPINOS.
FILIPINOS HAVE SKIN PROBLEM. FILIPINOS BELIEVE THAT CHINITA, TISOY, TISAY, KATSILA-LOOKING ARE HANDSOME AND PRETTY. The fairer and whiter the skin the more beauty.
We are bigots and racist and WE ARE JUST OBLIVIOUS!!!
Doc, save your breath. You cannot scare the Senators and Congressman with your biblical psalms. They know better than believing in God
Renato,
Kung talagang may takot sa Diyos ang mga ganid na pulitiko, opisyal ng gobyerno, at mga nagpapatupad ng batas ay wala na sanang mga corruption na nangyayari at pang-aabuso ng mga ito sa tao. Totoong kinikilala nila ang Diyos ngunit hindi nila sinusunod ang mga alituntunin para sa mga mananampalataya. Marahil tama ang kasabihan, mas matimbang ang pera kay sa pananampalataya.
The problem with us Filipinos, we are more concerned about our personal interest rather than our country. When politicians speak of honesty and integrity in public service, it should be understood for the others not them, hehe.
If there is really a hell, the hell is now in the Philippines the way people live in poverty and the way politicians and corrupt officials amass great wealth to sustain themselves into power. This nation bleds in agony because of crime, lawlessness, and immorality.
Somehow I still believe it’s not yet late to start anew. Faith could move mountain, our prayers may still be heard from above. In a way there is still a hope for the Filipinos. If Filipinos really want change then act! Start with yourselves and your family. That includes me.
Doc.bobonyo and Kap,
I believe in Karma. Good deeds means good Karma. Evil deeds means bad Karma. What ever be your religious conviction, honesty is the best policy. I agree also with you doc, liars go to hell. And Kap, change is pain. For a Filipino to be born again he needs a lot of pain killers, di ba doc?
There are only two things in a persons existence that couldn’t agree.Politics and Religion.
I think what Pacifico needs is to hang in here more often to hear a good message from the lord.Let him kill the messenger,he’ll be running out of bullet anyway if he keep on shooting.
caught in the camera na nga ayaw pa rin umamin ano? tsk tsk
Kenkay,
Para sa mga pusakal na magnanakaw at sinungaling ay may sinusunod silang 11th commandment, “Kapag nahuli o nabuking ka sa iyong mga katarantadohan ay huwag kang aamin.”
I am just concerned, the culture of corruption could be passed through from one Filipino generation to another. There is no end to this if all the Filipinos just close their eyes and let the problem continue without doing anything at all. With that attitude, certainly the hell is here.
Kapitan, TAMA KA! Kung toto-o si Kristo-na-demonyo dapat pinparusahan right then and there ang mga putang corrupt na Filipino.
Pero si Kristo-demonyo, maraming excuses. If the corrupt politico escapes punishment ang mga katoliko sabi agad, “tingnan natin saan sila ilagay sa pangino-ong dios”. This is totally fatalistic. By thinking this way nothing gets done. Nothing doing.
And Filipinos don’t see it. BECAUSE FILIPINOS ARE TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS!!!!! THEY CANNOT DISCERN FANTASY FROM REALITY!!!!!
WE’RE DOOOMED!!!!
SATAN IS GREAT!!!!!
Segundina, Corruption is deep in our bones. Ignorance, stupidity and dumbness much deeper into our genes. IN OUR DNA!!!!
Take for example, people clamoring for GMA. We could have brought down GMA thru rule-of-law if the foreign-educated-ivy-school graduate gung-gung Senate knew how to invistigate.
Look, even the Gung-gung Senate don’t know how to invistigate. They just give away evidences out in the open and GMA was already ready how to bash those evidences.
If GMA steps down and gung-gung Senators and congressmen still holds office, nothing change. If GMA, Senators and congressmen steps down and Filipinos don’t change, nothing change. BECAUSE IT’S THE GUNG-GUNG FILIPINOS WHO ELECTED THESE GMA, SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN.
If Filipinos blame GMA, Senators and congressmen for buying their votes, that means 90million Filipinos were bought!!!!!
LOGICAL AIN’T IT? WE’RE FAKKKING DOOOOMED!!!!! WE DON’T NEED CHA-CHA WHAT WE NEED IS TO FARM-OUT OUR GOVERNMENT TO BURMA OR CAMBODIA AND POLICE RUN BY KHMER ROUGE!!!!!
WE ARE IRRESPONSIBLY RELIGIOUS AND DEMOCRITCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE!!!!!!
aND TO Cocoy, text me if your prayer worked. Prayers has not worked for the past 480 years. If you cannot see it, well, I cannot blame you. YOU ARE JUST ANOTHER BOUGHT FILIPINO!!!!
Pacifico,
A lot of Filipinos think they are smart when they break the law without being punished. Unfortunately by nature Filipinos are stubborn and undisciplined with a few exception. Religion and education for many many years have tried to reform the Philippine society but to no avail. Our government system has its own flaws, people complain but they don’t do their part. Our judicial system is also politicized that the moneyed and the powerful remain untouchable. Only the small fish shall go to jail for commiting crimes. The Police and the military are not spared from the influence of the rich and the powerful.
This is how the Philippines is perceived around the world. But despite this sad reality, most Filipino still see a glimpse of hope, and I am one among the millions who think that way.
Segundina, I’m loving your optimistic view of life. I hope it works. Filipinos believe positively that they are the brightest intelligentist of immigrants in America. They bash the Mexicaneses, Taiwaneses, Koreaneses, Chineses even whites!!! They bash these people for pseakengese bad englischtzes. NO EXCEPTION TO WHITES!!! The Filipinos bash the whites for writing grammatically wrong sentence structures and horrendous spellings. How Filipinos bash these people for JUST HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WHILE FILIPINOS ARE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES!!!!
Yet, very very very seldom when the crow turns white that Filipinos are mentioned in Wall Street Journal attributing business enhancing decision and life-altering accomplishment.
In Los Alamos nuclear research there are more Chinese researchers scientists than Filipino speakengese goot country club englischtzes. And what work the Filipnos do in Los Alamos? Yep, they are flooor managers. You know what I mean!
Filipnos are so stuck-up bitches yet their thinking of highly of themselves didn’t rose them up to something more significant.
Thinking positively and highly of ourselves makes humbug! Humbug in Filipino religion is a NO! NO! NO!
The only way for Filipinos to open our eyes is to bash them. And bash them good.
I blame the mob-ruled pekeng-peryodistas!!! Who don’t have editorial independence and freedom. I learned more from American on-line newspapers than domestic newspapers.
YOU ARE DEFINITELY GOOD SEGUNDINA INSIDE OUT UPSIDE DOWN EXCEPT THE LOOKING POSITIVE ON FILIPINOS!!!
I’LL NEVER SEE FILIPINOS CHANGE IN MY LIFETIME!!!!!
The most corrupt and the most undiscipline ones are found in the Philippines. In a way tama si Pacifico. Napakaraming pasaway na Filipino. One classic example, Filipino motorists are the worst drivers in the World. Filipinos pedestrians are the most unruly pedestrians in the world. Nakakainis, you try to follow the law only to see somebody breaking them down at ther own advantage too. Doc. bobonyo magsalita ka, magbabago pa ba ang mga Filipino o naghihintay na lang sila ng pagkagunaw ng mundo, hehehe.
Actually there are many good Filipino drivers, but a great majority of them are the worst and undisciplined. If you have no idea of hell, just go around the streets of Metro Manila and you see hell on the road.
Mer, Filipino drivers are good drivers, kasi lang, mahiya lang sila mag follow sa rules. Kasi dito sa Pilipinas, pag mag-follow ka sa rules, tatawanan ka, bubusinahan ka!!!! So, break-the-law na lang!!!!!!
Have you ever tried stopping on a Stop sign with no one there? THEY FRIGGING LAUGHED AT ME!!!! So the next time I just blew thru Stop signs.
Laws in the Philippines are made to be broken.
And to add to your statement Pacifico, this is the reason why we have Senators and Congressmen to legislate laws only to be broken by the officials in this land and the citizens themselves.
The point is, doc.bobonyo, why make laws when you only break them. In the Bible there are only Ten Commandments and all of them are broken, hehehe.
Either by desbelief or simply ignorance.
Totoo ang mga napapansin ninyong kahinaan nating mga Pinoy. Ang lahat ay may kadahilanan. It is poverty. Poverty of the soul, poverty of the mind, poverty of moral values, poverty of national interest against personal interest. Kasalanan ito ng mga Kastila, mga Amerikano, at mga Hapon na sumakop sa atin. At higit sa lahat kasalanan din nating mga Pilipino dahil napakatigas ang ating mga ulo at ayaw nating magbago.
Banong, kasalanan to sa Dios na panginoon! Nasaan ba ang Dios? If it’s the fault of katsila, amerikano, hapon WHY GOD DID NOT INTERVENE!
IF GOD INTEVENED IN BEHALF OF ISRAEL SO IT WILL NOT BE ANNHILATED BY THEIR VIOLENT NEIGHBORS, THEREFORE, THERE IS GOD AND GOD IGNORED PHILIPPINES … And God is blaming the Filipinos for being stupid, dumb, idiot, and poverty …
HEAVEN IS OURS … It’s easier for a poor man to pass thru the eye of the needle than a rich man … the road to heaven is strewn with thorns … THANK GMA FOR MAKIING US POOR for HEAVEN IS OURS …
HALLELUJAH!!!! Let us be the way we are because if we become wealthy we’ll jnever pass thru that eye of the needle …
VIVA SATANAS!!!! GOD IGNORED US!!! GOD NEGLECTED US!!!! GOD IS FULL OF EXCUSES!!!!!
GOD IS RACIST!!!! GOD MAKE COUNTRIES WEALTHY POPULATED BY WHITE PEOPLE NOT BY BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE!!!!!!
GET OVER IT!!!!! GOD IS RACIST!!!! GOD IS SATAN!!!! GOD IS THE DEVIL!!!!!
Ako ay nasa bakasyon grande pero dahil sa tindi ng lamig ay hindi muna kami lumabas.
Heto at nagbabasa ako ng inyong mga entry at napagtuunan ko ng pansin ang sinabi ni Renato na “HEAVEN IS OURS … It’s easier for a poor man to pass thru the eye of the needle than a rich man … the road to heaven is strewn with thorns … THANK GMA FOR MAKIING US POOR for HEAVEN IS OURS …
Ha!ha!ha! Ayan poor tuloy hangga sa ngayon si Juan at Juana.
Oo nga docB. Bakit baga ganun?
Hi tita Chi,
Kung kami nga ay giniginaw na sa Pinas ano pa kaya diyan. Marami po ngayon ang nagkakasakit na bata dito dahil sa pabago-bagong Klima. Ngayon mainit, mamaya biglang lalamig at giginawin ka. Maligayang pagbabalik po.
Mabuti na lang maagang nagjogging sa paligid itong si Mer. At least my sumalubong kaagad kay Nanay Chi, hehehe.
Kumusta na po nay? Huwag lang po kalimutan ang uminom ng green tea with lemon kung ganitong malamig ang panahon. Kung wala po kayong problema as blood sugar ninyo, dagdagan po na rin ninyo ng isang kutsaritang honey.
Sa tanong nga po ninyo ay iisa lang a aking kasagutan, napalayo na po tayo ng husto sa tunay nating pagkatao nang tayo ay nilalang ng Diyos. Hindi po siya nagkulang sa atin, tayo po. Ganid, puot, pagmamalabis, at sobrang pagmamahal sa saril at kapangyarihan ang pinairal ng tao sa kanyang puso sa halip na pag-ibig sa Diyos at Kapwa. Ito ay bunga ng pagkakasala. Ngunit darating din ang araw upang linisin ang daigdig at ibalik ng Diyos ang katinoan ng tao ayun sa kanyang kagustohan.
Kung magagawa lang ng tao ang magbalik-loob sa Diyos at sumunod? Wala po sa atin ang kapangyarihan upang ganap na magbago. Dito po nating kailangan ang ating tagapagligtas na si Jesus.
Totoo po ang sinasabi nila na wala nang pag-asa pa ang Pilipinas at tila pinababayaan lang ng Diyos. Tama po na wala tayong magandang patutunguhan hanggang hindi tayo nagbabalik loob sa Diyos at isuko ang ating buhay sa kanya bilang ating tagapagligtas. Hanggang walang genuine na pagbabago sa ating buhay na tanging siya lamang ang may kapangyarihan gawin ito, all our personal efforts for change may mean nothing without Him guiding us.
Sa maniwala at hindi ang mga iba, walang ibang hangad ang Diyos sa atin kundi ang ikabubuti po nating lahat. Ngunit habang patuloy tayong sumusuway sa kanyang mga kagustuhan, patuloy ding nasisira ang ating moralidad at lalo pang nagkakasala. Ano nga po ba ang mapapala ng isang taong nasa kanya na ang lahat sa buhay ngunit mawawala din naman ito sa kanya sa takdang panahon. At ang pinakamatindi dito, mawawala pa sa kanya ang buhay na walang hanggan.
Nasa tao ang desisyon pero dalawa lamang ang maari nating kahahantungan pagdating ng takdang panahon: sa langit o sa impierno.
Hi Mer and Doc,
At this point in Pinas, the thing that disappoints me the most is the neglect of children. Poverty is universal that even the first world countries have their shares. But to think that Pinas is a maternal country the neglect of children’s health and welfare is a shame.
Sa akin, palaging nasa tao ang gawa at kung maawa man ang Diyos ay salamat. Kung hindi ay try and try again, hehehe.
Yup, I’m having a lot of green tea, dagdad ko ang lemon mamaya while reading the rest of pagmamahalan dun sa bahay nina Girl and Seg. Kahahaba e, series ang ginagawa ko pero enjoy….
Sabi ni Doc, “nasa tao na ang disisyon”. So in reality, GOD DON’T ANSWER YOUR PRAYERS!!!! HARDWORK IS ON US. Once we are successful GOD STEALS THE LIMELIGHT AND WE THANK GOD!
SO WHY IN THE WORLD WE HAVE TO BELIEVE AND PRAY TO GOD WHEN HARDWORK IS ON US AFTER ALL?????
This is a Classic excuse from God apologist. Poor us, Pilifinos, we’re totally sold out. Why not, we even believe in healers, gremlins, cinderella story and bible stories …
WE’RE DOOOOMED!!!!!
ANG PAGBABAGO NASA ATIN!!!! HINDI SA DIOS!!!!! MERON LANG DIOS PAG-SUCCESSFUL TAYO. IN THE PAST 480 YEARS WALANG DIOS KASI HINDI PA TAYO SUCCESSFUL, e!
Lalabas lang ang Dios na pangino-on pag successful tayo!!!!
VERY GOOD GOD!!!! VERY SMART!!!!!! HA!HA!HA!HA!
Chi, in my dear Philippines, children are disposable commodities. They say that children is a fruit of love. That’s pure BS. Children is a product of sex. Sex has become a recreation not procreation …
God may have another reason/excuse for that, too!!!!
hohummm!
wala na.
pinatay na ang sariling pag-asa!
tsk. tsk. tsk.
Wow…
Manay Chi I hope you will enjoy reading our kuwentong pang balentayn, hehehe. Kuya Magno wla na ba tlaga, hehe.
Nang madining ni Banong ang salitang “screwed up” ay bigla siyang napailing. Sabi niya, mahaba ba talaga ang skewer ni Obama? Sabi ko naman sa kanya, kung ikukumpara sa iyo, tootpick lang iyang skewer mo, hehehe.
Pasyal lang kayo sa Barangay Hall at nandoon ngayon si Banong sinusukatan bawat tanod kung may makakatulad sa haba ng skewer ni Obama. Pang barbeque lang kasi ang sa kanila haha.
Doc, bukas subject about balentayn. I’ll start off …
Kayong mga girls, especially not married but have boyfriends, do you offer your body as sacrifice for valentines day? Mahiya ba kayo after ginagawa ninyo? Masisi ba kayo? Hindi ba kayo mahiya magpila kayo sa motel?
OK lang sa mga lalake nga magpila sa motel, pero sa mga baba-e … pero ang mga baba-e pinalabas na nila ngayon na gustong-gusto nila ang sex, e.
Here’s a true story. My true story. My girlfriend is a church-on-Sunday type. She graduated catholic school from prep to college. She is a virgin. When we couldn’t take it no longer, we went to a motel. She went down on me like she’d done it for a long time … HERE’S MY QUESTION … Does catholic or the bible teach you how to do it?
Tanong lang …
The Bible talks also about sex and people who greatly indulged on it. I just don’t know how would people react should the Bible talk about Kamasutra for people to apply at bedtime.It’s the desire or feeling in man that motivates him to discover ways to enjoy his sex life. While the Bible does not talk exactly on how to do it, man has the gift of creativity to discover ways to amuse himself, of course that includes effective techniques on love making. It is too much already for man expect everything from the creator if all he has to do is to discover them.
Kapitan, people, especially women, lies about sex. Women wanted sex in varying different ways. They want their but slapped. They wanted 69. Swallow and splash their face with cum. They say “ewwww” to maintain their dignity and mask their cravings.
God has nothing to do with sex. Behind those closed doors anything goes.
My wife is a church-on-sunday kind of woman. Was born a catholic. Raised a catholic. Go to catholic school from prep to college. She bled, too. When I said let’s do 69 she knew the moves.
How could an innocent catholic girl know about 69? Must be taught in catholic school.