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Do you think a judge or a chief of staff will sign the vouchers?

To all the people who are involved in this,

I will not give up.

Did you think that this 10 billion PEDAF scam is over?

No, it's not over yet.

Think again.

Since the 1960s,

there are more than 200 judges

who were the first to talk about corruption in our history.

And this is amazing.

It's not just the judges who were judged,

but also the President of the Philippines.

That's amazing.

What happened?

Let's find out here in History,

the so-called Stonehill Controversy.

Game.

Let's go, sir.

I'm ready.

Let's get it on.

Who are you?

I'm Orestes Lui.

Orestes Lui?

Yes.

I'm a star.

Of?

Balubagan.

Oh, really?

Is that a lot?

Yes, it's a lot.

Okay, game.

What happened?

Let's find out here in History,

the so-called Stonehill Controversy.

The Blue Book.

It's only 45 pesos in the bookstore.

But even if you're stingy,

this is the key to uncovering some of the most confusing scams in our history.

Like the controversial Hueting Payola in 2001.

Jokjok Bolante's Blue Book also contains the names of the victims of the 2005 Fertilizer Fund Scam.

But this is no longer new to us

because the first controversial Blue Book in the Philippines

was published 50 years ago.

This is the Blue Book of the rich and very powerful American businessman,

Harry Stonehill.

I saw the book.

Monthly.

Yes, monthly.

I saw the names of senators receiving more or less on a monthly basis.

All of them.

Even Maric Macapagal.

In the Blue Book,

it's really on the list.

From both parties.

That's what I'm talking about.

Wait a minute.

The world is so high-tech.

Why are you still using the Blue Book?

Are you a teacher?

My tablet crashed.

It's a battery.

That's where I downloaded it.

In the Stonehill case,

in order to get something from the government,

you have to pay the right people.

And the right people are also connected with politicians.

Lieutenant Harry Stonehill is a soldier

who was destined in the Philippines during World War II.

After the war,

he was one of the soldiers who left the Philippines for business.

Right after the war,

the surplus goods here in Manila spread.

They were full of surplus jeeps.

Those from the war that were brought here by the Americans

were left behind when they fled to Japan.

They were all stashed there.

They all became jeeps.

How were they disposed of?

They were U.S. property.

That's where Mr. Stonehill earned a lot of money.

Surplus.

Even though Stonehill is skilled in his business,

he still goes through his discard

in the so-called Money Talks.

He was grabbing a lot of opportunities from him.

Bribing people, corruption.

This is the old American establishment here.

What's strange about Stonehill

is that he was the first American to start a business here

that was all underground.

It was all smuggled.

Even though he was one of the richest businessmen in the country,

the surplus became his trademark.

The gossip there was that

every time Stonehill was in charge,

he was on the official list of his favorite blue book.

It was called the Blue Book.

The Blue Book is like a journal used in business.

In that book, the payoffs seem to be regular.

I saw the book.

Monthly.

From their colleagues to members of the media

to the most important names in the government,

no one would have guessed that the Blue Book is that important.

The Blue Book is really important.

It's the source of light.

Maybe this is the reason why it's gone.

What's really important in the Blue Book

are the surnames.

There are initials.

There are surnames.

And what's incriminating about it

is that the name and the amount of money are there.

In this country,

behind every great wealth

is a great crime.

Balzac, right?

And that's why the list came out

that was confusing

because Marcos was there.

But they said that

whatever wealth the people saw in Mr. Poles,

there's nothing in the environment of power

that was read by Harry Stonehill at that time.

Sir.

No more statements.

You can't eat that.

Mr. Prestes Duy,

were you the one who created JFK and Chicharron?

Tell me if you don't know.

Your Honor, I don't know.

Who created Christie Mata?

Tell me, not you.

It wasn't me, Your Honor.

But, brothers,

since being a GI,

Lieutenant Harry Stonehill

became a businessman.

He started selling cars,

cigarettes, and many more.

But within almost

more than a decade,

almost 16 companies

were built by Harry Stonehill.

And the secret to his sudden wealth

was that he became BFF

to some of the politicians.

So if you ask me,

you don't know.

I don't remember.

But wait,

it seems like the discarded

of the so-called Pork Barrel Queen

is the same

in the style of the first Granddaddy

of the so-called Under the Table in the Philippines.

After the revolution in EDSA,

Janet Lim Napoles also started

selling coupons.

But within more than a decade,

she was able to build

20 corporations

and became a BFF

to Senators and Congressmen.

But,

they said,

whatever wealth

the people saw in Ms. Napoles,

was not in the balance

of the power

that was read

by Harry Stonehill

at that time.

No more statements.

You can't eat that.

You can't eat that.

One time,

Stonehill was heard to say,

I am the government.

I don't deny that

there are big businessmen

in the Philippines

who sometimes feel like

they can own the government

because they can have what they want.

Stonehill was like that.

But Stonehill also became

part of a large development project

after the war.

CCP Cultural Center Complex

was based on a project

that was conceived

by Harry Stonehill

in the 1950s

where the reclamation

of the land

from Pasay until Cavite

was supposed to be a big project

by a company that he put up.

But Stonehill's success

was not far from

his victory

against Napoles.

Because the whistleblower

of his controversy

was none other

than his right hand

in the New Philippine Tobacco Corporation,

the General Manager,

Meinhard Spielmann.

Nagkaaway yata sila dun

tungkol dun sa porsyento

na gusto makuha ni Spielmann

sa ownership

ng U.S. Tobacco Corporation.

Gusto niya kumuha ng cut?

10%.

It was 10% more

than he was supposed to be getting

than his usual cut.

Ayaw magbigay Stonehill.

Sabi niya,

he threatened,

I have all the goods in you.

So nagalit naman si Stonehill

kasi that's plain black money.

So he was beaten

black and blue in that day.

So after that,

he went to

the NBI to report

with all the

bruises he got.

Doon nagsisimula

ang investigation niya.

It started as a criminal case,

not as a corruption case.

Parang pidaf din.

Parang pidaf din.

Dito sa NBI,

unang tumakbo si Ben Huruloy

bago pumutok ang pidaf scam.

Pero taong 1962,

mga kapatid,

dito rin sa NBI tumakbo

ang whistleblower

ng isa sa mga ninuno

ng pidaf scam.

Kung si Ben Huruloy

dinetainin na polis

ng humigit kumulang 3 buwan,

si Spielmann naman,

aba, bog-bog sarado daw

kay Stonehill.

Galon pa man,

pareho manong naungkat

ang matagal na pala nilang

sinesekreto ang racket.

At ito pang tanong,

ano nga raw ba nangyari

sa napaka-kontrobersyal

na blue book ni Harry Stonehill?

Ang sabi ng iba,

nandito raw sa

National Bureau of Investigation.

Pero,

tinurnover namin sa DOJ.

DOJ?

Na kay...

kay Jokno.

Mm-hmm.

Ngayon,

hindi na akin alam kung ano.

Your Honor,

pwede kong ba maging senior po?

Hindi po.

Ah,

mag-a-luxury.

Pwede po, Your Honor.

Your Honor na pala.

Pero,

ito po, Your Honor.

Kung ang

kinasusok lamang

pork barrel queen,

eh,

sinasabi po eh,

tatambakan daw ng Old Monksman,

Your Honor,

ng labim-pitong kahon ng ebedensya.

Aba,

wala po yan kay Stonehill.

Dahil,

ang mga dokumentong naipon daw

para gawing ebedensya, Your Honor,

laban sa kanya nun.

Eh halos hindi raw magkasa

sa tatlong

6x6 na truck.

Pero,

ito po ang malapit dyan, Your Honor.

Hindi po kinilala

ng Korte Suprema

ang truck-truck

ebedensya, Your Honor.

Sorry,

ang ito na,

nariwa pa naman ako,

nagdala mo sa bahay po.

Apu-chie.

Use underwear.

Ah, Your Honor,

ah,

ma-

ma-apan po yung

magamit na po

ng mga

underwear po,

mga panty po,

Your Honor.

Panty lang?

Ito po yung CR na.

Ah, sorry po.

CR na po talaga ako.

Your Honor.

Naging celebrated case

ang kay Stonehill

at para iksena lang ngayon,

kaliwat ka ng kaso

ang sinampas sa kanya.

Isa na dyan

ang tax evasion.

Tax evasion was one

because of the,

ah,

not only here,

but in the United States.

And the second, of course,

was the bribery of

public officials

which was based, of course,

on the,

on the blue book.

Ang mga pangalan,

mga initials

at maging palayaw daw

ng humigit kumulang

dalawang daang

public officials.

Kasama rao dyan

ang mga senador.

At ultimo,

ang Pangulo ng Republika

ng Pilipinas.

Hindi rin mapatunayan

dahil walao mo

ng pirma

ng mga tumanggap.

O nga naman,

bakit ka naman pipirma

pag tumatanggap ng lagay?

Ang whistleblower namang

na si Spielman

naglaho na lang

na parang bula.

At ano nga ba

ang nangyayari kay Spielman?

Tatlo ang sinasabi nilang

posibilidad.

Una,

pinapatay daw

ni Stonehill

sa Hulo Sulu.

Ikalawa,

pinadukot daw

ng CIA.

At ikatlo,

bah,

tumakas daw

papuntang

Canada.

Bukod sa blue book,

kinumpis ka

ng NBI

ang sandamakmak

na papeles

at ebidensya

mula sa iba't ibang opisina

ni Stonehill.

Pero kunisyon naman ito

ng Supreme Court.

The Stonehill case

na became a

subject of a landmark

Supreme Court decision

especially

when the Supreme Court

issued that you cannot

use the evidence

that was seized

in the

raid because

the search warrants

were illegal.

Nabulabog ang

administrasyon

ng nuoy presidente

Justdado Macapagal

na nanalo pa naman

dahil sa pangakong

kampanya

contra-korupsyon.

Malaki ang public up for it.

In fact,

it became a stain, no?

On Macapagal

at that time

newly elected siya.

And his promise,

of course,

of a clean

government

and a clean society

almost collapsed.

Kagulat-gulat naman

ang mga sumunod na

pangyayari.

Sinibak ni Macapagal

ang nuoy

Justice Secretary

ang ginagalang

na si Jose

Diokno.

Actually, the public uproar

eventually began

with the removal of

Diokno as

Secretary of Justice

because

Diokno was getting

to the meat

of the evidence now.

He was learning

that the

problem

of the Stonehill case

was bigger

than he thought

because he had

all the evidence there.

He saw the evidence

that was there.

But his removal

eventually

put a stop

to the investigation.

Others may

call it

politics.

Others may call it

gamesmanship.

To me, hindi.

I mean, talagang

it was

kabastusan

at

hindi

talagang

kaayon

sa good government.

Pero pagkatapos

ng limang buwang

investigasyon,

walang nakulong

sa kaso

dahil pina-deport

lang

si Stonehill

pabalik ng US.

Actually,

for my dad,

yang Stonehill case

was an eye-opener.

He realized that

even his own

partymates were involved

in this.

Wow, okay.

And even his president

might be involved.

Statement ni uncle

na you can deport

him

but you cannot

deport the truth.

Pero the truth

never came out

dahil

hindi na pinawis

si Stonehill.

Hindi man napatunayang

sangkot

ang pangulo

at iba pang

public officials

naging palaisipan pa rin

hanggang ngayon

kung saan na

napunta

ang track-track na

ebidensya

at ang kontrobersyal

ng blue book

ni Stonehill.

Tinurnover namin

sa DOJ yan.

Naki

ke

joke no.

After that

we don't know

what happened

to the case.

Ano kaya

ang sinasabi

ng Stonehill

kontrobersy na ito

tungkol sa ating

mga Pinoy?

I don't think

history would be

kind

to him

in this particular

incident.

Dapat talagang

halukayan yan

to have closure.

Eh sa ngayon

nakikagang

open-ended.

So makikita talaga

maliling talaga

ang pakalan ni

ito.

And of course

the bad side of it

was of course

the name of

Harry Stonehill

will always be linked

to Philippine corruption.

Especially

in the corruption

of politics

and the

corruption of business

linked with politics.

It was the same

just before the war.

It was the same

right after the war.

And it was the same

before martial law

and it's still the same

after martial law.

What does that tell you?

The problem is

greater than

persons.

It's institutions.

Ang gobyerno natin

hindi pa nagbabago.

So ang lesson

sa tao,

hindi magbabago yan

kung hindi kayo

magbabago ng inipag-iisip.

Tayo may kasalanan.

Pinababayaan natin eh.

Ang lungkot lang talaga

isipin mga kapatid.

Maykit limang dekada

mula nung 1962

na ulit pa rin

ang itong mga

eskandalong ganito.

Diba?

Ang lungkot lang isipin

na kung sino pa

yung pangunahing

akusado

sa pa yung mukhang

maabsuelto.

Kung meron po

isang leksyon

na makakuha tayo

mula sa episode na ito

ng history,

sana mga kapatid,

kung si Ari Stonehill

ay nakaposlit

at nakinabang

ang sinasabing

lahat

ng kanyang

nalagayan

at ngayon eh

mayaman na mayaman

ang mga angkan,

eh sana po

hindi po maulit

sa pagkakataon ito.

Tandaan,

ang hindi marunong

tumingin sa pinanggalingan,

nadadapa.

Unaw-untog.

Mga kapatid,

iyan po

ang history sa gabing ito.

Tandaan ang kasabihan,

kung wala tayong kasaysayan,

wala tayong saysay.

Ako po si Lord Divera,

mabuhay

ang history.

Ibring mo naman ako.

Bakit?

Kasalistahan ko.

Okay na yan,

ice cream?

Ice cream lang, okay na ako.

Kurado ka na.

Erase.

Sige sa bagay,

may inat naman.

Sige sa bagay.