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'NAKA-BLINDFOLD PO BA KAYO?'

Adalin maintained that he could not recall the places he visited during his trip to China in January 2026, prompting Senator-judge Risa Hontiveros to question his inability to remember the destinations.

The witness said he had asked his office's administrative staff about the trip and recalled that it took place around Jan. 25 onward. However, when Hontiveros asked him to name at least three places he visited, he said he could no longer remember.

Hontiveros questioned how a city assessor who was familiar with maps could not recall the places he visited in a large country like China. (Video courtesy of the Senate of the Philippines)

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00:00So, a few questions. Now, after the launch break, do you remember when you went to China?
00:11That's right. As per record, January. Actually, I inquired ako sa aming admin. January 25 onwards.
00:21This year? 2026?
00:23Sino-sino po yung mga kasama? O, bago yun, saan-saan po sa China kayo pumunta ngayong January 2026?
00:31Hindi ko po ma-memorize, pero kasama po namin mga department said and others na gustong sumama.
00:38Okay, pupuntahan ko po yun kung sino-sino yung mga kasama nyo. Pero, posible bang pumunta kayo November pa lang
00:45ngayon?
00:46Pumunta po kayo January. Kahit top three places sa China na naalala nyo yung pinuntahan nyo nitong taon lamang?
00:56Hindi ko na po talaga ma-remember.
00:58Pumunta ba kayong Beijing?
01:02Parang nakapunta po kami.
01:04Parang. Pumunta ba kayong Shanghai?
01:07Sir, I'm sorry po, hindi po talaga nakakatawa.
01:09Kasi hindi po kapanipaniwala na isang ingenyero, isang city assessor, na di umano alam yung mga mapang pinipresenta ng defense
01:20at ng prosecution,
01:22ay hindi po maalala kung saan sa isang malaking bansa pumunta.
01:26So, pumunta kayong Beijing. Pumunta ba kayong Shanghai?
01:31My apologies, Your Honor.
01:39Pumunta ba kayong food diyan?
01:42Actually, I'm not keen on traveling actually or not.
01:45Kaya hindi ko na minyay-memorize yung pinupuntahan.
01:48You're not keen on traveling. Pero nag-travel po kayo.
01:51Sabi po ni Senator Irwin kanina, marami po kayong nilakbayang mga bansa.
01:56And paano po talaga makadalaw sa ibang bansa at makapunta sa higit sa isang lugar na hindi nyo maalala 10
02:04months later?
02:05Naka-been-linefold po ba kayo?
02:07Hindi naman po.
02:08Hindi po.
02:09O nabanggit po ninyo, may kasama kayong mga department heads.
02:12Yes, that's correct.
02:14So, sino-sino pong mga kasama nyo sa biyahing ito?
02:17If I can recall, yung aming city engineer,
02:27yung city treasurer,
02:35at sino pong nagsama sa inyo sa city treasurer, sa city engineer dito sa ibang lugar sa China?
02:43Sino pong nagdala sa inyo doon?
02:46It is a group travel.
02:51Sino pong nag-organize ng group travel na ito?
02:56Hindi ko na rin po ma-recall kung sino talaga nag-organize.
03:00Sir, lalo na kung official visit ito, formal visit, siguro kayo bilang government worker,
03:10maalala nyo sino nag-organize ng trip na ito?
03:14It is actually a personal travel, Your Honor.
03:17Hindi ito official visit? Personal travel lang?
03:20Yeah.
03:21Magkabarkada ba kayo ng city engineer at city treasurer na sama-sama kayong bumabiyahin?
03:26Usually po. Nagsasama-sama po kami.
03:28Usually. So, bumabalik din ako sa tanong ni Senator Irwin.
03:32Doon sa mga sweldo sa gobyerno,
03:37you're telling us po na lahat ng mga biyahe nyo sa China at sa Australia, sa iba pang mga bansa,
03:44sari-sarili nyong gastos ito?
03:46Yes, Your Honor.
03:47Oh, okay. That's something for us to check po.
03:51Okay.
03:51Dako po ako dun...
04:00You

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