Related article in ABS-CBN online:Mickey committed fraud to purchase beachfront house?
Raissa Robles: FBI aware of Mikey and Angela’s suspicious transactions
Ang Galing Party Rep. Mikey Arroyo should rest assured that the story of VERA Files, of which I’m a trustee, on the sale of his Foster City house is a factual report of a real estate transaction which he himself confirmed.
The “an ongoing vilification campaign against me and my family” angle is all in his mind.
As we say, trabaho lang ito.
The article on the $1.125 million sale Beachway LLC, a company that Mikey says he is a part-owner, to Mary Grace Apolinario and Jerome Ngo, owners of the popular chain of restaurant, Gerry’s Grill, is the latest in the series of reports on his beachfront property by VERA Files.
Our first story, published on Aug. 30, 2009, was the real estate purchases of Mikey and his brother, Camarines Sur Rep. Diosdado Ignacio “Dato” Arroyo, in the United States after they were elected to Congress.
While Dato included his and his wife’s real estate acquisitions in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Networth (SALN) as required by law, Mikey did not mention the house on 1655 Beach Park Boulevard, Foster City, San Francisco under the name of his wife Angela.
We followed Mikey’s explanations including his efforts to fix the papers on the property in the U.S.
We are not the only one following the real estate acquisitions of Mikey. James Triguero, an American who is in the finance business, wrote to give his inputs on the issue: “Mikey shouldn’t be allowed to get away with some of the lies he’s peddling regarding Beachway LLC. I keep seeing him referred to as having a ‘minority’ interest. This is highly unlikely. In fact, I’m sure he has a 50% interest and Angela has a 50% interest. The sole purpose of the LLC was to hide the ownership of the property. This is why his claim is ridiculous:
“Say I form an LLC with four other people and we start buying property. We would contribute a proportionate amount to the percentage of our shares (i.e. 20%) and any income or gains would be distributed accordingly. Mikey messed up because it was clear that he and his wife had 100% ownership of the property before transferring it to the LLC. The only way that would make sense if other partners ‘bought out’ the interest. No one in their right mind would be a ‘partner’ when the title is in the name of Mikey or Angela. The sole purpose of the LLC was to hide ownership. The story is only plausible if the title was originally held by Beachway LLC. If he claims to be a minority shareholder, he should produce the LLC documents.
“Secondly, he is claiming that Beachway is a business to buy and sell real estate. That was the only property they owned and Beachway obviously refers to the Foster City property. In addition, they took a 200,000.00 loss on the property (and possibly 60,000.00 in real estate commissions unless the deal with the buyers was privately negotiated.) That’s not a very ‘smart’ business transaction as he makes it sound. The sale was designed to free up the laundered cash.
“I’m interested in what bank Beachway has an account with. I’m sure they violated the Bank Secrecy Act (and Sec. 312 of the USA Patriot Act) by failing to disclose that partners were Senior Foreign Political Figures and all US bank accounts ask that question when it’s being opened.”
Triguero added: “Someone from the Anti Money Laundering Commission should also look into Mikey’s transactions and should coordinate with US law enforcement. It would be very interesting to see where the money came from to pay of the million-dollar loan. (Hong Kong or Singapore perhaps).”
Pasabayan, who is working in the U.S in an investment company, explained: “That’s how it is here in the U.S with LLCs, corporation or incorporated. Hindi ka basta basta masasampahan ng kaso.
“This is why it is very expensive to put up one. Almost all moneyed people establish this system of protection against suits. The BIR knows this. That’s why even if the evidence is so glaring, it will not be easy to pin Mikey on this one. Unless the US, just like they did to the Ligots and Garcias, will cooperate in liquidating these assets.
“ In the cases of the corrupt generals, the properties were in the individuals’ names. In Mikey’s case, he protected himself well by incorporating his assets here. Medyo mahihirapan kayong maghabol. The only thing is, the people of the Philippines are aware that Mikey owns a property in the US and sold this for a handsome amount. This is pretty much it for now!”
Ellen, I bet you, if this property was bought by Mikey with a loan and the new owners took out a loan as well, the mortgage company which gave a loans to these owners are probably owned by Mikey too. This is another company to be investigated. How Mikey got a loan and the new owners got loans is highly suspicious unless the mortgage company committed fraud to inflate the incomes of the borrowers. This is more than money laudering. It is FRAUD! So, Mikey can go to jail in the US too. If the Philippines can not put him in jail, the US can. It just takes time to investigate the issue. The US and Philippines have an agreement to recover the loot if the monies came from corruption. Kaya may pagasa and Pilipinas na makuha ang asset na ito. We were able to recover the assets of the late Marcos, although it took us almost 20 yrs to do so, we too can recover this. Again, the source of the money is the key.
Malinaw pa sa sikat ng araw na fraudulent transaction ang pag apply ni Mickey ng mortgage loan. Pano niya afford.Naghihintay ang kulungan niya sa US.
I disagree with Pasabayan and the BIR, having a LLC business does not mean you are immune to lawsuits here in the US. The LLC only insulates the interest of the members/partners in the business registered as LLC from civil lawsuits.
If Mikey Arroyo run over someone with his personal car and killed the person in the US, the victims family can only file financial damages against his insurance and personal properties. But the LLC is not a total immunity, the court can still force him to divest his ownership of the business to pay the claims.
Likewise, if Mikey Arroyo’s business, Beachway Park LLC is involved in fraudulent acts anyone can bring them to court but the damages will only be limited to their interest in the business. The LLC insulates their personal properties from lawsuits against their business.
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PSB, magdilang anghel ka sana. Langhiya itong mga kawatan na ‘to. Dapat sa kanila ilublob sa nakalubog na nuclear reactor sa Fukushima power plant, sa Japan.
dapat ma sumbong na sila para makulong na…malakas ba sila sa US? what is the Phil. gov’t waiting for? PNoy magising ka na…tanghali na! orderan mo na ang mga tao mo..for once magising ka na ng maagaaga…pleeesssss! this is our plea PNoy…gumising ka na!
Walang kawala pala si Mikey. Kahit saan mo tingnan, ill gotten wealth ang labas. Mas sinobrahan pa nila ang mga Marcoses, dahil si Bongbong walang ganyang kaso. Naging hala bira lang ang mga pandarambong ng mga Arroyos, na para bang wala ng bukas. Tsk, tsk, tsk! Hindi muna inaral ang mga lessons from history.
Magaling si Marcos kasi ang mga dummies niya mga may kakayahang kumita, mga models, actors, businessmen and the rich kind. Tignan natin kung itong si horsie eh medyo discerning din sa mga dummies niya.
Mabigat ang “fraud” dito sa US, talagang ikukulong ka. It is not so much the money issue. It is the criminal aspect of it.
Whoever aided him in committing this “fraud” will also be as liable as Mikey is. Unless he/she/they turn witness against the horsie, mas menos ang penalties and punishment nila.So horsie’s friends will have to “rat” on him.
Happy days are over for this horsie! Mabuti kung nakakatulog pa siya ngayon.
Kaya nga ang tinatag niyang party list ay “ANG GALING PARTY”
Ang gagaling nila mag nakaw (Mga Arroyos) pero gago naman mag palusot kapag nagka bukingan.
Kailangan lang ay isumbong sa U.S. at para magaya sila kay Lagot.
My conviction is that this gang of thieves, also known as the Macapagal-Arroyo association of evil, are responsible for a whole lot of laundered money…
Meron nga bang mortgage yung property? Baka binayaran ng cash yung bahay? Madali lang malaman yun. Kahit na sino puede mag tanong sa municipio ng Foster City. Baka yung minority interest nya 49% ang asawa 51%. hahaha!
In fact, I’m sure he has a 50% interest and Angela has a 50% interest. -Triquero
That makes Mikey a 100% owner of the Beachway LLC. Hinati pa kunwari!
“The sale was designed to free up the laundered cash.”
Labandero, mana sa nanay na labandera!
Chi, mga gago pati US ginagago nila. Huli sila diyan. Tulad ni Mrs. Ligot bumili ng bahay tapos ibinenta niya sa sarili niya ng palugi.
2 years bayad iyung mortgage ng bahay,kaduda duda.Mga kumikita ng 6 figures dito inaabot ng 20-30 years. Tapos nag apply pa ng stimulus.
Dapat ilapit ang kaso na ito ni Mikey kay US Ambassador Thomas, mukhang fair at madaling magtrabaho si Mr. Harry gaya ng ginawa nya sa mga Ligots.
Ayaw kasi nilang patalo kay Pacman na bumibili ng bahay na cash.Si Pacman kaya niya kasi legit ang kinikita niya. Kahit every year icash niya ang i milyon sa bahay.
Pera natin iyang ipinambili nila ng bahay sa Bay Area.
Ito nga nagpadala na naman ako ng pera doon sa Pinas pambayad ng buwis at tatlong buwan akong magtiis sa Spam at corned beef tapos kukurakutin lang nila.Mga lecheee!!!
Iyung ibinayad ko naman Tax dito ibinigay na nila sa SSI ng matatanda.
Mikey Horsey Arroyo should be the ring leader of Laundermats Party List!
Cocoy, I hope Pacman was not used in the laundromat of the putot. Sino ba naman ang makakahindi sa hiling ni putot kung sakali.Baka isa pa si Pacman sa mga investors sa mga businesses ni putot and company sa USA.
cocoy, ang lalakas loob ng mga ulol na yan na mag-iligal transaction sa US akala nila porke hindi sila hinahabol ng ilang taon ng ‘merika ay ligtas na sila.
Meron akong kilala na dating opisyal sa Union Bank na ngayon ay nagtatago sa FBI dahik hindi tama ang activities sa negosyo sa inaplayan na loan sa Eximbank. Ang mga kasama huli lahat at nag-plead guilty, 10 taon sa kalaboso. Itong mastermind ay nag-appeal ng kaso pero ngayon ay nagtatago at malamang ay nagpalit ng ID..siguro pati mukha.
psb, palagay ko ay hindi ginagamit na laundromat si pacman pero inuutangan. 🙂
Chi, nevertheless, ginagamit pa rin siya para sa money transfers. Nobody would question big amounts of money going in and out of his bank account, di ba?
Oo nga Chi, Pwedi ba ang kolokohan nila kay Elliot Ness, kalaboso sila.
Para walang problema mag declare ng tamang kinikita at magbayad ng tamang buwis.
Di ba nga may history tayo na ang ibang bansa ang nakakahuli ng ating mga krimen? Yung mga drug mules , di ba sa ibang bansa nahuli? Si Garcia, kung hindi nagdala ng tig-100 thosand yung mga anak sa US malalaman ba natin na maraming ninakaw na pera ang pamilyang Garcia? Yung mga Euro generals, di ba Russia ang nakahuli sa kanila? Sa sariling bansa natin, puro INUTIL and mga dapat nanghuhuli. Palibhasa ay may mga “cut” sila sa mga illegal na activities. Sana may makahuli sa US ng mga nakaw na pera ni putot at kapamilya niya.
tsktsktsk..sa mga feedback at pananaw sa blog na ito ni madam Ellen, matindi pala talaga ang mga pinag-gagawa ng Arroyo-Pidal and Company. Kaya pala gusto nila ng Cha-Cha noon, dahil kapag lumusot, sa “basurahan pupulutin ang Pilipinas “. gagawing pulubing-pulubi si Juan de la Cruz. Sobra sa “ganid-at-kasakiman” , ang pamilya na ito. Biruin mo, ikinalat pa ang mga anak, para lumaklak pa ng salapi ( Bicol-Visaya-Central Luzon, i.e. ), idinamay pa ang AFP, at kumitil ng isang ” nakunsyensa na heneral “.
Dapat bilisan na ni Pnoy ang pag-tuwid ng landas, madaling matapos ang 6-na-taon,..mabilis ang panahon…
Sa mga nasambit sa itaas at mga balita na ito, dapat lang na
ma-impeach na nga ang Ombudsman,..kung maaari, linisin sila ng mabuti, at huwag pamarisan..Sana si Heidi Mendoza, mag-aral din abogasiya, para may katulong si PNOY sa paglilinis-at-pagtuwid ng landas…tsktsktsk..Galing Party List, ang gagaling pala talaga,pati mga security-drivers, pinaki-alaman, matuloy lang ang pagpapahirap sa bayan, walang kaluluwa at budhi ang ganitong klase na mga Tao !.
That’s why Aquino should not feign innocence when the Arroyos and their allies shriek and wail that he is targeting the Arroyos.
But, course, they have to be targeted.
It was their corruption that was the electoral campaign bulls-eye of Aquino. And more than 8 out of 10 Filipinos agreed when they voted him into office.
Nakasakay ako sa taxi habang pinaguusapan sa radio itong bentahan ng bahay ni Mikey. Ang sabi sa akin nitong taxi driver, sure daw na cash nang bilhin yung bahay. Sabi ko naman, bawal magdala ng malaking cash, hindi sila makakalusot sa US immigration. Mapurol lang daw ang utak ang hindi maniniwala na ang prisidint/Mommy ni Mikey ay pwedeng magdala ng sangkatutak na cash na hindi masisita. At si Big Mike na tuwing may laban si Pakyaw, nandun sa ringside at nabalitaan pang naka-hotel courtesy of PAGCOR. Maniniwala ba tayong wala silang dalang cash tuwing pupunta ng tate lalo na kung 100 ang alipores na kasama?
Ang masasabi ko lang ay tulad ng sinabi ni Pnoy ipakita lang ni Mickey horsie ang ITR nya di tapos na ang problema nya. Ang kaso Eh!wala syang maipakita. Kunwari nagrereklamo na di na raw sya binigyan ng palugit para ayusin ang dokumento nya. Tungak talaga nagpapalusot pa.
Ellen, let me refresh your memory by reposting my comment on your blog pertinent to this subject:
Another interesting thing I discovered from the San Mateo database is that there is another property that Montenegro, Angela Arroyo transferred to Beachway LLC which has not been registered as bought by her. The APN (assessor’s Parcel No.) for the infamous 1655 Beachway Blvd property is 094211420 but in the transaction recorded on Sept. 18, 2009 (suspiciously, a few days after the Vera Files exposé) Angela also transfered another property, with APN 094021211 in the same document (#2009-125647) with no tax paid for. Apparently, this property has not been sold yet, if we follow the records of San Mateo.
How did she transfer that property to Beachway LLC when there is no record (in San Mateo atabase) of her buying or owning this? Were the previously recorded names of owners dummies or aliases?
I suggest you revisit the website. Take note of the types of transaction.
DEED = Deed of Transfer (aka Deed of Sale)
TRUST = Deed of Trust (aka mortgage) for loan purposes
RECONVEYANCE = Deed of Reconveyance (aka Release of Mortgage) the Title is restored to borrower upon full payment of mortgage; the name in the deed not necessarily the name of present owner
SUBSTITUTION OF TRUSTEE = the loan is refinanced, thus a new trustee is nominated; the name in the paper in the original borrower, not the present owner
Check my old email on how to get to the database. Check all entries on Angela, Mikey, Skyllas, Beachway LLC the 3 APNs, you might also want to do a background check on Luis Aguilar/Carol McCutcheon Aguilar, Murray Alan Cleaner/Andrea Robin Cleaner regarding the new property.
You can hide the paragraphs after the blockquote if you like, heheh.
James says the Philippine government might be able to easily request for the original loan documents pertaining to the Arroyo beach property since IndyMac Bank has already been taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the US equivalent of the PDIC. -Raissa Robles
Do it PNoy!
Tongue, archived ko ang entry mo na yan nung isang linggo pa, natandaan ko kasi na ikaw ang naunang mag-ruler sa kasong ito ni Mikey baby! 🙂
#33. Joe, mas marunong mag-analisa ang mga taxi drivers, malaking puntos ang tungkol sa “ringside” upuan ni big pig tuwinfg may laban si Pakyaw. Natigil lang yata yan nung mag-tae sya sa Japan dahil sa text na meron poposas sa kanya na naghihintay sa ‘merika. 🙂
Kung minamalas nga naman, kapag nagkataon ay kapiling ni Mikey ang asawang Angela hanggang preso, wehehehe!!!
off topic:
nagmamadali si sinto sintong noynoy na mapalitan ang ombudsman at supreme court justices na hindi nya ally dahil sa nalalapit na impeachment laban sa kanya……hahahhahahha
Tongue, can’t retrieve past emails. All my archieves were gone. Please check email.
How to check the database of San Mateo County California (and annoy the Horse).
1. Go to google and type in the following search string:
“san mateo california assessor’s office”
2. On the results, the first hit says “San Mateo County Clerk Assessor Recorder Elections”
3. There would be two subhits (under the first hit, indented).
4. Click the second subhit that says “San Mateo County Recorder – Search Recorders Database”
5. When you get to the target page, click the picture which says “Search the online Grantor-Grantee index”
6. It will open a separate window. Click the bottom which says “search engine”
7. Now type “arroyo juan” (no commas please) or “montenegro angela” (again no commas).
8. Have fun.
Ellen, I watched Strictly Politics where you were interviewed. Way to go!
LLCs can be created for every piece of property, if the owner has deep pockets. Horsie may have several LLCs. Also, it is possible that there are many Garcias, Ligots and Reyeses who were the initial buyers of these properties all cash and transferred later to LLCs. Horsie may have created more than one LLCs to hide these properties. Sino sino ba ang mga malapit kay putot and family including her cabinet mambers, tongressmen, generals etc including the maiden names of their spouses. Remember what Mrs Ligot did? She conveyed the property to her maiden name before selling the property. This may have been a practice of the family until they were caught. It will be a tedious work na isa-isahin ang mga pangalan ng mga cronies ni putot but this is the only way we can find out. If we wait for leads, we may not finish uncovering their real estate loot for a long time. We have to have specific names. Let us also look into the activities of the mortgage and real estate brokers they used. Kung pumayag na mag-participate sa illigal na activities ni putot and company, they may have bought and sold several properties for them over the years. I do not know the people close to the putot in her early reign. You do. Ayan, nagbigay na ng “search” procedure si Sax. Marami ding counties dito sa US but the most popular destination of these vultures are the main cities. Good luck!
Thanks, PSB.
Thanks, Sax.
Tongue, we did this follow up story on Mike Arroyo’s Foster property:http://verafiles.org/main/focus/mikey-fixes-foster-city-problem-but-not-quite/
Ellen, I like what you said about you enjoying listening to Mikey Arroyo because you learn a lot.
Di ba nalaman natin he has a thriving real estate business.
You are right, he should have represented the real estate brokers, not the security guards and tricycle drivers.
What you said in “Strictly Politics” last Tuesday night.
Does anyone have a link to the Strictly Politics video?
Tongue-Twisted, thanks for your detailed explanations about the real estate database. I think the Reconveyance was also recorded by the MERS database when the loans were paid off and the deed released to Angela. There are two related figures but I don’t have much information on them. One is Albert Mac Rogers Jr. (I believe he’s a Realtor married to a Filipina–don’t know if she’s related to the Arroyos). He was the agent listed in the California Secretary of State’s database. Another is the agent for “Big Mike’s” holding company Name: LTA REALTY CORPORATION
Entity Number: C1851870
Date Filed: 01/21/1993
Status: SUSPENDED
Jurisdiction: CALIFORNIA
Entity Address: 2031 PIONEER CT 8
Entity City, State, Zip: SAN MATEO CA 94403
Agent for Service of Process: SAMUEL RAMOS
Agent Address: 2031 PIONEER CT 8
Agent City, State, Zip: SAN MATEO CA 94403
I believe Ramos is a CPA and may have been advising Mikey.
Does anyone have info on the 30 million peso house Rufa Mae was making Yabang about. The word here in the Bay Area is Mikey bought it for her and she stays her frequently. (She was in the news recently on the PAL flight with Arnel Pineda that had a bomb scare.)I haven’t found anything in her name (unless RMQ is an alias) in SF, SM, SC, or Alameda County databases. There may be another LLC. If someone had the address of the house, it could be checked out. (I heard that her house is in Fremont).
The information for Mikey’s LLC from the California Secretary of State:
Entity Name: BEACHWAY LLC
Entity Number: 200727110114
Date Filed: 09/27/2007
Status: ACTIVE
Jurisdiction: CALIFORNIA
Entity Address: 1655 BEACH PARK BLVD
Entity City, State, Zip: FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Agent for Service of Process: ALBERT MAC ROGERS JR
Agent Address: 6051 BELLINGHAM DR
Agent City, State, Zip: CASTRO VALLEY CA 94552
Information on LTA Realty http://www.bulatlat.com/news/5-15/5-15-arroyo.htm
Arroyo’s real estate properties
Documents obtained by KMP and Pamalakaya also revealed that the First Couple started acquiring properties in the United States in 1992. The first property acquired by the Arroyos was a housing unit on 727 Gellert Blvd. Daly City, CA, which was acquired on July 7, 1992 and transferred to LTA on June 18, 1998. The property was sold to a Roberto S. Aleonar on Dec. 15, 1998 for $242,000 as against its transfer value of $302,500.
The second was a housing unit in 2425 Tipperary Ave. in South San Francisco, California on July 13, 1992. The property was transferred to LTA Realty Corporation on June 18, 1998 and was sold on March 11,1999 to Rodolfo Valera for $224,000 as against its transfer value of $280,000.
The third was the building on 737 Bush St. in San Francisco, CA, which was bought on Nov. 11, 1992. The property was transferred to LTA on June 1998 and was sold to Prana Income Fund-six Llc on June 14, 1999 for an undisclosed amount.
The fourth property was a building on 1776 Sacramento St. San Francisco, CA which was paid by the First Couple for $1,912,000, transferred to LTA in June 1998 and was sold on Sept. 11, 1998 to Garlock Trust, an American firm for $2,300,000.
Mike Arroyo’s affidavit
According to Attorney Arroyo’s executed affidavit on April 1998, the coupled acquired properties in San Francisco Bay area in California in 1992 in behalf of his brother, now Negros Occidental Rep. Iggy Arroyo.
In November 1992, Attorney Arroyo initiated the incorporation of LTA Realty Corp. and issued a Trust Agreement for the Van Ness and Bush properties in favor of his brother. Also in the same year, 100 percent shares of LTA were transferred to Atty. Arroyo’s brother to pave the way the transfer of Van Ness and Bush properties to LTA-USA.
But the documents gathered show that the filing of LTA Realty Corporation in the Office of the Secretary of State of California was under the name of the Mike Arroyo and the properties acquired and sold were done in the names of himself and wife now President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
“While Atty. Arroyo was saying that the properties acquired and subsequently sold in the U.S. belong to Rep. Iggy Arroyo, transactions were done in the name of the presidential couple and their real estate firm,” KMP’s Marbella said. Bulatlat
I don’t think ABS-CBN is posting a video of Strictly Politics.
The Mikey Arroyo Foster City property and the BIR tax evasion suit against him will be the topic of TV5’s “Journo” on Tuesday (April 19) almost 12 midnight.
I’ll be one of the guests.
Bitayin si Mikey the Horsie, si Dato the Askal, si Mike the Piggy at sina Gloria and Luli the Gremlins!
Way to go JayCano! I will do my own searching too but I have to start with some names. These crooks also used Filipinas married to foreigners para disimulado. Foreign names nga naman so mas mahirap ma-trace, di ba?
I heard that when putot was still in her lower positions, corrupt na corrupt na daw yan. So all these activities of buying and selling proeperties here in the US and elsewhere may have started way back when she started her political career and had her hands on the money (bribes etc). We have to follow the money trail.
Isa pa yan si Iggy Arroyo na super corrupt!
Ellen: hopefully I can find Journo online here in the states. If I’m able to see “Willing Willie” from Channel 5 online, hopefully Journo will show.
Parasabayan: That sale of a commercial building to the Garlock Trust in 1998 looks very supicious. They “flipped” the property for a $400,000 profit in only 3 months! It also happened just months after GMA became Vice-President. Was that a backdoor bribe by someone who planned to do business in the Philippines.
A similar transaction happened here when Chicago developer Tony Rezko sold property at very low prices to Barack Obama. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Rezko) Rezko is now in prison for fraud and bribery. Normally, Obama’s involvement in such a suspicious transaction with a convicted felon would’ve disqualified him from running for higher office, but most of the US press were fauning over him as their “chosen” candidate so he wasn’t vetted the way other candidates are.
JayCano, now that there is a proposal for unlimited political contributions from corporations, future US presidents will have allegiances to these corporations instead of the people. US is “tumatandang paurong”!
I did not vote for Obama because I did not think he had the capability to turn the economic conditions around. I am right. Look at where the US is still in, in the gutter! Of course the Obama fans think otherwise.
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Ellen , Strictly Politics can only be accessed by TFC (Abs-Cbn)subscribers 😀
So the walls are closing in on Mikey that he is running out of space and in a no-way-out situation.
That is unless the BIR people go all the way and leave no room or hole for him to slip through. Unfortunately this agency is all talk and no conviction yet to show. They bragged about people being charged, but being charged is different from conviction. We still have to see one big fish caught and put into an aquarium and the best show they can produce is entitled “Mikey”.
Maybe it’s about time for them to show that they mean business, walk their talk and starts sending thieves not only Mikey and family but all those who freely served themselves from the state coffers.
“Normally, Obama’s involvement in such a suspicious transaction with a convicted felon would’ve disqualified him from running for higher office, but most of the US press were fauning over him as their “chosen” candidate so he wasn’t vetted the way other candidates are.” – jaycano
Are you sure you know what you’re talking about? You and psb need to do a lot of googling about primaries, debates, delegates, democratic convention and finally the simple majority vote of 2117 out of 4223 delegates to secure who is the presidential candidate. Vetting??
“JayCano, now that there is a proposal for unlimited political contributions from corporations, future US presidents will have allegiances to these corporations instead of the people. US is “tumatandang paurong”!” – psb
Proposal?? If I’m not mistaken, the conservative controlled supreme court reversed this ruling last year…and it favors nobody else than the GOP’s.
“I did not vote for Obama because I did not think he had the capability to turn the economic conditions around. I am right. Look at where the US is still in, in the gutter! Of course the Obama fans think otherwise.” – psb
And you think maverick McCain and inept Palin would have turned the economy around? Surplus under Clinton, trillion deficits under GWB, two unpaid wars in the billions, billions in wasteful prescription drugs that didn’t work, what does that tell you. Millions of jobs were being lost when Obama took over in 2009, and you expect him to swat the magic wand and whoa! presto! here are the jobs. It doesn’t work that way.
“Of course the Obama fans think otherwise.” – psb
I’m a fan of someone who is doing everything in his power to stop the GOP’s agenda of eliminating programs for those less fortunate in America, i.e Medicaid, Medicare, plan parenthood, SSI.
I firmly believe in the democrats stance in sharing the wealth and providing healthcare to the poor, and not the GOP’s evil agenda of taxing the middleclass on down and give millions/billions tax breaks to their greedy corporate friends/donors.
Brief story: A filipino couple who just arrived from Pinas lived in a federally subsidized housing while working menial jobs decades ago. They applied also for food stamps and medicaid as they couln’t afford healthcare. Fastforward
10 years later, they’re on their own, wife became full RN, and husband an Engineer living the american dream and affiliated themselves to the GOP. NOW, this are the same couple who slam Obama and the democrats for subsidized social programs such as food stamps, section 8 housing, subsidized housing, medicaid/care, healthcare…….same freaking programs they were recipients for when life was tough during their early years. There are many of these types of hypocrites in the Pinoy community of America and it’s shameful.
Look at your parents when you brought them in to the US. SSI, Food Stamps anyone???? These are all democratic programs since the JFK years if I’m not mistaken, and it’s the same entitlements the GOP’s are trying to eliminate; to which I say….go for it! Do it and hope it passes.
Tru:
The Repubs just wont admit it. They can’t and won’t ever accept that a ‘black’ guy with a funny Muslim-sounding surname is President of the US. All their other imputations had long been debunked. They will never see how low the US’ self-esteem sunk in Bush’s time and they blame Obama for it. And you’re right. Some of our kababayans are more ‘racist’ than the white Americans. Classic case of “biting the hands that feed you”.
i think pinoys in general are more racist than whites.no black can ever be elected president of pinas, because a lot of pinoys think they are white though they may be darker than the blacks.. problem with the usa is that it is the cradle of capitalism where money begets money, some are very very rich and a lot are very very poor. it is normal to be greedy in such a country, worst is that pinas idolise american ideology. my hope is pres. obama can put more sense in the american way of thinking.
Bagay talaga sa kanya na maging representative ng Ang Galing Party kasi magaling siyang magpalusot.
Obama is a fake president like your fake president Noynoy.
Tru Blue, there are more “free loaders” than the real people who need “help”. Across the board, every race is a culprit, the “government dole outs” are taken advantage of by the people. US should really scrutinize these dole outs. How many people do I know who take the benefits and go gambling? Drinking? and Doping? How many people do I know make having babies a profession because for every child, there is subsidy? Too many! I am out on the streets a lot because of my profession and I cry whenever I pay my taxes coz it goes mostly to these free loaders. I am not opposed to helping the real needy people like the soldiers who are now on the streets after serving the country. I want the disabled, used to be workers, to be cared for. I wnat teenage moms to be get assistance to eventually finish their schooling and be taxpayers. But I am against instant pensioners. My mother and father did not want to come to the US to be instant pensioners. My mother said I never worked in the US why will I go there to get a pension? My mom still wants to stay in the Philippines with her small Philippine pension. It is not only Filipinos who exploit the SSI. It is all races. The US should review these benefits very well as these will eventually eat up the economy. Only those who paid into the system should get the benefits.
I have a lot of very close black friends. I love them! I just had the gut that Obama was not ready to take on the economic problems of the biggest economy in the world which is now upside down. He is an eloquent speaker but I do not think he has the capability to turn the economy around.
Actually, I am also against the free education for the grade school and high school. The poor families can be subsidized but not give everyone free education. Sino ang mas maraming nakikinabang sa mga ito? Those who NEVER paid into the system.
On the medical front, I pay almost a thousand for my own family insurance a month. Here comes a TNT or someone who just crossed the boarder who gets sick and goes to the community hospital and gets ALL FREE hospitalization and medication to boot. Where is the equitability of this?
How many times had I seen people cashing their government checks, they are stronger than me, they drive a Mercedes Benz and even wear Rolex watches and mind you, these people live in a million dollar house. They are not Filipinos. At least if they are, I would be happier because I know that most of that money would probably go to a family member who goes to school or something. There is a big problem on this “dole out money”. US should review all these dole outs.
Oo nga,bakit may SSi ang mga ibang matatanda dito di naman sila nagtrabaho at nag contribute sa Social security. Kaya tuloy tumataas vat sa mga bilihin para ibigay sa kanila.
UNFAIR! UNFAIR! UNFAIR!
mayroon akong kilalang tumatanggap ng SSI sa California. Dumating sya sa California mga 60 years old na sya noong early 1990’s. Ang tinatanggap nyang SSI ay $600 per month mula ng dumating sya. Samantalang hindi sya nagtrabaho sa US kahit isang araw man lang…..sarap ng buhay no.
Di ko lang alam kong adjusted yon sa inflation. Siguro sa ngayon ay tumatanggap na sya ng mga $750 kung adjusted sa inflation.
Sarap nga ng buhay nila, tapos ipadala ang kalahati sa anak na naiwan sa Pinas na ayaw ng maghanap ng trabaho at asa na lang sa padala.
“The Repubs just wont admit it.” – h90
For these “rethugs” to appease those independent voters out there and not be contrued as racist, they always harp on “oh Obama is a likeable person, intelligent, blah, blah, blah..we just don’t agree with his policies”.
And YUP, it’s killing all of them rightwingers to see him in the White House, hopping on Marine ONE, Air Force ONE, and sitting pretty in his bullet-proof beast cadillac. He is a two-termer, that’s between you and me…wink! wink!
“I just had the gut that Obama was not ready to take on the economic problems of the biggest economy in the world which is now upside down. He is an eloquent speaker but I do not think he has the capability to turn the economy around.” – psb
And bomb bomb bomb McCain and family value Palin were ready to bring back the economy to the Clinton era standards in just a few years? Take a grip of yourself, the very brightest economists on both sides agreed this economy compounded by the crash of the housing market, two ongoing wars was pretty bad. From where you sit, you seemed to have a solution to this nightmare, let’s hear it.
“I wnat teenage moms to be get assistance to eventually finish their schooling and be taxpayers.” psb #69
“Actually, I am also against the free education for the grade school and high school. The poor families can be subsidized but not give everyone free education. Sino ang mas maraming nakikinabang sa mga ito?” – psb #71
A typical republican stance. @69 you’re for education and at #71, you’re against education. what the ????
Most people with high school education in the US become productive citizens. Please don’t deny poor people an ounce of education if that’s their only dream in life, even if they’re free loaders. We only live once.
“community hospital and gets ALL FREE hospitalization and medication to boot. Where is the equitability of this?” – psb
That’s why it’s called a community hospital. I don’t see anything wrong admitting a toddler of an illegal who is dying.
Taxpayers of Nevada forked out thousands of dollars for a Filipino boxer who was in a coma after his boxing bout two years ago. His health insurance provided by his promoters was not enough to cover for his months of hospitalization which included brain surgeries and everything medically associated towards his wellness and recovery. We’re a civilized society, and IF that boxer was your relative, you will thank the taxpayers of Nevada. Stop your whining for humanities sake.
“How many times had I seen people cashing their government checks, they are stronger than me, they drive a Mercedes Benz and even wear Rolex watches and mind you, these people live in a million dollar house.” – psb
Part of what you said is true but who would believe in your assessment that their government check was used to buy rolex, mb, and million dollar house? These people you talked about are drug dealers. No one in welfare or on SSI live in a million dollar house, let’s be realists here.
@73: Pareng Cocoy, to refresh your memory; when an active military member decides to bring his parent/s to the US, he will execute and “affidat of support”. The affidavit clearly states in part “to fully support my parent/s in order that they would not become a burden of the government”. Why do I remember this phrase? I’ve signed these documents a thousand times over. Anyways, back to nitty gritty. Pag qualified na si Tang at Nang in a matter of two years (at that time), apply agad ng SSI. At the same, Nang and Tang were towed by their masunoring military son to the base office to secure a “dependent’s ID card”. Pag na approve, sa exchange na ang hangout ng dalawa, dami ng kaibigan. They might see one another in the old Regional Medical Centers, may libreng gamot na rin.
Now, back to the affidavit they signed some two years ago where the sponsor declared to take care of his parent/s so as not to become a burden to the government….it was never an issue. I’ve seen it. Just be quiet na lang. Kaya PSB should just zip da mouth na lang, hehe….
Mga Aso, Kabayo, at mga pusa nga na that are in distress, they’re being rescued, how much more for human beings. Let’s all be humanitarian. Let’s tax the rich and not the other way around. This is reverse Robinhood.
Cheers!
So here we go again with that catchy argument; the Dems are like Robin Hood, robbing the rich to help the poor.
Well the Reps are like the Sheriff of Nottingham; taxing the poor to enrich the wealthy.
I’d rather have a government run by Robin Hood than one run by the Sheriff of Nottingham.
I’d rather America spent on illegals inside America, who work and help the economy, than spend outside (Irag, Afghanistan and Pakistan) on people who are against America.
And don’t give me that crap about security. The war has not made anybody more secure (ask London and Madrid).
I have always advocated a cheap solution – assassinate the bastards – Saddam, Qaddafi, etc. It is cheaper in terms of money, lives of US troops, and lives of civilians (Iraqis, Libyans, etc.) War only enriches the defense contracting hijos de putas who fund the Reps and the likes of Palin.
Reading your posts guys reminds me that we all have problems wherever we are, and most of them caused by politicians. 🙂
US and Canada’s social security programs are similar kaya hindi nakapagtataka na ang mga flights to and from US and Canada ay almost 75% mga senior citizens na nagbabakasyon at bumabalik at maraming uugod-ugod at naka-wheel chair dahil kailangan ang presence nila in either country to continue receiving the doleouts from these most generous or stupid governments.
Hindi mo na nga malaman kung maawa ka o matutuwa sa kanila, dahil kitang kita mo na ang kalagayan, hirap at uncomfortable sa maraming oras na biyahe pero pilit pa rin na kumilos dahil sayang yong dollars na dumarating sa kanila kahit hindi pinaghirapan sa pagtrabaho, pinaghirapan naman sa paghihintay ng ilang taon at pagbibiyahe.
“I’d rather America spent on illegals inside America, who work and help the economy,” – snv
Challenge mainstream noypi teenagers to work the fields of San Juaquin Valley of Center Valley California especially during the summer months…offer 10 dollars an hour. There will be NO TAKERS.
“I have always advocated a cheap solution – assassinate the bastards – Saddam, Qaddafi, etc. It is cheaper in terms of money, lives of US troops, and lives of civilians (Iraqis) – snv
There’s no doubt this blueprint was on the table…but with GWB’s cowboy diplomacy coupled with the deep hatred of most americans after 9/11 towards the muslims, it was pretty much a showcase of firepower ignoring the costs and lives to be lost. Now, it’s my friend Barry’s fault the economy is mired six feet under.
“Hindi mo na nga malaman kung maawa ka o matutuwa sa kanila, dahil kitang kita mo na ang kalagayan, hirap at uncomfortable sa maraming oras na biyahe pero pilit pa rin na kumilos” – florry
Mi dalang hydrocodone ang mga yan o kaya, nagpa inject ng morphine bago magtravel, hehe…
“dahil sayang yong dollars na dumarating sa kanila kahit hindi pinaghirapan sa pagtrabaho” – florry
Again, don’t begrudge the amount they’re entitled to, it’s the law of the country.
Full disclosure: You, PSB, and others might suspect I have or had a stake on this entitlements for the poor or the elderlies since I furiously defend them. The answer is NO.
My late father lived with me for only six months in California, it wasn’t for him, he missed life in Baguio and my late mom.