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Mikey’s firm sells Foster home for $1.125M

Published by Ellen on April 10, 2011

By VERA Files
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A company partly owned by Ang Galing Pinoy party-list Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo recently sold the controversial house in upscale Foster City, California that used to belong to him and his wife Angela for $1.125 million (about P48.49 million).

The five-bedroom beachfront house at 1655 Beach Park Blvd. was sold by the Beachway Limited Liability Company (LLC) – a company Arroyo has admitted being part owner of – and this transaction was reported to the San Mateo County Assessor-Recorder’s Office on March 16.

The property was transferred just last month to Mary Grace Apolinario and Jerome Ngo who appear in the county’s database as “grantees” or buyers. The buyers are owners of the popular restaurant chain “Gerry’s Grill” who, sources said, are good friends of Mikey

The property was transferred to Mary Grace Apolinario and Jerome Ngo who appear in the county’s database as “grantees” or buyers. The buyers are owners of the popular restaurant chain “Gerry’s Grill” who, sources said, are good friends of Mikey.

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Willing Willie case affirms power of social media

Published by Ellen on April 10, 2011

Online outrage over child abuse
Once again, social media in the Philippines proved its growing power when the high-flying host Willie Revillame announced last Friday that his show,Willing Willie, would be off the air for two weeks starting Monday, April 11.

Revillame sounded doubtful if the six-month old early evening show that for a while threatened to upset the public’s news viewing habits would continue.

Said to be the highest paid TV personality, reportedly earning the mind-boggling amount of P3 million a day, even his future in showbusiness is now in peril.

In an angry and bitter 25-minute live monologue, Revillame said,” Starting Monday po, hanggang next week, hanggang Holy Week, pag-iisipan ko po muna nang mabuti kung ako po ay magbabalik pa sa industriyang ito. Bigyan nyo na lang po muna ako ng pagkakataon at sa sarili ko pag-iisipan ko po ito.”

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Palaban pa rin si Willie

Published by Ellen on April 9, 2011

Will be back
Palaban pa rin si Willie Revillame kahit atras muna siya ng dalawang linggo habang nag-aalisan isa-isa ang mga advertisers sa kanyang show na Willing Willie.

Sa totoo lang inunahan lang niya ang MTRCB (Movie and Television Review and Classification Board). Alam ng TV5 at ni Willie na suspindihin naman talaga siya.

May naka-usap kami noong isang linggo bago ang ikalawang hearing noong Huwebes at ang sabi niya buo sila sa opinyun na mali ang ginawa ni Willie sa kanyang show noong Marso 12 kung saan pinag-tripan niya ang anim na taong gulang si Jan-Jan Suan habang nagsasayaw ng “macho dance’. Tawa naman ng tawa ang nasa audience.

Enjoy sila samantalang halos naiiyak na ang bata. Linagay pa ni Willie sa mas mataas na platform ang bata at pina-ulit pa ng malaswang sayaw bago binigyan ng P10,000.

Ni minsan hindi inamin ni Willie na nagkamali siya. Sabi niya noong Biyernes,“Wala po kaming kasalanan. Wala po akong kasalanan. Humihingi po ako ng paumanhin sa inyo, na kung mayroon po kaming na-offend. Pero hindi po kami hihingi ng tawad kasi ho, wala po akong ginawang masama sa batang iyon. Hindi ko minolestiya ang batang iyon,” sabi niya.

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Willie Revillame to take leave from show

Published by Ellen on April 9, 2011

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By Chuck Smith
omg!Yahoo

The primetime variety show “Willing Willie” will be off the air for two weeks starting this Monday, April 11, after its host Willie Revillame announced that he has decided to take a leave from the program.

In his live message aired on Friday, April 8 episode of “Willing Willie,” the controversial host said he will study his options whether to continue or halt his career as a TV host during the two week hiatus. Today, TV5 will air a taped episode of the show.

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It’s Mikey Arroyo’s turn to be shocked

Published by Ellen on April 8, 2011

Inquirer report: No one is untouchable

VERA Files stories on the Mikey Arroyo’s San Francisco properties:

1.Arroyo sons acquire U.S. homes, businesses after election to Congress
2. Mikey:Not hiding houses, just listing them under company’s name
3. Following the trail: 2004, 2007 declarations show no campaign contributions
4. No record of Mikey’s SALN in Ombudsman, Pampanga capitol
5. Mikey fixes Foster City problem- but not quite

'Harrassment'
Now, it’s the turn of the Arroyos to be shocked.

ABS-CBN online reported Thursday that Gloria Arroyo’s son, Mikey, who shocked the Filipino people with his claim that he represents the tricycle drivers and the security guards in the House of Representatives, was “shocked” upon hearing of the P73.85 million suit filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue against him and his wife, Angela.

The news report, quoting BIR Commissioner Kim Henares, said the Arroyos were charged with attempting to evade taxes and failing to file income tax returns.

Pertinent documents:

7April2011_BIR files Tax Raps Against Mikey Arroyo and Wife Angela
Henares letter to de Lima
7April2011_BIR RATE Case Transcript
7April2011_Statement of Finance Secretary Cesar V. Purisima on Mikey Arroyo RATE case
Mikey Arroyo’s statement

Henares said Arroyo did not file ITRs for the years 2005, 2008 and 2009, while his wife had no tax returns from 2003 to 2009.

She also said the spouses failed to pay taxes even as the lawmaker declared in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) millions of pesos worth of real and other properties acquired from 2004 to 2009. One of those properties was his $1.32 million beachfront house on Park Boulevard, Foster City in the San Francisco Bay Area in California which was exposed by VERA Files in 2009.

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MTRCB considers suspension of ‘Willing Willie’

Published by Ellen on April 6, 2011

by VERA Files for Yahoo

Suspension ruling out April 7
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) is expected to rule on Thursday, April 7, on the controversy over the March 12 episode of TV5’s early evening variety show “Willing Willie” where host Willie Revillame goaded a tearful six-year old boy into doing a sexually suggestive dance while the audience laughed at the child.

But if for some reasons they would have to delay the ruling, MTRCB Chair Grace Poe-Llamanzares said, “There are talks of a preventive suspension. That’s one option.”

Another MTRCB official, who asked not to be named because he was not the authorized spokesperson, said, “There’s no question about the suspension. What is being discussed is for how long.”

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How Aquino can regain lost ground

Published by Ellen on April 5, 2011

Reacting to the latest Social Weather Station survey results that showed his satisfaction rating dipping 13 points, the biggest so far in his 10-month presidency, President Aquino blamed media for not reporting about the good things his administration has accomplished and that from now, his media office would be more aggressive in its propaganda blitz.

Aquino’s deputy spokesperson Abigail Valte said, “P-Noy said that sometimes we are too shy because baka sabihin nagbubuhat kami ng sariling bangko. So bear with us kung kakapal ang mukha namin.”

Malacanang’s misreading of the message of the survey results reminds me of the story of the “Moron and the Beetle”. The moron was conducting an experiment what would happen to the bettle if his legs were cut. With all the six legs of the beetle intact, he ordered “Move” while tapping the table. The beetle moved quickly.

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