Villar firms bribe and forge? The case of the undervalued crane
MANILA, Philippines – Customs officials were peppered with calls in 2009 to release a shipment that was confiscated because they were undervalued.
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In an interview with Newsbreak, they said they were not aware that the confiscated shipment belonged to “people connected with a high official.”
They were referring to callers from companies associated with presidential aspirant Manuel Villar, Jr.
The shipment contained a tower crane, an equipment used in the construction of tall buildings. Real estate spawned the much-touted wealth of Villar, the only billionaire among elected officials.
The tower crane was imported by MGS Construction Inc, a subsidiary of MGS Corporation, which is engaged in land development, ready mix concrete and housing construction. These companies were behind the development of real estate projects of Villar’s companies, like C&P Homes, Britanny Corp. and Crown Asia.
There is no direct link between MGS Corporation and Villar’s companies but MGS’ president and chief operating officer, Marcelino Mendoza, is part of the core group of select executives managing Villar’s real estate companies. He has been with the Villar Group since 1992, serving as president of key money makers, like low-cost housing builder C&P Homes and Communities Philippines, which builds homes outside of Mega Manila. He is also the current chairman of Villar’s flagship firm Vista Land and Lifescapes, which is listed in the local stock exchange.
Confiscated
Former in-house lawyer of Villar’s real estate companies, Restituto Mendoza, wrote about MGS’s botched imporation of the tower crane in his labor complaint.
Newsbreak double-checked Mendoza’s claims on the customs issue against other documents and interviews with customs officials. We found that the imported crane was undervalued to reduce the customs duties that MGS would have to pay by almost P2.2 million.
Based on Bureau of Customs records obtained by Newsbreak, the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group seized 6 container vans that arrived at the Port of Manila from Hongkong in Oct. 2008. They had a tip that the imported items were undervalued.
The commercial invoice stated that the dutiable value of the shipment consigned to MGS Construction was only $46,250 (est. P2.2 million).
However, upon verification, the dutiable value was actually $185,000 (est. P8.7 million), or about P6.5 million more.
MGS denied knowledge of the fraud, blaming its customs broker Elen de Vibar Pasion, for the mess. It also argued that the confiscated item was second-hand material, thus has a cheaper value.
The cheaper the value of the imported material, the cheaper the customs tax.
Bribery, forgery?
Mendoza, in his labor complaint, alleged that Villar’s senior officers bribed certain Customs officials to secure falsified documents to support an appeal.
He found out the falsification when told by then acting chief of the appellate and ruling division, Atty. Grace Tecson-Malabed, that the signature of Customs Deputy Commissioner Reynaldo Umali in the endorsement letter to release the container vans was forged.
Mendoza said he confronted Villar’s senior officer behind the forgery, who admitted to him that it was provided from a BOC insider in exchange for P100,000.
The bribery, however, bungled.
One of the Customs officials told Newsbreak that it would be difficult to release the shipment without arousing suspicion from the apprehending PASG officials. “The PASG has the documents that showed the undervalued invoice.”
Failing to corrupt Customs officials, MGS Construction was reportedly forced to submit the corrected invoice and seek settlement. It offered to pay P890,695.60 for the import taxes as initially computed by the BOC
However, a re-computation by Import and Assessment Service unit said that the actual duties should be P3.067 million as the items were brand new. The unit also included fines and penalties. On June 2009, Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales signed the disposition form.
In October 2009, MGS Construction paid the corresponding amount.
Concerned Customs officials fear that they would lose their jobs if Villar wins. “we expect his men not to forget,” one source said. - - With reports and additional research from Ma. Althea Teves and Purple Romero, abs-cbnnews.com/Newsbreak
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Sa PARAISO ni VILLAR, MARAMI NA SILA!
Naranasan mo na bang PUMATAY ng MAHIHIRAP?
Upang MAAGAW ang MUNTING dampa na bunga ng kanilang SIKAP?
Si Manny VILLAR! ARMALITE at DAHAS ang pangtapos sa MAHIHIRAP!
(Subaybayan ang kwentong buhay ng mga taong biktima ng LAND GRABBING ni VILLAR sa Paradise Park, San Pedro Laguna, sa Norzagaray, Bulacan, sa IloIlo, sa Las Pinas,. . . WOW! Malapit nang BUONG PILIPINAS!)
MANNY VILLAR!!! HINDI LAMANG C5 AT TAGA! ! !
ALAM AT GINAGAWA LAHAT NG KLASE NG PANGWAWALANGHIYA!!!
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Ang Mga Senador ni Villar, Tunay na OPO-POPOSISYON !
GILBERT REMULLA, ADEL TAMANO, PIA CAYETANO, TOOTS OPLE , RAMON MITRA, GWEN PIMENTEL, SATUR OCAMPO, LIZA MAZA, BONGBONG MARCOS, ARIEL QUERUBIN, MIRRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, BONG REVILLA
OPO, Gusto naming maging BILYONARYO, tulad ni VILLAROYO!
OPO, PARARAMIHIN namin ang MAHIHIRAP para marami ang MANGARAP!
OPO, MagpapaTUTA kami kay MANNY, para EVERYBODY HAPPY!
OPO! OPO! OPO! OPO! OPO!OPO! OPO! OPO! OPO! OPO! OPO!OPO!
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HUWAG KALIMUTAN ! ! !
Si Manny Villar ay
TUNAY NA SINUNGALING ! ! !
TUNAY NA MANGGAGANTSO ! ! !
TUNAY NA MANLOLOKO ! ! !
MAGNANAKAW PA ! ! !
Nothing could be more
Nothing could be more hypocritical than the Nacionalista Party’s (NP’s) motto, “noon at ngayon marangal.” As we push towards the final month before election day, the steady stream of hardcore GMA allies going to NP goes on unabated. There is truth to Manny Villaroyo
But the Villaroyo partnership is not of two powerful individuals, not of Gloria Arroyo and Manny Villar. The partnership is among Gloria allies and Villaroyo allies who were once under one roof, shared the same spoils and played the same policy tunes. It is just like one person having two personas who are in a love-hate relationship but agreed in the end that they both want the ring. It seems the more appropriate battlecry for Manny Villaroyo is “Malacanang-My Precious.” The Gloria allies and Manny Villaroyo allies are Manny Villaroyo's two personas.
Which begs the question: Is Manny Villaroyo really in control of his party? Or do the puppet masters behind him already have an understanding with the power brokers of GMA that no matter what, tuloy ang ligaya. Anyway wala na si GMA sa Malacañang. Nasa Congress na. As it is laid out, the same machinery and interests which benefited from a GMA-Villaroyo-NP regime in 2001-2005 will also stand to benefit in an Villaroyo-NP-GMA regime in 2010-2016 if ever. No policy shifts. No program overhauls. No new faces. Land grabbing (Adelfa Properties) stays monkey business as usual . TOPAK or "Trapos, Oportunistas, and Villaroyo's parasites and leeches Inc." reverberates a thousand fold till the next presidential elections. A Manny Villaroyo presidency is another six years of GMA allies and former allies. Another six years of failed policies and false promises. Just look at the familiar faces in NP—they are too glaring not to see.
“Noon at Ngayon, the Nacionalista and kampi are Garapal….sa kapangyarihan
Trod!
Yun ang kadududa eh at na explain na yan ni Atty. Mendoza at naniniwala ako nito. Matagal ng wala ang Manila Brickworks at nabuhay ulit sa landgrabbing na ito ni Villarroyo. Kung e-blame mo ang Manila Brickworks ay dahil narin kay Villarroyo layering ang style ni Villarroyo at gumagamit ng ibang pangalan para pagtakpan ang illegal na gawain at ang isang insider na si Atty. Mendoza ay lubos na nakakaalam dito at siya mismo ang nag handle nito at sa iba pang mga kaso ni Villarroyo.
Ang claim ng Villarroyo camp lalo na sa Chief legal council ni Villarroyo na si Miss Galang na naghihiganti lang si Mendoza dahil pinatalsik nila ito dahi daw sa hindi competent. Paano hindi competent eh nakapanalo na ng ilang kaso si Mendoza sa company ni Villarroyo at na explain din yan ni Mendoza sa related articles sa itaas kaya paki basa mo nalang kung bakit siya pinatalsik.
EVIL-LIAR-ROYO C5 AT TAGA
EVIL-LIAR-ROYO
C5 AT TAGA EXTENSION PROJECT
LAND GRABBER
1. NBN? ZTE Scandal
2. Millions of bribe money to Congressmen and Governors (October 2007)
3. Cheating in 2004 Elections (Hello Garci)
4. Joc Joc Bolante Case (Fertilizer Scam, P728 Million)
5. Jose Pidal Bank Account (Unexplained Wealth, P200 Million)
6. Nani Perez Power Plant Deal ($2 Million)
7. Use of Road User's Tax for Campaigning
8. Billion Peso Macapagal Boulevard (Overprice of P532 Million)
9. Juetengate? (Illegal Numbers game kickbacks)
10. Extra Judicial Killings
11. Arroyo Moneys in Germany (Exposed by Senator Cayetano)
12. General Garcia and Other Military Men
13. Billion Peso Poll Automation contract (P1.3 Billion)
14. Northrail Project($503 Million)
15. Maguindanao Results of 2007 Elections (Zubiri, Bedol)
16. NAIA-3
17. Venable Contract (Norberto Gonzales)
18. Swine Scam (Exposed by? Atty. Harry Roque
19. GLORIA Arroyo son hidden assets in united states
MASSACRE ARTIST
Aquinos are "massacre artist" of Mendiola and Hacienda Luisita aside from being dealer artist of SCTEX and tulo artist.
villar's a crook
why vote for this guy that has too much to explain and it is corruption, swindling, opportunist and other illegal related issues? and you know what? it boils down to the poor as a mere victims.
why? i have a lots of this WHY?
My questions are as much as Villars' billions worth of treasure.
Enough for seeking what is really the truth.....just go to NOYNOYs' Liberal Party, tiyak wala kang alalahaning corruption record.
Nakakatakot pare at mare, grabe....
The Real Story Norzagary Land Grabbing Case
NORZAGARAY LAND GRABBING CASE IN SIMPLE TERMS
A landgrabbing case between Dumagats in Bulacan vs Villar's companies
Dumagats are claiming 485 hectares of land but the BSP (Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas) also claims it
Why BSP claims the 485 hectares land? because they have a Land Title of it that was a collateral of a loan of 1.5 billion pesos by the company named CDB (Capitol Development Bank) who was owned by Villar’s family. The said loan was used to build houses in Norzagaray land because they are converting it to a real state land.
Later, the said collateral land was foreclosed by BSP because CDB wasn’t able to pay the loan of 1.5 Billion pesos.
So the new owner now of the 485 hectares land is BSP (they said its for auction)
Questions:
Why Dumagats claims the land?
Because in 1964 they were given an original land title of it
Where are the Dumagats land title now?
Sadly their titles where burned because a fire brokeout in the registry of deeds in Bulacan. (sounds like a mafia)
So where did Villar’s CDB get their land title?
CDB get their title from a company named MBI (Manila Brickwork’s Inc.) A company that was involved in ceramics industry. Manila Brickworks was owned by Puyat’s family. The said title was issued in 1944 during the Japanese time so it is considered fake. Huh? Fake?
Why did Manila Brickworks turnover their titles to Villar’s CDB?
Because in 1995, MBI and Villar companies comes into an agreement to pursue a housing and development project in the said area and in 1998 they acquire 1.5 billion loans in BSP using the land titles that was originally coming from MBI thru CDB.
Why did the bank wasn’t able to pay their loan?
They were hit by the Asian Crisis that time so the bank closed and transferred its all assets and liabilities to Villar’s other bank, ODB (Optimum Development Bank)
In 2001, Norzagaray property was totally foreclosed by the BSP.
My Analysis: but see what can you see
Manila Brickworks Inc, which was owned by Puyat’s family is the one who first land grabbed the Dumagats (if they are the one who created the fake land title)
Villar companies doesn’t have the pure intention of land grabbing the Dumagats because they give up the land that is obviously more more than 1.5 billion in price now including all the real state that is in there now.
It was like Villar’s companies was having a bad deal/agreement from MBI.
My Conclusion:
Villar should not be blamed here but the one who make the fake land titles from Manila Brickworks Inc.
Its true that Dumagats are the victims and they are the one who suffers now.
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The statements and ideas above are collected from these websites. These I maybe wrong or got a corrupted ideas but please tell me if you have one that will clarify this issue.
http://www.mabuhayradio.com/sections/real-estate/5348-lito-banayo-must-d...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RP-BBUNZ99/message/6
http://barriosiete.com/manny-villar-land-grabber/
http://filipinovoices.com/the-real-villars
http://propinoy.net/tag/norzagaray-land/
http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/hl/hl107926.htm
http://globalbalita.com/2010/03/10/the-dumagats-and-the-land-grabbers/
Look at this
Is this mere "BLACK PROPAGANDA" again?
ahahahha
"So early so corrupt" na si Villar.
How much more when president na sya..
nakakatakot...
tsktskstk
NO TO VILLAR