How the NaFFAA Clique “Outsmarted” Mike Arroyo in 1998 and Continues to Scam the Community |
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Written by Bobby M. Reyes | |||
Sunday, 12 September 2010 10:10 | |||
Part Four of the “Butanding Brouhaha” Series
Matalino man ang matsing, nalalamangan din (A shrewd monkey can be outsmarted by a shrewder ape) – a Filipino adage T hus, the national executive officers (NEOs) of then two-year-old National Federation of Filipino-American Associations (NaFFAA) “outsmarted” the cunning and financially-astute Mike Arroyo when his wife, then Senator Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, ran for the vice presidency in the 1998 national elections. Mike Arroyo accepted the offer of the NaFFAA NEOs (who were supposedly acting in their personal capacity) to raise campaign funds in the The NaFFAA NEOs held fundraising dinners in
Thus, after the scam done with the fundraising for the Philippine Chancery in Washington, DC, the Arroyo fundraisers established a NaFFAA-NEOs' pattern of deceit and con jobs. W hen news spread that the NaFFAA NEOs put one over the wily-and-crafty Mike Arroyo, several jokes about the federation clique cropped up in the Bay Area. Here is one of the jokes: “The story goes that five NaFFAA NEOs overheard a Filipino veteran praying loudly in a church in “The NaFFAA NEOs took pity on the FilVet and they contributed $100 each. Then one of them took the money and gave it to the FilVet while saying, ‘We NaFFAA officials heard your prayer and we want to help you raise the money that you need. Here is $500.’ The FilVet thanked the NaFFAA NEO but then continued praying. The FilVet said, ‘Thank you, Lord, for answering immediately my prayers. But please next time, don’t course it through the NaFFAA. The NaFFAA guys pocketed half of it.’” Then after another NaFFAA NEO, Atty. Rodel Rodis, was arrested by an officer of the San Francisco Police for allegedly passing a bogus $100 bill, another joke cropped up in The Crooked Clique that Couldn’t Shoot Straight Y es, the same NaFFAA clique members composed the Host Committee for the NaFFAA National Convention in Readers may like to read more details about the financial scams of the NaFFAA NEOs in these articles: The “Embezzlement” Issues in the Menorgate/NaFFAAgate Scandals of San Jose “Dietzcoveries:” Sex, Lies and NaFFAAgate To read about the misadventures, including the sexual escapades” described in the Menorgate, please just type in “Menor” in the Search box of this website. (To be continued . . .)
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