The Commission warns the public against FRANCIS LEO MARCOS and his now FILIPINO FAMILY CLUB INTERNATIONAL INC. and/or in dealing with any individuals or group of persons acting or soliciting donations for or on behalf of FRANCIS LEO MARCOS and/or his pretentious organization
Date Posted: 31 August 2021
FILIPINO FAMILY CLUB INTERNATIONAL INC
It has come to the attention of the Commission that
the
entity
operating under
the name
F
ILIPINO FAMILY CLUB INTERNATIONAL INC.
formerly
or a variation of
the
F
RANCIS LEO MARCOS FAMILY CLUB
INCORPORATED
or
FLM FAMILY
CLUB, INC
.
by
FRANCIS LEO A. MARCOS
or
NORMAN
A.
MANGUSIN
is
continuously
solicitin
g donations from public
for its dubious
humanitarian activities
through its supposed officers, namely,
EDUVEGES
“
DONG
”
BATALAN
(President),
ALFRE
D
“
ALYSSA DEE
”
DU
(
V
ice
P
resident
for Finance
),
LUAN
NE
MARIELEISE
PEŇANO
(Vice President for Communication),
RACHEL
“
ACEY
”
GUITERREZ
(Vice
President for PR and Marketing),
JONCHO
“
YHAMA
”
TAN
(Executive Secretary),
BENEDICT BATALAN
(MIS Manager),
ROMMEL
“
LE
MMOR
”
LAFUENTE
(Media
Manager),
CESAR DE GUZMAN
(Corporate Services Manager)
, and
MARY
“VICTORIA” SANVICTORES
without prior registration, license and/or accreditation
from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
As part of its new scheme
, the
FILIPINO FAMILY CLUB INTERNATIONAL
INC.
are offering
premium to econo
membership packages
raging from
Two Hundred
Fifty Pesos (Php 250.00) to Five Thousand Pesos (Php 5,000.00) and are apparently
selling merchandises for a cause.
Based on
our recor
ds
, it appears
that
the
FILIPINO FAMILY CLUB
INTERNATIONAL INC.
was able to register with the Commission
through its
purported incorporators,
MARJORIE P. VENTURA
,
IMELDA P. HORTALIZA
,
CRISSANDA S. PRINCIPE
,
JOHAMA MARIE R. HORTALEZA
, and
CHARMAINE
DOMDOM
.
Despite thereof, the
FILIPINO FAMILY CLUB INTERNATIONAL INC.
is still
NON
–
COMPLIANT
with
the “
REVISED OMNIBUS RULES AND REGULATIONS ON
PUBLIC SOLICITATION
” or the “
Solicitation Permit Law
of the Philippines
”
(
Presidential
Decree No. 156
4) which aims to obviate illegal fund drives by promoting
transparency and accountability of persons, corporations, organizations and
associations to ensure the efficient management of funds solicited from the public.
It must be emphasized that
the issuan
ce of a
Certificate of In
corporation only
grants an entity a
juridical personality but does not constitute an authority or license
for the corporation to engage in activities that require a secondary license from the
SEC
and/or from such
other
government a
gencies
like the DSWD
.
In fact, the
Certificate of
Incorporation issued to
FILIPINO FAMILY CLUB INTERNATIONAL INC
explicitly states that:
“
Neither does this Certificate constitute a permit to
undertake activities for which other government agencies requir
e a license or
permit.
”
To put it simply,
prior
registration
with the Commission
does not automatically
legitimize all activities
of an entity specially if securing
further licenses and/or permits
are
mandatory
for their operations and/or when circumstanc
e or specific activities so
warrant
.
Prior registration
means that the entity is acknowledging the jurisdiction of the
government to regulate its
supposed activities
and
forbid
s the entity to engage
in
further
operation
s until it
acquires
the necessary authorities and/or licenses
as
required by law
.
Again, the Commission
warn
s the public against
FRANCIS LEO MARCOS
and
his now
FILIPINO FAMILY CLUB INTERNATIONAL INC
and/or
in dealing with
any individuals or group of persons acting or solic
iting donatio
ns for or on
behalf
of
FRANCIS LEO MARCOS
and/or his
pretentious
organization.
As always, t
he public is reminded to exercise
due diligence when making
donations or contributions to charitable o
rganizations because sadly, unscrupulous
individ
uals are taking advantage of the generosity of the public especially during this
pandemic for their own gain.
The public must also be mindful of the tax consequences of giving such
donations to those
individuals and/or entities
unauthorized by law
to sol
icit donations
and the penalties for failing to course their donations through authorized channels
like
the national government
, or any of its agencies, and such other
educational,
charitable, religious, cultural or social welfare corporation
, institution
or organization,
trust, and, research institution, and such other non
–
government organizations (NGOs)
duly registered with the SEC and the DSWD and are duly accredited with the Philippine
Council for NGO Certification (PCNC).
S
hould you have any informati
on regarding any
unauthorized activities
by
FRANCIS LEO MARCOS
or
NORMAN MANGUSIN
or by
any individual or group of
individuals representing
him
and
/or
his
FILIPINO FAMILY CLUB INTERNATIONAL INC
,
or any other entities
that
he
allegedly
owns or
operates,
pl
ease send your report
to the EIPD at [email protected].
For the guidance of the public.
Pasay City,
31
August
2021