Slide 1

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 2

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 3

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 4

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 5

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 6

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 7

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 8

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 9

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 10

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 11

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 12

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 13

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 14

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 15

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 16

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 17

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 18

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 19

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 20

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 21

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 22

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 23

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?


Slide 24

Palaki ng palaki ang budget deficit ng
pamahalaan habang paliit naman ng
paliit ang koleksyon ng BIR!!!

=

Wala nang pera ang
ating pamahalaan
para tustusan ang
pangunahing
pangangailangan ng
mga mamamayan!

Gustuhin man natin mangutang, ayaw na ng
Worldbank dahil wala naman tayong pambayad!

Ang resulta…

PATULOY NA KAHIRAPAN!!!

Habang patuloy naman ang
ating mga BIR employees sa
pagnanakaw at
pagpapasarap!
Sa pagt-travel travel abroad,
pagbili ng malalaking bahay
at magagarang sasakyan!

CASE NO.1: LUCIEN SAYUNO
Position sa BIR: Makati regional director
annual salary: less than P300,000.
MGA ARI-ARIAN:
• isang multimillionaire's home sa 266 Cuenca, Ayala
Alabang
• isang bahay sa Dasmariñas, Cavite
• Agricultural Services, Inc., La Immaculada Trading Corp.,
and Limtra Homes Development Corp.
Known for his family’s lavish lifestyle and frequent travels
abroad.

Lucien Sayuno’s house in posh Ayala Alabang Village.
Parked in his garage are a Ford Expedition, a Toyota
Land Cruiser, and a brand new BMW, which has a vanity
plate "AMS 101" (after his wife's initials). [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.2: NIETO RACHO
Position in BIR: chief for the Special
Investigation Division of the Revenue District
Office in Talisay, Cebu
Racho had a paltry P198,758 in 1998 and P203,758 in 1999. left out key
items in his SALs.
The papers of Angelsons Lending and Investors filed with the SEC in
April 1999 list Racho and his wife Lourdes among the firm's officers,
incorporators, and stockholders, all of whom are surnamed Racho and
carry the same middle initial as Nieto. Racho never reported this
company, which has its office in Tagbilaran City, in his 1999 SAL.
In November 9, 2002, DYHP Balita Action Team of the Radio Mindanao
Network wrote then BIR Commissioner Rene Bañez about Racho's
bank deposits totaling P5.8 million. Attached to the letter were
certifications from three banks that said the BIR official had deposits
with them of more than P1 million each. One of the banks said Racho
had P2.93 million in his account.

CASE NO.3: Rosemarie Ramos Ragasa
Position in the BIR: Taguig-Pateros RDO
Annual Salary: P250,000
•part-owner of two houses in Maria Makiling Greenheights subdivision
in Calamba, Laguna
•One of the houses is really grand: a white mansion with a roof deck
and swimming pool on a sprawling piece of land. The visitor enters it
through a winding, concrete driveway with a tiled design and which
leads to a rotunda decorated with a white fountain.
•a condominium in Richbelt Towers on Annapolis St., Greenhills, an
upmarket residential area in San Juan. The monthly rental of a threebedroom apartment there is about P32,000. The going rate for
condominiums in the area ranges from P35,000 to 40,000 per square
meter

Known to be “very luxurious.”

Ragasa’s vacation home in Calamba.

This mansion with a swimming pool at Maria
Makiling Greenheights subdivision in Calamba
is also said to be owned by Rosemarie Ragasa.
[PCIJ Photo]

In Calamba, this place is known as the 'BIR
house' because its beneficial owner is
Rosemarie Ragasa, a BIR revenue district officer
whose friends describe her lifestyle as
'luxurious.' [PCIJ Photo]

CASE NO.4: Edwin Abella
Position in the BIR: formerly Assistant
Commissioner of the Large Taxpayers Service
and recently appointed regional director of
Quezon City
•has a house in 1817 Job St., Jordan Plains, Novaliches
•He has another house Xavierville Avenue in Quezon City
that has its own security guard
•owns a cock farm in Norzagaray, Bulacan. The property
is known as Strike Eagle Farm.
•Abella's declared net worth has grown steadily from P3.8
million in 1999, to P4.3 million 2000, P4.6 million in 2001,
to P8.4 million in 2002

CASE NO.5: Beverly S. Milo
Position: chief of the assessment division
in Revenue District 8, Baguio City

Milo had a declared net worth of only P45,100 in
1990, when she joined the BIR as a revenue
accountant. By 2001, this had grown to P2.6
million

CASE NO. 5: Percival T. Salazar
Position in the BIR: Assistant Commissioner for
Enforcement Service
•had a declared net worth of P2.3 million in 2000 and P2.5 million in
2001. His asset statements for both years listed four properties-two in
Novaliches, one in San Fernando, Pampanga, and another in Babac,
Davao.
•In his 2000-2001 SALs, Salazar also described his Novaliches
properties as residential in nature. A visit to his address in San
Bartolome, Novaliches, however, revealed a three-story commercial
building (although the third floor appeared to be the family's residence)
that had a "For Rent" sign on it.
also have another two hectare property in Tungko, San Jose del
Monte, Bulacan, consisting of a house and a mango orchard consisting
of of land in 1994 for P80 per square meter. Some time later, the
Salazars bought another parcel of land, measuring 2.5 hectares for
P100 per square meter, in the same area. Total: P4.1 million.

Case No.6: Arnel A. Bernardo
Position in BIR: formerly chief of the Tax
Fraud division in BIR and now technical
assistant to the regional director of
Zamboanga

annual salary: P269,000
•Bernardo has the biggest declared net worth-P12.4 million in
1999 that leaped to P21 million in 2001.
His cash on hand and bank deposits amounted to P3.6
million in 1999 and a whopping P10.4 million in 2001.
•His personal properties jumped from P5.3 million in 1999 to
P12.1 million two years hence. No businesses appear in his
SALs for 1999 and 2001, even though he listed his wife's
•has a three-story residential and commercial building in
Sampaloc, Manila
“…a multimillionaire.”

Driving in Luxury
Cars Used by BIR Officials
CAR MODEL
Nissan Patrol

PLATE
NO.
WES 202

BENEFICIAL OWNER

REGISTERED OWNER
Sulpicio S. Bulanon Jr.
1817 Jordan Plains Subd.,
Quezon City (listed address of Abella in his
Merrick
SALs) Abella (son of Abella)
24 Xavierville, Loyola Heights,
Quezon City
Elizabeth S. Buendia
152 Road 8, Pag-asa, Quezon City
Limtra Dev. Corp.
Zone 4, Dasmariñas, Cavite

Suzuki Grand
Vitara

XAH 435

Edwin Abella
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Ditto

Nissan Cefiro

UUW 742

Ditto

BMW

AMS 101

BMW

WAM 807

Lucien E. Sayuno
BIR Reg'l Director,
Makati City
Ditto

Honda Accord

EPM 168

Mitsubishi L200

WHL 897

Honda CR-V

WAY 786

Danilo A. Duncano
BIR Reg'l Director,
Quezon City
Corazon P. Pangcog
Asst. Reg'l Director,
Valenzuela City
Ditto

Honda CR-V

XEH 459

Ditto

BMW

MPV 343

Flordeliza P. Villegas
Revenue District
Officer,
Cabanatuan City

Marie Rachel D. Meneses
c/o Metrocor and Holdings, G&F,
Makati City
Daniel Anthony P. Duncano
2618 JP Rizal, New Capital Estate,
Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog (husband)
B2 L23 Lagro Subd., Quezon City
Alberto P. Pangcog
9 Ricardo St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City
Ditto
Charito P. Sico
8 Ma. Elena St., Carmel 1 Subd.,
Quezon City

At dahil sa kakulangan
ng pera ng
pamahalaan, dahil na
rin sa kapalpakan at
pangungurakot ng
BIR, ang pagimplement ng mga
karagdagang buwis
ang nakitang solusyon
ng BIR at DOF!

Nagpasya ang DOF at BIR na mag-impose ng VAT sa
bank trasactions! Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?
Ang mga credit cards natin ay
may karagdagang 10% VAT pa na
babayaran.

Maliban sa VAT on credit
cards, magkakaroon na rin
ng VAT pati ang mga tiangge
at maliliit na retailers!

Dahil sa malaking
budget deficit at
matinding corruption
sa pamahalaan,
tayong mga
ordinaryong
mamamayan ang
pinahihirapan!!!

At ang mga kurakot at
magnananakaw sa pamahalaan,
atin na lamang papabayaan.
Pathetic na talaga ang ating
gobyerno, ang mga simpleng
mamamayan, ang mga small
retailers, at tiangge ang pinag-iinitan
samantalang sina Lucio Tan, kelan
kaya magbabayad ng tamang buwis
sa pamahalaan.
Mananahimik na lamang ba tayo habang
patuloy na naghahariharian ang mga mayaman
at makapangyarihan…

Paano na kaya ang kanilang kinabukasan?