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ARI-ARIAN NI REP. MIKEY ARROYO 1 OF 2 REP. MIKEY ARROYO ON MEDIA SUICIDE WITH IGAN AND WINNIE MONSOD - HOW DO YOU EARN MILLIONS AS CONGRESSMAN? QUOTE FROM MIKEY ARROYO HINDI PA TAYO SANAY MAG-DECLARE NOON, DI BA? SYEMPRE! September 2, 2009 http:ph.news.yahoo.comgma20090901tph-mikey-arroyo-says-wealth-came-from-w-d6cd5cf.html Mikey Arroyo says wealth came from wedding, poll donors GMANews.TV - Wednesday, September 2 Pampanga Rep. and presidential son Juan Miguel Mikey Arroyo said Tuesday that a large portion of his wealth came from generous wedding and campaign donors. Mikey, the eldest son of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and First Gentleman Jose Miguel Mike Arroyo, made the revelation in an interview over GMA7s Unang Hirit with hosts Arnold Clavio and Winnie Monsod about where his wealth came from. His assets, which supposedly include a $1.32 million (P63.7-million) residential house in the United States, were made public in a report of Vera Files, which said Mikey Arroyo failed to mention the property in his 2007 and 2008 Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Networth (SALNs). [See: Arroyo sons buy luxury US homes after House election. The Vera Files report said the house is located at 1655 Beach Park Blvd in Foster City in San Mateo County, California. Mikeys wealth reportedly ballooned from the time he got married to wife Angela in June 2002 and became Pampanga vice governor in 2001-04. He was elected congressman for Pampangas 2nd district in 2004 and got re-elected in 2007. Mikey on Tuesday claimed to have declared all of his properties in his SALN, contrary to the Vera Files report. Alam niyo nung kinasal tayo nuon, medyo nagkaroon tayo ng maraming regalo. Tapos pag kampanya, siyempre kahit papaano marami ding tumutulong sa atin. Hindi naman sa nakaipon, pero siyempre nakakagaan ng kaunti and we had some good investments, he explained. (You know, when I married my wife, we received plenty of gifts. And during campaign periods, we had plenty of donors. Its not that we hoarded donations but these helped lessen our personal expenses and we were able to make good investments)....continued..click link http:newsinfo.inquirer.netbreakingnewsnationview20090831-222850I-declare-everything-I-ownMikey-Arroyo We can afford to buy properties By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez INQUIRER.net First Posted 11:58:00 08312009 Filed Under: Graft & Corruption, Politics, House-Buying - Selling, Real Estate, Construction & Property Mikey: We can afford to buy US real estate We can afford to buy properties Close this MANILA, Philippines—(UPDATE) Pampanga Representative Juan Miguel Mikey Arroyo on Monday refuted reports of irregularities in his statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN), calling them malicious and a waste of his time. Arroyo asserted that he and his family could afford to buy properties in the United States, such as the one the Vera Files reported on. If you examine clearly my SAL, if you read it well, you can see we can well afford to buy properties, he told INQUIRER.net in a phone interview. I have always been transparent with my SALN ever since I entered public office. I have declared everything I own there. It is self explanatory, he said in a statement. Coming to his defense, Speaker Prospero Nograles echoed Arroyo's statement and criticized the report as nitpicking against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's eldest son. A perusal of the statement of assets and liabilities of Representative Mikey Arroyo sufficiently shows that he and his family can afford the value of the properties subject to this issue, Nograles said in a text message. Personally, I find this issue nitpicking in the sense that the congressman can well afford the assets attributed to him, Nograles said, adding that the SALN can be legally amended without liability if and when any oversight that is not substantial is discovered or corrected. READ MORE...CLICK LINK http:newsinfo.inquirer.netbreakingnewsnationview20090831-222850I-declare-everything-I-ownMikey-Arroyo QUOTE FROM MIKEY ARROYO HINDI PA TAYO SANAY MAG-DECLARE NOON, DI BA? SYEMPRE!