Dear insansapinas,
This blog is acshually about a story of families; mine and that of the first wife of Iggy Arroyo, Marilene Jacinto. Not so long ago, there was a squabble between the second wife, Aleli Arroyo and the mistress who denied she is a mistress, Grace Ibuna over the body and the estate of the deceased Congressman. So people asked, where is the first wife?
The First Wife
These excerpts from Babe Romualdez 's article could provide the answer to the question of those who are interested to know who she is.
This blog is acshually about a story of families; mine and that of the first wife of Iggy Arroyo, Marilene Jacinto. Not so long ago, there was a squabble between the second wife, Aleli Arroyo and the mistress who denied she is a mistress, Grace Ibuna over the body and the estate of the deceased Congressman. So people asked, where is the first wife?
The First Wife
These excerpts from Babe Romualdez 's article could provide the answer to the question of those who are interested to know who she is.
The Quezon City Prosecutor’s office has indicted Marilene Jacinto, first wife of the late Negros Occidental Congressman Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo, for falsification of public documents. The indictment stemmed from a complaint by Marilene’s brother – Ramon “RJ” Jacinto – president of the family-owned Oregon Land Inc., alleging that Marilene faked a Deed of Absolute Sale and presented the same to the Quezon City Register of Deeds to have the ownership of the P300-million Novaliches property transferred to her name.
The indictment is only the latest in the long-running Jacinto family saga marked by infighting among siblings over their inheritance. The late family patriarch Don Fernando Jacinto is the acknowledged founder of the steel industry. Don Fernando’s father, Nicanor Sr., is also one of the founders of the Bank of Commerce and Security Bank, and together with the steel mill in Iligan City plus vast land holdings, the family wealth expanded to great heights. The Jacinto children lived the kind of opulence and extravagance that most other people could only dream about. At a young age, they were living in the lap of luxury, driving around in the flashiest cars and mingling with the scions of society’s most elite. As a matter of fact, RJ would be seen driving around the Ateneo campus in a red and white Thunderbird – at a time when the T-Bird was just being introduced locally – while another brother went around in a Jaguar.
The rift among the siblings escalated with Marilene accused of squandering the family finances and running away with the others’ share – already little as it is – from the sale of the property. Court records of email exchanges (between 2007 and 2008) among the siblings revealed the acrimony and frustration especially among the other sisters who felt betrayed by Marilene. Two of the Jacinto sisters, Lilibeth and Nannette, passed away in 2009 and 2010 due to cancer while Pocholo died a year later. Sources close to the family allege that the death of RJ’s three younger siblings must have been caused by the stress and unhappiness over the infighting.
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