Filipino Family Club International, Inc.

August 31, 2021 EENNFORCEMT AND INVESTOR PROTECTION DEPARTMENT SEC ADVISORY It has come to the attention of the Commission that the entity operating under the name FILIPINO FAMILY CLUB INTERNATIONAL, INC. formerly or a variation of the FRANCIS LEO MARCOS FAMILY CLUB, INCORPORATED or FLM FAMILY CLUB, INC. by FRANCIS LEO A. MARCOS or NORMAN A. MANGUSIN is continuously soliciting donations from public for its dubious humanitarian activities through its supposed officers, namely, EDUVEGES "DONG" BATALAN (President), ALFRED "ALYSSA DEE" DU (Vice President for Finance), LUANNE MARIELEISE PEANO (Vice President for Communication), RACHEL "ACEY" GUTIERREZ (Vice President for PR and Marketing), JONCHO "YHAMA" TAN (Executive Secretary), BENEDICT BATALAN (MIS Manager), ROMMEL "LEMMOR" LAFUENTE (Media Manager), CESAR DE GUZMAN (Corporate Services Manager), and MARY "VICTORIA" SANVICTORES without prior registration, license and/or accreditation from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). As part of its new scheme, the FILIPINO FAMILY CLUB INTERNATIONAL, INC. are offering premium to econo membership packages raging from Two Hundred Fifty Pesos (Php250.00) to Five Thousand Pesos (Php5,000.00) and are apparently selling merchandises for a cause. Based on our records, it appears that the FILIPINO FAMILY CLUB INTERNATIONAL, INC. was able to register with the Commission through its purported incorporators, MARJORIE P. VENTURA , IMELDA P. HORTALIZA , CRISSANDA S. PRINCIPE , JOHAMA MARIE R. HORTALEZA , and CHARMAINE DOMDOM . Despite thereof, the FILIPINO FAMILY CLUB INTERNATIONAL, INC. is still NON-COMPLIANT with the "REVISED OMNIBUS RULES AND REGULATIONS ON PUBLIC SOLICITATION" or the "Solicitation Permit Law of the Philippines" (Presidential Decree No. 1564) which aims to obviate illegal fund drives by promoting transparency and accountability of persons, corporations, organizations and associations to ensure the efficient management of funds solicited from the public. It must be emphasized that the issuance of a Certificate of Incorporation only grants an entity a juridical personality but does not constitute an authority or license for the corporation to engage in activities that require a secondary license from the SEC and/or from such other government agencies like the DSWD . In fact, the Certificate of Incorporation issued to FILIPINO FAMILY CLUB INTERNATIONAL, INC. explicitly states that: " Neither does this Certificate constitute a permit to undertake activities for which other government agencies require a license or permit ." To put it simply, prior registration with the Commission does not automatically legitimize all activities of an entity specially if securing further licenses and/or permits are mandatory for their operations and/or when circumstance or specific activities so warrant. Prior registration means that the entity is acknowledging the jurisdiction of the government to regulate its supposed activities and forbids the entity to engage in further operations until it acquires the necessary authorities and/or licenses as required by law. Again, the Commission warns the public against FRANCIS LEO MARCOS and his now FILIPINO FAMILY CLUB INTERNATIONAL, INC. and/or in dealing with any individuals or group of persons acting or soliciting donations for or on behalf of FRANCIS LEO MARCOS and/or his pretentious organization. As always, the public is reminded to exercise due diligence when making donations or contributions to charitable organizations because sadly, unscrupulous individuals are taking advantage of the generosity of the public especially during this pandemic for their own gain. The public must also be mindful of the tax consequences of giving such donations to those individuals and/or entities unauthorized by law to solicit donations and the penalties for failing to course their donations through authorized channels like the national government, or any of its agencies, and such other educational, charitable, religious, cultural or social welfare corporation, institution or organization, trust, and, research institution, and such other non-government organizations (NGOs) duly registered with the SEC and the DSWD and are duly accredited with the Philippine Council for NGO Certification (PCNC). Should you have any information regarding any unauthorized activities by FRANCIS LEO MARCOS or NORMAN MANGUSIN or by any individual or group of individuals representing him and/or his FILIPINO FAMILY CLUB INTERNATIONAL, INC. , or any other entities that he allegedly owns or operates, please send your report to the EIPD at [emailprotected]. For the guidance of the public. Pasay City, August 31, 2021.