April 18, letter from Niniboy favoring Portugal. I was expecting a more professional relationship between these two. To relate facts as they stand - Not excuses and pleas to keep quite.
Niniboy, you can still take over this settlement and do it as you had proposed in your February letter - the right way!
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Dear Noel,
I read your email to Atty JJ Portugal. I am a lawyer myself and your older brother.
Like many practicing lawyers, Atty Portugal has many cases to handle and our's is only one of them. I would say that he is doing his best under the circumstances.
Let's give him more time. I am happy that he has not shown any bias in favor of Nonoy and that he respects me as an elder lawyer. He is probably just in his early forties.
Like you, I would like to have the estate of Papang and Mamang settled as quickly as possible and the properties partitioned, sold and equitably distributed, except the Sibuyan property.
And you know how much I have already suffered from the tirades and lies of Nonoy for trying to do a good job for everybody.
Atty JJ Portugal and I are pleasantly working well together. My personal feeling is that if he quits as our lawyer now , the process will even take longer to complete, and will be giving Nonoy the opportunity to blame the two of us for the delay in his usual manner.
Kaya konting pasensya na lang tayo. Meron ng liwanag. Huwag na nating bigyan ng dahilan para magresign ang lawyer.
The properties to be included are roughly the Sta. Ana home, the car, the bank accounts of Mamang, the shares of Papang in FEU. The PICOP shares look like of little value to bother with.
I told you already about the Sibuyan property in my email to you earlier today.
I am praying that you will understand my request.
Your Brother,
Niniboy
