Lily Gamboa O'boyle's(Liwayway), rants about a coffee table that her mother wanted back. She refuses to take responsibility for its return and attempts to cover up by making an accounting of her contributions to her mother's poor situation.Liwayway became a multi millionaire on her second marriage. Before that she lived and was provided for by her mother at her mother's residence in Loubet, Queens. When she came into the money everything about her changed: She proclaimed herself as her mother's protector and defender. That would have been nice., but he became more than that. She acted as her mother's righteous guardian. She would time and again scold her and reprimand her for her seeming faults, blaming her mother for not being there for her in the Philippines when she needed her. "So what have you done this time," she scolds her teary eyed mother.
And Nonoy, to whom she profess to have unconditional love for, is a thief who steals from his own siblings. He collects rent from the estate for his sole benefit and refuses the title of the house to be transferred to names of the legal heirs. And Nonoy giving money to our mother is just Liwayway's fantasy. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Nonoy has no means to speak of. Fact is, as our father said: he does nothing but ask money from our mother. And take a look at this correspondence with the estate lawyer. Yes, he had our mother's bank accounts transferred solely to his name, and Liwayway may be part of this scheme. Fact of the matter is, unable to provide for himself, he refuses to have the estate settled. And Lily Gamboa O'boyle is the only one of the legal heirs who condones Nonoys theft.
Liwayway writes: The truth be told, he has been a provider to me and to our mother of unconditional and loving support thru the years and I have in turn given him the respect and love he deserves from a sister. What a crock! Nonoy had been spreading gossip about Liwayway spending our father's saving with her traveling around the world, which forced father to immigrate to the US to recover his loses. Liwayway knows this. There's probably more to this than meets the eye. Liwayway, vain as she is, must have done something to warrant this sudden debt of gratitude, since Nonoy only became her provider of unconditional love when she came into the money. It could be that someone under her care through her(Liwayways') neglect and self indulgence got into trouble and so, at her own expense had to make right. And, this sudden "provider of unconditional love" bull is part of making things right.
And while some crooks steal from others for their family's sake, Nonoy does the opposite. Knowing least resistance, he ops to steal from his own family to benefit himself. Most likely with Liwayway's blessings he secures a power of attorney to control and steal from mother's bank accounts. Mamang once said something about saving his social security benefits so that she would have something to leave to her heirs when she dies. She must have been getting around $2000 a month in benefits. That would be have been around 100,000 pesos back then, which is a lot of money in Manila.
And here is another example of what she does with her millions. It is not to straighten out the mess in her own family but to buy and climb herself into high society:
"She [Lily Gamboa O'boyle] is also the vice chair of the US Committee for Refugee and Immigrants, which addresses the needs and rights of persons in forced or voluntary migration worldwide by advancing fair and humane public policy, facilitating and providing direct professional services, and promoting the full participation of migrants in community life." - from the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
What a hypocrite!
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:42 PM,
Noel,
I can see that you are in so much pain. I can only imagine how difficult it must have been for you not to have been in contact with Mamang the last two years of her life and not be able to=2 0say goodbye to her. I can see now how important finding this coffee table has been for you. It must be a relief a for you to locate it. Having done that, don't you think you should finish the task of getting it to Romblon? I think your plan to make arrangements for its return is the right one. Why pass the responsibilty to someone else? If you had kept in touch with Mamang these last two years you would have known of Mamang's deteriorating health. She had several close calls. Kuya Nonoy would rush to Sta Ana in the wee hours of the morning everytime she thought she was dying. That is the reason I decided to spend more time there. The Sta Ana house was also in a state of disrepair. Kuya Niniboy and I had some renovations done to it. Mamang was living on her social security checks which weren't much. Ateng (until she passed away) and I supplemented her income with monthly contributions. Kuya Niniboy and Kuya Nonoy gave her money and brought her food when they visited her. I paid for several of Mamang's hospitalizations including part of the final one. I was also paying for all her help the last year of her life. The remaining money in her bank account was spent for her funeral expenses. This is fully documented. These are the facts. I am neither a provider or a benefactor to Kuya Nonoy. The truth be told, he has been a provider to me and to our mother of unconditional and loving support thru the years and I have in turn given him the respe ct and love he deserves from a sister. Ditto for Kuya Niniboy and Dodoy. I remember many times in the past when I could say the same about you. No one is hauling or thinking about selling rocks or sand from Sibuyan. Mamang left her most precious possession to you, Sibuyan. That must tell you something about what she felt about you. On the morning of her attack she had thought about you and wondered why she hadn't heard from you for so long. Most of Mamang's expensive jewelry was stolen by her boy Pablo while she was on her last trip to Sibuyan. This is also documented. What's left is still in her aparador in Sta. Ana. Since you are the only one intent on having an inventory of the contents of Sta. Ana, I suggest that you make arrangements for that as well if it will make you feel better. I think what would make Mamang really happy and give her peace is not getting a coffee table back to Romblon but seeing her children come to an understanding and resolving their differences so that everyone can move on.
Take care,
Liwayway
PS. thank you by the way, for using my real name. It's so rare that I get called by that name and I really like it.
All this talk of everything is documented, yet not a single sheet of documentation presented? All this talk of her mother's poor situation and with all her millions, she can only come up with providing part of this and part of that?
Nonoy providing for our mother is a joke. He has no means. Ironically, his favorite expression, "amuyong" is what he really is.
-----Original Message-----
F rom: Noel
To: Lily Gamboa O'Boyle
Cc: dodoygamboa
Sent: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 9:32 am
Subject: Fwd: Belated Request.
Liwayway,
I am forwarding to you correspondence with Fred Mendoza regarding Mamang's coffee table. Fred has offered to return it to fulfill Mamang's wish. I planned on making arrangements for its return, but reconsider doing so realizing that Nonoy can just take it for himself for whatever reason or pretense, which would make the objective of its return an exercise in futility. Since you are Nonoy's provider and benefactor you may be able to deter him from taking over the table's "custody."
I wrote you many times of Mamang's desire to get this table back. Choosing to do nothing does not absolve you of anything. Since you took the hardwood that lolo Amboy gave Mamang to make this coffee table from, it is your obligation to assure its safe return to Mamang's ancestral home in Romblon or the Mayor mausoleum there. Until this table is safely returned to its rightful place, coffee tables will always remind you of your deed and of Mamang's wish.
I had done what I could to facilitate its return and now consider my task fulfilled.
You are Welcome!
Kuya Noel
