Thank you for citing our work and putting a link back to our website.

In a country with totally untrustworthy news media, we are more trusted than any other source of information. For the record, although our identities are unknown to the general public, the facts we present are easily verifiable and our constituent base of planholders is very visible.

Several thousand planholders update themselves through our blog hourly. Credibility and trustworthiness has long been established.

Sincerely,
PEP349, PEP Coalition

I hope they can attend the iblog event. They can be a good example of consumer vigilance demonstrated through blogs.

hey jj, nice blog site. now if i can only get to configure mine to display properly. saw th elink from the pacific plan blogspot site.

the Pacific Plans debacle is a story of impropriety and lack of sensitivity to customers. this shows why the yuchengcos do not deserve out trust and faith as a financial institution.

thanks so much for this blog - didn't know who to approach for help, mot PPI, they're the one's who got us into this mess in the first place. keep this up and God help us all

I'm one of the parent that is greatly affected by these PEP/CAP fiasco. My daughter is having a CAP college plan which she's suppose to use for school year 2006 while my son is having a PEP high school plan which he is suppose to use by year 2008. With what is happening now, are we just holding a piece of paper? while our hard earned money helps the owner of these pre-need companies leads a life of rich and shameless. I'm an OFW and I saved this hard earned money to prepare my childrens future but this is being taken away from us.

I don't buy the excuse YGC uses regarding responsibility to their shareholders and family. I'm a small business owner. Part of starting a business is knowing that you may lose money. Businesses can't just decide not to pay creditors if by doing so, the business would incur a loss. My father-in-law sold the house we lived in to pay off a bank loan made by the family business bec he believed in the integrity of our name, even if our name is not even well known like the Yuchengcos.

[10] "At his age, Amb. Yuchengco must be concerned less about money than his legacy."

I would be hard-pressed to agree with your statement, but all right, maybe. But what about the other Yuchengcos in his family?

JJ,
People who try to pull a fast one over others should watch out. Acts of God are not a rarity these days. Being a doctor, stranger but serendipitous things happen in our profession. So for those who believe that they are in the right and that WE, planholders should get only what they dole out and not what they promised, they better watch out. Its bad to wish ill of others, but in these trying times, people running Pacific Plans deserve a one way ticket to KARMALAND. Only God knows, sees and acts!

dear pacific plan holders and bloggers,

I hold 3 Pacific Educational Plans
I also have an RCBC Loan Account
can i hold one accountable for the other. I wonder if there are any of you out there with the same predicament and what are your thoughts on this.
your comments would be highly appreciated

[1] I am also a parent affected by Pacific Plans. My eldest son should have availed of the college educ plan by now. How can we join the PEP Coalition and get updated about what is going on with the case. I do not know about blogging but if the updates can be sent through my email, that would be great.

I think it is unfair to relate PEP349 with the Pepsi 349 tansan fiasco. Pacific Plans extensively sold its product with the assurance that they would comply with their obligations as stated in the contract, currency crisis or not. If recent events caused the predicament they are in now, well, as a business with a large group of sister companies, they should shoulder the expenses incurred using the resources of their sister companies. Will you cut-off a family member and disown it when they go astray? Or will you support and nurture them when they are sick until they get well again? Delicadeza dictates that they will have to lose money until such a time when all of their promises have been settled. Then can they only return to profitability. This is what is lacking in our laws. Take a look at Philippine Airlines. The sick dog of asia has made a comeback of sorts because Lucio Tan used the resources available to him via his other companies to support the ailing flag carrier. Pepsi 349 on the other hand was a gambling fiasco brought about by the misprint or error of the winning numbers. Here you knew that you may or may not win the big prize.

Did you know that the forum section has been taken down from the website of the pepcoalition? Its a sad day for th many people who have come to rely on the forum section to air their sentiments about the company that shortchanged them. Apparently, there is talk the Yuchengcos are scouring the forum for further material to throw at the parents they sued for libel.

What do you think about this development and what it bodes for Pinoy bloggers?

for more info on PEP(Parents Enabling Parents Coalitions, Inc.pls. check the http://www.pepcoaltion.com. I hope Amb. Yuchengco will value integrity,honesty,trustworthiness rather than money,after all, w/ the financial statements they submitted to SEC, it show the PPI is liquid and solvent, and they shld. know how to honor their contractual obligations w/c is stated in their contract that "No matter what the cost, the planholders is ASSURED the company will pay the education of their child"

do you have any officer of employee by the name of leo zafra? he called my mother and told her that pep was going to give some support for my schooling since i am a cap plan holder and i also applied for pep. pls reply asap.. thank you!

do you have any employee by the name of leo zafra? he called my mother last friday and told her that pep is giving me a check as a support for my schooling. reply asap

I tried to click on the link (www.pepcoalition.com) but there is no valid page shown. Please send me if there is a new website for PEPCI. Thanks.

i hope someone could advise the unfortunate PPI planholders how we can contact PEP Coalition so we can be updated on the status of our plight. I have emailed Ms. Ellen Tordesillas but as of this date, i have not received any reply from her. i am seeking assistance from regarding the tuition fee of my son who is now in the 3rd year, kahit partial assistance lang. as of now, i am really in financial distress.

hoping for your assistance.

norma.cabrera@yahoo.com

please advise how can i contact pep coalition for update. may daughter will be a 1st yr college this school year and hope to use now my traditional plans with pacific plans. please help what to do

Please how can we contact pep coalition and Atty. Philip Piccio. Badly needed his contact no. Thank you so much, Godbless and more power!!!

Please advise how i can contact PEP office. My youngest daughter is supposed to avail of her 5-year college plan, what will happen now? I even did not know what’s going on. I only suspected because there’s no more office in Iligan City to verify with. I’ll appreciate any info of a contact person hat you can provide.

Thank you very
Mel Arnado
(meldarnado@yahoo.com)

i just renewed my interest in the injustice that these so called “respectable” old families have done. is our movement dead already ?

Can anybody help us about my son’s plan which we have not used since he entered college a year ago?

Someone came to me claiming she is a third party representative of Pacific Plans. She said their group is buying our educ plans at 50% of the amount we originally paid for these plans. This amount is much lower than the one offered by Pacific in September. Will anyone please enlighten me on this? Is this one scam again? My daughter will be availing of her fixed-value plan next year. Does this prove that even the fixed value plan holders are victims, too?

my mon i pacific plan holder he works at RCBC makati before he retires and now he is senior citizent. and she a memorial plan in preparation for her death. and now the office here at laguna already closed.

kindly help me were to start , and another things due to old age he forgot her policy and even the documents for the plans all i know she i already fully paid. i want to check and claim every thing back for her use.

I have completely forgotten this educational plan I got for my daughter. I have two the Prudential one is what i have gotten for my youngest brother which he was able to use for his college education.

Now that my daughter is on her senior year, I remembered that I have gotten her one plan aswell - too bad it PEP, she is supposed to be using it next year but I really do not know where and how I can claim from PPI. I just went to their office and no one is there anymore… Please help.

Where can we locate Pacific Education Plan now after changing its name to Lifetime and then Apec? I am a Pacific planholder of a traditional education plan which schedule to avail between 2005 to 2009.