Church Officials Backs Owners of Mighty Corporation and Wong Chu King Foundation

Cagayan church officials expressed support to the owners of Bulacan-based cigarette manufacturer Mighty Corporation or Mighty Corp, who have currently been under siege for its low prices.

Competitors and even some legislators have thrown all kinds of accusations to Mighty Corporation in the past months but earlier this year, the local tobacco company finds an ally in church groups as well as with BIR and Customs who already said that allegations against the corporation are baseless and therefore dismissed. 

Bulacan Archbishop Emeritus Diosdado Talamayan of the Archdiocese of Cagayan said that the Wongchuking family, which owns Mighty Corporation, were great devotees of the Our Lady of Piat.

“For the past many years, I have known personally Mrs. Nelia Wongchuking, chair of the board of trustees of Wong Chu King Foundation Inc.,” said Talamayan, “She, together with the entire family, are great devotees of the Our Lady of Piat.”

Bishop Talamayan said that the Wongchukings even built a chapel dedicated to the Our Lady of Piat in Malolos.

Oscar Barrientos, Mighty Corp executive vice president asked the firm’s competitors to do battle in the sales market and not resort to dirty tactics.