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Gadon rejects ill-gotten wealth charge vs Marcoses

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 17 09:51 PM

Lawyer Larry Gadon denied on Sunday that the family of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. amassed ill-gotten wealth over their 2-decade rule. Read more »

Marcos artworks forfeiture case to be decided soon but OSG buys more time

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 06:53 PM

The Sandiganbayan Special 1st Division is expected to rule partially on Civil Case No. 0141 or the forfeiture of ill-gotten wealth of the Marcos family particularly on their artworks, including those done by French masters which were sold recently in New York. Read more »

Sandiganbayan maintains it would rule on Marcos’ P1-billion civil case

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 04:02 PM

MANILA - The Sandiganbayan 2nd Division has maintained that it would rule on the P1.052-billion civil suit that the Presidential Commission on Good Government filed against the Marcos family and their cronies over alleged ill-gotten wealth during the regime of their patriarch, the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.  Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, a TIME magazine cover did not say Marcos had been acquitted in all corruption cases

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 26 06:06 PM

A search of the TIME magazine archive shows that this is a doctored image and the original cover featuring Marcos did not describe him in this way. Read more »

After citing ailments, Imelda now says she didn't know about Friday's promulgation

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 16 01:37 PM

Former First Lady Imelda Marcos on Friday told the anti-graft court that she did not know the promulgation of her case was scheduled last Friday after she initially said she had to skip the proceedings due to her doctor's orders. Read more »

Witness identifies two Italian masterpieces in Marcos paintings forfeiture case

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 04:20 PM

A museum director identified two Italian masterpieces listed by the Presidential Commission on Good Government and subject of the forfeiture case at the Sandiganbayan 1st Division against former first lady and Ilocos Norte 2nd District Rep. Imelda Marcos and her children. Read more »

Imelda Marcos cannot be granted pardon yet - Escudero

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 10:07 AM

Former First Lady Imelda Marcos, who was found guilty of graft, cannot be granted pardon because of an appeal her camp said it would file, Senator Francis Escudero said Tuesday. Read more »

Court to decide next on Marcos' P200-B ill-gotten wealth case

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 12 08:28 PM

In the amended complaint, the OSG had said the Marcoses illegally accumulated funds and other property estimated at P200 billion. Read more »

After graft conviction, Imelda Marcos files motion for leave of court

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 12 05:36 PM

The camp of former First Lady and Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos has submitted a motion for leave of court to avail post-conviction remedies before the Sandiganbayan 5th Division.  Read more »

OPINION: Sandiganbayan conviction of Imelda debunks Marcoses’ fake news

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Updated as of Nov 12 05:08 PM

The Sandiganbayan's conviction of former First Lady Imelda Marcos may have a negative impact on the senatorial bid of her daughter Imee.  Read more »

Imelda Marcos 'guilty' sa kasong graft; martial law victims nagbunyi

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 07:28 PM

Nahatulang "guilty" ng Sandiganbayan nitong Biyernes si dating First Lady at ngayo'y Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos sa pitong counts ng graft dahil sa paggamit sa kaniyang posisyon noon upang magpanatili ng mga Swiss bank account. Read more »

Pasay prosecutor's office summons Trillanes over sedition case

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 16 02:58 PM

The Pasay Prosecutor’s Office has issued a subpoena for Senator Antonio Trillanes IV in connection with a case of inciting to sedition, the complainants' camp said Tuesday.    Read more »

After Imee's 'move on' remark, Bongbong Marcos says PCGG already abolished

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 24 10:35 PM

MANILA - Former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has claimed the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), the agency established after the 1986 EDSA revolution tasked to recover ill-gotten wealth of the Marcoses, has been abolished. Read more »

PCGG needs support from Filipinos, former human rights chief says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 08:56 PM

"If you're just going to leave it to the legal system, you're not going to get much out of that." Read more »

Kaso sa pagbawi ng bilyon-bilyong 'Marcos wealth,' ibinasura ng SC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 10:19 PM

Napurnada ang maaari sanang pagbawi ng bilyon-bilyong pisong umano'y nakaw na yaman ng mga Marcos.  Read more »

Supreme Court junks ill-gotten wealth case vs Marcos, cronies

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 20 09:44 AM

The Supreme Court has affirmed the dismissal of a civil suit seeking the recovery of billions of pesos allegedly plundered by the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos, his wife Imelda Marcos and their alleged cronies.  Read more »

Kaso sa Marcos 'ill-gotten wealth', pinapa-dismiss ng gobyerno?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 19 05:14 AM

Inakusahan ng dating commissioner ng Presidential Commission on Good Government ang pamahalaan kaugnay ng pagtangka umano nito na abandonahin ang paghahabol sa higit $15 milyon na umano'y ill-gotten wealth ng pamilya Marcos. Read more »

No ‘revisionism’ in proposed PCGG abolition - Palace

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 05:20 PM

Malacañang on Thursday said the proposal to abolish the government body tasked to run after the ill-gotten wealth of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos is not an attempt to revise history, as earlier claimed by Senator Bam Aquino. Read more »

Panukalang PCGG abolition ng Kamara, walang katumbas sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 11:46 PM

Ipinasa ng Kamara ang panukalang bubuwag sa PCGG at maglilipat ng kapangyarihan nito sa Solicitor General. Pero paglilinaw ng mga senador, wala itong counterpart bill sa Senado kaya malabong maisabatas.    Read more »

Panukalang pagbuwag sa PCGG, lusot sa Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 01:15 AM

Lusot na sa Kamara ang panukalang batas na layong buwagin ang Presidential Commission on Good Government. Read more »