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Fighting graft conviction, Imelda Marcos still among richest lawmakers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 05:15 PM

MANILA - While fighting her graft conviction, outgoing Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos was ranked the third richest lawmaker in 2018, data from the House of Representatives showed.    Read more »

Imelda Marcos jewelry auction to proceed as Duterte issues formal order

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 04 12:18 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has formally ordered the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) to auction off jewelry collections seized from former first lady Imelda Marcos at the downfall of her late strongman husband Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.  Read more »

Palace to reject any Marcos move to block jewelry auction

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 02:00 AM

Malacañang said Monday it would block any possible move of the Marcos family to prevent the auction of P704.8 million in jewelry seized from former first lady Imelda Marcos. Read more »

Palace: Marcos jewelry auction proceeds to go to Pinoys in need of urgent aid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 31 06:44 PM

Filipinos in need of urgent assistance will benefit from the public auction of former first lady Imelda Marcos' P704.8-million worth of jewelry, Malacañang said Friday. Read more »

COA urges PCGG to take legal action vs PNB for unreliable dollar account

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 06:25 PM

MANILA - The Commission on Audit (COA) has found that the Presidential Commission on Good Government has an unreliable foreign currency savings account balance with the Philippine National Bank. Read more »

Gov’t, Filipino lawyer ‘dickering over dollars’ from Imelda paintings

Gerry Lirio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 06:17 PM

A $4-million check for the Philippine government remains in limbo, according to a source in the New York court, because the PCGG has yet to settle its financial obligation to its Filipino lawyer.  Read more »

OPINION: Duterte echoes Imee Marcos’ line

Ellen Tordesillas
Posted at Mar 03 11:25 PM

In front of an impressionable audience, Pres. Duterte usually gets carried away with his story-telling and says things that are false and vulgar. Read more »

No proof of Marcos ill-gotten wealth? Robredo tells Duterte to look at court decisions

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 04:58 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Friday said there should be no doubt on whether the Marcos family really amassed ill-gotten wealth, contradicting President Rodrigo Duterte's claim that there was "no proof" the former dictator stole from the country's coffers.  Read more »

Martial law survivors, critics hit Duterte over remark on Marcos wealth

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 11:22 PM

Duterte made those claims despite the government recovering P170 billion from the Marcoses over the past 3 decades. Read more »

Unproven? Duterte's statement on Marcos' ill-gotten wealth draws flak

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 08:15 PM

MANILA - Victims of human rights abuses during martial law lashed back at President Rodrigo Duterte for his statement casting doubt on allegations that the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos and his family had amassed ill-gotten wealth.  Read more »

Ilang grupo, kandidato pumalag sa pahayag ni Duterte ukol sa Marcos wealth

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 08:05 PM

Binuweltahan ng mga biktima ng martial law at ilang kandidato sa halalan ang pahayag ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte kung saan sinabi niyang wala pang katunayan na may mga nakaw na yaman ang pamilya Marcos. Read more »

'That's the President,' Senate bet says on Duterte remark on Marcoses

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 11:00 AM

In a speech late Wednesday, Duterte defended his decision to allow the burial of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Heroes Cemetery saying, "Until now you have not proven anything except to sequester and sell." Read more »

Duterte says no proof Marcoses amassed ill-gotten wealth

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 12:15 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte doubts the Marcoses have amassed ill-gotten wealth.  Read more »

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 »