Tag: Ferdinand Marcos

Sandiganbayan junks P1.052-billion case vs former President Marcos, wife

(Eagle News)–The Sandiganbayan has junked another case against former President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda. Citing insufficiency of evidence, the second division dismissed the P1.052-billion ill-gotten wealth case also filed against Bienvenido Tantoco Sr., among others, less than two months after the anti-graft court junked the P102-billion ill-gotten wealth case against the Marcoses and 11 others. In the P1.052-billion ill-gotten wealth case, prosecutors accused Tantoco of acting as a dummy for the wealth of […]

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Palace: Martial law arises “only upon constitutional dictates”; is the “very tool to save democracy”

(Eagle News)–Martial law “necessarily arises only upon constitutional dictates,” and is precisely the “very tool to save the exercise of democracy,” the Palace said on Sunday, Sept. 22. In a statement a day after the 47th anniversary of the proclamation of martial law under then-President Ferdinand Marcos, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that in  that case,  martial law “instilled discipline among the citizenry at its inception, as well as reaping success in dismantling the then spreading […]

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Sandiganbayan junks P102-billion forfeiture case vs former President Marcos, wife, others

  (Eagle News)–The Sandiganbayan has junked the P102-billion forfeiture case against former President Ferdinand Marcos, his wife Imelda and others. In junking the case also against Rafael Sison, Placido Mapa Jr., Don Ferry, Jose Tengco Jr., Ramon Monzon, Generosa Olazo, Cynthia Cheong, Ma. Luisa Nograles, Leopoldo Vergara, Jose Africa and Rodolfo Arambulo, the anti-graft court noted the failure of the plaintiff, or the Presidential Commission on Good Government,  to  “prove by  preponderance of evidence any […]

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Duterte: Allegations of ill-gotten wealth vs Marcoses not proven until now

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Feb. 27, said there was still no proof the Marcos family had amassed ill-gotten wealth during then-President Ferdinand Marcos’ term as alleged. “Until now, you have not proven anything except to sequester and sell. Hindi mo nga sigurado kung talagang kay Marcos ba ‘yan?” Duterte, a lawyer, said in a speech in Manila. The Marcoses are accused of stealing $5 to $10 billion from government coffers, and […]

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Duterte reveals “arrangements” for Misuari’s travel abroad

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Feb. 28, said he made “arrangements” for the Moro National Liberation Front’s Nur Misuari’s travel abroad. “He was not allowed by the court to go out because he has pending charges when he was armed. So I had to make some arrangements. Sabi ko, this is a personal request of me, which I do not do at any time, at any other time. Sabi ko, papasukin — ah palabasin […]

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Enrile: Alyansa sa pagitan ng LP, CPP isa sa dahilan ng pagdeklara ng martial law ni Marcos sa bansa

Moira Encina Eagle News Service Ang alyansa sa pagitan ng Liberal Party at ng NPA-Communist Party of the Philippines ang isa sa mga nag-udyok kay dating Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Sr. para ideklara ang Batas Militar sa buong bansa noong 1972. Ito ang inihayag ni dating Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile sa unang parte ng panayam sa kanya ni dating Senador Bongbong Marcos na may pamagat na JPE: A Witness to History at nakapost sa Facebook […]

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OSG asks PET to uphold decision junking Robredo’s bid for use of 25% ballot shading threshold in recount

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Office of the Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to  uphold its earlier decision junking Vice President Leni Robredo’s bid for the use of a 25-percent ballot threshold in the ongoing manual recount. In asking the PET to uphold its April 10 decision, the OSG, acting as the people’s tribunal, noted that it was the PET that was the “sole authority […]

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Robredo to PET: Direct Marcos’ camp to identify people aware of use of “banned item” in recount venue

(Eagle News) — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to order the camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos to reveal the names of those who supposedly knew about the use of plastic magnifying lens, a supposedly banned item, inside the manual recount venue. In an urgent ex-parte motion filed on Thursday, July 5, Robredo lawyer Romulo Macalintal  said Vic Rodriguez, Marcos’ spokesperson, should reveal […]

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SC upholds Sandiganbayan’s junking of ill-gotten wealth case vs former President Marcos, wife Imelda, others

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court has upheld the Sandiganbayan’s junking of the ill-gotten wealth case filed by the Presidential Commission on Good Government against former President Ferdinand Marcos, his wife Imelda, and his alleged cronies. In upholding the anti-graft court’s August 5, 2010 ruling against the Marcoses, construction magnate Rodolfo Cuenca, Manuel Tinio, Victor Africa, Roberto Cuenca, Mario Alfelor, Don Ferry and Oscar Beltran, the SC’s First Division said the “Republic […]

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House approves bill seeking for abolition of PCGG

(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Tuesday, May 15, approved on third and final reading a bill seeking for the abolition of the Presidential Commission on Good Government. With a vote of 162-10, the Lower House approved House Bill No. 7376 that transfers the powers of the PCGG to the Office of the Solicitor General instead. The powers of the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel were also transferred to the OSG under the bill authored […]

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Duterte: Forget about political colors

(Eagle News) — Forget about political colors. This was the message of President Rodrigo Duterte to residents in Tarlac, a supposed bailiwick of the Aquinos, on Wednesday. “If the Ilocanos would like to have a hero in the name of Ferdinand Marcos, give it to them,” he said, justifying his decision to allow the burial of the former president in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. The burial–which was done months after Duterte assumed the presidency […]

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CA affirms earlier decision rejecting martial law claimants’ plea they be awarded $2B in damages

(Eagle News) — The Court of Appeals has affirmed its earlier decision rejecting the enforcement of a Hawaii court’s judgment that awarded almost $2 billion in damages to martial law claimants. In its ruling, the CA’s Former Twelfth Division said there was “no new or substantial matter” raised by petitioners  former Commission on Human Rights  chair Etta Rosales, Hilda Narciso, Priscilla Mijares, Mariano Dimaranan, and director Joel Lamangan  that warrants a reversal of its July 7, 2017 decision. […]

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