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(Eagle News) – More than 260 persons who were among those who attended the 90th birthday party of former First Lady Imelda Marcos had been brought to various hospitals for treatment after complaining of “vomiting and dizziness to alleged food poisoning” on Wednesday, July 3. The Department of Health confirmed the number as Health Secretary Francisco Duque III visited the victims who were hospitalized. The exact number as of late Wednesday evening stood at […]
(Eagle News) – The camp of former First Lady Imelda Marcos filed a motion for leave of court on Monday, Nov. 12, so the Ilocos Norte representative can still avail of legal remedies available to her after being convicted for graft by the Sandiganbayan on seven counts. The hearing for the motion was set on Friday, Nov. 16, at 8:30 a.m. While the 89-year old Marcos has already signified the intention of her lawyers to […]
(Eagle News) — Former First Lady Imelda Marcos said that her lawyers will appeal the Sandiganbayan ruling that convicted her for graft on seven counts for her alleged financial interests and management in several Swiss foundations allegedly used to funnel roughly $200 million decades ago. The 89-year old widow of the late President Ferdinand Marcos said that her camp just received a copy of the Sandiganbayan’s fifth division, and that her lawyer on record […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that it respects the decision of the Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division which convicted former First Lady Imelda Marcos of graft, saying that the verdict was a “good reminder” to all public servants that “public office is a public trust.” In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that the Palace would not in any way interfere in the case. “The Executive Branch is not in the business of exerting undue interference […]
(Eagle News) – The Sandiganbayan’s Fifth division has found former First Lady Imelda Marcos guilty of seven of 10 counts of graft filed in the court for her alleged financial interests and management of several foundations in Switzerland from 1978 to 1984. Marcos, who is also the incumbent Ilocos Norte Representative Imelda Marcos, was sentenced to a prison term of six to 11 years for each count, or a total of 42 to 77 years […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A bustling shopping mall forms an unlikely monument to the “Thrilla in Manila”, but Muhammad Ali’s most brutal fight made its biggest impression on the minds of those who witnessed it and still speak of it with awe. The late Ali’s third and final meeting with Joe Frazier, in 1975, only went to Manila because Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos was hoping to gain popularity and prestige, three years after declaring martial […]
