Tag: Marcos ill-gotten wealth

Human rights group asks presidential bets about their position on Marcos’ ill gotten wealth

MANILA, Philippines – Human-rights group asked the presidential candidates about their plans regarding the recovery of the alleged ill-gotten wealth of the Marcos family. The Presidential Commission on Good Government already recovered $4 billion of said wealth. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

Value of Marcos jewelry collection stored in BSP vault now at P1 billion

MANILA, Feb. 15 — Following the weeklong appraisal in November 2015 of the massive ill-gotten jewelry collection seized from the Marcoses and stored in a vault at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for almost three decades, the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) announced that the value of all three collections now amounts to a conservative estimate of at least P1 billion. This is based on the reports submitted by Christie’s and Sotheby’s, which […]