FACT CHECK: FB reel on Marcos’ arrest warrant MISLEADS
There is no confirmation that a warrant has been issued for Marcos Jr. and Imelda over their refusal to pay a USD 353.6 million fine for the benefit of martial law victims.
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How the Marcoses handled an assassination attempt
Unlike Sara Duterte, Carlito Dimailig issued no threats and just did it. Fifty-two years ago this month, with martial law eleven weeks in effect, at around five in the afternoon of Dec. 7, 1972, Carlito Dimailig lunged at then First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos with a 12-inch bolo.
FACT CHECK: Sen. Revilla errs in claiming Imelda Marcos ‘instituted’ flood control tax
“The council and flood tax were clearly not proposals emanating from either head of the conjugal dictatorship,” according to the Marcos Regime Research Group of the UP Third World Studies Center.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Mali ang pahayag ni Sen. Revilla na si Imelda Marcos ang utak ng flood control tax
“Ang mga panukalang nagtatag sa MMFCDC at sa flood tax ay malinaw na hindi direktang nagmula sa mag-asawang Marcos,” ayon sa Marcos Regime Research Group ng UP Third World Studies Center.
The crime (and punishment) of Imelda Marcos
Maler, Trinidad, Rayby, Palmy, Vibur, Aguamina, Avertina, Azio, Verzo, Wintrop-Charis, Scolari – the Swiss bank accounts holder Jane Ryan had a knack for inventing swanky names to hide her identity.
When Imelda wrangled an audience with Queen Elizabeth II
With news of the recent demise of Queen Elizabeth II flooding all social media apps, stories of Imelda’s love for royalty have resurfaced. If she were still first lady today, she would have booked a chartered Philippine Airlines flight to London pronto and she could gain entry to the funeral mass on September 19 at Westminster Abbey where government leaders and crowned heads of Europe, Africa and Asia are expected to be present.
Despondent Ferdie and Meldy Marcos wrote letters to Ron and Nancy Reagan
Will the Marcoses ever repent their sins of accumulating ill-gotten wealth and corruption? Even with world opprobrium, they have not.
How was Palace steel safe opened? Who took missing bags of cash Marcoses brought to Hawaii?
In my column last Monday on the last 24 hours of the Marcoses in Malacañang on Feb. 25, 1986, I shared the narration of the late colonel Arturo C. Aruiza, aide-de-camp of the late president Ferdinand Marcos Sr., in his book “From Malacañang to Makiki” about their problem when the heavily medicated chief executive could not remember the combination of the steel safe in his bedroom where important documents and valuables were stored. They had to leave the safe unopened.
A loyal aide-de-camp’s account of the Marcoses’ last hours in Malacañang
I’m re-reading the book “Ferdinand E. Marcos, Malacañang to Makiki” by Col. Arturo C. Aruiza, who served as aide-de-camp and confidant of the late president for 21 years until the latter’s death in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1989.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE claim about Kris Aquino wearing sequestered Marcos jewelry resurfaces
Kris Aquino debunked the allegation in a 2016 Instagram post and clarified that she paid for her necklace with her hard-earned money.
