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.
Tag Archives: Imelda Marcos
Why we have to learn the art of listening and discerning
In his insightful piece in Time Magazine on the election as president of Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the son and namesake of the ousted dictator, scholar Jonathan Ong said: “To fight back, progressive leaders should advance their own counter-narrative and persuasive vision. But first, they must acknowledge their failure to listen.”
Pablo Picasso finally shows up
The British Broadcasting Corporation, in a 2014 reportage, said that a group of artworks were seized from Imelda Marcos by order of the court. Among these was a painting that art experts and connoisseurs worldwide recognize as Pablo Picasso’s Femme Couchée VI (Reclining Woman).
The Bongbong and Imelda Marcos deuterium dud
Peddling the lies about deuterium have served the purpose of the Marcos family which has been clawing their way back into power over the last three decades.
Retelling the Truth Through Objects of Desire
A creation myth in Philippine folklore, the Marcoses co-opted the Malakas at Maganda myth in the 1970s and anointed themselves as “the strong one” and “ the beautiful one” under “the new society.”
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Post on 10-year-old Sharon Cuneta interview with Imelda Marcos MISLEADING
A statement made 10 years ago by singer-actress Sharon Cuneta about former first lady Imelda Marcos was revived and twisted to make it look like she is supporting the Marcos family in this year’s elections.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video on Imelda Marcos’s acquittal in 1990 fraud case NEEDS CONTEXT
The eight-minute clip tackled only one case.
Meet the fabulous Jane Ryan and William Saunders
The Collection of Jane Ryan and William Saunders: Jewelry in Augmented Reality by Pio Abad (b.1983, Manila) and jewelry designer Frances Wadsworth Jones is the inaugural exhibit of 21AM, the new digital museum of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: The Marcoses did NOT win all cases filed against them
The Marcoses lost several court cases before the Supreme Court and the Sandiganbayan.
A vignette of Marcos profligacy
When I was a college student sometime in the late 70s, my sister’s family invited me to watch the first-ever concert in the Philippines of hitmaker Dionne Warwick.
