In the wake of the fire that hit the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) on May 16, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin Jr. thought it relevant to tweet about the relationship of former first lady Imelda Marcos with the government-owned medical facility.
As we celebrate this year’s National Heroes Day, the issue of who should be a hero continues to kindle patches of heated arguments. Or, at the very least, it remains fodder for propagandists wanting to spew rehashed vitriol against one particular member of the pantheon, Ninoy Aquino.
An old video showing the 2008 acquittal of former First Lady Imelda Marcos from corruption cases is circulating on social media once again, apparently intended to mislead the public as it resurfaced on the same day the Sandiganbayan found her guilty of seven counts of graft.
No, Imelda Marcos is not the richest woman in the world.
Ang pahayag ni Duterte tungkol sa mga bara ng ginto ni Marcos ay hindi tumutugma sa iba't ibang mga pahayag.
By PABLO A. TARIMAN FORMER First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos is turning 84 this year and there is no sign she will ever consider retirement in public life. In the coming May 13 elections, she is seeking second term as congresswoman in the second district of Ilocos Norte after representing her home province, Leyte, some
By JOSEPH CORTES
IT is hard to describe Carlos Celdran’s “Livin’ La Vida Imelda” as theater.
There isn’t much in terms of plot or narrative in this performance. What you get is a highly personal dissection of the myth and mystique of First Lady Imelda Marcos and the ramifications of the dictatorship imposed by her husband President Ferdinand Marcos during their tumultuous reign during the Seventies.
By PABLO A. TARIMAN THE sad news in the music world is that pianist Van Cliburn-- the first American pianist to win the First Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 -- was diagnosed with advanced bone cancer.