VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Imelda Marcos ‘quote’ denying family had stolen MISLEADS
The Marcoses have been found guilty of amassing ill-gotten wealth in several instances.
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Ferdie and Meldy’s House of love, lies, and loot
Calling it an “ancestral home,” San Juan City mayor Francis Zamora announced on Twitter on July 5, 2021, that the house of the Marcoses in their city will be part of a “historical trail” that they “will be launching this year to help promote San Juan as a tourist destination.”
Should we thank Imelda Marcos for ‘rebuilding’ PGH?
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.
‘Who is your hero’ survey that angered Imelda Marcos
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.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Online post MISLEADS with decade-old Imelda Marcos corruption case acquittal
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.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report claiming Imelda Marcos world’s richest female billionaire UNTRUE
No, Imelda Marcos is not the richest woman in the world.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Istorya nina Duterte at Imelda tungkol sa ginto ni Marcos magkasalungat
Ang pahayag ni Duterte tungkol sa mga bara ng ginto ni Marcos ay hindi tumutugma sa iba't ibang mga pahayag.
Disco opera sums up Imelda’s life in music
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
Imelda Marcos, Martial Law according to Carlos Celdran
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.
Van Cliburn of Imelda’s splendorous days
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.