Ferdinand Marcos

A community portal about Ferdinand Marcos with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralín Marcos was the tenth president of the Philippines, serving from 1965 to 1986. In 1972, he declared martial law, which allowed him to stay in power until lifting it in 1981. He was elected the same year to another full term, which was marred by personal health issues, government mismanagement, political repression, human rights violations, and rampant graft and corruption . In 1986, he was re-elected for the fourth time, in a disputed snap election. As a result, that same year, he was removed from office peacefully by the "People Power" EDSA Revolution.

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Judge rebuked by panel over Ferdinand Marcos money

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A U.S. District judge's lax oversight of more than $30 million tied to the late Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos is "curious," a federal appeals court said in an opinion issued Friday. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that a new judge give a fresh accounting of the $33.8 million previously entrusted to Los Angeles-based U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real. The 85-year-old Real oversaw the millions for eight years as several U.S. courts attempted to decide who had rights to the money among various claimants, including Philippine government entities, banks and more than 9,500 of Marcos' human rights ... Read Full Story

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Philippines Recovers $1.8 Billion From Ferdinand Marcos

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MANILA — The Philippines has recovered at least 90 billion pesos (1.83 billion dollars) from deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos's family and allies, a government official said Tuesday. Story Continues Below ↓ Your Ad Here Narciso Nario, a commissioner with the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), said this disproved accusations by some legislators that his agency should be abolished because it was not doing its job. "We were able to recover 90 billion pesos in cash and other assets including lands and houses that were part of the Marcos ill-gotten wealth, since the PCGG?s founding," he told the agency's employees. The PCGG was created ... Read Full Story

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