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Philippines' famed footwear fights cheap imports

| From afp.com

A museum displaying the famed shoe collection of ex-first lady Imelda Marcos has reopened in the Philippines, heralding a fightback by its beleaguered shoe industry against a flood of cheap imports. The museum is not just a showcase of the best of Imelda Marcos's 3,000-pair collection, but also of the craftsmanship in shoe-making in the riverside eastern suburb of Marikina where the industry was born over a century ago. Footwear consultant Tessie Endriga said that Imelda Marcos failed to...Read Full Story

Coconut Palace

By markmaranga on | From markmaranga.com

A magnificent work commissioned by then First Lady Imelda Marcos and designed by architect Francisco Mañosa is the Coconut Palace found in the CCP Complex in Pasay City , Metro Manila which was both praised and criticized to be ostentatious (or of a display that is tawdry or vulgar). Coconut Palace Gate The Coconut Palace, known in Filipino as “ Tahanang Filipino ” (literally Filipino Home) was intended to house Pope John Paul II’s (deceased) visit to the Philippines in 1981. Because of...Read Full Story

Imelda Marcos falls before singing

By rondelrosario on | From thedailyinquirer.net

In Cebu City, former first lady and current Ilocos Norte Rep Imelda Marcos was about to sing to her audience in Capitol Social Hall when she lost balance and fell on the carpeted floor last Saturday. Governor Garcia invited the Marcos family for the month-long celebration of the 442nd founding anniversary of Cebu. Mrs. Marcos gave a small speech, after thanking Garcia, she proceeded to recall her visits to Cebu with then president, Ferdinand Marcos. She walked around the stage and reached...Read Full Story

Imelda Marcos must return stolen funds: court

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A special anti-graft court confirmed Tuesday that former first lady Imelda Marcos had been ordered to return nearly 230,000 dollars stolen by her late husband from the Philippines ' food authority. The 81-year-old member of parliament disputes the ruling handed down last week and plans to file an appeal, her lawyer Robert Sison said. "The case was filed when the Marcos family was abroad, and there was never an opportunity for them to file proper pleadings," Sison told AFP. The Sandiganbayan...Read Full Story

Imelda Marcos and her shoes.

By marchy on | From wonderfulshoe.blogspot.com

Shoes must remember to mention the shoes of Mrs. Imelda Marcos. Wife of former President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines. Which put on a show at the Marikina City Footwear Museum in Manila. These shoes, she left Florida in an e-mail directory. After leaving the country to flee. By her husband to live abroad in 1986. Mrs. Imelda Marcos shoe stored for use during a woman No. 1. Have reached about 3 billion pairs are the more expensive brand-name shoes. She claims that dresses appropriately...Read Full Story

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Goody two shoes - Morris Daily Herald

Does anyone remember Imelda Marcos? The widow of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. She is probably best remembered for her collection of nearly 3,000 pairs of shoes. Well, if you’re wondering whatever became of her, and I’m sure you ...

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Imelda Marcos (born July 2, 1929) is the widow of former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, and is herself an influential political figure in the country. She is sometimes referred to as the Steel Butterfly or the Iron Butterfly. Outside the Philippines she is often remembered for symbols of corrupt extravagance, such as having over 3000...more

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