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Marcoses lose US appeal

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/54454/marcoses-lose-us-appeal

 

Victims of human rights violations during the Marcos dictatorship have scored a victory in their long quest to get compensation from the Marcos estate.

A US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld on Oct. 24 a contempt judgment against Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., his mother Imelda and the estate of Ferdinand E. Marcos for violating an injunction that barred them from dissipating assets of the estate.

The judgment amounting to $353.6 million is believed to be the largest contempt award ever affirmed by an appellate court.

The judgment may be implemented against any US property owned by Imelda and Bongbong. However, the human rights victims need to ask the Philippine government for implementation of the judgment against the Marcoses’ personal property in the Philippines.

A Philippine law requires that all ill-gotten wealth recovered from the Marcoses should be spent on the government’s land reform program.

Robert Swift, lead counsel for the 10,000 Filipino human rights victims who obtained a judgment against the late dictator and his estate in 1995, said he was satisfied with the new judgment.

“The Marcoses have thumbed their noses at the United States court and Filipino human rights victims ever since the $2-billion judgment was entered in 1995,” Swift said in a statement.

Dynasty

The American lawyer said the Marcoses were caught trying to dissipate the estate’s assets to recapitalize the family’s political dynasty in the Philippines.

Bongbong began serving his six-year term as senator in 2010. Imelda is a representative of Ilocos Norte in Congress, while daughter Imee is the governor of the province. Both mother and daughter are running for reelection in midterm elections in May 2013.

Swift said the new judgment was against Imelda and her son personally for their misconduct.

“It broadens the possibilities for collection of money to the human rights victims. The victims can be assured they we will vigorously and aggressively seek to collect this sum,” the lawyer said.

Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chairperson Loretta Ann P. Rosales said Sunday night that the US court victory against the Marcoses was “payback” for the “shameless arrogance” of Bongbong and his mother, who have not apologized for the looting and the killings during the Marcos regime.

“If we can’t get their apology, at least we will force them to pay more and refresh the minds of a new generation of Filipinos on the atrocities committed by the family for close to two decades,” Rosales said in a phone interview.

“They (Bongbong and Imelda) are the face of their families and the Filipinos should continue to demand payment for the sins of their family.”

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Question lang po.... how can a US court order be implemented here in another sovereign country like the Philippines especially when the case is between Filipinos?

It can't be implemented.

 

Let's go to war with the US, so they can invade and occupy us and enforce their laws in the Philippines. That way you will see the US court ruling get implemented here.

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SC stops return of Marcos Mansion to heirs
Read more at http://beta.philstar.com/headlines/2017/01/24/1665003/sc-stops-return-marcos-mansion-heirs#dueq0iwwsd06mB47.99

 

MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court (SC) has reversed a ruling handed down by the Sandiganbayan in 2010 allowing the return to the Marcos family of a 25-hectare property in Cabuyao, Laguna.

In a decision released recently, the high court Second Division granted a petition filed by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) seeking to keep the so-called Marcos Mansion in the preliminary attachment in a pending civil suit on the ill-gotten wealth of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.

Read more at http://beta.philstar.com/headlines/2017/01/24/1665003/sc-stops-return-marcos-mansion-heirs#dueq0iwwsd06mB47.99

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O ano nangyari sa rally matapos mailibing na sa wakas si Marcos?

 

Akala ko ba people power 4 na? Akala ko ba me pahunger strike, hungerstrike pa! Tutal naman sabi ni PDUTs kahit pa wala permit magrally sila hangang gusto nila.

 

Ang daming mga bulaklaking prinsipyong kelangan ipaglaban na kaeekekan. Nagkantahan pa mga gago ng handog ng pilipino sa mundo. Me kung ano anong hugot pa.

 

O ano na pagkatapos? Sang mga pinaglaban nila? Ano napakinabangan sa mga prinsipyong pururut na yan? Bwahahahaha.

 

Wala na? pagod na? move on na?! Tapos na selfie selfie, sawa na pagusapan kademonyohan ng mga Marcos? Bwahahahaahahahaha!

 

Akala ko ba desidido mga ito ipaglaban mga prinsipyo nilang pururut.

 

Mukhang tama nga! Ngayong tapos na libing, at napagod na kakarally mga ito, eh di wala ng ibang pwede gawin kundi move on na.

 

Sa susunod kasi, dapat gawin nila, magbuhos ng gasolina sa sarili nila, tapos sabay hawak ng posporo. Takutin nila si presidente na sisilyaban nila sarili nila pag di sumunod sa gusto nila. Di gumana hunger strike eh.

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O ano nangyari sa rally matapos mailibing na sa wakas si Marcos?

 

Akala ko ba people power 4 na? Akala ko ba me pahunger strike, hungerstrike pa! Tutal naman sabi ni PDUTs kahit pa wala permit magrally sila hangang gusto nila.

 

Ang daming mga bulaklaking prinsipyong kelangan ipaglaban na kaeekekan. Nagkantahan pa mga gago ng handog ng pilipino sa mundo. Me kung ano anong hugot pa.

 

O ano na pagkatapos? Sang mga pinaglaban nila? Ano napakinabangan sa mga prinsipyong pururut na yan? Bwahahahaha.

 

Wala na? pagod na? move on na?! Tapos na selfie selfie, sawa na pagusapan kademonyohan ng mga Marcos? Bwahahahaahahahaha!

 

Akala ko ba desidido mga ito ipaglaban mga prinsipyo nilang pururut.

 

Mukhang tama nga! Ngayong tapos na libing, at napagod na kakarally mga ito, eh di wala ng ibang pwede gawin kundi move on na.

 

Sa susunod kasi, dapat gawin nila, magbuhos ng gasolina sa sarili nila, tapos sabay hawak ng posporo. Takutin nila si presidente na sisilyaban nila sarili nila pag di sumunod sa gusto nila. Di gumana hunger strike eh.

sana pangunahan nila penoy, mar at de lima, isama na din si dinky soliman :) ang pagbuhos ng gasolina sa sarili nila at sindihan.

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SC affirms forfeiture of Imelda Marcos' 3rd jewelry set

http://www.rappler.com/nation/161338-supreme-court-forfeiture-imelda-marcos-jewelry-malacanang-collection?utm_content=buffer230f2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court (SC) affirmed an earlier court ruling ordering the forfeiture of a jewelry collection worth as much as $153,089, which belonged to former First Lady Imelda Marcos.

The SC First Division denied the petition for certiorari filed by Marcos and her daughter Irene Marcos-Araneta which sought the reversal of the Sandiganbayan's January 2014 decision declaring the jewelry collection as ill-gotten wealth.

Known as the Malacañang Collection, the jewelry set is the latest of Marcos' 3 collections which were disputed in court and have been stored in a bank vault for decades. The other two collections had already been forfeited in favor of the government.

The collection is worth $110,055 to $153,089, according to the Sandiganbayan. Compared to the other two collections, the Malacañang Collection is made up of smaller, less expensive jewelry that the Marcoses left behind when they fled the country in 1986.

In the decision penned by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, the SC said the former First Lady and her daughter "failed to satisfactorily show that the properties were lawfully acquired; hence, the prima facie presumption that they were unlawfully acquired prevails."

The court noted that the Marcoses' legitimate income from 1966 to 1986, during which the jewelry were supposedly acquired, only reached $304,372.43.

"We reiterate what we have already stated initially in Republic v. Sandiganbayan, and subsequently in Marcos v. Republic: that 'whenever any public officer or employee has acquired during his incumbency an amount of property which is manifestly out of proportion to his salary as such public officer or employee and to his other lawful income and the income from legitimately acquired property, said property shall be presumed prima facie to have been unlawfully acquired," the SC said.

The SC also found no merit in the Marcoses' arguments that they were deprived of due process, saying "the allegations are utterly baseless."

The Marcoses' jewelry collections, worth at least $8 million, are kept in the vaults of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. The government plans to ultimately auction them off.

In a separate case, the former First Lady on Thursday, February 16, will face her last day on trial over graft charges which stemmed from complaints that she maintained private financial interests in Switzerland from 1978 to 1984 while she was governor of Metro Manila

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It is very hard to gather verified information /documents regarding the late President Marcos, Anti-Marcos groups and the Liberal Party either hid/destroyed/twisted and denied some of the facts on what really happened during those years

(heck, even my foreign History book was painting the Late President Marcos as Hitler of Asia (written by a Filipino contributor))..

 

During my vacation in PH last 2006, I interviewed most of our Barangay's Elders that lived from the later years of Japanese occupation and Marco's Era for my Class' History Presentation back abroad. According to some of them (8 to be exact including my grandparents on both of my Parent's side of families), they were present during EDSA people power, however they didn't knew that it was a rally for the President to step down. "Ang sabi sa amin ay para sa dagdag sweldo ng mga guro yung pupuntahan namin" - Lola Paring.

 

However, one Elder said that abuses from the Police and Military were really happening but in isolated areas / cases only. "Sa kabilang baryo may inarestong babae noon na hindi na nakabalik sa pamilya nya hanggang sa ikinamatay na ng mga magulang nya, kaya hindi na kami lumalabas pasado 7 ng gabi. Pero doon sa baryo ng kapatid ko, wala naman silang ganoong kinatatakutan, mababait naman daw ang mga sundalo sa kanila." - Lola Aida. After that interview, I came into a realization that those abuses done by men in uniform were isolated cases only and not a direct order from the President, opposite on what our book informed us.

 

I was trying to collect Reports / papers / anything that will link to the story of Lola Aida but to no avail.

 

 

In the end, I presented my research during our class, and at that time me and my very beautiful English instructor had a very long argument.

 

I only got a grade of C after all that effort. Oh well, at least Pasado parin ako.

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It is very hard to gather verified information /documents regarding the late President Marcos, Anti-Marcos groups and the Liberal Party either hid/destroyed/twisted and denied some of the facts on what really happened during those years

(heck, even my foreign History book was painting the Late President Marcos as Hitler of Asia (written by a Filipino contributor))..

 

 

 

 

Excactly what facts where hidden/destroyed/twisted by the anti-Marcos and Liberal Party? Please enlighten us on the missing details. ...And please back it up with credible sources.

 

You said that "It is very hard to gather verified information / documents regarding the late President Marcos" I think you need to brush up on your research skills because contrary to what you say, there are numerous information/documents out there regarding the late President Marcos both locally and internationally. I think maybe you're just choosing to dismiss news and articles that you don't find pleasing.

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