Duterte orders PCGG to start auction of P704.8-M Marcos jewelry–Palace

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 07:01:50 +0000

THE Office of the President gave the green light to auction off one-third of the Marcos jewelry collection estimated at P704.8 million, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said on Tuesday. Palace spokesman Salvador…READ

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Sale of Marcos jewelry awaiting Duterte’s formal order to PCGG

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 12:27:32 +0000

Sale of Marcos jewelry awaiting Duterte’s formal order to PCGG

The PCGG is still waiting for President Duterte’s formal order allowing the sale of former First Lady Imelda Marcos’ over P700-million jewelry collection.

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Duterte gives go signal to sell Marcos jewelry

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 21:30:01 +0000

Duterte gives go signal to sell Marcos jewelry

President Duterte has approved the sale of around P700 million worth of jewelry that formed part of the alleged ill-gotten wealth

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Marcos victims get P77,500 each amid objection from gov’t

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 23:05:43 +0000

BUTUAN CITY—At least 140 victims of torture, summary execution and enforced disappearance during the Marcos dictatorship or members of their families each received a check for P77,500 as part of the compensation awarded by a Hawaii district court, which ruled on a class action suit against the estate of Ferdinand Marcos. It was the third […]

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More martial law victims slam OSG: Why block reparation claims?

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 23:18:46 +0000

More martial law victims slam OSG: Why block reparation claims?

Another group of former political prisoners during the martial law regime of President Ferdinand Marcos has questioned the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) for blocking what should have been the third payout of reparation claims granted human rights victims by a Hawaii District Court.

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Martial law victims hit SolGen for rejecting settlement deal

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 23:17:25 +0000

Calida says human rights groups not entitled to all drug war documents

The group of martial law victims who won a human rights settlement in Hawaii against the estate of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos assailed the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) for rejecting a United States court-supervised deal that would have given them compensation from the proceeds of the sale of several paintings illegally acquired by former first lady Imelda Marcos.

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Gov’t nixes deal on ill-gotten Imelda paintings

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 21:38:18 +0000

Gov’t nixes deal on ill-gotten Imelda paintings

MANILA, Philippines — The Duterte administration has decided to reject a US court-supervised deal to split with a group of martial law victims $20 million from the proceeds of the sale of ill-gotten paintings of former first lady Imelda Marcos that were recovered from her aide in New York in 2013. The Office of the […]

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Senate, House agree: PCGG, OGCC won’t be abolished

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 21:30:33 +0000

The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), the government agency tasked with recovering the ill-gotten wealth of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, lives to fight another day.

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