Father, husband, history buff & economist in past life. ANTI-MARCOS REVISIONIST. Read the links/resibo
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Dec 8, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
In 1984 after Philippines went bankrupt & declared a debt moratorium under Marcos Sr., it was found out the Central Bank faked its dollar reserves by $600Million . An SGV audit revealed the CB used faked transactions to bloat the dollar reserves to hide the Philippines is broke
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Dec 7, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
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The MRT 7 is a PPP project of PNoy. Although it originated under Gloria, it never got off the ground due to funding and location issues until the admininstration of PNoy. Groundbreaking was in April 2016 and was inherited by Du30 and credit grabbed as a BBB project.
Link to The Official Gazette: President Aquino at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Metro Rail Transit 7 Project
In Feb. 24, 1999 BongBong Marcos called human rights victims "greedy". He insulted Human Rights victims & said "Basta’t may pag-asang magkapera, nagaaway-away na sila”. In 1995 10,000 HR victims won a landmark class action suit against Marcos in the U.S. & awarded $ 1.966 Billion
Link to ABS-CBN News: Bongbong had direct hand in trying to withdraw $213M from Swiss bank
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The NLEX Harbor Link that connected the Port Area to NLEX & eased the stand still grind in Balintawak was a project under PNoy. Seg. 9 was launched in 2013 & completed in 2015 while Seg. 10 (Skyway Segment)groundbreaking was 2014 & magically became a Du30 BBBproject
Link to NLEX: Harbor Link Segment 9\
In 1981 Imelda Marcos bought herself a NY summer house. A 13.5 acre private hotel & resort called the Lindenmire Estate in Long Island. It has 16 rooms w/ a pool & a glass pool house. Imelda used it to entertain guests but never slept on the Estate. It was sold by the PCGG in1996
Link to The New York Post: Inside a dictator’s lavish Long Island manse
In 1977 Archimedes Trajano in an open forum asked Imee Marcos "Must the Kabataang Barangay be headed by the President's daughter?" who was already 21 & over aged for the KB. He was dragged out by Imee's bodyguards & 2 days later his tortured dead body found lying on the street.😭
Link to The Martial Law Chronicles: REMEMBERING ARCHIMEDES TRAJANO
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Under PNoy, the Philippines escaped EU sanctions on Filipino Seafarers due to negative inspection results under Gloria. In 2012, the EU was on the verge of banning Filipino seafarers if not for quick gov't actions. Under Duterte we got a negative UE assessment again
Link to PhilStar: Phl to block EU decision withdrawing certification rights for Pinoy seafarers
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The NAIA Expressway that has eased the once torturous travel to and from NAIA is a PPP project of PNoy. Awarded to San Miguel Corp in April 2013 w/ groundbreaking on July2013, it partially opened in Dec2016 and fully opened June2017 & credit grabbed as a BBB of Du30
Link to Rappler: San Miguel wins NAIA Expressway project
In 1982 Imelda Marcos bought the former home of Charlie Chaplin in Beverly Hills using Hollywood actor George Hamilton. The money came from crony Antonio Floirendo Sr. who admitted funneling it for Imelda. It was paper sold to crony Adnan Khashoggi who forfeited it to the PCGG🐊
Link to The Los Angeles Times: An Actor’s Close Ties to Marcos : The Philippine government’s quest for missing funds leads to George Hamilton’s former doorstep in Beverly Hills.
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Under PNoy 4Ps beneficiaries was expanded from 786,523 to 4.4 Million families lifting 7.7 Million Filipinos from poverty. Coverage includes 570K indigenous & 217K families w/ PWD & 10.2M schoolchildren w/ a 98% attendance record reducing out of school youth by 1.7M
Link to The Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines: Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program
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Under PNoy, except for elected cousin Sen. Bam, there is no relative w/ in 4th degree of consanguinity under his administration. No sisters & even the political Peping Cojuangco line was sidelined. Whereas BBM say he may appoint relatives & even his wife if elected
Link to PhilStar: Noy fires aunt as school head
In March 1975 Imelda Marcos attended the Coronation of King Birendra of Nepal. She seized 4 PAL planes, 1 for food, one for entourage, 2 for her & her uninvited friends who happened to be partying with her the night before her trip and they decided to continue the party in Nepal
Link to Free Digital Edition The Conjugal Dictatorship by Primitivo Mijares from Rizal Library, ADMU
Proceed to page 191 for Imelda's Nepal Fiasco
One of Ferdinand Marcos' mistress is Australian Playboy model Evelyn Hegyesi whom they allegedly had a daughter Analisa Josefa. Documents reveal Evelyn set up AustraPhil Ltd in '70 & became "sole & only beneficiary" of Marcos' secret Azio Foundation in '71 after Analisa was born
Link to The Sydney Morning Herald news article on Evelyn Hegyesi' companies ties to Marcos Foundation and Banks
Irene Marcos is not the disinterested child the public perceives her to be. She's 1 of the petitioners that tried to block the return of US$658million Swiss deposits & the only child together w/ Imelda trying to get back the sequestered Imelda Jewelries that blocked its auction🐊
Link to Supreme Court eLibrary: [G.R. No. 213253]
IMELDA ROMUALDEZ MARCOS AND IRENE MARCOS ARANETA, PETITIONERS, VS. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES,[1] RESPONDENT
The sequestered Imelda Marcos jewelry is 3 collections: Malacañang (left behind after EDSA); Hawaii (confiscated in Hawaii) & Roumeliotes (tried to smuggle out of Manila after EDSA). A 2016 appraisal at $21 million w/ a pink diamond so rare last time 1 auctioned was 250 yrs ago🐊
Link to CNN: Philippines to sell Imelda Marcos's 'ill-gotten' jewels, worth millions
Another U.S. bank Ferdinand Marcos bought to launder funds was Redwood Bank in San Francisco. Dewey Dee admitted he & Rolando Gapud were dummies of Marcos in buying the Bank breaking U.S. Federal Laws. PCGG recovered and sold Marcos' shares in the bank for $6.8 million in 1999.
Link to Associated Press Story of Dewey Dee admitting being a dummy for Marcos in Redwood Bank
In Oct 1983 Ferdinand Marcos declared a debt moratorium in paying our foreign debts that lasted 'til Dec 1984. In negotiations w/ the IMF, it was exposed the Central Bank even faked our foreign reserves. By '84 inflation was at 50.4%. "Golden Age" pero walang pang bayad ng utang.
Link to The New York Times: PHILIPPINE DEBT DELAY IS GRANTED
In 2014 COA disallowed & asked BongBong Marcos to return 10 Million he channeled thru PDAF scam queen Janet Napoles' foundation SDPFFI . Whistleblower Benhur Uy's files would later reveal Bong funneled 205 Million thru Napoles between 2011-13. Bong also admitted he used SDPFFI.
Link to Inquirer: COA tells Bongbong Marcos: Return P10M pork
One of the blatant fake Marcos accomplishments is the Philippine Nat'l Railway. Originally called Ferrocarril de Manila-Dagupan that opened in 1891, it was renamed Manila Railroad Co. (MRRCo) during the American times. In 1964, the PNR was created & acquired MRRCo under Macapagal
Link to Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines: [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4156]
AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES, AND PROVIDING FOR THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR ITS OPERATION.
Weekly Rewind
Nove. 22-28, 2020
Mon - Marcos buys Imee a house in Princeton
Wed- Marcos buys Bong Bong 2 house while studying in Wharton
Fri- Ferdinand Marcos tried to "invade" the Philippines & take Cory Aquino hostage
Sat - Imelda Marcos buys herself a shopping mall
In 1978 Ferdinand Marcos bought a 5.2 hectare Estate in Princeton Pike, New Jersey for Imee who was studying at Princeton Univ. In 1986 the NJ Superior Court awarded it to the Phil. Gov't after determining it was bought by money from the Phil. Treasury. Marcos admitted owning it
Nov 22, 2020 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
Nov. 16 - 21 Weekly Rewind
Mon - Marcos Bank Calif. Overseas Bank returned
Tues - Imelda Marcos Beverly Hills House
Wed - Marcos enabler Reagan gives up
Thur - Trajano sues Imee Marcos
Fri - Imelda Marcos Hawaii House
Sat - Imelda Marcos "Everything you see here in mine!"
In 1990 Ferdinand Marcos dummy Roberto Benedicto surrendered to the Philippine gov't the California Overseas Bank. Marcos used it to launder money including Imelda's shopping & purchase of U.S. properties. Marcos gave Benedicto the sugar monopoly that caused the Famine of Negros