Word: malaca
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weeks. But incomplete returns show Marcos and his Nacionalista Party beating Liberal Party Candidate Sergio Osmeña Jr. by perhaps 1,700,000 out of 7,000,000 votes counted so far. The scope of Marcos' victory was almost embarrassing. As he met with his supporters in Malacañang Palace to claim victory late in the evening of election day, he was leading in every single precinct then reporting. "How can that be?" complained Osmeña. "This is the dirtiest election we have ever...
...state and Foreign Ministers of the six other nations attending the conference. The Philippine capital had a bright, brushed-and-combed look for his arrival: most of the potholes on main avenues had been filled; the pimps, prostitutes and "bini boys" (homosexuals) had been hustled out of sight; Malacañang Palace had been refurbished; and the aging Manila Hotel, where the delegations are holed up, got its first fumigation in memory...
...film was banned again. By last week it had gotten all the way to the Supreme Court, and it appeared that the legal struggle would continue indefinitely. Macapagal's problem is complicated by the fact that his own biographic film-despite simultaneous shooting in three studios and the Malacañang Palace-is not yet ready for release...
Defeated in last November's election by Liberal Party Leader Diosdado Macapagal, ex-President Carlos Garcia had walked out of his official residence, Malacañang Palace, leaving only $9.03 in the household fund. Eventually, the Treasury will allocate new funds, but until then, the curtains will remain uncleaned or the cost will be met by the President himself. Macapagal intends to account for every penny, at home and in the government. After his victory Macapagal announced that it was his "duty to set a personal example in honesty and uprightness...
President Garcia, glumly watching the proceedings on television, summoned Aytona to Malacañan Palace. Aytona thought that he had Garcia's backing. He learned that he was wrong. Garcia asked him to withdraw in favor of Puyat. To soften the blow, Garcia offered repayment of Aytona's campaign expenses and, somewhat ambiguously, promised "protection" for Aytona's followers. Stunned but defiant, Aytona refused. Garcia's aides were more successful in dealing with Candidate Paredes, who, gratefully accepting $150,000 as reimbursement for his campaign expenses, stepped out of the race...