Word: manila
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...free-spending wife Imelda. In all, the 2,300 pages formed an intriguing if incomplete treasure map of the vast fortune that Marcos, his family and cronies command. The cache only confirmed much of what Salonga had already unearthed among the personal effects the Marcoses abandoned in Manila more than a month ago. But he was outraged nonetheless. "I am shocked," he said. "I cannot imagine this kind of greed...
...Marcos papers, carried from Manila in six suitcases, hint at a worldwide network of almost unimaginable wealth. One balance sheet alone lists a total of $88.7 million in five banks in the U.S., Switzerland and the Cayman Islands. Imelda Marcos' taste for opulent adornment was also in evidence. A document dated November 1984 shows $411,746 in purchases of jewelry, including emeralds, rubies and one 519-carat sapphire. There were indications that the Marcoses may have sensed their impending ouster. Among the papers were $4 million in certificates and bearer bonds, most of which were issued in the month before...
...Manila, government auditors last week charged that Marcos diverted $6.25 million in interest on U.S. foreign aid money for his personal use. Initially, J. Roberto Abling, the former executive director of the Economic Support Fund, a subsidiary of the U.S. Agency for International Development, admitted that Marcos may have pumped $1.75 million of that amount into the last election. Other AID officials denied there were any irregularities, although they said Marcos did make an unsuccessful attempt in late 1985 to siphon off foreign assistance...
...Aquino's establishment of a seven-member human rights-committee last week only heightened concern. Committee Chairman Jose Diokno announced that the government would reopen an investigation into the assassination of Aquino's husband Benigno, who was gunned down in August 1983 at Manila International Airport. When asked what would happen if the committee found evidence that former Marcos officials now allied with the Aquino government were involved in the murder, Diokno replied, "If they knew about it and did nothing, they are at least administratively guilty...
...methodical analyst switches on his calculator. If Imelda Marcos changed her shoes three times a day, and never wore the same pair twice, it would take her more than two years and five months to work through her shoe supply--as it existed on the day she fled Manila. Since she undoubtedly would continue to buy new shoes even while trying to do justice to the old supply, it is clear she could never wear all of her shoes...