Word: salonga
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...member of the commission charged with recovering Marcos' wealth said some commissioners, including chairman Jovito Salonga, would go to Hawaii to inspect documents Marcos took with him, which now are held by U.S. Customs officials in Honolulu...
...Salonga has said documents found in Malacanang Palace after Marcos and his family abandoned it link them to New York real estate valued at $350 million, which they have denied owning...
...unity, she made it plain that she would spare no effort to reclaim the vast fortune the Marcos family is believed to have spirited out of the country over the years. She announced the creation of a Cabinet-level Presidential Commission on Good Government, headed by former Senator Jovito Salonga, 65. One of the panel's tasks will be the recovery of an estimated $2 billion in "hidden wealth" that the Marcos family has surreptitiously squirreled away in the U.S. and Switzerland. Salonga said he had already secured counsel in New York City to block the possible sale of more...
Aquino can draw upon lots of experience in her opposition coalition. Her circle of advisers includes a number of Filipino political figures who have chafed on the sidelines of power for years. Among them: former Senator Jovito Salonga, head of a left-of-center splinter party and one of the country's best lawyers, and Jose Diokno, another former Senator and human rights activist. Aquino can call on economic expertise from the disaffected Philippine business community. She and her advisers have also been cultivating relations with high- and medium-ranking members of the armed forces. The question of whether...
...Salonga has staked out a middle ground on such divisive questions. Shortly after his arrival, he noted that the current base agreement expires in 1991. "If we comply with the agreement, there is nothing sensational about the demand to have the bases taken out," he said. On the proposed legalization of the Communist Party of the Philippines, Salonga was again conciliatory. Said he, in a sentence that neatly framed the aspirations of moderates opposing the government that they hold responsible for Aquino's death: "There should be open ventilation of all opinions--except violence...