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Atienza said the Iron Butterfly, known for her extravagant lifestyle and
Faeldon dares 2
collection of shoes when she was First Lady during the two-decade Marcos lawmakers to file
charges against him
regime, once told him she wanted to return as much as 7,000 tons of it.

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Narinig ko (I heard) directly from Congresswoman Imelda Marcos when I

was a mayor. Sabi niya, gusto ko ibalik yung gold dito at ibigay sa gobyerno
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Sabi ko (I told her), why dont you do it? Sabi niya, humahadlang ang
isang superpower (She said a superpower was interfering), Atienza added.

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In his speech on Tuesday, Duterte said the Marcos family gave the reason
that the wealth appeared to be hidden because the patriarch and dictator
was protecting the economy.

The Marcoses, I will not name the

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Duterte said.

Sabi nila na, malaki ang deficit mo, maybe the (sic) projected spending
pero hindi ito malaki baka makatulong, but we are ready to open and bring
back, sabi niya, pati yung a few gold bars (They said that, your deficit is
high, maybe the projected spending but this is not big, maybe it will help,
but we are ready to open and bring back, they said, even a few gold bars),
he added.

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Atienza expressed hope the President would succeed in retrieving the

alleged wealth which according to a Supreme Court decision amounted to
$10 billion.
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I hope President Duterte succeeds in mediating, in getting part of the
Marcos gold and wealth, Atienza said.

The country would definitely benefit from the 7,000 tons of Marcos gold, if
Imeldas story were to be believed, the congressman said.

I hope mag-succeed yung inaalok ni Mrs. Marcos noon na 7,000 tons, at

pakinabangan ng bansa itong gintong ito, kung saan man ito nanggaling,
Atienza said.

(I hope we successfully get Mrs. Marcos offer of 7,000 tons of gold and that
the country benefits from this wealth, no matter where it came from.)

He said there is no need to go after the Marcoses and prosecute them as

long as they return the alleged ill-gotten wealth.

Wag na usisain, huwag na magpersecute. Kunin na lang ang ginto at

mapakinabangan pa ng Pilipinas (Lets not investigation and persecute.
Lets just get their gold and hopefully the Philippines benefits from it),
Atienza said.IDL

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John R 11 minutes ago
Pa pogi return ang gagawin ng mga Marcoses. Duterte is in cahoots with the Marcoses. He
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has been trying na pabanguhin ang pangalan nila since he sat in office. The Marcoses and
Duterte have decided to return a miniscule amount like 1% of the $10 billion dollars. Of
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Keef Riffhard an hour ago 50 m

Someone must be quite naive to believe that story.
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khils an hour ago

REAL TALK LANG....ILANG TAON NABA ANG KASO NI MARCOS? DALAWANG
AQUINOS NA ANG NAGING PRESIDENTE!!!....ANU WALA NAMAN!...BINABALIK NA
NGA AYAW NIO PA TANGGAPIN..NAG PRIDE TALAGA NG PILIPINO...NAKAKASAWA
NA ANG TV PA INTERVIEWS...WALA NAMANG NAGYAYARE..YUNG INIINTERVIEW
LANG AT NAG IINTERVIEW ANG YUMAYAMAN...MAMAMATAY NA LAHAT NG
BIKTIMA..KAMING MGA BATA ANG MAIIWAN...KAYO..PURO NALANG PAULIT ULIT
ANG KWENTO...BWISIT
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Mangga 3 hours ago

You don't strike a compromise with thieves. You just grab it even by force whatever should
have been the Filipino's gold and used to alleviate poverty. Duterte, what's going on?
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pwertinglisura 3 hours ago

She needs her head read this lady!
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rj 3 hours ago
Hukayin na! Hukayin na sa LNMB si Ferdie!
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rj 3 hours ago
"I will return the loot if you vote for me as President." - BongBong

Sigurado panalo na, sa dinami-dami ba naman ng mga pu74ng in4ng b0b0ng botante sa
Pilipinas eh!
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arthur yang 3 hours ago
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Finally an admission of STEALING the country money/ these ANIMALS should be
liquidated ASAP.
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Lou Gumm-77 4 hours ago

let us see what the Marcoses are offering. We'll then decide if it is legit offer or a ploy. It
make sense for them to come clean to help our poor country and put a closure on this
hidden wealth. The Marcoses could never have real peace in our country without first
returning the hidden wealth. This issue will remain like a sword hanging on their head.
That stolen money is a heavy curse for the Marcos and they should return it ASAP.
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TulisangDagat 5 hours ago

7000 tons of gold are good for dreaming .........nice drawing pa more !!!!!
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rj > TulisangDagat 3 hours ago

Magigising ka na lang isang araw na presidente na si Bongbong dahil maramibg
naniwala na isosoli na nila ang 7,000 toneladang ginto sa Pilipinas.

Kawawang Pilipinas.
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usnretcw04 5 hours ago

7,000 tons of gold is approx 267 billion USD... that is about right... 1 billion dollars for
each senators, congressmen, the president, the president's family, the president's friends,
etc. ang natira 5 pesos for each Filipino families... si Imelda magiging Santa Imelda.
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imongredneck 6 hours ago

They won't return those gold for nothing. The are returning that so that they can go back
to power and steal some more.
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Lou Gumm-77 6 hours ago

Imelda offer to return 7,000 tons of gold? Let us not speculate and find out if this is true.
There are ways to find out if Imelda is up to no good or sincere in returning the hidden
wealth. In her old age, she could be willing to return their loot.
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earl 6 hours ago

I am sure that the total stolen over 20 years was huge.

But there are also well known cases that prove that once FM died , many of his secrets died
with him. He had to keep as little documentation as possible. A huge problem when trying
to access huge amounts , requiring valid ID.

I would estimate that over 1/2 of that wealth was lost to greedy partners, holding titles and
bank accounts in other names.
That is many of the current families that supported FM and kept him in power.
They have much of FM loot. Titles. Land. Companies.

When FM died, many vultures waiting.

The gold? USA doesnt have its own Gold . The worlds gold is controlled by Rothchilds.
Maybe FM was cheated by the planets biggest and greediest plunderers?

Problem with the PHP plunder money, once it leaves shores, it seldom returns.
There is a worse bunch out there.
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PilosopoTiago 6 hours ago
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Misdirection... yan ang pamamaraan ng mga ganid na politiko para isulong ang kanilang TODAY'S PAPER
interest... Kapag nabubuking na... misdirection! Madam Emildific is just throwing the
wrench in to divert the people from asking about the big issues that comes up... kuntaba
kasi cya ni Lord Fenta
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isalexus 6 hours ago

Kwentung Cochero na naman!! LOL!!~~
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rj > isalexus 3 hours ago

Wag ka, dahil sa kwentong cochero, nanalo si Tatay Digong sa pagka presidente!
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Tatak_Nakaw_Arroyo 7 hours ago

Super power? Hindi kaya mga Davao group yong super power na yon.
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isalexus > Tatak_Nakaw_Arroyo 6 hours ago

Hindi kuno!! Yung grupo ng mga Magdalo daw ni Ding-a-Ling Ampaw Sundalong
Kaning Trillanes !!
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Tatak_Nakaw_Arroyo 7 hours ago

Gusto daw ibalik ang 7,000 tons of gold but yesterday only little portion lang daw ang
isasauli. LOL! Mga mangmang na Ilokano at 16M dutertards lang naniniwala sa
matandang Bruhang Imeldita na malapit ng matigok at nagbabasakaling mapunta ang
itim nyang kaluluwa sa langit.
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Manoj Kumar 7 hours ago

Thats USS 320 billions.will eradicate philippines poverty.
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rj > Manoj Kumar 3 hours ago

That promise will eradicate the WHOLE Philippines!
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galapong 7 hours ago

Yung superpower ay malamang america. Pag lumabas sa market ang gold na yan, biglang
bagsak ang market value ng gold sa buong mundo.
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galapong 7 hours ago

Ganun? Wag ng usisain? Ok lang? Nagnakaw tapos makinabang ibabalik na parang
walang nangyari?
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RomyLitz 7 hours ago

The total gold in the world right now is 6 Billion oz and worth US$ 8.0 Trillion. Marcos's
7,000 tons is just 1.7% of the total global gold reserves.( US has 8,133 Tons).Is it possible
that the Marcoses has this amount of GOLD ? Considering Yamashita's stolen from China
Japan and Cambodia's gold ,and Marcos knew where they are hidden, the answer is
therefore ,YES !!
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earl > RomyLitz 6 hours ago

The War Gold is a misdirection.

Sure the money value is huge.

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The gold taken from the PHP banks was far more than the war gold.
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stole the PHP National Treasury gold . TODAY'S PAPER
This is exactly why the PHP cannot recover such a huge monetary loss after
decades. The corrupt wealth never run dry. Keeps bribing the country corrupt.

19,950,000,000 20 billion US dollars APPX. 100 billion peso.

Thats more than enough to put 6 billion peso of meth in a container to Davao every
week of the year. Who else can afford it?
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Bayang_magiliw 8 hours ago

Sabi ko (I told her), why dont you do it? Sabi niya, humahadlang ang isang
superpower (She said a superpower was interfering), Atienza added.

Ha! Ha! Ha! Hindi lang FAKE STORY, isa rin itong FAIRY TALE!!! Kung gusto
talagang ibalik ang mga NINAKAW na ginto ay bakit nila kinokontra ang PCGG????
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RBFjcj 8 hours ago

Pera-pera na lang ba mga kababayan?

After people power, MONEY power!

Bilib talaga ako sa galing ng utak at nagagawa ng nakaw-yaman ng mga KLEPTO-

MARCOSES. Bilib din ako sa ROBOT-PUPPET DIGONG ng mga MARCOSES.

Malapit na mabago ang history ng Pilipinas.

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Sonny Solomon 8 hours ago

wag na ninyong ibalik! sa inyo na yan. dalhin ninyo sa libingan ninyo! mga magnanakaw
kayong buong pamilya!
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JoseRaul 8 hours ago

Public relations propaganda to get the Marcos family back in power.
3 Reply Share

rj > JoseRaul 3 hours ago

News flash! The Marcoses ARE back in power. Bob0 kase ang mga botante.
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Egay from Abuyog 8 hours ago

Below are the top 10 countries with the largest gold holdings, beginning with India.
Japan. Tonnes: 765.2. ...
Switzerland. Tonnes: 1,040. ...
Russia. Tonnes: 1,460.4. ...
China. Tonnes: 1,797.5. ...
France. Tonnes: 2,435.7. ...
Italy. Tonnes: 2,451.8. ...
Germany. Tonnes: 3,381. ...
United States. Tonnes: 8,133.5. Percent of foreign reserves: 74.9 percent
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Egay from Abuyog 8 hours ago

lets do the math..
1 kilo of gold worth $40,000 (approx)
1 USD = P50 (approx)
1 ton = 1,000 kilo
Now how much worth a 7,000 ton of gold

50 (pesos/USD) x 40,000 (USD/kilo) x 1,000(kilo/ton) x 7000 (ton)=

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50 (pesos/USD) x 40,000 (USD/kilo) x 1,000(kilo/ton) x 7000 (ton)=
14,000,000,000,000
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C RAULO 8 hours ago

HOLY MACKEREL. PAANO NADALA AT NAITAGO ANG 7,000 TONS OF GOLD.
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utuutung mangmang 8 hours ago

mga schizo nag hallucinate sa inngit impossible to pagkapihin mo hepa atienza
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swaknaswak 9 hours ago

HIndi na kapaniwala ang ganyang klaseng gold ng mga Marcoses. Kung 7k tons na gold
iayn, mas marami pa kaysa gold na nasa Fort Knox ng America.

Base sa wikipedia, ito ang sinabi tungkol sa gold sa Fort Knox.

As of April 2016, Fort Knox holdings are 4,582 metric tons (147.3 million oz. troy).[12] At
the rate of $1,226.60 an ounce[13] it is worth about $180 billion.

Kaya kung meron 7k tons ang mga Marcoses saan nakalagay ngayon yan.
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> swaknaswak 9 hours ago

Maraming tangang Marcos loyalists na nauto si Imelda dyan sa 7,000 tons of gold
na yan.
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rj > 3 hours ago

Yan ang magiging plataporma ni Bongbong sa kanyang kandidatura sa
pagkapangulo ng Pilipinas. "Iboto nyo ako at ibabalik ko ang 7,000
toneladang ginto!" Kakatakot.
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Yolanda Santos 9 hours ago

In today's gold price, the 7,000 tons of gold that the Marcoses are hoarding would be
worth about $20 billion. She once boasted and showed, in her BBC interview, a certificate
of deposit in the name of Ferdinand Marcos in Brussels, Belgium with $987 billion in it.
Marcos, she claimed, was a shrewd gold trader.
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RomyLitz > Yolanda Santos 7 hours ago

its 295 Billion Dollars . how did you arrive at US$20 Billion?
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Yolanda Santos > RomyLitz 2 hours ago

I just made a guesstimate, dude. Good you used a calculator.
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tintin > Yolanda Santos 8 hours ago

yeah! I remembered it ,it was accidentally exposed the amount when the journalist
tried to show it on TV .
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Datan > Yolanda Santos 9 hours ago

Research about Tallano's gold ! Believe it or not ...If I understood it right it was a
fee (in gold) that was given to Marcos ...
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tintin > Datan 8 hours ago

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tintin > Datan 8 hours ago

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rj > tintin 3 hours ago

Datan and many more like him will soon vote for BongBong as
President of the Phillipines believing that the Philippines will soon
get 7,000 tons of gold.
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INQ_reader 9 hours ago

Any wealth beyond PhP16M is presumed stolen.
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Mike > INQ_reader 8 hours ago

Since when is this taken as a matter of fact? Who do you think will take your
statement seriously?

My wealth is multiple times the amount you mentioned, and it'd be silly to say that
it should be presumed stolen.
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Mr. Pepsi Max > Mike 7 hours ago

Not unless you WERE THE PRESIDENT of the Republic dummy.
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