Imelda Marcos
First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
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March 2024 | Hospitalized with a suspected case of pneumonia. |
March 2024 | Imelda Marcos was hospitalized after contracting a suspected case of pneumonia. |
November 26 2023 | The Broadway production of 'Here Lies Love' closed on November 26, 2023. |
July 20 2023 | The Broadway transfer of 'Here Lies Love' officially opened on July 20, 2023. |
May 7 2023 | Imelda Marcos underwent a successful angioplasty at St. Luke's Medical Center – Global City, Taguig. |
2022 | Actress Ruffa Gutierrez portrayed Imelda Marcos in the film 'Maid in Malacañang.' |
2018 | About P170 billion worth of the Marcos wealth had been recovered by the PCGG, totaling about $3.6 billion out of the estimated $5 billion to $10 billion in ill-gotten wealth. |
2018 | The Philippine Supreme Court upheld the Appellate Court's decision to overturn the graft conviction of Imelda Marcos. |
November 28 2018 | On November 28, 2018, the Philippine Supreme Court granted Imelda Marcos's request for a direct appeal, which had initially been denied as premature. |
November 16 2018 | Imelda Marcos posted bail on November 16, 2018, a week after her conviction, due to her 'ill health'. |
November 12 2018 | On November 12, 2018, Marcos's attorney filed a 'Motion for Leave of Court to Avail of Post-Conviction Remedies', which included a request for bail. |
November 9 2018 | The Sandiganbayan convicted Imelda Marcos on seven counts of graft and corruption, which disqualified her from holding any public office. |
November 9 2018 | On November 9, 2018, Imelda Marcos was convicted on seven counts of violating the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act for funneling funds to Swiss foundations during her tenure as governor of Metro Manila in the 1970s. |
October 2018 | Imelda Marcos filed her certificate of candidacy to run for governor of Ilocos Norte in the 2019 Philippine general election but withdrew a month later following her conviction of graft. |
May 9 2016 | Imelda Marcos was re-elected for a third and final term in the House of Representatives on May 9, 2016. |
February 16 2016 | The Philippine government announced the intention to auction three collections of Imelda Marcos's jewelry, appraised at about $21 million. |
2015 | A rare pink diamond worth $5 million was discovered in Imelda Marcos's jewelry collection. |
October 2015 | Imelda Marcos faced 10 criminal charges of graft and 25 civil cases in the Philippines. |
2014 | Vilma Bautista was sentenced to 2–6 years in prison for attempting to sell valuable masterpieces that belonged to the Philippines. |
January 13 2014 | Three collections of Imelda Marcos's jewelry were seized by the Philippine government, along with paintings by Claude Monet. |
2013 | Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) caused damage to Imelda Marcos's ancestral home in Tacloban, which also serves as a museum. |
October 17 2013 | An attempted sale of two Claude Monet paintings became the subject of a legal case in New York against Vilma Bautista, a former aide to Imelda Marcos. |
May 14 2013 | Re-elected to the House of Representatives. |
May 14 2013 | Imelda Marcos was re-elected to the House of Representatives on May 14, 2013. |
2012 | The Philippine Supreme Court issued a decision declaring the assets of the Marcoses, including the Marcos jewels, to be ill-gotten wealth. |
2012 | Imelda Marcos declared her current net worth to be $22 million, according to estimates from The Daily Telegraph. |
2011 | The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division ordered Imelda Marcos to return government funds taken by her and her husband from the National Food Authority. |
2010 | Actress Dimples Romana Marcos portrayed Imelda in the ABS-CBN episode 'Makinilya,' part of 'The Ninoy & Cory Aquino Story.' |
2010 | Imelda Marcos ran for the second district of Ilocos Norte in the 2010 Philippine House of Representatives elections, succeeding her son Ferdinand Jr. (Bongbong), while also serving as the Millennium Development Goals committee chair. |
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