Roughly more than P15-million worth of cash and jewellery were lost after a house helper allegedly fell for a suspected swindler who claimed that her bosses got involved in an accident and that they need all the contents inside her employer’s safety vault.
Twenty-seven years after the ouster of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, the public will finally get to see the fabulous jewelry collection amassed by Marcos’ wife, now Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos, during the 20 years they held power.
Former First Lady Imelda Marcos’ jewelry from the so-called Hawaii collection and the contested 18.5-hectare prime commercial property Payanig sa Pasig are among the P18.2 billion worth of recovered ill-gotten assets of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos that the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) plans to sell within the next two years.
Adela (not her real name) waited an hour and a half on a sofa along a hotel corridor while assistants of a foreign jewelry buyer went out to withdraw cash to purchase items from another seller who came before her.
Two weeks before Valentine’s Day, Sen. Pia Cayetano fought for the right of women to receive “luxurious gifts” from their loved ones as she called on her fellow legislators to come up with a higher threshold amount for jewelry purchases before these are reported to the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC).
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Monday it would summon four private security agencies providing security to SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City following Saturday night’s daring jewelry heist carried out by six robbers inside the establishment over the weekend.
A statue of Virgin Mary popular in Lapu-Lapu City lost several pieces of jewelry in a burglary that also led to the loss of cash donations being kept at the religious icon’s shrine.
The glitter of gold and the sparkle of diamonds from Imelda Marcos’ jewelry collection may yet attract more tourists than her shoes, said the agency tasked with recovering the ill-gotten wealth of her family.
Assorted jewelry worth about P2 million that was accidentally tossed out with the trash in Mandaue city, was finally returned to its owner yesterday.
Jewelry crafted in Bulacan—either sold or pawned by a school founder in Angeles City to pay for teachers’ salaries—reestablished the first private school in the city and sustained its growth into a university that supported 27,000 poor students in 50 years.
Two months after finding a box of jewelry at at the Umapad dumpsite in Mandaue City, scavenger Rodrigo Corta is back at the dumpsite hoping to find another miracle that will turn his life around.
The family of businessman Vicente Tan, whose gold class ring was found by scavengers at the Umapad dumpsite, said they discovered they had lost more than what was reported to the police.
Two weeks. That’s how long the Tan family will have to wait before a decision is made about the gold and diamond jewelry found by scavengers in the Umapad dumpsite in Mandaue City.
