travelwarning (9)in #imelda • yesterday[Corruption in the Philippines] Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #9/212To the public at large, and at a safe distance, she did exude the confidence and poise of an heiress. But as with the image of Marcos, there were flaws in Imelda’s media image.…travelwarning (9)in #marcos • 14 days ago[Corruption in the Philippines] Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #8/212They kept faith and waited anxiously for the day when the country would have leaders brave and bold enough to break away from the onerous special relationship with America.…travelwarning (9)in #manila • 23 days ago[Corruption in the Philippines] Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #7/212The next morning I sent for the chief engineer of the War Department, and I told him to put the Philippines on the map of the United States, and there they are, and there they…travelwarning (9)in #manila • last month[Corruption in the Philippines] Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #6/212Most Americans, and especially those who were in a position to alter the course of history, had allowed themselves to be deluded by their own subterfuges in holding on to the…travelwarning (9)in #manila • 2 months ago[Corruption in the Philippines] Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #5/212In the crowd were United States Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, Prime Minister Chung Il-kwon of Korea, Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman of Thailand, and Prime Minister Kishi…travelwarning (9)in #romualdez • 2 months ago[Corruption in the Philippines] Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #4/212It was said that Imelda, mindful of tradition and family ties, chose him for the occasion. He was the former rector of the Divine Word University in Leyte, where Imelda had been…travelwarning (9)in #marcos • 2 months ago[Corruption in the Philippines] Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #3/212PROLOGUE The Chink in the Image IN THE EARLY MORNINGof December 30, 1965, a few hundred Filipinos milled around the suburban residence of President-elect Ferdinand E. Marcos.…travelwarning (9)in #richest • 3 months ago[Corruption in the Philippines] Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #2/212Among the chapters relevant to my objective were the following: Chapter Four, “The Book”; Chapter Five, “The Richest Woman in the World”; Chapter Six, “Sacrifice the Queen”; and…travelwarning (9)in #marcos • 11 months ago[Corruption in the Philippines] Imelda Marcos The Rise and Fall of One of the Worlds Most Powerful Women #1/212PROLOGUE The Chink in the Image IN THE EARLY MORNING of December 30, 1965, a few hundred Filipinos milled around the suburban residence of President-elect Ferdinand E. Marcos.…