Rodrigo Duterte allows Imelda Marcos's jewels to go on sale
The proceeds will benefit the Philippine public, the president's spokesperson says
30 May 2019 - 18:22
Manila — The jewellery of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, famed for her extravagant spending and vast shoe collection, will go on sale with the proceeds going to benefit the Philippine public, the president's spokesperson said on Thursday.
The government's assets recovery body had sought President Rodrigo Duterte's approval for the sale of one of the three sets of jewellery confiscated three decades ago after the fall of Marcos's husband, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos...
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