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Accident
An accident occurred around 3:00 a.m. on November 17, 1981 during the construction of the Manila Film Center. Its scaffolding[6] collapsed,[5][7] and at least 169[5][8][9] workers fell and were buried under quick-drying[10] wet cement. A security blanket was immediately imposed by the Marcos administration, and neither rescuers nor ambulances were permitted[5] on the site until an official statement had been prepared. The rescuers were eventually permitted to go inside the accident site 9 hours after the collapse.
[edit] Aftermath
After the tragedy Prime Minister Cesar Virata disapproved a $5 million [5] subsidy which was originally intended for the film festival. Lacking in funding, Imelda then created a contingency plan that would generate enough funds to cover for the festival. A law was passed in the form of presidential decree 1986 (P.D. 1986) [11] which created a board of review for motion pictures and television, this entity was later known as Movie and Television Review and Classification Board[12] (MTRCB).This in turn relaxed censorship laws circumventing within the festival, this paved way for soft-porn films to be shown during the festival. P.D. 1986 also an exclusive exemption of film films shown at the Manila Film Center from censorship. Ultimately the building was finished in 1982 and on the opening night, the first film shown in the theatre was the movie Gandhi. The event was attended by Ben Kingsley who played Mohandas K. Gandhi in the movie. Other celebrities in attendance were Robert Duvall and George Hamilton with Imelda Marcos who wore on stage a Joe Salazar[13] black and green Filipiniana terno with a hemline filled with peacock feathers.
Accident
An accident occurred around 3:00 a.m. on November 17, 1981 during the construction of the Manila Film Center. Its scaffolding[6] collapsed,[5][7] and at least 169[5][8][9] workers fell and were buried under quick-drying[10] wet cement. A security blanket was immediately imposed by the Marcos administration, and neither rescuers nor ambulances were permitted[5] on the site until an official statement had been prepared. The rescuers were eventually permitted to go inside the accident site 9 hours after the collapse.
[edit] Aftermath
After the tragedy Prime Minister Cesar Virata disapproved a $5 million [5] subsidy which was originally intended for the film festival. Lacking in funding, Imelda then created a contingency plan that would generate enough funds to cover for the festival. A law was passed in the form of presidential decree 1986 (P.D. 1986) [11] which created a board of review for motion pictures and television, this entity was later known as Movie and Television Review and Classification Board[12] (MTRCB).This in turn relaxed censorship laws circumventing within the festival, this paved way for soft-porn films to be shown during the festival. P.D. 1986 also an exclusive exemption of film films shown at the Manila Film Center from censorship. Ultimately the building was finished in 1982 and on the opening night, the first film shown in the theatre was the movie Gandhi. The event was attended by Ben Kingsley who played Mohandas K. Gandhi in the movie. Other celebrities in attendance were Robert Duvall and George Hamilton with Imelda Marcos who wore on stage a Joe Salazar[13] black and green Filipiniana terno with a hemline filled with peacock feathers.http://www.kroll.com/about/history/
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n the 1980s, Kroll became known as "Wall Street's private eye" as a result of its high-profile investigative due diligence work in the financial sector. The company later gained worldwide renown for its success in searching for assets hidden by Jean-Claude Duvalier, Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, and Saddam Hussein.
http://cpcabrisbane.org/Kasama/1999/V13n2/Imelda1.htm
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"We will take back everything that the trustees [cronies] held on behalf of Ferdinand Marcos, including those that they sold and surrendered to the Government… Whoever bought any of the Marcos companies or assets will have to face us in court" (PDI, 6/12/98; "Imelda vs cronies; ‘I’ve deeds of trust, stock certificates’"; Part 2). "Lucio Tan bought PAL using money from Fortune Tobacco and Allied Bank, both of which are majority owned by the Marcoses" (ibid).
One company she is determined to regain is Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), claiming that Marcos had bought it off the Lopez family in 1973 (the Aquino government returned it to the Lopezes). The Lopezes provided a chilling account of how the new rich Marcoses had supplanted the old rich. The family patriarch, Eugenio Lopez Sr., had indeed signed over Meralco in 1973 to the Marcoses. Why? Because, under the martial law dictatorship, Lopez’s son, Eugenio Jr. was being held by the military. The Marcoses offered to release him in exchange for control of the Lopez fortune – they then welshed on the deal and didn’t release the son (he escaped to the US, after five years behind bars). The "sale" price was bogus – the Marcoses paid no more than a P10,000 deposit. Their motive for this hostage taking and blackmail was not because they particularly coveted Meralco, but because they wanted to destroy the influence of the Lopezes who, via their paper, the Manila Chronicle, had attacked the graft and corruption of the Marcos regime.
In part 3 of the "Imelda vs cronies" series (PDI, 7/12/98; "Marcos targeted multinational firms") Imelda tried to portray Marcos as some sort of a patriotic capitalist, claiming that when he declared martial law in 1972 he knew that parity rights in major American transnational corporations would expire in 1974 (under the Laurel–Langley Treaty). That meant that the TNCs would have to surrender up to 60% of their holdings in Filipino companies, so here was a good chance to secure Filipino ownership [meaning by Marcos]. Having secured the companies, Marcos then assigned hand picked cronies to head them: "I won’t be president of any company because I’m already the president of the country" (ibid). Jose Yao Campos got 49 companies; Lucio Tan, Roberto Benedicto and Danding Cojuangco 12 each. These cronies each regularly paid Marcos hundreds of millions of pesos into his secret bank accounts, in return for privileges and concessions (Ferdinand used the name ‘William Saunders’ for his hidden accounts and assets; Imelda was ‘Jane Ryan’).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Magsaysay#Death
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Death
Gravesite of President.Magsaysay at the Manila North Cemetery.Magsaysay did not finish his term that was expected to end of December 30, 1957 because he died in a plane crash. On March 16, 1957 Magsaysay left Manila for Cebu City where he spoke at three educational institutions. That same night, at about 1 am, he boarded the presidential plane "Mt. Pinatubo", a C-47, heading back to Manila. In the early morning hours of March 17, his plane was reported missing. It was late in the afternoon that day that newspapers reported that the airplane had crashed on Mt. Manunggal in Cebu and that 36 of the 56 passengers and crew aboard were killed; the actual number on board was 25, including Magsaysay. Only newspaperman Néstor Mata survived. Vice President Carlos Garcia, who was on an official visit to Australia at the time, assumed the presidency to serve out the last eight months of Magsaysay's term.
An estimated 5 million people attended Magsaysay's burial on March 31, 1957.[13][14][15]
He is then referred to by the people the "Idol of the Masses".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyVFj3o83d0
CASE UNCLOSED: Magsaysay Plane Crash (1 of 7)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Magsaysay#Death
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Death
Main article: 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash
An estimated 5 million people attended Magsaysay's burial on March 31, 1957.[13][14][15]
He is then referred to by the people the "Idol of the Masses".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyVFj3o83d0
CASE UNCLOSED: Magsaysay Plane Crash (1 of 7)
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Episode on December 18, 2008
Thursday night after Saksi
Midnight of March 17, 1957 President Ramon Magsaysay, together with 27 other people, boarded Mt. Pinatubo, the C47 plane that would take them from Cebu to Manila. Thirteen minutes after the take-off, a distress call from the pilots was received by the airport tower in Manila. This was to be the last contact from the presidential plane.
Mutilated bodies and charred parts of the plane were found the morning after at the side of Mt. Manunggal in Balamban, Cebu. President Magsaysay, along with 26 people on board Mt. Pinatubo, died in one of the most shocking plane crash incidents in the Philippines. Only one survived to tell the story.
This Thursday, Kara David retells accounts of the crash that killed President Ramon Magsaysay. What really caused the plane to crash at the side of Mt. Manunggal?
Years after the ill-fated flight, the Magsaysay family still believes that the plane crash was just a mere accident. But there were rumors that a bomb was placed inside the plane and that this was allegedly planned by the US CIA. Is there truth to this theory? Prof. Arnold Azurin explains these allegations.
Under the direction of indie filmmaker Sigrid Bernardo, watch the last 13 minutes of President Magsaysay in this Thursday's episode of Case Unclosed with Kara David, airing right after the late night newscast Saksi.
DISCLAIMER: The video presentation you are about to see is owned by GMA Network Incorporated. The administrators of "The Philippine Presidency" are not affiliated with the aforementioned media company; whereas our sole purpose is to merely serve as a gateway for posterity and provide continuous information dissemination for all.
Episode on December 18, 2008
Thursday night after Saksi
Midnight of March 17, 1957 President Ramon Magsaysay, together with 27 other people, boarded Mt. Pinatubo, the C47 plane that would take them from Cebu to Manila. Thirteen minutes after the take-off, a distress call from the pilots was received by the airport tower in Manila. This was to be the last contact from the presidential plane.
Mutilated bodies and charred parts of the plane were found the morning after at the side of Mt. Manunggal in Balamban, Cebu. President Magsaysay, along with 26 people on board Mt. Pinatubo, died in one of the most shocking plane crash incidents in the Philippines. Only one survived to tell the story.
This Thursday, Kara David retells accounts of the crash that killed President Ramon Magsaysay. What really caused the plane to crash at the side of Mt. Manunggal?
Years after the ill-fated flight, the Magsaysay family still believes that the plane crash was just a mere accident. But there were rumors that a bomb was placed inside the plane and that this was allegedly planned by the US CIA. Is there truth to this theory? Prof. Arnold Azurin explains these allegations.
Under the direction of indie filmmaker Sigrid Bernardo, watch the last 13 minutes of President Magsaysay in this Thursday's episode of Case Unclosed with Kara David, airing right after the late night newscast Saksi.
DISCLAIMER: The video presentation you are about to see is owned by GMA Network Incorporated. The administrators of "The Philippine Presidency" are not affiliated with the aforementioned media company; whereas our sole purpose is to merely serve as a gateway for posterity and provide continuous information dissemination for all.
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