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An assassination attempt against Imelda Marcos occurred on December 7, 1972, when an assailant named Carlito Dimahilig tried to stab her on live television with a bolo knife in Nayong Pilipino but was shot by the police. [102] [103] Congressman Jose Aspiras and Linda Amor Robles were also injured in trying to subdue the attacker. [102]
The assassination showed the increasing incapacity of the Marcos regime – Ferdinand was mortally ill when the crime occurred while his cronies mismanaged the country in his absence. It outraged Aquino's supporters that Marcos, if not masterminding it, allowed the assassination to happen and engineered its cover-up.
Jurado, however, noted "flashes of brilliance" from the performances of Laurice Guillen and Tessie Tomas as Corazon Aquino and Imelda Marcos respectively. [7] Karla Delgado, also of the Manila Standard , gave a negative review to the miniseries, deeming it "misfocused" due to the inclusion of a fictional romantic subplot, which she thought was ...
NEW YORK — Imelda Marcos famously said she wanted the words “Here Lies Love” engraved on her tombstone. Good for her. Her many enemies would argue that the former first lady of the ...
Carlito Dimahilig attacks Imelda Marcos with a bolo in a failed assassination attempt during an event for her National Beautification and Cleanliness campaign. Congressman Jose D. Aspiras and beautification campaign administrator Linda Amor Robles also suffer lacerations. December 31
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court found former first lady Imelda Marcos guilty of graft and ordered her arrest Friday in a rare conviction among many corruption cases that she plans ...
Rolando Galman, suspect in the assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr. Rogelio Moreno (confirmed) AVSECOM members (accomplices) Killed by soldiers immediately after Aquino's assassination and accused by the Marcos regime of being a hitman for the New People's Army, but was posthumously acquitted as a fall guy. [42] See Assassination of Ninoy Aquino.
Ronald L. Rowe, Jr, Acting Director of the U.S. Secret Service, left, testifies on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump during a joint hearing with the Senate Homeland ...