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Imee Marcos families. Currently the
and. Otso Diretso's Ilocos Norte governor, Marcos Tuesdav. 19 March 2019
Romulo Macalintal are continued to draw public Daily Tri6une
two candidates who attention as she
are no strangers seeks a Senate seat
to controversies. fwn lo page 6
Ma?cos claimed in her provinaial employment
ior Gloria Macapagal-ArroYo aniP
She only took nondegree curiculum vitae dufing hQr timerate to reach above 98 percent world boxing champion anlL
courses from 1976 to -theregular
at the l{ouse of Representatives thTough job fairs, iob incumbent S€n. Manny Pa.cquiao.
that graduated cum lnud'e placement programs, an OFW Why a Senate run? He said
1977 at the UP College she
of Arts and Sciences with a bachelor degree'from the desk, Iivelihood asststance and he was prompted by the inaction
UP College of Law. small and medium enterPrise of the chamber on issues hd'
HnP chairman Davao City d€velopment. represented. 2r.

En Fage I Mayor Sara Duterte told the In seeking a Senate seat,

Ilocos Norte governor that she Imee is attempting to follow Macalhtal suggested i
in the coming 13 May midterm does not need a college degree the fooisteps of her father and doing away wlth the 1
elections. to be a senator. younger brother, Ferdinand Senete end the Uouse
Recently Marcos drew flak for any eyent, our
'In Constitution 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. in seekirg of Representetives that i
claiming to have $aduated with only requires for the presidentr a Senate seat in the 13 May he said would allow the
a law degree &t the University of the vice president midterm polls. country to save P36 billion.'
the Philippines (UP) and having and the senators to ST|EIS The Marcos a
earned a diploma in reli$on and be bble to read and patriarch served as According to Macalintal,
politics at Princeton University. fi'rite and she can Senate President during he decided to seek a seat ilF
Boii schools denied her claims. very well do that $ven her the sth Congress from Con$ess to fight for the causery
track record as governor,' 1962 to 1965 before being of senior citizens which he has
The college newspeper the President's daughter said. elected as President. been advocating for yeaxs nolv. it
of Princeton University 0n the other hand, Bongbong He added issues raised bY,
also reported the late Life ln poUtics served as one-time senator persons with disabilities had
President's daug;hter did Marcos somewhat laid low as dudng the 15th Congress before gone unheeded by lawmakers.
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enroll there in 1973 but tlid she served as twoterm govemor seeh'ng the vice intisidency in'. He vowbd to pursue electoral
not earl e degree. of her home province, 2016 bui lost. refo rms as he witnessed
After more than a decade of persona.lly the need for such.
Marcos did study at the state 'hibematind afterthe 1986 People Grizzled legal eagle the l.mlefs unconventional visvs
uniYersity, but UP ofricials said Power revolution that oust€d lanyer Romulo gd him in o houble mod ofthe tine.
she only took nondegree courses her father, the late strongman
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Madalintal, 7l years old, is seeking,
from 1976 to 197? at the College Ferdinand Marcos, Imeb first for ihe fi$i time, ar elective post. Suspend Congress
of Arts and Sciences. sought and won the second Macalintal is considered For instarce, he once Pushed
nwen
She then took courses at the congress.ional seat of their home among the couttry's top election for the abolition of Congress
UP College of Law, but there were province Ilocos Norte in 1998. lawyers with clients like Vice for just six years,' but now he is a
no records that she graduated. 'President Leni Robredo, former candidate to join th€ institution he
Tke Philippinensian, UP's He decided to seek a dent and now Speaker wants removed. ario J' Uallarl
official yearbook, did not have seat in Congress to flght o
her photo in the 1983 edition
when she supposedly graduaied.
for couses of senior
citfuens which he has been
fra^ol'r PAq€l
Simila.r$ the college newspaper advocatingl for years now.
of Princeton University also
reported .th€ late President's She$entontoser, asthr€eterm
daughter did enroll there in 1973 con$esswoman. As member of
but did not earn a de$ee. the Ilouse of Representativesi
A few days after the UP held 1ns9 authored and ceauthored
its graduation rites for 1983, a bills with a primary focus on
televised recognition ceremony women, overseas zuipino workers
held at the Mera.lco Theater slrowed (OFW) and the yout h sectot such
Imec Marcos graduating ard being ur the House bills for magna
honored, mngnn ar'rn lnade, wlttch caxta for students and on loan for
is an evenl that alumni are disputing; Filipino migrant workers.
In the book Some Are After a nine-year stint at
Srnarter Ihrcn' Ahers published the House, Imee won the 2010
in l99l and writien by Ricardo gubernatorial race in llocos
Mariapat, l,he author narrated, None via a landslide.