Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos said yesterday that she will have a merry Christmas thanks to a court ordering the return of one of the sprawling mansions the government seized after her husband was deposed.
The Supreme Court ruled late Monday that the government agency created to recover billions of dollars allegedly looted by former dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife used a defective order to seize the beachfront, 104-acre (42-hectare) estate on Leyte Island.
The ruling came 24 years after a non-violent "people power" uprising ousted Marcos and the government sequestered most of their property.