Marcos son denies offer of gold to Filipinos

By Bernadette E. Tamayo
The Manila Times
Sunday, September 24, 2017

Former Philippine Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday denied reports that his family was offering cash and "gold" to the public.

He made the clarification after his family received reports of thousands of people gathering at the campus of the University of the Philippines at Los Banos in Laguna "because of promises of gold from the Marcoses."

"We do not know of nor have any involvement of any of these gatherings," Marcos said.

"It’s a scam pure and simple," said the former senator, the only son of the late former President Ferdinand Marcos.

President Rodrigo Duterte last month claimed that the Marcos family, through an unidentified emissary, has expressed intention to "return" a portion of their wealth, including gold bars, to help the government fund its programs. ...

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