Document #1188253
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Attached please find information on the New
Society Movement (KBL, Kilusang Bagong Lipunan) as well as media
reports on the activities of Marcos loyalists.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Agence France Presse. 30 December 1991.
"Imelda Asked to Run Under Old Marcos Party." (NEXIS)
Asiaweek [Hong Kong]. 1
November 1996. "The Asian Language: Ki," p. 62.
The Associated Press. 4 February 1992.
AM Cycle. Robert H. Reid. "Imelda's Campaign: Glitz and Glitter,
But All for Show?" (NEXIS)
Business World [Manila, in
English]. 10 May 1994. Sandra Aguinaldo. "Government Signs
Agreements With Marcos Loyalists." (FBIS-EAS-94-093 13 May 1994,
pp. 60-62)
GMA-7 Radio-Television Arts Network
[Quezon City, in Tagalog]. 1 April 1996. "Phillipines; Police Chief
Denies Plot Against MNLF Chief." (FBIS-EAS-96-064 1 Apr. 1996)
[Internet] [Accessed 21 Apr. 1997]
Japan Economic Newswire. 7 March 1990.
"Asian News; Conservative Opposition Groups Forging New Alliance."
(NEXIS)
PNA [Manila]. 1 April 1996.
"Philippines: Article on Plot to Assassinate MNLF Chairman."
(FBIS-LAT-96-064 1 Apr. 1996) [Internet] [Accessed 21 Apr.
1997]
Political Handbook of the World:
1995-1996. 1996. Edited by Arthur S. Banks et al. Binghampton,
NY: CSA Publications, p. 754.
Radio Filipinas [Quezon City, in
English]. 1 April 1996. "Philippines: Police Uncover Plot to
Assassinate MNLF Chairman." (FBIS-LAT-96-064 1 Apr. 1996)
[Internet] [Accessed 21 Apr. 1997]
Radyo ng Bayan [Quezon City, in
Tagalog]. 12 November 1991. "Imelda Marcos to Lead New Society
Movement." (FBIS-LAT-91-218 12 Nov. 1991, pp. 42-43)
The Toronto Star. 13 April
1992. Unavailable Edition. Peter Goodspeed. "The Bloom is Fading on
the Rose of Taclaban." (NEXIS)
United Press International (UPI). 7
August 1995. BC Cycle. "Marcos Loyalists Charge Manila's Speaker."
(NEXIS)
_____. 6 January 1995. BC Cycle. "Marcos
Jr. Seeks Second Term in Congress." (NEXIS)
World Encyclopedia of Political
Systems and Parties. 1987. Second Edition. Vol. 2. Edited by
George E. Delury. New York: Facts on File, p. 890.