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                    [ArticleID] => 764725
                    [Title] => Swiss central bank caves over chief's dollar deals
                    [Summary] => 

After days of stonewalling, the Swiss National Bank gave in yesterday to demands it shed light on currency trades from its chief's personal account that netted fat profits as he led efforts to lower the Swiss franc's value.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-05 04:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 172854 [Title] => Does this move mean Switzerland can no longer block release of Marcos millions? [Summary] => Just in case many of us here missed the significance of the Swiss government "defrosting" the frozen assets in a Swiss bank of former Energy Minister Geronimo Z. Velasco, who once rode high, wide and handsome during the Marcos dictatorship, the move upheld by the Higher Court of Zurich means that "Switzerland no longer has a legal right to block the Marcos monies".

This is a direct quote from a respected Zurich newspaper, Weltwoche (Worldweek), headlined "Travesty of Justice: Gold Blessing for Dictators".
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 171369 [Title] => Swiss free $17-M of FM nephew [Summary] => BERN (AFP) – A state attorney said yesterday Swiss authorities had unblocked $17 million in frozen accounts of relatives of the late President Ferdinand Marcos.

Zurich attorney Dieter Jann confirmed a report appearing in the Thursday edition of the Swiss newspaper Weltwoche saying the sum had been released in June.

The official said the money, originally frozen on suspicion of corruption, had been registered in the name of Marcos’ nephew, former energy minister Geronimo Velasco, who had also acted as the late dictator’s secretary.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [ArticleID] => 764725
                    [Title] => Swiss central bank caves over chief's dollar deals
                    [Summary] => 

After days of stonewalling, the Swiss National Bank gave in yesterday to demands it shed light on currency trades from its chief's personal account that netted fat profits as he led efforts to lower the Swiss franc's value.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-05 04:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 172854 [Title] => Does this move mean Switzerland can no longer block release of Marcos millions? [Summary] => Just in case many of us here missed the significance of the Swiss government "defrosting" the frozen assets in a Swiss bank of former Energy Minister Geronimo Z. Velasco, who once rode high, wide and handsome during the Marcos dictatorship, the move upheld by the Higher Court of Zurich means that "Switzerland no longer has a legal right to block the Marcos monies".

This is a direct quote from a respected Zurich newspaper, Weltwoche (Worldweek), headlined "Travesty of Justice: Gold Blessing for Dictators".
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 171369 [Title] => Swiss free $17-M of FM nephew [Summary] => BERN (AFP) – A state attorney said yesterday Swiss authorities had unblocked $17 million in frozen accounts of relatives of the late President Ferdinand Marcos.

Zurich attorney Dieter Jann confirmed a report appearing in the Thursday edition of the Swiss newspaper Weltwoche saying the sum had been released in June.

The official said the money, originally frozen on suspicion of corruption, had been registered in the name of Marcos’ nephew, former energy minister Geronimo Velasco, who had also acted as the late dictator’s secretary.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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