A long-running government effort to claw back a final batch of properties tied to the family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. has reached its end, after the Sandiganbayan formally closed proceedings on the assets that remained in dispute.
The decision turned on a choice made by the state’s own lawyers. In a manifestation filed on May 12, 2026, the Presidential Commission on Good Government told the court it would put forward no additional proof “with respect to the remaining listed properties not covered by the partial judgments.” The anti-graft court’s Special Division acted on that filing through a resolution dated June 2, 2026.
Civil Case No. 0141 had reached for holdings scattered across several jurisdictions. According to the case records, the Marcoses were alleged to have maintained bank accounts in Luxembourg, Hong Kong, the Cayman Islands, and the United States, on top of stock holdings in a range of corporations and various other assets.
Writing for the division, Associate Justice Bayani Jacinto said the case could not continue on the points where the government had walked away from its burden. “In view of petitioner’s [government] manifestation and the absence of evidence concerning the remaining properties, the proceedings in this case, insofar as they relate to properties not covered by the four partial summary judgments, are now terminated,” the resolution stated. Associate Justices Maryann Corpus-Mañalac and Juliet Manalo-San Gaspar joined in signing it.
The PCGG’s retreat was tied to what it had already secured elsewhere. The agency told the court that the bulk of the contested wealth had been recovered through separate civil proceedings, leaving little reason to keep litigating the rest.
Those earlier wins were substantial. Partial judgments handed down over the years directed the forfeiture of $658 million in Swiss bank deposits, along with funds, shares, real property, and interests linked to the Arelma accounts. The same rulings covered the Malacañang Jewelry Collection and roughly $17 million traced to the sale of paintings and other artworks.
