The family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos lost their claim on a 57.68-hectare resort in Brgy. Suba, Paoay, Ilocos Norte after the Sandiganbayan declared the lease deal between the Marcoses and the Philippine Tourism Authority covering the said property null and void on Wednesday.

The 33-page decision dated April 21—stemming from the case filed by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) on March 3, 2010—was handed out by the Sandiganbayan’s 1st Division and penned by Associate Justice Rafael Lagos.