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Pasya ng PET sa VP poll protest recount dinepensahan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 08:29 PM

May iba kasing nagsasabing dapat tuldukan na lang ang kaso sa halip na mabigyan ng 20 araw ang 2 panig para magkomento ukol dito. Read more »

What's causing the delay in Marcos-Robredo poll protest?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 10:23 PM

Election lawyer and former COMELEC Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal shares his insights on the recent decision of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal -- which once again deferred the ruling on the vice presidential electoral protest and instead voted to release the report on the initial recount of ballots in 3 pilot provinces. Read more »

Marcos, Robredo supporters trade barbs ahead of poll protest deliberation

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 15 09:25 AM

Around 100 supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo and former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., exchanged insults in front of the Supreme Court early Tuesday, hours ahead of its deliberation on a protest questioning the results of 2016 race for the country's second highest elective post. Read more »

Chief Justice denies speculation of decision-fixing in Marcos poll protest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 01:28 PM

Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin denied Thursday any irregularity in the postponement of its deliberation into the election protest of losing vice presidential bet and former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos.    Read more »

Supreme Court tells Marcos, Robredo camps anew: Hush on poll protest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 10:38 AM

The Supreme Court on Wednesday again reminded the camps of Vice President Leni Robredo and former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos to refrain from publicly commenting on the latter's election protest. Read more »

Robredo camp reiterates lead over Marcos grew by 15,000 votes in initial recount

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 09 09:57 AM

The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo claimed Wednesday that her lead over former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., her opponent in the 2016 elections, grew by 15,000 votes after an initial recount under his poll protest.  Read more »

Supreme Court finishes initial recount for Marcos-Robredo poll protest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 03:04 PM

The recount covered 5,400 voting precincts in Ioilo, Camarines Sur and Negros Oriental, said Supreme Court public information chief said Brian Keith Hosaka.    Read more »

US Attorney General Barr will release redacted copy of Mueller report by mid-April

Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 04:40 AM

WASHINGTON - US Attorney General William Barr plans to issue a redacted copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's nearly 400-page investigative report into Russian interference in the 2016 election by mid-April, he said in a letter to lawmakers on Friday. Read more »

Mar on campaign loss: 'I offered tinolang manok, they chose kare-kareng baka'

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 11:49 PM

Senatorial candidate Mar Roxas already lost two major elections but is unfazed as he enters the campaign for the 2019 midterm polls.  Read more »

Robredo opposes Bongbong's move to examine precincts outside 3 pilot provinces

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 04:23 PM

The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has accused the side of losing vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos of “skillfully,” if not “deceitfully” circumventing the rules of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) by moving to conduct a technical examination on clustered precincts outside the 3 designated pilot provinces. Read more »

Russia, China, Iran sought to influence US 2018 elections: US spy chief

Jonathan Landay and Mark Hosenball, Reuters
Posted at Dec 22 10:10 AM

WASHINGTON - Foreign powers, including Russia, China and Iran, sought to influence voters in the US 2018 mid-term elections, but there is no evidence of any penetration into US voting systems, the top US intelligence official said on Friday. Read more »

Glenn Chong: PAO findings show aide tortured before 'shootout'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 18 05:15 PM

MANILA - A former lawmaker on Tuesday said his ex-aide killed in an alleged shootout on Dec. 10 was tortured before his death. Read more »

SC upholds indictment of mayor, cops over threats, detention of 2016 mayoralty bet

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 06:21 PM

The Supreme Court en banc on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by an incumbent mayor, police officers and several others questioning the Commission on Election’s (Comelec) decision to indict them for election offenses committed during the 2016 elections. Read more »

De Lima 'disobedience' hearing deferred anew over Ronnie Dayan's absence

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 01:11 PM

A Quezon City court on Wednesday deferred for the second time the hearing of detained Senator Leila De Lima's disobedience to summons case due to the absence of her former driver and alleged bagman, Ronnie Dayan. Read more »

De Lima 'disobedience' hearing deferred over no-show Ronnie Dayan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 05:21 PM

A Quezon City court on Thursday deferred the hearing of detained Senator Leila De Lima's disobedience to summons case due to the absence of her former driver and alleged bagman Ronnie Dayan.  Read more »

Senate to present witness in alleged 2016 election fraud

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 05:37 PM

The Senate witness against alleged electoral fraud in the 2016 elections will be revealed to the public on the next hearing, which has yet to be announced, according to the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Automated Election System (JCOC-AES).   Read more »

Duterte curious about status of VP vote recount

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 29 07:43 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte inquired about the status of the manual recount in the electoral protest of former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo, after saying again that he wants to step down.  Read more »

Marcos camp: Some unused ballots pre-shaded for Robredo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 05:39 PM

Some unused and excess ballots for the 2016 national elections were pre-shaded in favor of Vice President Leni Robredo, the camp of former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. claimed Wednesday.  Read more »

Imee Marcos hits Robredo camp for downplaying missing audit logs

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 11:55 AM

Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos on Tuesday took a swipe at the camp of Vice-President Leni Robredo for downplaying the importance of the May 2016 automated counting machines audit logs.  Read more »

Marcos: Some ballots wet, audit logs missing in Robredo stronghold

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 02 04:45 PM

Some ballots used in the 2016 elections in the home province of Vice President Leni Robredo was doused recently while several audit logs disappeared, former Senator Ferdinand Marcos said Monday. Read more »