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(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III and several others are facing a complaint for violation of the Omnibus Election Code in connection with the Dengvaxia mess. Dr. Francis Cruz and the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption filed the complaint against Aquino, former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, former Health Secretary Janette Garin and 16 others before the Commission on Elections on Friday. According to the complainants, Aquino and the others violated Section 261 (v) […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Francis Escudero on Thursday alleged there were “back-up” SD memory cards used in the 2016 elections that were not “mirror images” of the original ones. Speaking before the joint oversight committee, Escudero said his witness, a former poll official, would corroborate this. He said the witness would appear in the next hearing. “Ang tanong, ilan sa back up drive ang pinadala? At nasaan yung record ng back-up drive? Apparently walang ganung record ang Comelec […]
“It was too presumptuous of him” to make the claim, Robredo’s lead counsel says (Eagle News)– The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday slammed former Senator Bongbong Marcos for saying he won the vice presidency, noting that it was “too presumptuous” of him to make the statement. “Or he is just dreaming. If he won as vice president, why is it that it was Robredo who was proclaimed by Congress as winner?” Romulo Macalintal […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Bongbong Marcos on Wednesday accused the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, of being “biased against” him in the electoral case he filed against Vice President Leni Robredo. Marcos said he was contemplating as such to ask that Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa be changed as chair of the tribunal as he said it was “obvious” he was siding with the vice president, whose camp he has accused […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court is all set to start the manual recount of ballots cast in three provinces on the vice-presidential race early next year as the electoral protest case filed by vice-presidential candidate former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos moved forward. The recount of the ballots in Negros Oriental, Iloilo and Camarines Sur, Robredo’s home province, will be done in the Supreme Court’s gymnasium. Both camps remained positive that […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sinagot na ng kampo ni dating senador Ferninand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ang pagtawag sa kanila ng abogado ni Vice-President Leni Robredo na sinungaling. Ayon sa tagapagsalita ni Marcos na si Atty. Vic Rodriguez, ang mga pangalan sa kanilang witness list ay mga miyembro ng Board Of Election Inspectors sa Basilan, Lanao Del Sur at Maguindanao na naka-duty sa araw ng halalan noong Mayo 2016. Nilinaw pa ni Rodriguez na tinukoy […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo’s through his lawyer, Atty. Romulo Macalintal filed an urgent motion and manifestation before the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) asking it to order former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., to pay for the custody of the vote counting machines connected to his electoral protest. In the manifestation filed by the Commission on Elections, the COMELEC said that the preservation and retention of vote counting machines and […]
(Eagle News) — There is no legal nor factual basis to believe that the spat between Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andres Bautista and his wife, Patricia, could cast doubts on the credibility and integrity of the 2016 polls, an election lawyer said. In a statement on Thursday, Romulo Macalintal said that while Patricia had alleged her husband had ill-gotten wealth, she never made mention of any act he had committed that had compromised the results […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Monday said the credibility of the 2016 elections, but only where candidates won by a small margin, could be tainted following allegations of dishonesty against Commission on Elections chief Andres Bautista. “Siyempre lahat ng nasa Comelec dapat napagkakatiwalaan kasi nga sensitibo ang proseso ng ating demokrasya…Maaaring (may) mga ibang pwesto ang maaaring makwestiyon dahil mas dikit ang laban,” she said. She noted, however, that the case of President […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kampo ni dating Senador Bongbong Marcos, hiniling sa Korte Suprema na malaman ang nilalaman ng mga unused SD cards noong nakaraang eleksiyon.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sa survey ng Pulse Asia, lumabas na dalawampu’t-dalawang porsyento ng mga botante ang umaming may nag-alok sa kanilang kandidato para bilihin ang kanilang boto noong 2016 elections. 74 percent sa 1200 respondents ang inaming tinanggap nila ang alok na pera at iba pang materyal na bagay kapalit ng boto habang 26 na porsyento lang ang hindi tinanggap ang alok mula sa kandidato. Gayunman, labing-walong porsiyento sa mga ito ang ibinoto […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inupakan na ni Senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos ang umano’y pananahimik ng Commission on Elections sa nangyaring dayaan sa katatapos na eleksyon. Sa kaniyang privilege speech, sinabi ni Marcos na kahit digital na ang proseso ng eleksyon tila mas naging talamak ang bilihan ng boto. Mas pinalala pa raw ang dayaan sa pamamagitan ng pakikiaalam sa hash code ng transparency server. Sabi ni marcos nung una inakala nyang hindi totoo ang […]
