Tag: Bongbong Marcos

VP Robredo camp pays first tranche of electoral counterprotest fee

(Eagle News) — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday paid the first tranche required by the Presidential Electoral Tribunal  for her electoral counterprotest to move forward. The P8 million they paid, Atty. Barry Gutierrez, Robredo’s lawyer, said, was borrowed from Robredo’s relatives and those of the late Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, her late husband. Before making the payment, Robredo’s camp filed an appeal on the PET’s […]

Kampo ni Bongbong Marcos, nais malaman ang nilalaman ng ‘unused’ sd cards

Dumulog muli sa Korte Suprema na umuupo bilang Presidential Electoral Tribunal ang kampo ni dating Senador Bongbong Marcos para malaman ang nilalaman ng mga sinasabing ‘unused’ sd cards nitong 2016 elections. Sa anim na pahinang manifestation sa PET na inihain ng abogado ni Marcos na si George Garcia, hiniling nila na atasan ng tribunal ang COMELEC na bigyan sila ng kopya ng resulta ng decryption sa mga sinasabing hindi nagamit na sd cards noong halalan. […]

Palace accepts, respects ‘people’s verdict’ on election

MANILA, May 11 – Malacañang has accepted the results of the May 9 elections. “Our people have spoken and their verdict is accepted and respected,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said in a statement issued on Tuesday. “The path of good governance or Daang Matuwid is already established as all presidential candidates spoke out against corruption, and in favor of continuing and expanding present pro-poor programs, and pursuing more initiatives to sustain the strong economy and achieve […]

Iglesia to vote for Duterte-Marcos on May 9

(Eagle News) –The Iglesia Ni Cristo is supporting Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte for president and Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., for vice-president in the May 9 elections. Their names are contained in sample ballots that are distributed to INC members all over the country. For the senators, the INC is supporting the following candidates:  Joel Villanueva, Dick Gordon, Franklin Drilon, Risa Hontiveros, Francis Tolentino, Martin Romualdez, Ralph Recto, Manny Pacquiao, Vicente Sotto, Win Gatchalian, […]

Marcos and Escudero at first place

MANILA, Philippines – In the latest survey conducted by Pulse Asia, Senator Bongbong Marcos and Senator Chiz Escudero shared the top spot as forerunners for the candidates for vice-president in the 2016 elections. Both senators garnered 25%. Congresswoman Leni Robredo is at second place. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)

Know Your Vice-Presidentiables – Bongbong Marcos

QUEZON City, Philippines (March 23) – As responsible voters, we should learn more about the candidates running for the 2016 elections because – should they win – they will be the one in charge of our country and their actions will surely impact our lives. It is not only those who are running for president that we should scrutinize but their running mates as well. After all, the Vice-President of the Philippines has the duty […]

Not Economically Free

Sa kabila ng naganap na pag aaklas sa EDSA tatlong dekada na ang nakalilipas, marami pa rin sa mga Pilipino ang hindi ganap na malaya. Ayon kay Senador Sonny Angara, hanggang ngayon maraming Pinoy pa rin ang mahirap at nagugutom dahil sa kawalan ng sapat na ayuda mula sa gobyerno. Naniniwala si Angara na ang pagtugon at pagbibigay lang ng solusyon sa kahirapan sa pamamagitan ng pagpapalawak sa oportunidad na magbibigay ng kinabukasan sa bawat […]

Rights victims’ anger dims Philippine democracy celebrations

By Joel Guinto MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines is this week celebrating 30 years of democracy, but thousands who suffered through the Marcos dictatorship tremble with anger at slow justice and the stunning political ascent of the late strongman’s heir. President Benigno Aquino will on Thursday lead the commemoration of the “People Power” uprising that allowed his mother, Corazon, to take over from Ferdinand Marcos after he fled to the United States. But in another part […]

Kick-off campaign ng Santiago-Marcos tandem, isinagawa sa Batac, Ilocos Norte

Pinili nina Senadora Miriam Defensor-Santiago at Senador Bong-Bong Marcos na gawin ang kanilang Kick-off campaign sa Batac, Ilocos Norte. Ipinangako ng Senadora na uusigin ang lahat ng may kinalaman sa korapsyon sa Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) at Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), at hindi rin siya aatras sa kanyang pag-takbo bilang Presidente. Sinabi naman ni Sen. Bong-bong Marcos na ang kanyang adbokasiya ay palakasin, pagka-isahin at tulungang mailabas ang galing ng mga Pilipino.