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(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo received her COVID-19 vaccine second dose on Wednesday, Aug. 11. In a post on her Facebook page, Robredo said she received her dose at the Pinyahan Elementary School in Quezon City as part of the A3 category, or the category for people with comorbidities. Earlier, Robredo said she has hypertension. Robredo said her staff members who are members of that same category also got inoculated on the same […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., said that they want to study the decision of the Supreme Court acting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal that had unanimously dismissed their electoral protest case on the vice-presidential race results. Marcos’ camp lawyer, Atty. Vic Rodriguez, said that they wanted to “be prudent and practice utmost caution in making any statement or remark on the pronouncement made by the tribunal.” “We’re just relying […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has dismissed the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo. A statement from the SC said the dismissal was unanimous. Out of the 15 members of the tribunal who were present in today’s meeting, the statement said seven members “fully concurred in the dismissal while eight concurred in the result.” The statement said a copy of the […]
(Eagle News)–Former Senator Bongbong Marcos has asked Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen to recuse himself from proceedings related to his election protest against Vice President Leni Robredo. In asking for Leonen’s inhibition in his 21-page extremely urgent omnibus motion, Marcos noted what he said was the associate justice’s “evident bias and manifest partiality” in favor of the vice president. Marcos said Leonen’s “palpable bias and partiality” was evident against the Marcos family in his […]
(Eagle News)–The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday April 4, thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for acknowledging her help in the Philippines’ response to the coronavirus disease 2019 emergency. “Nagpapasalamat kami sa pahayag ng Pangulo na hindi kasalanan ang tumulong sa kapwa Pilipino ngayong panahon ng krisis,” Barry Gutierrez, Robredo’s lawyer, said in a statement. He called on the public for donations for protective equipment and other assistance to doctors, nurses and other frontliners. […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday, March 7, called on the public to remain calm and exercise precautionary measures following the confirmation of two new novel coronavirus cases in the country. “Alam kong marami sa inyo, nangangamba sa mga napapanood at nababasa ninyong balita araw-araw tungkol sa coronavirus disease o COVID-19. May mga dumadagdag pa rin sa listahan ng apektado ng sakit na ito. Pero sa bawat araw na lumilipas, sa pagsisikap ng mga […]
(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo recently visited the wake of the mother of Vice President Leni Robredo. In pictures released by the Office of the Vice President to the media on Thursday, Feb. 27, Panelo was seen talking to Robredo at the wake of Salvacion Gerona in Naga City. Earlier, President Rodrigo Duterte said he condoled with Robredo’s family and sent flowers to them. Gerona passed away last week. The cause of her death was […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo’s mother Sally Gerona passed away on Saturday, Feb. 22. Robredo confirmed her mother’s death in a Facebook post. She did not say the cause of death. She said her mother’s wake would begin on Sunday at 4 p.m. in Naga City. Funeral details will be announced after, she said.
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, Feb. 20, denied she was part of what she said were calls for the ouster of President Rodrigo Duterte. “Hayagan ko pong sinasabi: Hindi ako bahagi ng anumang panawagang bumaba sa puwesto si Pangulong Duterte,” she said in a statement. According to Robredo, her only appeal is for everyone to do their jobs as public servants. Robredo, however, defended those reportedly planning to hold a gathering on Feb. […]
Robredo, others cleared in sedition case (Eagle News)–A Department of Justice panel has cleared Vice President Leni Robredo and other opposition figures of sedition but found probable cause to indict for conspiracy to commit sedition former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and several others over an alleged plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. In its 57-page resolution, the DOJ panel also recommended for indictment Peter Joemel Advincula alias “Bikoy,” dismissed police official Eduardo Acierto, priest Albert […]
(Eagle News)-For Vice President Leni Robredo, her 18 days as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs were enough for her to make an assessment of the drug war. “Napaka-igsi ng 18 days, pero hindi ko sinayang ang 18 days. From the first hour talagang nagtrabaho ako nang husto,” she said in her radio program. Robredo made the comment after President Rodrigo Duterte said her short stint as ICAD co-chair was not enough for […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Bong Go on Thursday, Jan. 9, slammed Vice President Leni Robredo for her remark the drug war was a “massive failure,” saying Filipinos actually feel safer now. “Between one person using her own computation giving a grade of 1 percent, and 79 percent of Filipinos who said they are satisfied with our campaign, I will choose to believe the latter,” Go said, citing results of a Social Weather Stations that showed […]
