(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo said she would “respect” the decision of the people if they no longer wanted to have a vice president. “Pero kinakailangan kahilingan ito ng tao, hindi ng ibang politiko,” Robredo told reporters in an ambush interview on Tuesday. It was former Rep. Neri Colmenares who said the Office of the Vice President could be abolished under a “PDP-Laban Constitution.” In the House, the committee on constitutional amendments proposed […]
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Colmenares: OVP to be abolished under “PDP-Laban Constitution”
(Eagle News)– There will no longer be an Office of the Vice President if the current proposal to amend the Constitution pushes through. According to former Rep. Neri Colmenares, under the “Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan Constitution,” Vice President Leni Robredo “will be ousted from her office long before her term ends in 2022.” “While PDP Laban may argue that they will not apply this to VP Robredo, this is not expressed in PDP Laban Constitution since […]
Robredo camp slams Bongbong Marcos for statement he won the vice presidency
“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 […]
Bongbong Marcos rules out possibility of running for a Senate seat in 2019
Why run when I already won as vice president, he says (Eagle News) — Former Senator Ferdinand Marcos on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of running for a seat in the Senate in 2019. In a forum in Manila, Marcos said he was “determined to finish” his electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo instead. “Bakit ako tatakbo ng senador e nanalo na ako ng bise presidente?..Hindi ko titigilan ito,” he said. According to Marcos, […]
Senate adds Php 100 million to VP’s budget
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Senate added Php 100 million to the Php 443.9 billion budget of Vice President Leni Robredo for 2018. This is part of the Senate’s amendment to the proposed Php .376 trillion 2018 national budget.
PET rules Comelec should shoulder storage fees of overseas-kept poll materials relevant to Marcos protest
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Bongbong Marcos scored a legal victory after the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), ruled that it should be the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) that should shoulder the storage fees of election materials kept in overseas posts, and that have to do with his electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo. In making the ruling in a 6-page resolution made public on Monday, the PET denied the poll […]
Decryption at printing ng mga ballot images sa 3 probinsya, sinimulan na ng COMELEC
(Eagle News) — Inumpisahan na ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) ang decryption at printing ng mga ballot images mula sa tatlong probinsya para sa recount ng mga boto kaugnay sa electoral protest ni dating senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., laban kay Vice-president Leni Robredo. Kinumpirma ng tagapagsalita ni Marcos na si Atty. Victor Rodriguez na nitong Lunes, October 23, umusad na ang pag-decrypt at pag-imprenta ng ballot images at iba pang data sa SD Card […]
Marcos asks Supreme Court to make COMELEC pay fees on rental, storage of ballot boxes
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is asking the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), to make the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) pay the rental and storage fees of the ballot boxes, as well as the other fees on the preservation and safekeeping of election materials and paraphernalia, in connection with his electoral protest. Marcos, through his counsel George Erwin Garcia, said that it is the duty […]
Panuntunan sa electoral protest ni dating Sen. Marcos vs. VP Leni, inilatag na ng SC
(Eagle News) — Naglatag na ang Korte Suprema na umuupo bilang Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) ng mga panuntunan para sa paghahanda sa recount ng mga balota kaugnay sa electoral protest ni dating senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos. Sa limang pahinang resolusyon ng PET, nakasaad ang mga patakaran sa isasagawang ballot revision kabilang na ang binuong exploratory mission o retrieval team. Ang retrieval team ang tutunton at mageeksamin sa lahat ng ballot boxes sa mga probinsya at […]
Dating senador Bong Bong Marcos, hiniling sa PET na maibasura ang counterprotest ni Robredo
Ni Moira Encina Eagle News Service Hiniling ni dating Senador Bongbong Marcos sa Korte Suprema–na umuupo bilang Presidential Electoral Tribunal—na ibasura na ang counter-protest na inihain ni Vice President Leni Robredo dahil sa kabiguan nito na magbayad ng recount fee. Sa anim na pahinang omnibus motion, sinabi ni Marcos na sa ilalim ng Rule 34 ng 2010 PET rules, maaaring ibasura ng tribunal ang protest o counter-protest kung mabibigong magbayad ang partido ng protest fee sa […]
PET orders Marcos and Robredo camps to pay P81.46 million
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has ordered the camps of Vice President Leni Robredo and former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to pay more than P80 million for his poll protest to move forward. The SC, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), said in a resolution dated March 21, that the P81.46 million is needed for the recovery of election documents and ballot boxes from precincts that are being contested. The former senator, in particular, is asking […]
Pamilya Marcos hindi pabor sa impeachment complaint laban kay VP Robredo
Eagle News — Hindi pabor ang pamilya Marcos na ma-impeach si Vice President Leni Robredo. Ayon kay Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, mas gugustuhin umano nila lalo na ng kanyang kapatid na si dating Senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., na ipursige ang election protest laban kay Robredo kaysa sa impeachment. Sinabi ni Gov. Marcos, wala ring kinalaman ang kanyang pamilya sa pagsasampa ng naturang impeachment complaint sa pangunguna ni Atty. Oliver Lozano . Aniya, si […]





