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(Eagle News) – Running as an independent candidate in the presidential race may have its disadvantages, one of which is that the candidate would not be given an official copy of election returns, based on Commission on Elections rules. Running as an independent would also mean the candidate’s poll watchers would be placed at a disadvantage during election day and vote counting, vis a vis the poll watchers of those running under a major […]
More reelectionist senators join De Lima, Trillanes in Leni’s senate line-up (Eagle News) – Vice-President Leni Robredo bared the 11 names in her senatorial slate in a press briefing on Friday, Oct. 15, which included Senator Richard Gordon, five other reelectionist senators, and former Vice-President Jejomar Binay. Robredo, who is running as an independent presidential bet in 2022, gave six new names on Friday who will run alongside the five initial bets she had […]
(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)–Senators Kiko Pangilinan and Franklin Drilon on Thursday, May 23, denied the Liberal Party had anything to do with “Bikoy” and the videos against President Rodrigo Duterte, his family and his allies. “Kasinungalingan ang lahat ng mga paratang na yan. Gawa gawa lang ng administrasyon,” Pangilinan, president of LP, said. Drilon, a member of the party, agreed. According to Drilon, “that the Liberal Party connived with an obviously professional con artist to topple the […]
(Eagle News)–“He’s a liar.” Vice President Leni Robredo had this to say of Peter Joemel Advincula after he accused the Liberal Party, which she chairs,of being behind the “Bikoy” videos against President Rodrigo Duterte, members of his family and his allies. According to Robredo, in the first place, he never personally met Advincula and only found out about him when he held a press conference at the Integrated Bar of the Philippines. She said there […]
(Eagle News)–Senator-elect Bong Go believes Peter Joemel Advincula’s claims Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and the Liberal Party were behind the “Ang Totoong Narco-list” videos are true. “Talagang sinakyan nila ang issue para sirain ang Pangulong (Rodrigo) Duterte at ang mga kandidato nito, kasama na po ako,” Go said in an interview over radio dzmm on Thursday, May 23. According to Go, he had to remove his shirt two times to show he did not have […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is mulling filing charges against Peter Joemel Advincula, who accused the senator of being behind the “Ang Totoong Narco-list” videos against President Rodrigo Duterte, members of his family and allies. In a statement, Trillanes said he would be consulting with his lawyer for this. “This could be another ploy of the administration to harass the opposition,” Trillanes said. “I deny the allegations made by this Bikoy character,” he added. In […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson believes Peter Joemel Advincula should present “solid and substantial” evidence to back up his allegations against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and the Liberal Party. In a statement, Lacson said this was because Advincula “suffers from a serious credibility problem that he must overcome if he wants to be believed this time.” According to Lacson, the evidence can consist of proof of Advincula’s alleged meetings and regular communication with those he was […]
(Eagle News)—Vice President Leni Robredo, chair of the Liberal Party, has rejected the resignations of top LP officials following the defeat of all Otso Diretso Senate bets in the May 13 polls. In refusing to accept the resignations of Senator Kiko Pangilinan as LP president and of Quezon City Rep. Kit Belmonte as LP secretary general, Barry Gutierrez, Robredo’s spokesperson, said that “much work remains to be done.” “…And they will do it, together,” Gutierrez […]
(Eagle News) – Liberal Party president Senator Francis Pangilinan said that they would question before the Supreme Court the recent resolution of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) which picked the Nacionalista Party as the dominant minority party. Pangilinan said that the Comelec’s ruling was “completely unacceptable,” saying that the Nacionalista Party was also allied with the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) was also chosen the dominant majority […]
(Eagle News) – The Commission on Elections has declared the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan as the “dominant majority party” while the Nacionalista Party was declared the “dominant minority party,” a move which is now being questioned by the opposition Liberal Party. With the decision, this entitled the PDP-Laban and the Nacionalista Party to receive the fifth and sixth copies of election returns respectively from the vote counting machines, and get the […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Justice has filed inciting to sedition charges against metrobalita.net webmaster Rodel Jayme because of his role in the “Ang Totoong Narcolist” videos which featured a man who identified himself as “Bikoy” who claimed that members of President Rodrigo Duterte’s family was involved in the illegal drug trade. In a resolution, DOJ said that Jayme was liable for his role in the creation of the website that was eventually […]
