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(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has affirmed an Ombudsman ruling clearing personalities connected to the late president Ferdinand Marcos, including former senator Juan Ponce Enrile, and several others of graft over an alleged P108-million behest loan granted to a sugar milling company by the Philippine National Bank in 1968. The SC, in a 15-page decision, affirmed a 2006 ruling of the Ombudsman that had junked the graft complaints filed by the Presidential Commission on […]
(Eagle News) — Ilocos Norte Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas has withdrawn his candidacy for governor in the province in the May 13 polls. With his withdrawal from the race, Ilocos Norte 2nd District Senior Board Member Matthew Marcos Manotoc, son of outgoing Gov. Imee Marcos, is now unopposed. In previous interviews with the media, Fariñas had said he had wanted to retire from politics after 39 years. “In fact, I do not have a single campaign […]
(Eagle News) – The camp of former First Lady Imelda Marcos filed a motion for leave of court on Monday, Nov. 12, so the Ilocos Norte representative can still avail of legal remedies available to her after being convicted for graft by the Sandiganbayan on seven counts. The hearing for the motion was set on Friday, Nov. 16, at 8:30 a.m. While the 89-year old Marcos has already signified the intention of her lawyers to […]
(Eagle News) — Former First Lady Imelda Marcos said that her lawyers will appeal the Sandiganbayan ruling that convicted her for graft on seven counts for her alleged financial interests and management in several Swiss foundations allegedly used to funnel roughly $200 million decades ago. The 89-year old widow of the late President Ferdinand Marcos said that her camp just received a copy of the Sandiganbayan’s fifth division, and that her lawyer on record […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that it respects the decision of the Sandiganbayan’s Fifth Division which convicted former First Lady Imelda Marcos of graft, saying that the verdict was a “good reminder” to all public servants that “public office is a public trust.” In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that the Palace would not in any way interfere in the case. “The Executive Branch is not in the business of exerting undue interference […]
(Eagle News) – The Supreme Court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has amended its earlier issuance on the “use of numerical threshold” on the shading of votes in the May 2016 presidential elections. In its decision, the PET instead directed head revisors to “refer to the election returns to verify the total number of votes as read and counted by the vote counting machines” in its deliberations on the electoral protest case […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., has already paid the P50,000 fine for violating the supposed gag order imposed by the Presidential Electoral Tribunal regarding public statements on his electoral protest case against Vice-President Leni Robredo. In a compliance document he submitted, Marcos said he had already complied with the PET order dated June 26 for him to pay the P50,000 fine for not following the gag order issued by the tribunal. […]
(Eagle News) – Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr asked Supreme Court justice Alfredo Caguioa to immediately inhibit himself from his electoral protest case citing his “undeniably close ties” with former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino Jr., and Vice-President Leni Robredo whose victory he is contesting. In a 13-page extremely urgent motion to inhibit, Marcos said he “recently discovered” that Caguioa’s wife, Pier Angela Caguioa, was “not only an anti-Marcos advocate but was also an […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections backed the position of Vice-President Leni Robredo on the 25 percent shading threshold for votes in the manual recount, as it sent its comment to the Presidential Electoral Tribunal on the poll protest case filed by former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. In its comment sent by the Comelec legal department, the poll body said that it considered as “valid votes” marks that “cover at least about […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Just a day after the official start of the manual recount of votes for vice-president, four of the head revisors supervising the counting decided to withdraw. There was no reason why the four head supervisors of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal begged off on Tuesday, April 3, from the work of the manual recount, but there were four alternates who would take their place, so the recount […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has set March 19 as the start of the ballot recount in the electoral protest case of former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., against Vice-President Leni Robredo, moving the recount date for over a month allegedly because of the need for psychological tests for the revisors of the recount. This came about as Robredo’s camp filed a motion to consider as “withdrawn” any pending […]
(Eagle News) – To speed up the revision proceedings on his electoral protest case, former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., signed a joint manifestation withdrawing motions that could “unduly delay or hamper revision proceedings” in the case that questioned his rival, Vice-President Leni Robredo’s victory. “I’ve done everything possible to speed up this election protest. At this point, the only thing left is for Mrs. Robredo to sign the document. We are waiting,” he […]
