(Eagle News) — Former Senator Bongbong Marcos on Wednesday accused the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, of being “biased against” him in the electoral case he filed against Vice President Leni Robredo. Marcos said he was contemplating as such to ask that Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa be changed as chair of the tribunal as he said it was “obvious” he was siding with the vice president, whose camp he has accused […]
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PET, kukuha ng contractual workers para sa kahilingan ni dating Sen. Marcos sa VP poll recount
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kukuha ang Korte Suprema na umuupo bilang Presidential Electoral Tribunal ng animnapung contractual workers para sa recount ng mga boto kaugnay sa election protest ni dating Senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos laban kay Vice President Leni Robredo. Kabilang sa mga ito ay mga finance consultant, secretary, ballot box handler, custodian, copy machine operator, utility worker/messenger, locks custodian, driver, tabulator at data encoder. Tatanggap sila ng sahod na nagkakahalaga ng 14,586 hanggang […]
New Zealand mourns after ‘First Cat’ Paddles run over by car
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand was mourning the loss of the nation’s “First Cat” Wednesday after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s pet puss Paddles was run over by a car in Auckland. The prime minister’s office confirmed that the ginger and white rescue cat, also described by Ardern as the PM (Prime Moggy), died in an accident on Tuesday. “To anyone who has ever lost a pet, you’ll know how sad we feel,” the […]
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 […]
SC affirms integrity of 2016 polls, but will continue hearing Marcos poll protest; junks Robredo’s appeal
(Eagle News) – The Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) has affirmed the integrity of the 2016 elections, dismissing the first cause of action of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., even as it continued to proceed with Marcos’ poll protest case. The high court also dismissed the motion for reconsideration of Vice-President Leni Robredo which sought to overturn the earlier court decision finding merit in Marcos’ poll protest case. With this resolution, the Supreme Court […]
Michael Jackson’s pet chimp Bubbles stars in Miami art show
MIAMI, United States (Reuters) — There are 48 orangutans and chimpanzees living in north Florida’s Center for Great Apes and many of them are finding celebrity in the art world after spending their early years as forced performers. The most famous of which is 34-year-old Bubbles who was once owned by pop icon Michael Jackson and featured prominently in photos of the singer in his glitzy trademark red double breasted jacket. Yet many like Bubbles […]
Robredo asks PET to junk Marcos’ bid to dismiss her counterprotest
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo has asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to junk former Senator Ferdinand Marcos’ motion that seeks the dismissal of her counterprotest in connection with the 2016 elections. In her motion dated May 5, Robredo’s camp said her compliance to the PET’s order that she pay the first tranche of a protest fee of P15.44 million has rendered Marcos’ motion moot. The former senator had sought the help of the […]
PET denies Robredo’s MR; Orders her to pay P15-million poll fee
(Eagle News Service) — The Supreme Court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has denied Vice President Leni Robredo’s motion for reconsideration of an order for her to pay an amount for her electoral counterprotest to move forward. In a media briefing on Tuesday, Theodore Te, SC spokesperson, said the PET directed Robredo, who filed the counterprotest in response to an electoral protest filed against her by former Senator Bongbong Marcos, to pay the cash […]
Vote recount seen after SC rules Marcos protest “sufficient in form and substance”
(Eagle News) – The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), affirmed its earlier declaration that the electoral protest of former senator and then vice-presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos was “sufficient in form and substance.” With this decision, the PET junked the poll protest case filed by Marcos’ rival, Vice-President Leni Robredo, and would likely proceed to recount the votes cast in the very controversial and hotly contested May 2016 vice-presidential race. […]
Pet exhibition in Cairo aims to raise awareness about animals
For the second year in a row, Alam Aleef (Arabic for: “domesticated world”) exhibition has taken place in Cairo. Varieties of animals were on display including cats, dogs, hawks, eagles, snakes, crocodiles and different type of birds, like parrots. One of the organizers, Ahmed al-Agan, said that the main goal of the exhibition is to bring together pet owners and companies that produce products for pets. “The main purpose of the exhibition is to break […]





