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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo said she was ready to face any planned impeachment case against her. “Handa naman tayong harapin. Wala tayong ginagawang mali. Bahagi naman iyan ng democratic process,” Robredo said in an interview. Robredo said though that impeachment was a political process and that the issues being thrown against her should have basis. Robredo added that she would continue to fulfill her duties as vice-president despite the […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. faced the camp of former rival and now Vice-President Leni Robredo before the Supreme Court for the first time on Tuesday, during the preliminary conference on his electoral protest questioning the results of the 2016 vice-presidential race. The hearing was done behind closed doors, but Marcos, in a press conference said he was pleased that his electoral protest filed with the high […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leonor Robredo visited evacuees inside an elementary school outside the besieged Marawi City on Monday (June 26) and said that it was more important at this point not to criticize the government in handling the Marawi crisis. Robredo, who just came from a visit to the United States, said the government was doing everything it can with the current crisis, and hoped that the fighting will end soon. Although […]
(Eagle News) — Vice-President Leni Robredo led the 119th Philippine Independence day rites at the Jose Rizal monument in Rizal Park, along with Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, in the absence of President Rodrigo Duterte. Malacanang did not immediately say why President Duterte was not able to attend the Philippine Independence Day rites, but Cayetano said the President was not feeling well after his successive trips to various military camps in Mindanao. Duterte also […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — Today, May 2, when Congress opens, critics of Vice President Leni Robredo are all set to file the impeachment complaint against her with the House of Representatives despite the earlier call of President Rodrigo Duterte not to pursue such a move. Lawyer Bruce Rivera said that they have already prepared the impeachment complaint, and they hoped to get it endorsed by lawmakers. Rivera said they would be filing the complaint at the […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) – Liberal Party members in Congress who are allied with the House of Representatives’ majority bloc have issued their position that they would reject any impeachment complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte and their chairman, Vice-President Leni Robredo – a move which Malacanang welcomed. Deputy Majority Leader and Marikina City Rep. Miro Quimbo said their group, consisting of 15 LP members, have already told Robredo of their decision. Quimbo said the impeachment moves […]
(Eagle News) – Filipinos who are dissatisfied with Vice-President Leni Robredo have set a “Palit Bise” indignation rally at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park at 4 p.m. today, Sunday (April 2) to express their dissatisfaction with Robredo, particularly on her recent video message sent to a United Nations conference on narcotic drugs where she hit the government’s drug war. The rally was dubbed, Palit Bise, in apparent reference to the “Palit Ulo” scheme […]
(Eagle News) — Vice-President Leni Robredo said she had accepted the dinner invitation of President Rodrigo Duterte for her and her children, saying this was the right thing to do. “The way I look at it, at the end of the day, we were both elected. We were given the mandate to serve the people, and it’s our obligation to find common ground even though we may disagree on some matters,” Robredo said in […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. asked the Supreme Court to junk Vice President Leni Robredo’s motion to dismiss the re-count of the votes for the 2016 vice-presidential election. “Contrary to the assertions of protestee Robredo, a review of the election protest filed in this case would easily reveal that the same contains a detailed narration or specification of the important and substantial facts, which consists of the acts […]
(Eagle News)– Opposition senator Antonio Trillanes IV claimed that the dinner invitation by President Rodrigo Dutetre was a trap for Vice-President Leni Robredo as he warned the latter not to be “disarmed” by the President. The senator warned Robredo “not (to) fall for that trap again” in a statement he issued about the dinner invitation. Trillanes said the dinner was meant to “disarm and politically neutralize her at this time that (Mr.) Duterte is […]
