Tag: vice presidency

Isko Moreno-Willie Ong tandem file CoCs for presidency, VP bids for 2022 on Oct. 4

  (Eagle News) — Manila mayor Franscisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso filed his certificate of candidacy for the presidential run in 2022 under the Aksyon Demokratiko party on Monday, Oct. 4. He filed his CoC together with his running-mate Dr. WIllie Ong who is known for his social media posts giving advice to ordinary Filipinos. Moreno had earlier criticized how the Duterte administration had been handling the COVID-19 response when he announced his presidential bid on […]

Senators Lacson, Sotto file their certificates as presidential and vice-presidential bets for 2022

  (Eagle News) – Senator Panfilo Lacson filed his candidacy for the presidency on Wednesday, Oct. 6, along with his running mate Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, saying they can bring back the people’s trust in government. “Kakayahan. Katapatan, katapangan — mga katangiang taglay ng Lacson-Sotto tandem upang maibalik ang tiwala ng mga mamamayan sa ating pamahalaan,” Lacson said. Lacson said they would fight corruption inside and outside government. “Kahit minsan, hindi kami tumanggap […]

PET issues show-cause order vs Robredo, Marcos camps for their alleged violations of sub judice rule

Denies Robredo’s request for application of 25% threshold in shading of ballots (Eagle News) — The Presidential Electoral Tribunal has ordered the camps of Vice President Leni Robredo and former Senator Bongbong Marcos to explain why they should not be cited in contempt for their alleged violation of the sub judice rule. In its five-page resolution, the PET said the continued disclosure of “sensitive information” about the revision process in connection with Marcos’ electoral protest […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]