Tag: Vice President Leni Robredo

PET to start manual recount of VP votes in CamSur, Iloilo, Negros Oriental on Monday

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, will start the manual recount of ballots from the three pilot provinces covered by the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, April 2. The PET made this announcement as they gave the media a tour on Tuesday of the SC Court of Appeals gymnasium, where the recount of 5418 ballots from […]

Robredo camp says Marcos’ “mysterious” squares on ballots a “new feature” in 2016 polls

  (Eagle News) — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday slammed former Senator Bongbong Marcos for saying the squares found in their copies of ballot images were “mysterious” and proof of electoral fraud, at least in the vice presidential race. “Marcos was clearly fed wrong information by his adviser or a person who was as hysterical and excited as Marcos when they saw the characteristics of the ballot images,” Robredo’s counsel, Romulo […]

Vice President Leni Robredo, panauhing pandangal sa opening ng Photo Gallery sa Baguio City

BAGUIO CITY, Benguet (Eagle News) – Naging panauhing pandangal si Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo sa opening ng Photo Gallery na ginanap sa Function Hall ng University of the Cordillera, Governor Pack Road, Baguio City, noong August 30. Ito ay may temang, “Istorya ng Pag-asa.” Dinaluhan ito ng ilang opisyal mula sa iba’t-ibang ahensya ng lungsod at lalawigan, local government units, at nongovernment organizations, kasama ang ilang local artists, at sports personalities. Sa maikling talumpati […]

Senator Poe: Credibility of 2016 polls where candidates won by small margin could be tainted following allegations vs Comelec chief

(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Monday said the credibility of the 2016 elections, but only where candidates won by a small margin, could be tainted following allegations of dishonesty against Commission on Elections chief Andres Bautista. “Siyempre lahat ng nasa Comelec dapat napagkakatiwalaan kasi nga sensitibo ang proseso ng ating demokrasya…Maaaring (may) mga ibang pwesto ang maaaring makwestiyon dahil mas dikit ang laban,” she said. She noted, however, that the case of President […]

VP Robredo ready to face new impeachment complaint

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 […]

VP Robredo may face another impeachment complaint, says lawmaker

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pwersa ng Bayaning Atleta Party-list Rep. Jericho Nograles warned that Vice President Leni Robredo may face another impeachment complaint. Nograles also said that he got the information from reliable sources and added that he knows who was behind the move. Earlier, House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez revealed that he will file an impeachment complaint against VP Robredo and Supreme Court Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. “Before I file that, I […]

VP Robredo camp pays first tranche of electoral counterprotest fee

(Eagle News) — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday paid the first tranche required by the Presidential Electoral Tribunal  for her electoral counterprotest to move forward. The P8 million they paid, Atty. Barry Gutierrez, Robredo’s lawyer, said, was borrowed from Robredo’s relatives and those of the late Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, her late husband. Before making the payment, Robredo’s camp filed an appeal on the PET’s […]

Vice President Robredo’s net satisfaction rating sees 11-point drop in latest SWS survey

(Eagle News Service) — Vice President Leni Robredo’s net satisfaction rating took the biggest dip among government officials’ ratings that declined in the latest Social Weather Stations survey. From a net satisfaction rating of +37  in December last year,  Robredo’s rating slid to +26 in the March survey. The survey was conducted from March 25 to 28, using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults (18 years old and above) nationwide. Of the 1200, 300 each came from Balance Luzon, […]

PET, pinagtibay ang hurisdiksyon sa poll protest ni dating Sen. Marcos

(Eagle News) — Pinagtibay ng Korte Suprema na umuupo bilang Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) ang nauna nitong deklarasyon na may sapat na porma at substansya ang election protest ni dating Senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos laban kay Vice President Leni Robredo. Sa walong pahinang resolusyon ng PET noong Enero 24, 2017, Ibinasura nito ang mosyon ni Robredo na magsagawa ng preliminary hearing kaugnay sa isyu ng form and substance ng poll protest ni Marcos at ang […]

NSA to investigate “LeniLeaks”

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang is going to investigate online reports regarding the alleged ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte called “LeniLeaks,” according to Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar. Andanar said that National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., already ordered the investigation of the sources of the information. The “LeniLeaks” is a leaked email between Filipino-American philanthropist Loida Nicolas-Lewis and her sister Imelda Nicolas, former chairperson of the Commission on Filipino Overseas on […]