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PANOORIN: Bongbong Marcos, tinawag ni Imee na 'Vice President'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 05:26 PM

BATAC - Ipinakilala ni Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos bilang "vice president" ang kanyang kapatid na si Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. sa isang talumpati sa bayang ito, Linggo. Read more »

Bongbong Marcos optimistic about winning VP-poll protest

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 11 12:32 PM

The former senator on Saturday said he is confident he will get a favorable decision in his protest of the 2016 vice-presidential election. Read more »

SC junks Marcos' motion questioning authenticity of 2016 polls

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 05 05:08 PM

The Supreme Court, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), junked a motion by former Senator Bongbong Marcos that challenged the authenticity of the Automated Election System in the 2016 elections. Read more »

Robredo supporters seek to shoulder VP's counter-protest fee balance

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 05:10 PM

Supporters of Vice-President Leni Robredo asked the Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, on Wednesday to reconsider its decision junking their bid to deposit the balance for Robredo's counter-protest fee amounting to P7.4-million. Read more »

Robredo supporters amass P7-M for counter-protest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 06:23 PM

The supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo have amassed P7 million for the second payment for her counter-protest against defeated vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos' poll protest.   Read more »

Will Comelec chief's woes affect Marcos poll protest? Lawyer chimes in

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 12:38 PM

Allegations of corruption hurled against Commission on Elections Chairman Andres Bautista will not affect the poll protest of former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. against Vice President Leni Robredo, her lawyer said Wednesday.  Read more »

Palace: Bongbong protest won’t affect Duterte’s victory

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 08:34 PM

MANILA – A Malacañang official on Friday said the electoral protest of former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. against Vice President Leni Robredo should not affect President Rodrigo Duterte's victory in the May 2016 presidential race. Read more »

Duterte gov't plans to abolish PCGG

Mynardo Macaraig, Agence France Presse
Updated as of Jul 27 12:58 AM

The Duterte administration plans to abolish the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), the agency tasked with recovering the billions of dollars plundered by late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his allies, a cabinet member said Wednesday. Read more »

Are Bongbong, Imelda liable for telling Imee to snub House probe?

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 11:19 PM

Former senator Bongbong Marcos and his mother Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Marcos will not be held liable for telling Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos to snub a subpoena issued by the House of Representatives, a House leader said Monday. Read more »

Bongbong Marcos bullish on revision of votes in VP race

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 11:41 PM

The Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) has directed former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. and Vice President Leni Robredo to submit their respective comments, within 5 days, on issues the tribunal identified in connection with Marcos' and Robredo's respective poll protests, including limiting their witnesses to three per precinct.  Read more »

Recount of 2016 vice presidential votes to start August: Marcos camp

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 07:22 PM

The Marcos camp claims ballot boxes from Camarines Sur, Iloilo, and Negros Oriental will first be opened for the recount.   Read more »

Marcos pays full P66-M for electoral protest vs Robredo

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 02:07 PM

Former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. has paid in full the amount required for the cost of retrieval of contested poll materials in relation to his poll protest against Vice-President Leni Robredo. Read more »

Marcos visits supporters holding vigil

Ted Aljibe, AFP
Posted at Jul 11 12:40 PM

Marcos supporters hold vigil at SC Read more »

Marcos supporters picket SC ahead of poll protest pre-trial

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 10:46 AM

MANILA - Supporters of defeated vice presidential bet Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. converged outside the Supreme Court ahead of the preliminary conference of his electoral protest on Tuesday. Read more »

Robredo knocks Marcos' plea for decryption, printing of ballot images

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 02:42 PM

FISHING FOR EVIDENCE: Vice President Leni Robredo has asked the Supreme Court to deny the motion of former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. for the decryption and printing of ballot images from precincts covered by his protest in connection with the May 2016 vice-presidential race, on grounds of prematurity. Read more »

Marcos lists more than 300 witnesses in poll protest vs Robredo

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 05:49 PM

The camp of former Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos has listed 362 witnesses in his preliminary conference brief filed at the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) to bolster his claim of victory in the May 2016 vice-presidential race. Read more »

PET forms 3-man panel to hear Marcos, Robredo poll protests

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 05:36 PM

The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has ordered the constitution of a panel of three hearing commissioners under its control and supervision "to aid the tribunal in the just and expeditious disposition" of former Sen. Bongbong Marcos' poll protest and Vice President Leni Robredo's counter-protest.  Read more »

SC resets preliminary conference of Marcos poll protest to July 11

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 03:31 PM

MANILA- The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has reset the preliminary conference of defeated vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos' poll protest to July 11. Read more »

Robredo camp says drop in net worth due to Bongbong election protest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 18 03:30 PM

MANILA- The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday explained that the decrease in her net worth is mostly due to expenses brought about by the election protest filed by defeated candidate Bongbong Marcos. Read more »

Marcos plea for hearing officers impractical, premature: Robredo camp

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 02:21 PM

The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo called the request of former Senator Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos, Jr. to have 3 hearing officers in the preliminary conference on his poll protest 'impractical' and 'premature.' Read more »