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SC directs Comelec, Marcos to comment on shading threshold on VP vote recount

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 03:57 PM

This after Robredo filed a motion for reconsideration before the PET to recognize a 25-percent shading threshold for the manual vote recount. Read more »

Veterans of Chico River Dam struggle join grandkids’ generation in new fight

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Apr 23 07:00 PM

BAGUIO CITY -- Lakay Banag Sinumlag remembers losing friends and mentors four decades ago as tribes of the lush, rugged Cordillera region in the main Philippines island of Luzon battled the army of dictator Ferdinand Marcos to prevent construction of the Chico River dam. Read more »

Bongbong Marcos marks silver anniversary with wife Liza

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 11:07 AM

Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. and his wife Liza Araneta marked their 25th anniversary as a married couple in Florence, Italy. Read more »

VP Robredo seeks reversal of PET ruling on partially-shaded votes

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 05:22 PM

MANILA - Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) to reverse its earlier decision on the ballot shading threshold in connection with the recount for the poll protest against her.  Read more »

Robredo camp asks for reconsideration of 25% threshold

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 12:22 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo files a motion for reconsideration at the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. Read more »

Lawyer denies VP Robredo lost 5,000 votes over shading limit

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 17 11:40 AM

The lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo denied Tuesday news reports that their camp lost as many as 5,000 votes in the 2016 vice-presidential election manual recount after some ballots were allegedly deemed invalid due to improper shading.  Read more »

Imee Marcos to SK bets: Don't limit projects to pageants, tree-planting

Rod Bolivar, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 04:26 PM

CAGAYAN DE ORO -- Sangguniang Kabataan aspirants should organize programs that will address issues affecting the youth, instead of projects that only provide photo opportunities, Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos said Saturday.  Read more »

Lawyer Oliver Lozano passes away

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 13 07:21 AM

Lawyer and Marcos loyalist Oliver Lozano has passed away, one month after suffering from a heart attack, his family said Friday. He was 78. Read more »

PET junks Robredo camp's bid for 25% shading on ballots

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 09:33 PM

The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has junked the motion of Vice President Leni Robredo's camp to consider 25 percent of oval shading as a valid vote. Read more »

PET orders Marcos, Robredo to explain gag order violations

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 05:50 PM

Bongbong Marcos and VP Leni Robredo were ordered to explain within 10 days from receipt of notice of the show cause order why they should not be held in contempt for violating the gag order on the vote recount. Read more »

Robredo, tinawag na 'political distraction' ang VP vote recount

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 09 11:35 PM

Tinawag ni VP Leni Robredo na pansamantalang "political distraction" ang muling pagbibilang ng mga boto sa pagka-bise presidente kaugnay ng isinampang election protest ni dating Sen. Bongbong Marcos. Read more »

Marcos camp: Some unused ballots pre-shaded for Robredo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 04 09:25 PM

Some unused and excess ballots for the 2016 national elections were pre-shaded in favor of Vice President Leni Robredo, the camp of former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. claimed Wednesday.  Read more »

HE SAID, SHE SAID: Marcos vs Robredo recount

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 10:37 AM

Confused about the VP recount? Here's a summary of the tit for tat between the two camps on what's come up in the poll protest Read more »

Robredo camp: Bongbong Marcos was misinformed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 02:25 AM

The Commission on Elections says it is seriously taking former senator Bongbong Marcos' claims of alleged irregularities from the 2016 elections.  Read more »

Imee: Audit logs, di dapat maliitin; Robredo camp: Di 'yon tanda ng dayaan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 11:20 PM

Iginiit ni Gov. Imee Marcos na "kritikal" sa integridad ng halalan ang audit logs sa poll machines. Nagpaliwanag naman ang kampo ni Vice President Leni Robredo na hindi indikasyon ng dayaan ang nawawalang audit logs.  Read more »

Imee Marcos hits Robredo camp for downplaying missing audit logs

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 08:42 PM

Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos on Tuesday took a swipe at the camp of Vice-President Leni Robredo for downplaying the importance of the May 2016 automated counting machines audit logs.  Read more »

4 revisors in Marcos, Robredo vote recount quit

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 07:28 PM

MANILA- Four head revisors tasked to manually recount the votes in the 2016 vice presidential race have resigned a day after the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) began the process.   Read more »

ALAMIN: Ano ang election protest?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 09:55 PM

Sinimulan na ng Korte Suprema na nagsisilbing Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) ang manual recount ng mga boto sa election protest ni dating Senador Ferndinand 'Bongbong' Marcos, Jr. laban kay Bise Presidente Leni Robredo. Read more »

Missing or misinformed? Robredo, Marcos lawyers disagree on audit logs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 04:31 PM

Should audit logs be inside or outside ballot boxes in the 2016 elections?  Read more »

Macalintal: Bongbong Marcos' allegations are 'fake news'

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 07:34 AM

The lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo has dismissed as "fake news" the insinuations of former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. over alleged irregularities in the 2016 elections. Read more »