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Pasya ng PET sa VP poll protest recount dinepensahan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 08:29 PM

May iba kasing nagsasabing dapat tuldukan na lang ang kaso sa halip na mabigyan ng 20 araw ang 2 panig para magkomento ukol dito. Read more »

What's causing the delay in Marcos-Robredo poll protest?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 10:23 PM

Election lawyer and former COMELEC Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal shares his insights on the recent decision of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal -- which once again deferred the ruling on the vice presidential electoral protest and instead voted to release the report on the initial recount of ballots in 3 pilot provinces. Read more »

Marcos, Robredo supporters trade barbs ahead of poll protest deliberation

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 15 09:25 AM

Around 100 supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo and former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., exchanged insults in front of the Supreme Court early Tuesday, hours ahead of its deliberation on a protest questioning the results of 2016 race for the country's second highest elective post. Read more »

Chief Justice denies speculation of decision-fixing in Marcos poll protest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 01:28 PM

Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin denied Thursday any irregularity in the postponement of its deliberation into the election protest of losing vice presidential bet and former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos.    Read more »

Supreme Court tells Marcos, Robredo camps anew: Hush on poll protest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 10:38 AM

The Supreme Court on Wednesday again reminded the camps of Vice President Leni Robredo and former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos to refrain from publicly commenting on the latter's election protest. Read more »

Robredo camp reiterates lead over Marcos grew by 15,000 votes in initial recount

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 09 09:57 AM

The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo claimed Wednesday that her lead over former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., her opponent in the 2016 elections, grew by 15,000 votes after an initial recount under his poll protest.  Read more »

Supreme Court defers action on Marcos poll protest vs Robredo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 01 01:04 PM

Deliberation on the case was reset to Oct. 8, a Supreme Court source told ABS-CBN News. Read more »

Whistleblower alleges Trump sought foreign meddling in 2020 election

Patricia Zengerle and David Morgan, Reuters
Posted at Sep 26 09:31 PM

A report by a U.S. whistleblower released on Thursday alleged that Trump used his office to solicit Ukraine's interference in the 2020 election, risking U.S. national security. Read more »

Supreme Court finishes initial recount for Marcos-Robredo poll protest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 03:04 PM

The recount covered 5,400 voting precincts in Ioilo, Camarines Sur and Negros Oriental, said Supreme Court public information chief said Brian Keith Hosaka.    Read more »

Senate divided on reinstating death penalty

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 04:43 PM

The push may not be that easy as senators are divided on the matter. Read more »

In divided America, Mueller report hardens the most strident

Letitia Stein and Tim Reid, Reuters
Posted at Apr 19 06:21 PM

The release of the report on an inquiry into Russia's role in the 2016 election landed in a divided America: one side convinced Trump acted improperly, the other adamant that the investigation was a politically driven farce. Read more »

Trump declares victory on Mueller report D-Day

Paul Handley and Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 18 11:22 PM

Trump declared himself fully vindicated Thursday in the investigation into Russian election meddling — even before the American people and lawmakers see the full probe report. Read more »

US attorney general says Mueller report finds ‘no collusion’

Peter Baker, The New York Times
Posted at Apr 18 10:38 PM

Attorney General William Barr said Mueller “found no evidence” that any member of the Trump campaign conspired with Russia in its effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. Read more »

OPINION: Nic Gabunada’s amazing social media network

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Apr 01 02:07 PM

After the 2016 elections, Nic Gabunada, head of Rodrigo Duterte’s social media in the 2016 presidential campaign, expanded and strengthened the network he organized during the campaign. Read more »

US Attorney General Barr will release redacted copy of Mueller report by mid-April

Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
Posted at Mar 30 04:40 AM

WASHINGTON - US Attorney General William Barr plans to issue a redacted copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's nearly 400-page investigative report into Russian interference in the 2016 election by mid-April, he said in a letter to lawmakers on Friday. Read more »

Mar on campaign loss: 'I offered tinolang manok, they chose kare-kareng baka'

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 14 11:49 PM

Senatorial candidate Mar Roxas already lost two major elections but is unfazed as he enters the campaign for the 2019 midterm polls.  Read more »

'Green jobs' na nakatutulong sa kalikasan, isinusulong ng pamahalaan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 11 06:49 AM

Isinusulong ngayon ng pamahalaan ang paglikha ng mga tinatawag na "green jobs" o mga trabahong nakatutulong sa pangangalaga ng kalikasan at may potensiyal pang makapagbigay ng magandang hanapbuhay sa mas maraming Pilipino. Read more »

Robredo opposes Bongbong's move to examine precincts outside 3 pilot provinces

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 04:23 PM

The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has accused the side of losing vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos of “skillfully,” if not “deceitfully” circumventing the rules of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) by moving to conduct a technical examination on clustered precincts outside the 3 designated pilot provinces. Read more »

Russia, China, Iran sought to influence US 2018 elections: US spy chief

Jonathan Landay and Mark Hosenball, Reuters
Posted at Dec 22 10:10 AM

WASHINGTON - Foreign powers, including Russia, China and Iran, sought to influence voters in the US 2018 mid-term elections, but there is no evidence of any penetration into US voting systems, the top US intelligence official said on Friday. Read more »

Glenn Chong: PAO findings show aide tortured before 'shootout'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 18 05:15 PM

MANILA - A former lawmaker on Tuesday said his ex-aide killed in an alleged shootout on Dec. 10 was tortured before his death. Read more »