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Bong Revilla on expected Senate return: More work, less 'budots'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 18 09:39 PM

The Senate frontrunner even offered to teach his co-senators the viral dance "budots." Read more »

Revilla credits plunder acquittal, ‘budots’ ad campaign for ‘Magic 12’ ranking

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 17 08:26 PM

Bong Revilla said the dance video with his family caught on with the public, because people are drawn to promotions similar to those used in marketing movies. Read more »

#HalalanResults: Revilla not top Senate bet in bailiwick Cavite

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 15 09:41 AM

MANILA - Former Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla failed to get the highest number of votes for senatorial candidates in his home province, Cavite.  Read more »

Our 13 favorite punchlines from yesterday’s elections

ANCX Staff
Updated as of May 15 12:32 PM

We Filipinos have never been short in our ability to turn a less than satisfying situation into a well-written joke. That includes elections—of which some of the said jokes managed to snag a national post. We kid, we kid. So stop crying into your cup of coffee for five seconds and laugh a little. Read more »

Bong Revilla casts vote, eyes Senate return

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 09:03 AM

Former senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. cast his ballot for Monday's midterm elections, as he sought a return to the Senate following his acquittal from plunder case in connection to the multi-billion pork barrel scam.  Read more »

Jinggoy, Bong Revilla slam online bashers

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 03:51 PM

DAVAO CITY - Former senators Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. slammed their online bashers Thursday, as they continued to burnish their image tainted by their graft and plunder cases in connection to the pork barrel scam. Read more »

A closer look at the senatorial survey leaders

ABS-CBN Investigative and Research Group, infographic by Pamela Ramos, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 07 05:57 PM

Comprehensive profiles of the senatorial candidates who have consistently figured on top of the surveys since last year. Read more »

Recto endorses Bong Revilla, 3 opposition bets, 3 reelectionists

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 10:53 AM

LIPA, Batangas -- Sen. Ralph Recto backed the election bids of former senator Bong Revilla, 3 opposition candidates and 3 incumbent colleagues in this vote-rich province on Saturday, as the campaign entered the homestretch.    Read more »

Mayor Sara di kakasuhan ang nag-upload ng 'Bikoy' videos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 09:32 PM

Wala raw balak si Sara Duterte na kasuhan ang nag-upload umano ng 'Bikoy videos.'  Read more »

Estrada, Revilla survey numbers show plunder raps 'factored in': Pulse Asia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 01 09:55 AM

Voters appeared to have "factored in" corruption allegations against former senators Jinggoy Estrada and Bong Revilla, based on the most recent Pulse Asia survey, the pollster said Wednesday. Read more »

Hugpong bets tuloy ang panunuyo ng mga botante

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 09:39 PM

Bagaman hiwa-hiwalay, nangampanya ang senatorial slate ng Hugpong ng Pagbabago ngayong Martes Santo.  Read more »

Mga tumatakbong senador kanya-kanyang gimik sa pangangampanya

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 07 11:08 PM

Sa mga palengke, birthday celebration, hot air balloon festival at probinsya nanuyo ng mga botante ang mga tumatakbong kandidato. Read more »

Sandiganbayan upholds Napoles' plunder conviction in PDAF scam

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 01 02:05 PM

The Sandiganbayan 1st Division has denied Janet Lim Napoles' motion to reverse the guilty verdict in a plunder case related to the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). Read more »

Mga kandidato kani-kaniyang panunuyo sa Abra, Negros Occidental

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 09 07:35 PM

Dumayo sina senatorial candidates Nancy Binay at Bong Revilla sa Abra habang nangampanya naman sa Negros Occidental si Neri Colmenares. Read more »

Bong Revilla backs death penalty for plunderers

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 04:45 PM

Former Senator Bong Revilla supports death penalty for convicted plunderers.   Read more »

Mga kandidato sa pagkasenador tuloy sa panunuyo sa mga probinsiya

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 02 10:16 PM

Tuloy sa pag-iikot sa mga probinsiya at siyudad ang ilang kandidato sa pagkasenador bitbit ang mga plataporma na kanilang isinusulong. Read more »

Lito Lapid, Grace Poe sanib-puwersa sa pangangampanya

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 09:27 PM

Magkasama nang mangangampanya sina Lito Lapid at Grace Poe. Read more »

OPINION: Why Duterte has to knock Estrada and Revilla out of 'Magic 12'

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Feb 21 08:27 PM

President Duterte’s dropping of Estrada and Revilla is really for his favored candidates Christopher “Bong” Go and Ronald “Bato” de la Rosa. Read more »

Revilla camp insists he shouldn't return P124.5 million to gov’t

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 16 06:15 PM

Former senator Bong Revilla's lawyers said his acquittal from his P224-million plunder case arising from the multibillion-peso Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam meant that he is not civilly liable to return P124.5 million to the National Treasury. Read more »

Duterte excludes Jinggoy, Bong Revilla from senatorial lineup

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 01:24 AM

President Duterte excludes from his senatorial lineup Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon 'Bong' Revilla, Jr., both actors and former senators linked to the multibillion-peso 'pork barrel' fund scam. Read more »