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PET proceeding cautiously on Marcos vs Robredo case - CJ Bersamin

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 06:52 PM

Bongbong Marcos filed the electoral protest in June 2016 to contest VP Leni Robredo’s slim lead of a little over 260,000 votes, the closest vice-presidential race in recent memory. Read more »

FACT CHECK: No, Bongbong Marcos did not write a free education bill

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 30 02:10 AM

A post shared hundreds of times by multiple Facebook accounts claims that Philippine politician Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is the "original" author of a senate bill that mandates free education for students at state colleges and universities. Read more »

Robredo camp opposes recount of Mindanao votes

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 24 01:16 AM

The manifestation filed by lawyer Romulo Macalintal noted that no “substantial recovery” was made by Marcos from the three pilot provinces of Camarines Sur, Iloilo and Negros Oriental.  Read more »

PET letter confirms 'suspension' of VP recount

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 23 11:47 AM

A letter of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal addressed to parties of the vice-presidential electoral protest confirmed that the revision proceedings were suspended "until further notice," contrary to its earlier statement that the recount will resume later this month. 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 »

Marcos pays fine for violating gag order

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 02:30 PM

Former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has complied with the order of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, fining him and Vice President Leni Robredo for violating the gag order on their electoral protest case.  Read more »

Robredo supporters collect 10,000 signatures to seek lower ballot shading threshold

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 06:07 PM

Supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo submitted to the Supreme Court on Wednesday a petition that was able to gather 10,000 signatures in support of her plea to lower the threshold percentage in the manual recount of votes in the poll protest case lodged by former Senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr. Read more »

PET issues gag order on Marcos, Robredo poll protests

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 07:30 PM

The Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has ordered the camps of Vice-President Leni Robredo and former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to refrain from discussing their respective poll protests in public.    Read more »

Marcos signs motion to withdraw all motions before PET

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 06:01 PM

Former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Tuesday signed a joint motion to withdraw all outstanding pleadings before the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) in a bid to expedite the election protest.   Read more »

Fight not over: Marcos camp says no full victory for Leni

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 01:24 PM

The camp of former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., said Wednesday their bid to oust Vice President Leni Robredo is not yet over even after the Presidential Electoral Tribunal junked their motion challenging the authenticity of the automated system in the 2016 polls. Read more »

PET junks Leni's bid to dismiss Marcos' poll protest

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 05 06:00 PM

The Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has junked Vice-President Leni Robredo’s bid to dismiss the poll protest of her erstwhile rival, former Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., as it affirmed the sufficiency of form and substance of Marcos’ protest. 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 asks SC to assign hearing officers for poll protest

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 08:43 PM

Former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), to assign at least three hearing officers to assist the tribunal in the resolution of his election protest against Vice-President Leni Robredo. Read more »