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Liberal Party asks Comelec to bare defective SD cards and VCMs, release audit logs

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 17 04:23 PM

The Liberal Party on Friday asked the Commission on Elections to disclose the location of some nearly 2,000 defective vote counting machines and SD cards used in the midterm elections. Read more »

Liberal Party braces for 'same tyranny' from House supermajority

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 08:13 PM

Liberal Party lawmakers in the House of Representatives expect the "same tyranny" from the supermajority in the upcoming Congress as President Rodrigo Duterte's allies enjoyed sweeping victories in local races across the country. Read more »

Liberal Party clout dwindles with only 30 top local poll victories

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 01:20 AM

MANILA - The Liberal Party won only 30 top local positions in this year’s midterm polls, further reducing the clout of the group that was already decimated by turncoats in 2016. Read more »

Otso Diretso poised to lose badly; Bam Aquino fights for last spot

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 14 12:01 PM

With nearly 94 percent of votes tallied by the Commission on Elections' transparency server, only Sen. Bam Aquino was fighting it out for the 12th and last spot with 13,637,882 votes. Read more »

Mar Roxas headed for another election heartbreak

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 14 08:56 AM

Opposition senatorial candidate Mar Roxas was headed towards a third consecutive loss in a national election, with nearly 93 percent of votes counted on Tuesday. Read more »

Kiko Pangilinan casts vote, cites 'fight for truth, for right'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 01:21 PM

"The fight for truth and for right has reached today," Otso Diretso campaign manager Kiko Pangilinan said in a statement. Read more »

2 Comelec commissioners dissent: Nacionalista not dominant minority party

Katrina Domingo and RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 11 05:01 PM

Two Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioners expressed reservations over the poll body's decision to name the Nacionalista Party as the dominant minority party. Read more »

'Bikoy video webmaster di na aktibo sa mga grupong pro-Otso, Magdalo'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 09:24 PM

Ayon sa isa sa mga tagasuporta ng Otso Diretso at Magdalo Group: matagal nang di aktibo sa grupo nila si Rodel Jayme.  Read more »

‘Thankful’ Otso Diretso ends campaign with concert in UP Diliman

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 08 11:48 PM

Otso Diretso on Wednesday traded a traditional miting de avance for a "grand thanksgiving concert” for volunteers and supporters who handed out flyers and campaigned on behalf of the opposition slate that was weighed down by limited funding and dismal survey rankings. Read more »

Samira Gutoc shatters Muslim stereotypes in Senate bid

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 08 08:03 PM

It has been more than 20 years since a Muslim was elected to the Philippine Senate. Will Samira Gutoc break the jinx?  Read more »

Liberal Party, Magdalo nagsasabwatan para patalsikin si Duterte: Palasyo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 08 10:16 PM

Inakusahan ang Liberal Party at grupong Magdalo sa umano'y pagsasabwatan para patalsikin si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.  Read more »

Ouster matrix 'fabricated, grade school,' say Pangilinan, Lacierda

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 04:23 PM

The Liberal Party and a spokesman of former President Benigno Aquino slammed Wednesday a matrix linking them to an alleged ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte.  Read more »

Magdalo, LP in cahoots vs gov't? File cases, Alejano dares Palace

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 08 04:43 PM

Malacañang, he said, has been releasing matrices tagging alleged destabilization plotters "without really going through validation process."  Read more »

Aquino clan banks on 'family effort' to deliver second Senate term for Bam

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 07 08:10 PM

The Aquinos are pulling out all the stops to help deliver a second Senate term for Bam Aquino, the only one in the family left in national politics.  Read more »

NBI eyes other 'persons of interest' linked to 'Bikoy' videos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 10:32 AM

The National Bureau of Investigation on Monday said it is continuing a forensic probe into the computers of a man who shared videos linking the Duterte family in the narcotics trade.  Read more »

LP denies hand in viral 'Ang Totoong Narco List' videos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 10:52 PM

The opposition Liberal Party denies alleged involvement in the dissemination of viral videos accusing the president's family of involvement in the illegal drug trade.   Read more »

Gumawa ng website ng 'Bikoy' videos, handang 'kumanta'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 09:46 PM

Dahil sa umano'y pagtataksil ng mga dating kaibigan, handa si Rodel Jayme na 'ikanta' ang umano'y Liberal Party supporters.  Read more »

Man claims 'LP supporters' tapped him to create site used to host 'Bikoy' videos

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 05:50 PM

The man earlier tagged as the uploader of videos linking the Duterte family in narcotics trade has claimed two supporters of the Liberal Party approached him to create the website, which was later used to host the controversial clips. Read more »

LP denies alleged links to 'Bikoy' videos

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

Otso Diretso candidates on Friday denied the Liberal Party's (LP) involvement in the dissemination of videos of a certain "Bikoy" who alleged that the family of President Duterte was involved in the illegal drug trade. Read more »

LP denies backing ex-cop who linked Duterte adviser to drugs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 01:23 PM

The Liberal Party denied Wednesday that it had propped up a former police official Eduardo Acierto, who linked President Rodrigo Duterte's former economic adviser to the narcotics trade.    Read more »