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PET withdraws show cause order vs SolGen, reporter in Marcos election protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 05:42 PM

The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, on Tuesday has withdrawn its earlier order requiring the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) and a newspaper reporter to show cause why they should not be cited in contempt of court, sources said.   Read more »

Robredo asks PET to probe alleged collusion between Bongbong Marcos, OSG in poll protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 04:43 PM

MANILA— The legal team of Vice President Leni Robredo has urged the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) to investigate possible collusion between defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) on the electoral protest against her 2016 victory.   Read more »

PET junks Marcos inhibition plea vs Justice Leonen in VP poll protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 17 04:34 PM

The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), on Tuesday junked motions seeking to inhibit Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen from the election protest filed by defeated 2016 vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.  Read more »

VP Leni: Using Bongbong's logic, should Duterte-appointed justices inhibit in poll protest?

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 11 05:38 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday used the same logic as her opponent Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos who had asked for Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen to inhibit from serving as member-in-charge of his election protest before the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. Read more »

Bongbong Marcos, Robredo reminded by PET of gag order on electoral protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 05:16 PM

The Presidential Electoral Tribunal on Tuesday reiterated its gag order prohibiting parties to the 2016 vice presidential election protest from publicly commenting on the case. Read more »

OSG backs Bongbong in seeking Justice Leonen’s inhibition from VP election protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 07:37 PM

Hours after defeated 2016 vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. filed a motion seeking to inhibit Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen from his election protest against Vice President Leni Robredo, the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) on Monday filed its own motion raising similar arguments. Read more »

Bongbong Marcos wants SC justice Leonen to inhibit in poll protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 01:55 PM

Defeated 2016 vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. now wants Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen to inhibit from his election protest against Vice President Leni Robredo pending before the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. Read more »

Marcos wants Justice Leonen to inhibit in PET case

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 09 10:10 AM

Former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. files a motion for the immediate inhibition of Associate Justice Marvic Leonen from participating in any of the proceedings relating to the electoral protest filed at the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) at the Supreme Court on Monday. Read more »

Failure of elections petitions in 3 Mindanao provinces Marcos is contesting were junked - Comelec

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 08:15 PM

The Commission on Elections has said all pleas to declare failure of elections in three Mindanao provinces that defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. is contesting have been dismissed. Read more »

SolGen backs Bongbong Marcos anew in vice president poll protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 03 03:10 PM

The Office of the Solicitor General has backed yet again the election protest of defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., telling the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) it can annul the elections or declare a failure of elections. Read more »

World 100m champion Coleman to appeal two-year ban

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 07:49 PM

World champion sprinter Christian Coleman will appeal his two-year ban from athletics for anti-doping violations, his manager said Wednesday. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 7, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 11:20 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

‘End Marcos’ electoral fiction’: Akbayan, youth groups urge PET to junk Bongbong's poll protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 06:21 PM

The group argued the case was already “ripe for decision” and should be dismissed immediately. Read more »

Youth groups urge SC to dismiss VP electoral protest

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 01:12 PM

Members of the Akbayan Citizen's Action Party and various youth groups file a letter at the Supreme Court in Manila on Wednesday, urging the Presidential Electoral Tribunal to decide and dismiss with finality the election protest of 2016 losing vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo. Read more »

SC requires Comelec, SolGen to comment on Marcos poll protest vs VP Robredo

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 30 07:01 PM

(UPDATE) The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has required the Commission on Elections and the Office of the Solicitor General to comment on pending issues in the election protest filed by defeated candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. against Vice President Leni Robredo, the court's public information office said Wednesday. Read more »

Guevarra again declines nomination to Supreme Court

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 05 11:49 PM

This was the second time that Guevarra declined a nomination to the High Court made by Retired Associate Sandiganbayan Justice Raoul Victorino. Read more »

Senate Electoral Tribunal junks petitions questioning Pimentel's eligibility to run as senator

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 16 04:19 PM

The Senate Electoral Tribunal has dismissed two petitions seeking to declare Sen. Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III as "ineligible for the position of senator" over the lawmaker's alleged violation of the 2 consecutive term limit under the Constitution. Read more »

Bongbong Marcos to run for national post in 2022 polls

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 05:41 PM

MANILA – Defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. on Friday revealed his plans to run for a national post in 2020, even as he insisted on pursuing his election protest against Vice President Leni Robredo. Read more »

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 »

Leonen cites due process, defends PET ruling on Marcos-Robredo poll protest

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 03:33 PM

MANILA – Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen on Saturday defended the Presidential Electoral Tribunal’s resolution requiring parties to the election protest filed by 2016 vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to comment on the result of the initial recount before resolving whether to junk or proceed with the protest.   Read more »