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Robredo supporters urge Comelec to uphold vote shading threshold

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 11:18 AM

Supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo deliver letters to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) asking to uphold the 25% threshold ruling that was used in the 2016 local and national elections in the recount of votes for the vice presidential post. Read more »

SWS: Robredo's trust rating dips from 'very good' to 'good'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 01:43 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo's net trust rating saw a decline in the first quarter of 2018, a survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) released Wednesday showed. Read more »

Dissecting Data: Precincts involved in the 2016 vice presidential race recount

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 06:48 PM

The ongoing recount of the votes for the 2016 vice presidential race started on April 2 following the protest of former senator Bong Bong Marcos who claims vice president Leni Robredo is not the rightful winner.  Read more »

SC directs Comelec, Marcos to comment on shading threshold on VP vote recount

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 03:57 PM

This after Robredo filed a motion for reconsideration before the PET to recognize a 25-percent shading threshold for the manual vote recount. Read more »

VP Robredo seeks reversal of PET ruling on partially-shaded votes

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 05:22 PM

MANILA - Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) to reverse its earlier decision on the ballot shading threshold in connection with the recount for the poll protest against her.  Read more »

Robredo camp asks for reconsideration of 25% threshold

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 12:22 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo files a motion for reconsideration at the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. Read more »

Charter review body wants ‘mandatory’ cabinet post for VP

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 01:32 PM

The committee drafting a new federal constitution is looking to require subsequent presidents to appoint the vice president to a cabinet position, with both leaders elected from the same political party or ticket. Read more »

Alegasyong 'manipulasyon' ni Marcos, 'imbento' ayon kay Robredo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 11:50 PM

Iginigiit ng panig nina Marcos na may mga patunay na nagkaroon ng manipulasyon sa botohan noong Halalan 2016. Buwelta ng kampo ni Robredo, inimbento lang ni Marcos ang "ebidensiya" niya. Read more »

HE SAID, SHE SAID: Marcos vs Robredo recount

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 10:37 AM

Confused about the VP recount? Here's a summary of the tit for tat between the two camps on what's come up in the poll protest Read more »

4 revisors in Marcos, Robredo vote recount quit

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 07:28 PM

MANILA- Four head revisors tasked to manually recount the votes in the 2016 vice presidential race have resigned a day after the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) began the process.   Read more »

Missing or misinformed? Robredo, Marcos lawyers disagree on audit logs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 03 04:31 PM

Should audit logs be inside or outside ballot boxes in the 2016 elections?  Read more »

Robredo’s fight

George Calvelo, ABS CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 01:26 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo attends a multi-sectoral mass, on the first day of the recounting of ballots for the contested 2016 vice presidential race at St Scholastica's College in Manila on Monday. Read more »

Robredo says recount a 'fight for the truth'

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 02 10:24 AM

Vice President Leni Robredo said the recount of votes in the 2016 vice presidential elections, which started on Monday, should not be feared since she and her supporters were "fighting for truth." Read more »

VP Leni graces police academy graduation

VP Leni Handout
Posted at Mar 21 04:03 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo salutes the Top 20 graduates of the Philippine National Police Academy, before their graduation rites in Silang, Cavite on Wednesday.    Read more »

PET reschedules VP vote recount on April 2

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 14 01:36 PM

The Presidential Electoral Tribunal has rescheduled the recount of votes of Vice President Leni Robredo and former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to April 2, the vice president's legal counsel said Wednesday. Read more »

Robredo reminds Filipinos of lessons from EDSA People Power

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 06:19 PM

The 1986 EDSA uprising is a reminder that power has always been in the hands of the Filipinos, and not those in the government, Vice President Leni Robredo said Sunday, as the country marked the 32nd anniversary of the People Power revolution.  Read more »

Robredo: Don't suppress youth's voice

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 08:41 PM

NAGA CITY - Vice President Leni Robredo on Friday said the youth's voice should not be stifled, as walkout protests of students were held nationwide against the policies of President Rodrigo Duterte. 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 proof of fraud based on 'wrong' info: Robredo lawyer

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 13 02:41 PM

A lawyer for Vice President Leni Robredo said Tuesday that contrary to her election rival's claim, "mysterious squares" on soft copies of ballots during the 2016 elections did not point to cheating. Read more »

Robredo says Marcos using her for publicity stunt

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 04:03 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo criticized former senator Bongbong Marcos on Friday, saying the latter seems to be using her as part of a publicity stunt. Read more »