Sara Duterte to run for House seat in 2019 elections
Amid rumors she may seek to be her father's successor, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio says she is not interested in a national post
Robredo hits Marcos 'fake news' he'll soon become VP
Former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr says the results of his electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo will be known within the year
Marcos drops witnesses for poll fraud claims in 36,465 clustered precincts
UPDATED Ferdinand Marcos Jr s lawyer George Garcia says this does not mean they are abandoning their accusations of electoral fraud against Vice President Leni Robredo which he said can be proven through a ballot recount
VP electoral protest 'exactly where we wanted it to be' – Marcos camp
UPDATED Lawyer Victor Rodriguez says the latest SC decision on the electoral protest of former senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo will not stop them from exposing the many sins of Smartmatic
Robredo wants Marcos to pay P2B for protection of 2016 poll materials
The Vice President s lawyer Romulo Macalintal says their motion is consistent with an earlier ruling of the Senate Electoral Tribunal on the Tolentino De Lima case
SC junks Marcos' motion questioning integrity of 2016 polls
UPDATED It only shows that indeed the protest of Mr Marcos has no basis It is only based on some speculations and conclusions says Romulo Macalintal counsel of Vice President Leni Robredo
Comelec chair surprised by commissioners' call for his resignation
Magkakasama kami kanina Wala namang sinasabi sa aking magpapa press con Hindi man lang ako binusinahan Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista tells Rappler
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SC forms teams for revision of ballots in Marcos-Robredo election case
Lawyer Victor Rodriguez says the Marcos camp is hoping the revision stage guidelines will expedite the process and finally settle their electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo
Robredo supporters urge SC: Accept P7-M payment for VP protest fee
This is a matter of transcendental importance as it tackles right of suffrage of whom we elected the Piso Para sa Laban ni Leni group says as it files a motion for reconsideration before the High Court
SC defers payment of Robredo’s P7-M balance in protest fee
The grant of our motion to defer payment of balance of cash deposit only affirmed what we had been saying all along that contrary to former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s claim the validity of his protest has not yet been resolved by the PET says lawyer Romulo Macalintal
TV still candidates' platform of choice in 2016 elections
Radio comes second to TV in terms of ad buys from the candidates research by PCIJ shows
55 print, TV, radio outfits did not submit all pol ads docs?
Like wayward candidates many media agencies also failed to file reports with the poll body in defiance of their obligation in law
SC bars Robredo supporters from helping pay P7-M protest fee
UPDATED The Piso Para sa Laban ni Leni plans to file a motion for reconsideration before the Supreme Court sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal
Bautista's alleged corruption casts doubt on 2016 poll results – senators
The Senate is set to investigate the issue hounding Commission on Elections Chairman Andres Bautista
Robredo supporters raise P6M to help with VP's protest fee
The Piso Para sa Laban ni Leni group vows to complete raising the P7 449 million needed by the Vice President for her counter protest against ex senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr
Marcos' questions on election system integrity will prolong case – Macalintal
Vice President Leni Robredo s lawyer Romulo Macalintal says the Presidential Electoral Tribunal must first resolve the issue on the integrity of the election system before proceeding with the recount
Is Estelito Mendoza joining Marcos' legal team for his election case?
The solicitor general of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos appears during the Supreme Court s preliminary conference for Bongbong Marcos electoral protest
Marcos hopes ballot recount will start by September
In the preliminary conference for his electoral protest Marcos says the recount should be initially held in Camarines Sur Iloilo and Negros Occidental
Deadline for 2nd tranche payment of Robredo’s protest fee extended
Vice President Leni Robredo was earlier required to settle payment of the balance of the protest fee on July 14
Robredo lawyer: Marcos ‘fishing for evidence’
In a motion for reconsideration filed with the High Court election lawyer Romulo Macalintal argues that former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr himself is not sure of his election protest against Vice President Leni Robredo
Robredo supporters seek SC permission to help pay protest fee
Supporters of the Vice President are raising funds through the online drive Piso Para sa Laban ni Leni as she faces the election protest filed by former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr
Marcos urged to pay P2.08-B Comelec expenses due to his protest
The P2 08 billion is the cost of the non return of 97 365 vote counting machines to technology provider Smartmatic
SC forms panel of commissioners for Marcos vs Robredo case
Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose Vitug will chair the 3 member panel
Comelec, Smartmatic face charges for changing 2016 election server script
The justice department reverses the decision of the Manila Prosecutor’s Office which didn t find merit in the complaint of Ferdinand Marcos Jr s camp
Duterte supporters allege cheating in presidential polls
Without presenting proof Duterte Youth chairman Ronald Cardema claims that President Rodrigo Duterte should have gotten more than 20 million votes
SC resets preliminary conference on Marcos-Robredo poll protest
UPDATED The preliminary conference originally set for June 21 is reset to July 11
Marcos again urges SC to speed up poll protest
In a new motion the camp of defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr seeks the decryption and printing of ballot images from SD cards
A year later, Mar Roxas enjoys the quiet of private life
The former LP president has kept mostly to himself save for the occasional camping selfie and food recommendation and when he had to speak up about the hero s burial for the dictator
One year after loss, life goes on for Grace Poe at the Senate
Once a rival of President Rodrigo Duterte Senator Grace Poe is now part of the Senate majority bloc generally supportive of his administration
Images from 2016: The day we elected Rodrigo Duterte and Leni Robredo
It s been a year since the 2016 elections Revisit Rappler s PHvote microsite – it doesn t disappoint with the wealth of stories from that whirlwind of a day
TIMELINE: Marcos-Robredo election case
Here are the key moments in the legal battle between Vice President Leni Robredo and her rival in the May 2016 polls former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr
A year after defeat, Jejomar Binay back to what he loves most
UPDATED Take a glimpse of the life of Jejomar Binay a year after he lost in the presidential race
Robredo wants Marcos motion vs counter-protest out of SC records
Lawyers of Vice President Leni Robredo say the pleading filed by former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr against her counter protest is already moot and academic
Robredo pays P8-M deposit for electoral protest fee
UPDATED Vice President Leni Robredo raises the required amount from her personal funds and loans from relatives of her late husband
Marcos asks SC to dismiss Robredo's counter-protest
3rd UPDATE Lawyers of defeated vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos stress that Vice President Leni Robredo failed to pay the fee required by the Supreme Court for the recount of ballots
Robredo to pay protest fee only after recount of Marcos ballots – lawyer
We will only pay after Mr Marcos [has] already finished the revision and the recount of the ballot says the Vice President s lawyer Romulo Macalintal
LOOK: Marcos' donors for the P36-million recount fee
We have done this because it is our heartfelt wish that the election protest be resolved with dispatch the donors are quoted as saying
Marcos pays P36M for first installment of recount fee
3rd UPDATE The defeated vice presidential candidate says friends and supporters pulled in resources to raise the P36 million
Marcos must pay P185M for all poll precincts, says Robredo lawyer
The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo also says former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr should be the first to pay the recount fee
SC orders P81-M payment for Marcos protest vs Robredo
UPDATED Former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr will have to pay P66 02 million while Vice President Leni Robredo will have to settle P15 43 million
Barbers defends 'realistic' plan to appoint barangay officials
The lawmaker says appointing 300 000 barangay officials is nothing compared to the number of drug suspects and crimes that would rise if narco politicians remain in power
Robredo opposes appointment of barangay OICs
Vice President Leni Robredo says the postponement of barangay elections should be an opportunity to strengthen the independence of barangay officials
Bongbong Marcos asks SC to dismiss Robredo appeal
The camp of former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr also urges the SC to immediately conduct the necessary actions to proceed with the election case against Vice President Leni Robredo
Barbers files bill postponing barangay elections for 3 years
Surigao del Norte 2nd District Representative Robert Ace Barbers measure would also allow President Rodrigo Duterte to appoint officers in charge once the barangay polls are postponed
Alvarez confident Local Gov't Code can be amended for barangay OICs
Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez says the bill can be passed into law before October if President Rodrigo Duterte certifies the measure as urgent
Duterte wants to appoint barangay OICs if polls reset
Interior Secretary Ismael Sueno says President Rodrigo Duterte wants handpicked appointees in every barangay in the Philippines to rid the country of drugs
Rappler wins multiple Golds at 52nd Anvil Awards
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Robredo asks SC to reverse decision to proceed with Marcos case
The camp of defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr accuses Vice President Leni Robredo of resorting to delaying tactics
Comelec junks Lim's petition to disqualify Estrada from Manila poll
The Comelec first division says Alfredo Lim s petition was filed out of time – 8 days after Joseph Estrada had been proclaimed
