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The Supreme Court (SC), on Aug. 8, 2001, affirmed the Oct. 31, 1997 Court of Appeals (CA) decision that modified the July 27, 1995 ruling of the Quezon City regional trial court (RTC) which found former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. guilty of eight counts of violations of the National Inte

(1st UPDATE) What does this mean for the Comelec petitions?

The camp of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. respects the rights of every individual or group to be heard or take any legal action. This was according to lawyer Victor Rodriguez, the spokesperson and chief of staff of Marcos, after learning of the latest disqualification case a

A new disqualification case was filed on Thursday, Dec. 2 against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong” Marcos Jr. by Akbayan Partylist as well as various sectoral leaders and martial law victims before the Commission on Elections (Comelec). (Photo from Akbayan's Facebook page / MANILA BULLE

2 Duterte appointees and the lone appointee of the Aquino administration will handle the disqualification case filed by Martial Law survivors against Bongbong Marcos

FORMER Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos  Jr. is qualified to run for president in the upcoming 2022 elections. This was contained in a five-page answer to the summons issued by the Commission on Elections in connection with the petition seeking to cancel Marcos’s Certificate of Candidacy (COC). Marcos, through lawyer Estelito…

Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. is qualified to run for President in the 2022 May national elections. This was stated in a five-page response to the summons issued by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in connection with the petition filed by c

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said a nationwide cancellation of the May 2022 polls is unlikely. Comelec/MB This despite the threat of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). "Unlikely. When we say we cancel the elections, that means the conditions for free and fair el

MANILA - Nearly 90 petitions seeking the cancellation or denial of due course of the certificate of candidacy (COC) have so far been filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec). According to the Comelec data, two of the 89 petitions have been filed against presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. by Fr. Christian Buenafe and Tiburcio Villamor Marcos. Other petitions call for the cancellation of COCs for senator, representative, governor, vice-governor, sangguniang b...

House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is urging both Houses of Congress to prioritize the bills seeking to ban the substitution of candidates in future national elections. “I think there is a consensus that substitution is a bad practice, and that politicians and politic