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MISLEADING: Sotto 'bares' senators linked to alleged 2016 poll fraud
The Senate President has yet to name those who 'benefited' from irregularities in the 2016 elections, but a YouTube video thumbnail appears to implicate 4 opposition senators

‘Not enough proof’ yet in server logs to show 2016 poll fraud
IT experts push for more transparency and explanations from Comelec and Smartmatic to address cheating allegations in the automated elections

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

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

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

TIMELINE: Marcos-Robredo election case
(5th UPDATE) 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

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

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

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Marcos wants SC action on Comelec's 'failed' SD card decryption
For us this is quite disheartening and highly irregular says the camp of defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr

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Marcos camp: Data in unused SD cards prove poll fraud
But Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez says it is better to let the process of decryption be completed first and not to speculate on the supposed files in the SD cards

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Robredo camp: Marcos Jr's witnesses are fake
Vice President Leni Robredo s legal team says some witnesses in Bongbong Marcos electoral protest claim their signatures were forged or they were told to surrender their IDs for some government benefits

Robredo replies: Why SC should dismiss Marcos Jr's protest
Vice President Leni Robredo says Ferdinand Marcos Jr has raised issues other than the results of the VP race and failed to show proof to back up his claims

Robredo fears legal fees, not Marcos' protest
UPDATED Vice President Leni Robredo reiterates that former senator Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr s protest is baseless and she has nothing to hide

Macalintal on 'secret servers': Marcos just dreaming of victory
The alleged servers have nothing to do with the results of the election for any position says lawyer Romulo Macalintal on the controversy over the 2016 vice presidential race

'10 days not enough to answer Marcos election protest'
Lawyer Romulo Macalintal says former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr s election protest against Vice President Leni Robredo is the longest ever filed in the country

'No to vote-buying in Samar' – watchdog
SamarVote 4Change fears that rampant vote buying would persist in the province

Poll watchdog pushes for 'laptop count' to replace PCOS
Former poll commissioner Gus Lagman proposes a system where votes will be counted manually on blackboards and encoded in laptops in the voting precincts

Ecija vote discrepancy 'isolated case'; public recount set
Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr says the ballots could ve been tampered with The recount will be conducted at the Senate on August 28

UNA to PNoy: Crack down on LP operators
UNA calls on President Aquino to crack down on supposed operators of his party who may exploit weaknesses in the automated elections system and cheat
New Comelec exec bad news for Lanao cheats
Makabangkit Lanto vows to go after operators and erring election officers in Lanao del Sur
Battle of ‘Imagine:’ Migz sings to Koko too
Koko Pimentel and Migz Zubiri both sing their versions of Imagine Whose message will voters believe?
DOJ execs to assist Comelec in GMA poll fraud case
Four prosecutors from the Department of Justice have been assigned to the Comelec to assist in the poll fraud case against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo