It’s barely 7 in the morning, but already, the white-haired, barong-clad chair of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has slipped quietly into his office, a couple of bodyguards trailing him. Another workday has begun.
Some people might call it information overload, the sheer barrage of election posters, campaign jingles, shocking revelations about candidates and vote-related events that define our milieu these days.
Overwhelmed by information overload about the upcoming elections? These apps will help streamline the influx of news and reports from various sources to help you get ready for electionday on May 13.
The dire state of politics in this country has bred a generation of cynics, and we admit that sometimes we are among them.
Businesswoman and former Las Piñas Representative Cynthia Villar, wife of Sen. Manny Villar, recently took a stand in the raging debate on the Reproductive Health (RH) bill. At the risk of alienating pro-choice and progressive women’s groups, the senatorial aspirant described herself as “pro-life.”
An independent movement is reshaping the election frontlines, while engaging the nation’s most crucial voters: the youth.
Princess, 17, has never voted in her life, except perhaps to elect the class president through a show of hands. She had lived through four presidents—Ramos, Estrada, Arroyo and Aquino—numerous senators and congressmen, and thousands of public officials steering the wheel of her country. She has elected none of them.
One is black, the other white. One was born into wealth, the other came from a working class family in Chicago.
When we reflect on the historic events of the May 2010 elections, they seem like a single, blinding burst of light, so strong that it eradicated whatever came before it and obscured what happened immediately after. In truth, that game-changing burst of light is made up of countless crucial decisions made behind the scenes, an [...]
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