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Airing presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr.'s interview on state-owned PTV an hour before the Commission on Election's scheduled presidential debates was a management decision, Malacañang said on Tuesday.

El candidato presidencial por el Pacto Histórico, Gustavo Petro, sorprendió la tarde de este 21 de marzo a sus seguidores, quienes han venido escuchando sus propuestas en los diferentes eventos de discusión pública.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to discuss this week other possible sanctions to national candidates who will skip the succeeding episodes of “PiliPinas Debates 2022”.

A near-physical altercation in the nasty Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Ohio led to a demand Monday from some military veterans that one candidate apologize for his seeming insult, while the target of their request said he respects and honors the military but stands by his statement.

Vice President Leni Robredo once again demonstrated her strength in crafting detailed policies rooted in science and data as she faced off with her male rivals in the presidential race in the first debate organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday night, March 19.

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and Buhay Party-list Rep. Lito Atienza are not expected to attend the first vice presidential debate organized by the Commission on Elections later Sunday.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) intends to implement a new format for its second presidential debate to make it more exciting, according to Commissioner George Garcia.

Due to his absence in Saturday night’s presidential debate organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), former Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was unable to defend himself from criticism over his family’s nonpayment of P203 billion in estate taxes, an issue recently raised by one of this rivals.

DEMOCRACY is ironically nourished by what Mao, not exactly an apostle of democracy, once said: Let a hundred schools of thought contend.

The Philippines’ presidential candidates debating on Saturday agreed on at least one thing and that was the need to hold social media firms liable for the spread of disinformation as the country prepares for elections on May 9.

A debate moderator emphasized the opportunity lost by a presidential candidate who did not attend the Commission on Elections presidential debates on Saturday, March 19.

Several viewers of the first presidential debate hosted by the Commission on Elections lamented the absence of the debate timer on the livestream and the telecast.