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Through the said partnership, Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista said the presidential debates will be more accessible to millions of Filipinos via the social media among others.

From the start, the Comelec said it did not want to force candidates to join the presidential debates for the 2016 elections.

El debate entre los candidatos que competirán por la Presidencia de la República en las Elecciones Generales 2016 se desarrollará el próximo 03 de abril, informó hoy el Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE)

The debate is the thing. And President Yoweri Museveni missed it the last time - on Jan. 15. Another one is slated for Feb.10. Should he miss it again?

Two things stood out on the night Uganda held its first presidential debate; one, accountability remains a sticky issue and second; implementation, let alone reform, is still a great challenge as far as delivering public goods and services.

The candidates performed to varying levels of competence with some easily tackling any questions that came their way while others looked out of their depth.

The leaders of Wales’ five main political parties went head-to-head over issues including the economy, the ongoing crisis in the steel industry, schools and health in a live radio debate on Sunday.

In-spite of candidate Yoweri Museveni's conspicuous absence and the questionable quality of the debating skills displayed by some presidential candidates, the evening of January 15, 2016, will forever be etched in the annals of Uganda's checkered history as a day of some serious political reckoning.

President Museveni probably had little to gain and more to lose from the television debate, when one comes to think of it.

The Republican National Committee has disinvited National Review from a presidential debate partnership following the release of an edition devoted to taking down Donald Trump, the conservative magazine reported late Thursday.

Every one of the six presidential candidates on Wednesday committed to participate in a series of debates being organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and various media entities.

For all the focus on the Donald and the Bern, on Hillary and Jeb, they are only a few of the 58 people whose names will appear on the New Hampshire primary ballot.