Lessons from 2016 campaign AS we go to the polls tomorrow, May 9, many will surely feel emotionally drained by the overload of the noise and clatter of the campaign, the bitter exchanges, bullying on social media, charges and counter-charges by candidates. Without a doubt the last campaign period had…

Vote-buying WITH just a week before Pangasinan voters troop to the polls, reports of candidates accusing each other of massive vote-buying are already filling air lanes and print spaces. Of course, there is rampant vote-buying in every town and city and the best is yet to come for the voters…

The Debate TODAY, the nation will be all eyes on Pangasinan, being the venue for the third presidential debate, the ultimate and perhaps the most crucial phase of the campaign period for the May 9 elections. The recitation of the platforms by the candidates will expectedly bore the voters who…

Rumble in civility THE series of presidential debates (and the recently concluded vice presidential debate) organized by the Commission on Elections jointly with the country’s major media establishments have finally proven to be instructive to Filipino voters. We say “finally” because past debates did not offer new insights into visions…

A test of character  CANDIDATES seeking local elective posts comport themselves in public as law-abiding citizens with visions of how they can make a difference for their respective communities, that they can be trusted with their mandate and they have the integrity to earn the title ‘Honorable.’ But a cursory…