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By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL WHOM should you vote for this coming election? Amid the plethora of surveys and political ads before the official campaign period, a nationwide group of electoral reform advocates has called on voters to choose candidates based on their stand on issues and the qualities they possess. Prompted by what it described

  By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS OF the eight presidential candidates that the Commission on Elections approved to be listed in the ballots for the May 9, 2016 elections, two are facing disqualification cases: Grace Poe and Rodrigo Duterte. The eight names that Comelec said would be in the ballots are:  Jojo Binay of the United

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL THE clamor to include “None of the above” as one of the options in the official ballot for the 2016 polls may sound hilarious, but it only expresses the blatant frustration of the voting populace, a lawyer said on Thursday. “It’s like another way of saying, ‘Wala na bang iba’ (isn’t

  By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE “Eliminate Grace Poe” from the presidential race crusade has benefitted Vice President Jejomar Binay who has regained the lead in the latest survey of candidates for president in the 2016 elections by the Social Weather Stations. Liberal Party standard bearer Mar Roxas, whose allies in the Commission on Election

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL CANDIDATES for the presidency and vice presidency will not be compelled to attend the nationwide debates the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is organizing starting next month, but the poll body says non-attendance is a message in itself. The debates will not only reveal how candidates fare in their specific fields, but

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) is proposing stricter measures on the posting and airing of political advertisements as well as the tracking of its donors as part of the efforts to make the 2016 elections transparent and fair. Candidates in the May 9 elections may be required to submit a written

By VERLIE Q. RETULIN MALL voting may provide ease and convenience to persons with disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens, but it is not the proper solution to address accessibility problems, Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair Andres Bautista said on Monday. During the second public hearing on the transfer of certain polling precincts to malls, Bautista