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Tag: debate

  • Categories Banner PHL Vote 2016 PWD Vote Stories

    Lack of sign language in first prexy debate traced to aesthetics

    Mar 11, 2016 4:47 PM

    By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL AS the five presidential candidates tried to outsmart each other in the first PiliPinas Debates held in Cagayan de Oro last month, one community watching it on television or online simply couldn’t relate: the Filipino Deaf. The Commission on Elections and GMA News Inc., its media partner for the historic debate, […]

    2016 elections, debate, PiliPinas Debates

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