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Rappler answers FAQs on Marcos Jr.s’ disqualification cases

CHEERS TO Rappler for its report that explained what may happen if Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is disqualified from running in the 2022 polls. The report cited experts and reviewed legal steps and documents that provided more information and clarity to what is turning out to be the most contested...

Report on Comelec hacking flawed — but flags Election 2022 digital vulnerabilities

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for its breaking news report on the alleged hacking of Comelec’s servers, which it claimed to have verified. But the report did not detail its verification process. The report did not include Comelec’s reaction to it.

Inquirer.net on PDP-Laban extension plea: Grasping at straws?

WHO’S MISSING a presidential candidate? As political forces go, the PDP-Laban faction led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi looked desperate. Cusi scrambled to file a petition on December 31 with the Commission on Elections (Comelec), asking for the Extension of the period for the filing of certificates of candidacy...

All in the family: Philippine politics at its worst

IF IT is any indication of what’s to come in May 2022, political families and warring factions hogging the spotlight now will serve as key players, once again sidelining those who really matter most during the exercise: the voting public.

Only some media report presidential ‘term-sharing’ scheme as unconstitutional

CHEERS TO the media reports that called the “possible term-sharing” of political aspirants Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte-Carpio as unconstitutional.

Focus on presidential race: Coverage on candidates ramp up before COC filing

Media kept track of the presidential aspirants who had declared their candidacies or had been endorsed by political parties from September 19 to October 1, 2021.