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Tag: 2019 philippine senatorial elections

The Philippines 
April 1, 2019April 2, 2019

What makes the May 2019 Elections so crucial for the Duterte administration?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1270 Views 2019 philippine senatorial elections, featured, federalism in the philippines, rodrigo duterte, senate of the philippines

If you happen to notice that a generous amount of resources is being poured into the May 2019 elections, that’s because there is a

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The Philippines 
February 12, 2019

Does Sarah Duterte’s “Hugpong ng Pagbabago” really represent “change”?

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1761 Views 2019 philippine senatorial elections, featured, hugpong ng pagbabago, rodrigo duterte, sara duterte

As the campaign period for the 2019 Senatorial Elections commence today, it will be common to see the different “senatorial slates” hit various cities

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The Philippines 
January 27, 2019January 29, 2019

Another glimpse of 2019: Part 2 of the CNN Senatorial Forum

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1221 Views 2019 philippine senatorial elections, cnn philippines, featured, florin hilbay, neri colmenares

READ: Part 1 of the CNN Senatorial Forum series With the May 2019 mid-term elections only three months away, the need to know the

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The Philippines 
December 4, 2018December 5, 2018

A beacon of hope in a hopeless Congress

Posted By: Louie Encabo 2177 Views 2019 philippine senatorial elections, act teachers party-list, bayan muna, featured, kabataan party-list, makabayan bloc

As it is called the House of Representatives, you would expect its members to represent the people who elected them to the office. Sadly,

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The Philippines 
December 3, 2018December 3, 2018

A glimpse of 2019

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1361 Views 2019 philippine senatorial elections, bam aquino, chel diokno, featured, francis tolentino, gary alejano, juan ponce enrile, ronald dela rosa, serge osmena

Similar to the Christmas season, election campaigns also begin prematurely in the Philippines. There are still six months to go before the May 2019

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The Philippines 
July 16, 2018July 28, 2018

We Need to Talk About Bong Go’s Ubiquitous Displays of Ambition

Posted By: Louie Encabo 1850 Views 2019 philippine senatorial elections, bong go, featured, rodrigo duterte

Before becoming the ill-famed, controversial head-of-state he is known globally today, there was a time when President Rodrigo Duterte almost decided not to contest

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The Philippines 
June 13, 2018

Three Brilliant Minds We Need at the Senate

Posted By: Louie Encabo 2755 Views 2019 philippine senatorial elections, chel diokno, featured, florin hilbay, katrina legarda

One theory for the continuing social ills in the Philippines is the ill-informed voting habits that Filipinos succumb to. It is evident that during

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The Philippines 
June 11, 2018

It’s Time to Elect Candidates on Merit, Rather than Name Recognition

Posted By: Louie Encabo 948 Views 2019 philippine senatorial elections, featured, philippine senatorial elections

The scenes we witness election after election is always the same: political advertisements dominate television airtime, the radio waves constantly play catchy campaign jingles

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