Philippines

Contrary to the first debate which had advertisements taking about a third of the airtime of the event, organizers said the second debate would have less commercial load — this would allow candidates to have more time to expound on their platforms and engage the other candidates.

Presidential candidates will square off again in the second round of presidential debates on Sunday, March 20, at the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu.

The next round of the presidential debate – to be held on March 20 in Cebu – will be one hour longer than the previous one.

TV5 together will host this second presidential debate on March 20 at the Performing Arts Hall of the University of the Philippines campus in Cebu City.

We mean no disrespect to our colleagues, but it is time to go beyond vested corporate interests

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) assured the public on Sunday that the next presidential debate that will be held on March 20 will be better than the one.

The commission on elections-organized debates of presidential candidates should be aired nonstop and should not be commercial or profit-oriented events, according to Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, chair of the Senate committee on electoral reforms.

OPPOSITION party United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) urged Saturday the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and organizers of “Pilipinas Debates” to make the next scheduled pre-election debates be formatted for deaf and hard-of-hearing Filipinos.

Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista said the fourth presidential debate will be for the benefit of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

With less than three months to go in one of the most colourful election campaigns in Philippine history, the spotlight is shifting from personality politics to policy after the first presidential debate in 23 years.

An administration lawmaker blasted Monday the excessive bunching of television commercials during the first leg of the Commission on Elections-organized presidential debate on Sunday evening.

The Cagayan de Oro Press Club maintains government should make sure the national event is 'equally covered' by mass media, free from any monopoly. CenterLaw, meanwhile, supports the suit against the Comelec chair.