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Cancelled… ABS-CBN’s Harapan: The Tandem Presidential Debate

For example, if Noynoy Aquino really wants to prove that he is a man of integrity and will fight corruption, we ought to hear about his definite and concrete plans to combat corruption. How does he plan to eliminate corruption in the most corrupt government agencies? Or better yet, how does he intend to eliminate corruption in just one government agency?

As for Manny Villar and his claim that he’ll lift people out of poverty, perhaps he’ll want to lay out his plan for turning residents of a place like Payatas into middle class micro-entrepreneurs.

Then again, Villar and Aquino may soon have to speak up in debates as they approach the limits (if they haven’t exceeded it already) set by Comelec on political advertisements.

Success of automated elections crucial to economy in 2010

Certainly, the hoards of middlemen and brokers of industry of “winning at all costs” certainly don’t want automated elections to succeed because there is no way to manipulate the results. You can manipulate the voters, for sure, but that would be a costlier enterprise than just waiting for the ballots to arrive at the canvassing centers and doing their magic in the comfort of a hotel. Money won’t change hands for an assured win at the polls, or at least, not as much.

Presidential Election Issues: Fixing public education

Noynoy Aquino, Manny Villar, Dick Gordon, and Gibo Teodoro have already emphasized that improving the public education system is on top of their agenda and it will be a good exercise to scrutinize what these candidates have said about what they intend to do for public education thus far.