Influential pastor Quiboloy officially endorsed the candidacies of LAKAS KAMPI Presidential bet Gibo Teodoro and Liberal Party vice presidential bet Mar Roxas. Quiboloy is the pastor of the Kingdom of Jesus movement, an organization claiming to have more than 6 million members. The last two endorsements of Quiboloy for presidents were Arroyo and Estrada who both won in 2004 and 1998. Teodoro an... Read more

ABS CBN hosted a senatorial forum called HARAPAN yesterday. Ten candidates from different parties participated in the debate, with several others declining to take part.

The first match-up was between Nacionalista Party candidate Pia Cayetano and Liberal Party bet TG Guingona. But instead of focusing on their respective platforms in the discussion, both candidates became locked in a d... Read more

All candidates are open during elections, or at least they are about the dark secrets of their rivals. They perform a public service by exposing the hidden wealth, extra-marital activities and illegal government transactions of their rivals. These revelations are all black propaganda, but this does not necessarily mean they’re not true.

A few days ago, vice presidential candidate J... Read more

Nacionalista Party senatorial bet Gilbert Remulla is under heavy fire from various quarters after it was revealed that he personally met with one of the suspects in the Maguindanao massacre, Ampatuan Sr. When asked about this by the press, Remulla said that he was 'forced' to meet with Ampatuan for personal security reasons. In another interview he said that people would know how he felt if the... Read more

A few weeks ago, a survey suggested that an endorsement from Sen. Francis 'Chiz' Escudero would bring a lot of votes for any candidate. Soon after this report, Escudero endorsed Sen. Noynoy Aquino for president and Jejomar Binay for vice president. In the latest Pulse Asia surveys, both candidates enjoyed a boost to their numbers.

Now, it seems, Escudero is looking to spread his influen... Read more

Emails and text messages have been spreading quickly this past week here saying that Nacionalista Party senatorial bets Adel Tamano and Susan Ople were resigning from the party because of the smear campaign against Aquino. This talk was, it seems, primarily driven by the recent 'fake expose' of a Villar supporter who showed another mental report document about Aquino to the media. The report wa... Read more

Black propaganda hit Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay a day after a Pulse Asia survey showed that he was surging in the vice presidential race. Pictures of Binay together with his alleged mistress surfaced online and spread virally across various social networks and emails.

In an interview with the press, Binay admitted that he did have an affair, but he said this happened long ago and he ... Read more

During elections, some of the dead are actually found to have voted—so-called zombie or ghost voters. In March, ghost precincts were discovered in Mindanao Island, while just last week, a case was filed against Manila City officials for purchasing ghost burgers.

Ghost voters are paid by dirty candidates who are desperate to win and use the names of either dead people or migrant Fil... Read more

Mothers are effective campaigners on behalf of their politician children--they can gather sympathy votes by displaying their love for their children and they can vouch for the sincerity and humanity of their politician children, especially those embroiled in controversy.

Last Monday, 86-year-old Curita Villar addressed the media for the first time at her Las Pinas City home to defend... Read more

With just under two weeks to go before election day, and judging by the latest survey results, there’s now a snapshot emerging of how the electorate could well be planning to vote: to hand the presidency to Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III, with a solid majority.

But pundit Manuel Quezon III in his latest column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer has given a subtle reminder that the cu... Read more