By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Another event that in this country comes almost as often as its fun-filled fiestas is over, and everyone’s happy — or at least appears to be, except those few, pesky critics of the way things are done in this earthly paradise. The Commission on Elections is happy.…
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A look back at the May 2013 elections
Proclaiming 6 senators based on 23.6-percent canvassed votes does not make an election, democratic and truly successful.
Widespread PCOS troubles mar voting nationwide
During the 2010 elections, 16-percent of reports to Kontradaya involved PCOS machines; this election, it made up three of every five reports to KontraDaya.
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Grace Poe-Llamanzares
“I will continue what my father has started.” This is the pledge of the late action king Fernando Poe Jr.’s daughter Grace Poe who is now running for senator as an independent under Team Pnoy. Her campaign advertisement describes her as respectful and kind. Would she be an ideal senator for a country that needs…