Various artists launch ‘Tayo ang Tutugon’ music album highlighting key issues for the upcoming polls
Music and the arts have always been a part of the political scene. It will be no different this time as various artists, singers, songwriters,...
Pink is the new hope
HER outfit of the day caption, “2022 is looking pink. She is my president” on Instagram caught my attention. It was a fashion statement from...
The battle for public opinion
If politics is the science of winning people, shaping public opinion is an art. Strategic actions need to be precisely executed so the...
Let’s remind candidates about the Elections Integrity Pledge
Vote S.A.F.E (Secure, Accurate, Free and Fair Elections) Pilipinas October 1 marks the week-long filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs), . It is also the...
How to reactivate your voting record online
The deadline for voter registration is September 30, 2021. If you are a registered voter in the past but were unable to vote in the...
NAMFREL suggests enhancement measures for the Automated Elections System (AES)
In June 2021, the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) submitted a position paper to COMELEC and Congress entitled “Enhancing the AES with the Adoption...
Election 2022 Pledge for Journalists and Media Organizations
As a social media practitioner and a citizen engaged in journalistic practices, I signed the Election 2022 pledge for journalists and media organizations. Some 200...
Facebook advertising expenditures of potential candidates in the 2022 elections
The latest report of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) is on “Potential bets start advertising on Facebook as 2022 campaign shifts to social...
#MagpaRehistroKa: Vote Pilipinas launches Voter Registration Month this May
Vote Pilipinas is a non-profit, non-partisan online and offline information campaign aimed at mobilizing Filipinos to register to vote for the upcoming national and local...
VotePilipinas.com: know how to register as a voter
Vote Pilipinas includes a Voter Registration Service Test in its voter education website. Check out the Voter Registration Service Test. If there is one thing...
1Sambayan: Filipinos deserve a better government
Does the extrajudicial killings make you sick to the stomach? What about the red-tagging of progressive activists or lawyers? I can’t stand the “kill kill...
On Vico Sotto: From #ibaNaman to #ibaNa
Several pleasant surprises and upsets happened a few hours after voting ended on May 13, 2019. While awaiting in frustration for the media report from...
Get out and vote!
We must not just vote. We must use all our powers as social media users to encourage others to vote and to guard the vote....
May 13, 2019 election monitoring: What to report
I will be at Kontra Daya Election monitoring center. One can report incidents on vote-buying, harassment, illegal campaigning, malfunctioning Vote Counting Machine (VCM), and Voters’...
Social media and its impact on Philippine elections
Now that the Philippine election day is next week, would social media have an impact in informing, and mobilizing voters? Or convince them to vote...