By the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism VOTERS KEEN in assessing the fitness for office of the five candidates for President in the upcoming elections may want to look at the presidentiables’ political pedigree and blood relations....

By Vino Lucero IN A tightly contested election, every vote matters, and even a vote-poor province could mean success or defeat for a national candidate. But that momentary attention may not mean a boost to the province’s revenues after the polls....

By Vino Lucero IN ORDER TO WIN ELECTIONS, national candidates need to court and earn votes in bulk. A candidate can do so by asking for endorsement from formation leaders and sectoral representatives, and even from celebrities and matinee...

By Floreen Simon and Malou Mangahas EVEN WITH just part of their campaign spending captured by Nielsen Media's monitoring of their political ads from Feb. 9 to the end of March, at least two presidential and two senatorial candidates have already...