THE 15th Congress will bow out soon, or by June 30, 2013 to be exact. The newly elected senators, and district and party-list representatives, will convene in July as members of the 16th Congress. Four re-electionist senators from the 15th, by the...

THEY CAME IN DROVES, the young and the old, the healthy and the infirm, some with babies in tow, others heavy with child. We may not always like how they vote, we may agree or disagree with their choices in politics, yet theirs is a right to be heard, and...

MARAGONDON, CAVITE --- As early as 7 a.m., voter Diana Inguanzo, 55, had rushed to the public market and cooked lunch for her children because she knew that voting will take time. She queued up at 9 a.m. and finished voting three hours later, or past...

SENIOR CITIZENS and persons with disabilities have had to climb two to four flights of stairs at the Quirino Almario Elemtnary School in Tondo, Manila, to cast their votes. This is despite a law that requires that they be given preferential treatment...

IT IS SAID that children are made to pay for the sins of their parents. But in Philippine elections, fathers sometimes make the children commit sin, or violations of election laws, in their stead. At the Quirino Almario Elementary School in...

ELECTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES are one big fiesta, with all the color, food, buntings, and the trappings of a Philippine feast; unfortunately, in Philippine elections, voters are far from sated. By the time they leave the polling precincts, many are...

THEY SAY ELECTIONS ARE FOR THE FUTURE GENERATION. But this early, we seem to be giving the future generation a hard time. While the law on persons with disabilities require that people such as pregnant women be given priority and assistance in casting...