Maria Siow and Dewey Sim in Singapore Published: May, 2022 Eyes will be on whether his administration follows Duterte’s pivot away from the US in favour of China, and his approach to the South China Sea dispute, analysts say Marcos Jnr’s victory also contributes to ‘regional democratic regression’, observers say, not least due to his refusal to…
Barangay officials reportedly went house-to-house during the campaign period, not for COVID vaccination or booster shots, but to tell residents they would get special ayuda from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) if they voted for a certain set of candidates.
Agence France-Presse, May 8, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Ferdinand Marcos Junior appears on the cusp of victory in next week’s presidential polls, with his seemingly unassailable lead fuelled by a decades-long misinformation campaign to revamp the family brand. The clan’s comeback from pariahs in exile to the peak of political power has been built on a…
May 8, 2022, Gerardo Eusebio A #FactsFirstPH study looks back at the use and spread of fake news and propaganda in the elections in 2016 and 2019 and propaganda in the elections in 2016 and 2019 “Fake News, Internet Propaganda, and Philippine elections: 2016 to 2019” is a study presented in a #FactsFirstPH research briefing held on…
Google Trends have accurately predicted election outcomes in the United States, Canada, and the Philippines. By Bryle B. Suralta, www.esquiremag.ph While presidential candidate former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. is firmly in the lead in the latest Pulse Asia surveys, Google Trends is telling us a much different story. The last Pulse Asia results held…
May 5, 2022, Lian Buan Vloggers and social media influencers occupy a special place in the Marcos campaign, as Ferdinand Marcos Jr chooses to run away from tough questions MANILA, Philippines – “Where are you taking me?,” a flustered Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. asked the security of the Marriott Hotel in Pasay City, frustrated that…
Chad de Guzman / Manila, May 5, 2022, Time Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has been able to leverage social media, especially TikTok, to rewrite the history of his father’s rule in the Philippines. He leads in in polls ahead of the May 9, 2022 presidential election by an unprecedented margin. Credit – TIME photo-illustration; Getty…
By: Krixia Subingsubing – Reporter /Philippine Daily Inqruier /May 05, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — With only four days left until Election Day, some of the country’s top statisticians find themselves at loggerheads and pondering questions on whether survey designs need to be updated to more accurately reflect public sentiment in light of survey results that…