Tough rules FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 02/08/2010

Tough rules FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 02/08/2010 Tough rules, but perhaps necessary, given the advantages the moneyed candidates have over the not-so moneyed bets by way of advertising themselves on electronic media. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has released its campaign guidelines for the May 10 polls, one of which is that candidates running for national positions in the May 10, 2010 polls are only allowed to have 120 minutes for their broadcast advertisements or election propaganda in television for the whole entire campaign period, which begins in a few days. For radio, there is to be only 180 minutes of advertising.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100208com2.html

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