The grass is greener on the other side of the digital divide, but not much attention has been given on the costs of online advertising, especially such campaigns for the benefit of political candidates. Taking off from the theme of previous posts "Politics in the Age of AdSense -- A View of the Polit...

With virtually no limits on advertising -- except for election spending -- the PR people of candidates have pretty much free rein in the type of marketing that they can use to present their candidate in the best possible light. The law is clear on the limits, and the penalties for violating the law ...

Aspirants to political office know that the key to electoral victory is to have their names on top of everyone's minds and favorably so, and in a manner not too different from selling haircare products and laundry detergent they must themselves be marketed in a positive light. However, the Philippin...

Mikey Arroyo blew the whistle on himself when he declared on national television that campaign contributions and wedding gifts were partly the reason his declared net worth ballooned from P5.7 million in 2001 to P74.4 million in 2004 and then to P99.2 million last year. Mikey wed Angela Arroyo Montene...