| Date | April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10) |
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| Time | 5:00 p.m. - 8:20 p.m. (PST) |
| Duration | 128 minutes |
| Venue | Quadricentennial Pavilion, University of Santo Tomas |
| Location | Manila, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 14°36′33.80″N 120°59′28″E / 14.6093889°N 120.99111°E / 14.6093889; 120.99111 |
| Type | Televised debate |
| Organized by | COMELEC KBP CNN Philippines Business Mirror |
| Participants | Alan Peter Cayetano Francis Escudero Gregorio Honasan Bongbong Marcos Leni Robredo Antonio Trillanes |
| Moderators | Pia Hontiveros Pinky Webb (CNN Philippines) |
| Panelists | Ina Andolong (CNN Philippines) David Santos (CNN Philippines) |
The Metro Manila leg of the PiliPinas Debates 2016 is the first vice presidential televised debate of the 2016 Philippine elections and the only VP debate under the PiliPinas Debates series, held at the Quadricentennial Pavilion at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila on April 10, 2016. It was organized by COMELEC and KBP with CNN Philippines, and Business Mirror as media partners. The debate was moderated by CNN Philippines chief correspondent Pia Hontiveros and senior anchor Pinky Webb. The coverage also included a pre-debate show and post-debate analysis anchored by Amelyn Veloso with panelists Atty. Karen Jimeno, Nicole Curato and Dindo Manhit.
The debate proper took around 128 minutes and there were 7 commercial breaks during the program which had a combined duration of 42 minutes.
PiliPinas 2016 The Vice Presidential Debates with a replay on the following day on TV5.
Debate proper
Yes or No portion
Here are the six vice-presidentiables stand on country's issues. Each candidate used the "thumbs up" sign (
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| Is the Philippines doing enough to address climate change? |
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| Make TelCos accountable for internet problems |
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Reception
Social media
Social media users from Twitter gave their good reviews on the debates on the outcome of the well organized debate produced by CNN Philippines. Netizens also took their high praises for both Hontiveros and Webb for carefully handled and moderated the debate proceedings.
See also
References
- "PIA HONTIVEROS AND PINKY WEBB TO MODERATE THE THIRD PILIPINAS DEBATE" (Press release). Media Newser Philippines. April 3, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
- Bueza, Michael (11 April 2016). "Only 1/5 of VP debate are TV ads". Rappler. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- "LOOK: VP candidates' stand on death penalty for corrupt, same-sex marriage, and more". CNN Philippines. 10 April 2016. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- "CNN Philippines PiliPinas Debate draws high praise on social media". Media Newser Philippines. April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
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