Election season is now nearly completed with only 2 more senatorial candidates to be announced below are some links which I thinks will be of your interest.
PCIJ: Missing the Message (Or Why Some Big Ad Spenders Lost) - PCIJ explain why not all senatoriables with big expenditures win their bet.
Batas party-list group seeks 2 more House seats 
Koko Pimentel confident of bagging 12th Senate slot - Well there is still a close fight in the 12th place of the senate. Wether it’s Zubiri or Pimentel
Comelec keeps Lanao Norte gov race hanging - Comelec …

The Commission on Elections proclaimed Wednesday night 10 winning senatorial candidates, including six from the Genuine Opposition, two from the administration’s Team Unity, and two independents.held at the Philippine International Convention Center, CCP Complex on Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City.
The ten proclaimed as senators, based on ranking, are Loren Legarda (GO), Francis “Chiz” Escudero (GO), Panfilo “Ping” Lacson (GO), Manuel Villar Jr (GO), Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan (ind.), Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino (GO), Edgardo Angara (TU), Alan Cayetano (GO), Joker Arroyo (TU), and Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan (ind.).
All the winning senatorial candidates except …

Below are the recorded Turnout of OAV ( Overseas Absentee Voting )
Initial Votes counts without Europe and the Americas as of 5:00 am  -  78,360
with breakdown as follows
Personal voting = 51,246
Voting by mail = 23,754
Through modified voting by mail = 3,360

Elections commissioner Florentino Tuason, commissioner in charge of OAV, said the first certificates of canvass are expected later Wednesday night in time for the constitution of the Comelec en banc into the National Board of Canvassers.
The OAVS report shows that the top five posts in terms of participation through …

Source : On My Way Home
Below is the statement given by Martin Bautista at his blog
The election is over. It is time to examine, and to both skeptics and sympathizers alike, explain my participation in it.
I gave up a flourishing medical practice in America, joined Kapatiran and ran for the Senate because I wanted not merely to prove a point, but to live by it.
And the point is this: we can change our country, help our people, not by talking or theorizing but by actually doing something about it. One …

CMFR once again have issued their second supplemental Repost which tackles the review of different TV station and Political Advertsing. CMFr has done a very good job in having a very detailed report about what is going on the election.
A. Public Affairs Programs Coverage (16-27 April 2007)

The public affairs programs provided analyses and additional information that regular news programs did not. In that sense they helped provide the context often missing in the news programs. Programs such as Probe and The Correspondents also provided an opportunity for interaction between …

Another report and comment by CMFR regarding the Media Coverage of the 2007 National Election, receive via E-mail.
CMFR Monitor of News Media Coverage of the 2007 National Elections:
Media coverage of elections declines in sixth and seventh weeks of campaign
A report released yesterday on the media coverage of the elections during the first seven weeks of the campaign  (February 13 to March 30) found that there was a decline in the media coverage of the elections in the last two weeks monitored, compared to the previous five weeks.
The media also …

CMFR have released their Third Report. Thanks to Hector Bryant L. Macale for informing me thru E-mail the latest on their report.

CMFR MONITOR OF NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 2007 NATIONAL ELECTIONS:
Third Report (March 17 – March 30)Scandals put party-list ahead in media coverageBut Team Unity retains coverage edge over Genuine Opposition
HE Arroyo administration’s Team Unity (TU) continued to be covered more than the Genuine Opposition (GO) by the three leading Manila newspapers and six TV news programs from March 17 to 30, the third campaign period monitored by the Center …

Last month CMFR had released their first report regarding the Philippine Election. and as promised to bryantonpost. I am now posting their Second Report.
Below is Second Report (March 3 – March 16)

Arrest of Ocampo triggers surge in party list elections coverage
The filing of charges against Bayan Muna’s Congressman Saturnino “Satur” Ocampo, his arrest, the attempt to fly him to Leyte, and his detention at the Manila Police District headquarters triggered a surge in media coverage of the party-list elections during …

Source of Information : www.congress.gov.ph
The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, as in past constitutions, vested the power of government on the legislative, executive, and the judiciary.

The Legislative Power is vested in the Congress of the Philippines which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives, except to the extent reserved to the people by the provision on initiative and referendum.
The Executive Power is vested in the President of the Philippines, and;
The Judicial Power is vested in one Supreme Court and in such lower courts as may be established …

Will Cesar Montano drop the senatorial bid or not? A question which lot of people is waiting. But I do not know how He thinks, because the other day on a TV interview he told on the newscaster that he does not have the money to continue run the election. But now at the latest inquirer report he said that he will continue his bid for senatorial race.

“May pera man o wala, tuloy ang pagkandidato ni Montano sa Senado [With or without funds, Montano will still run for the Senate],” the actor …