Senatorial bets to debate on ABS-CBN's Harapan this Sunday

Twelve sentorial candidates will debate on issues of public concern this Sunday, April 18, on ABS-CBN's Harapan: Mga Isyu ng Bayan live from La Consolacion College in Manila, at 10:30 p.m.

Harapan will be the first event this elections where senatorial bets will go head to head on pressing issues in the country such as human rights, justice and accountability, health, economy, poverty, the incoming leadership, and the roles of the Church and the State. Ted Failon will be the moderator.

Satur Ocampo (Nacionalista Party) and independent candidate Gen. Jovito Palparan will debate on human rights, Adel Tamano (Nacionalista Party) and Silvestre Bello (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) will face-off on justice, Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel (LP) and Kit Tatad (PMP) will tackle reproductive health, Liza Masa (NP) and Neric Acosta (LP) will trade points on poverty, Raul Lambino (Lakas) and JV Bautista (Partido ng Masang Pilipino) will go one-on-one on the challenges to the new government, while Kata Inocencio (Bangon Pilipinas) will debate Jo Imbong (Ang Kapatiran Party) on the responsibilities of the government and the Church.

Viewers from around the world may participate in the debate through popular social-networking sites Twitter and Facebook, and the online chat at www.abs-cbnnews.com, which will be participated in by the candidates' representatives and other bloggers.

ABS-CBN will also use the Wireless Audience Response System (WARS) once again to show how much a field of respondents from all over the Philippines believe or do not believe the candidates' answers.

Harapan: Mga Isyu ng Bayan is part of a series of election specials produced by ABS-CBN that enable viewers to get to know the candidates to different government posts. It follows the much-talked about Harapan: The Vice Presidential Debate last March 21, which marked the first time vice presidential candidates engaged in a real debate and also the first time that WARS was used in the country.

ABS-CBN has been organizing and broadcasting political fora since May 2009 through its different media platforms from free TV (ABS-CBN channel 2), to cable (ANC), radio, (DZMM), and the Internet (www.abs-cbnnews.com) to help Filipinos decide on the May 10 national elections.

Find out which senatorial candidate will win the public's belief and trust on Harapan: Mga Isyu ng Bayan with Ted Failon this Sunday (Apr 18), 10:30 p.m. live on ABS-CBN right after PBB Teen Clash 2010.

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