Duration 128 minutes Date 10 April 2016 | Type Televised debate | |
Time 5:00 p.m. - 8:20 p.m. (PST) Moderators Pia Hontiveros
Pinky Webb
(CNN Philippines) Panelists Ina Andolong (CNN Philippines)
David Santos (CNN Philippines)
John Mangun (Business Mirror)
Andrew Stevens (CNN International)
Kristie Lu Stout (CNN International)
Ivan Watson (CNN International) Location University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines Venues Quadricentennial Pavilion, University of Santo Tomas Participants Alan Peter Cayetano, Francis Escudero, Gregorio Honasan, Bongbong Marcos, Leni Robredo, Antonio Trillanes Organized by Commission on Elections, Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas, CNN Philippines, BusinessMirror | ||
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.
Contents
The debate proper took around 128 minutes and there were 7 commercial breaks during the program which had a combined duration of 42 minutes.
Yes or No portion
Here are the six vice-presidentiables' stand on country's issues. Each candidate used the "thumbs up" sign () if he/she agrees, and "thumbs down" () sign if he/she disagrees.
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.