Now on its third week, the Harapan 2019: The ABS-CBN Senatorial Town Hall Debate features 19 more senatorial candidates who are up to prove they are worthy of the people’s vote.
Viewers can look forward to hearing the stands and platforms of candidates Shariff Albani, Gerald Arcega, Marcelino Arias, Balde Baldevarona, Jesus Caceres, Melchor Chavez, Charlie Gaddi, Emily Mallilin, Jose Sonny Matula, Luther Meniano, and Allan Montano live on ANC, DZMM TeleRadyo, news.abs-cbn.com, iWant.ph, TFC.tv, and on the ABS-CBN News Facebook page and ABS-CBN News YouTube channel at 12:00 noon today.
Senatorial hopefuls Ernesto Arellano, Toti Casino, Leody De Guzman, JV Ejercito, Elmer Francisco, Rj Javellana, Dado Padilla, and Dan Roleda, meanwhile, will also face the tough questions of anchors Karen Davila and Alvin Elchico, and representatives of Filipinos also live on the same platforms at 7:00 p.m..
Viewers of ABS-CBN can watch 7:00 p.m. debate today in the same timeslot after GGV. The 12:00 noon debate will be telecast in full, with no cuts, on March 17 on Sunday’s Best.
Harapan 2019, which had previous legs last Feb. 17 and Feb. 24, has made it to the top of Twitter’s list of trending topics, with netizens posting their thoughts on the answers being given by the candidates.
With 36 participants in four debates this year, ABS-CBN is able to deliver on its pledge to give exposure to as many senatorial candidates as possible, to help the Filipino voting public make well-informed choices in the coming midterm elections on May 13.
Harapan 2019: The ABS-CBN Senatorial Town Hall Debate is part of ABS-CBN’s comprehensive coverage for Halalan 2019.
The third and fourth legs of Harapan 2019 debates will air live on ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel, DZMM TeleRadyo and various ABS-CBN platforms including news.abs-cbn.com, iWant.ph, and TFC.tv, and on each platform’s Facebook page.