This article is from Inquirer.net:
“A big majority of Filipinos vote according to social interest rather than self-interest and follow their conscience rather than jump on the bandwagon, results of a survey conducted by the poll group Social Weather Stations (SWS) on April 14-17 showed.
The survey also found that most Filipinos believed that popularity mattered more [...]

The 2007 Philippine elections will now be far from being considered clean because of a number of poll related violences and deaths. Here is an excerpt from abcnews online:
” THE Philippine National Police have reported 46 poll-related violent incidents in the country since January, when campaigning started for the May elections.
A bomb attack occurred in [...]

Here is an excerpt from an article in abcnews online  :
“The Philippine National Police have reported 46 poll-related violent incidents in the country since January, when campaigning started for the May elections.
A bomb attack occurred in Lanao del Norte province in the south on Easter Sunday, where seven people were injured, mostly supporters of the province’s [...]

In Naga City, Mayor Jesse Robredo and his wife Leny Robredo are both running for the same Mayoralty post. This means having two Mayoralty candidates living in the same house together. To find out why, check this  report
“Hello Garci” Virgilio Garcillano is running for Bukidnon’s first-district seat and uses the “hello garci” fame in [...]

The Wikipedia entry under Philippine general election, 2007 says that Antonio Estrella, KBL senatorial bet is an:
“international Lawyer, Professor of Law at the Philippine Public Safety College-National Police College, International Civil Rights Lawyer Member of the International Bar Association, and a recipient of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Award of Excellence [...]