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Advertisement spending from Nov. 1, 2009 to Feb 8, 2010 |
Candidate | Ad Spending |
Senator Manuel Villar | P 1.20 Billion |
Former Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro | P 472.80 Million |
Senator Benigno Aquino III | P 357.58 Million |
Senator Richard Gordon | P 245.90 Million |
Brother Eduardo Villanueva | P 103.00 Million |
Former President Joseph Estrada | P 92.70 Million |
Total of all candidates | P 2.50 Billion |
Source: Pera't Pulitika, AGB Nielsen media research group |
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A comment from a reader of PhilStar.com:"wala yatang limit kabayan sa tv adds kasi so far sky is the limit sa isang kandidato...at wala namang umaangal sa mga kalaban...kaya nga kung meron kang pera sa pinas you can buy a post sa gobyerno (kasama na ang president post)...iniisip ko nga iyon kahit na gaano sya kayaman kung half of that money ay gagastusin sa loob lang ng 6 months (hard earned money ito (sana)) masakit na rin sa bulsa ito pag tapos ng kampanya..okay lang kung matalo dahil that is the end of it eh paano kung manalo... dahil pwedeng bumalik ang nagastos sa paraan na hindi maganda...only FOOL can beleive na hindi nya babawiin ang mga nagastos nya sa eleksyon kapag nanalo sya...sabi nya gusto nyang tulungan ang mga pinoy his campaign expenses can pay for 40,000 classrooms to solve the shortage plus, create a micro lending fund that can generate 3.2 million jobs. I know it's his money pero....wasting billions in just couple of months is alarming..."