David Santos (CNN Philippines) John Mangun (Business Mirror) Andrew Stevens (CNN International) Kristie Lu Stout (CNN International) 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.
Netizens also took their high praises for both Hontiveros and Webb for carefully handled and moderated the debate proceedings.