Quezon City, September 11 Rock The Vote sits with students and some youth advocates and bloggers sa Starbucks Dialogue series in Techno Hub at Philcoa near University of the Philippines Diliman.

Umikot ang discussion sa halaga ng participation ng mga tao sa election lalo na ang mga first time voter, Georg Nava of Rock The Vote and Register & Vote mention na importante ang pagpaparegistro sa darating na election para makaboto sa 2010. Georg who is also part of Youth Vote Philippines with Evita Garcia, her team mate sa RV, ikinuwkento nila how the campaign starts and how this project works. They mention na ngayon nagfofocus sila sa pagpapaalaala at pangangampanya na magparehistro ang mga 1st time voter na nasa magiging 18 na bago ang National at Local Election sa 2010 at hinihimok din nilang makiisa rin pati ang mga taong hindi pa nagpaparehistro. Ayon kay Georg ito ang 1st step na kailangan gawin para makasali sa election at ang 2nd step ay ang i-scrutinize ang mga tatakbo sa posisyon bago sila iboto.
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A week after Senator Manuel “Mar” Roxas II dropped his long-established plan to capture the presidency, “Probe Profiles” tries to make sense of his 180-degree turn on Wednesday (Sep 9) on ABS-CBN.
 
In one-on-one interviews with Cheche Lazaro before and after he decided to give way to Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III as the Liberal Party standard bearer, Roxas talks about his aborted plans and addresses the speculations about his surprise announcement.
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