The Philippine Star hosted a series of interviews with the Presidential candidates for the May 2010 elections. As of March 8, four have been interviewed:

• Manuel “Manny” Villar, Jr. (Nacionalista Party)
• Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III (Liberal Party)
• Joseph “Erap” Estrada (Pwersa Ng Masang Pilipino – United Opposition), and
• Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro, Jr. (Lakas-Kampi-CMD).

Sarah Soliven de Guzman shares her personal insights on their encounter with the Presidential candidates in his article ( which elicited a lot of comments in the Philippine Star website)

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