Isko hits Marcos for estate tax, Ping insinuates Leni rally participants are communists. Candidates are taking swipes at one another in different ways. In a cut-throat electoral race, that is par of the course. Rappler campaignreporters talk about the art of effective negative campaigning and what criticisms might dent Marcos Junior’s lead.

‘AND I QUOTE’: Senatorial candidate Carl Balita defends his standard-bearer Isko Moreno from criticisms of his English grammar during a March 11 press conference.