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Why the 2022 Philippines election is so significant

There are 10 candidates vying to replace Rodrigo Duterte as president, but only two really matter.

Al Jazeera

Philippines election: Bongbong poised to become president as Marcos history is rewritten

The dictator’s son is the favourite to win presidential race, reviving memories of a painful era for many

The Guardian - UK

The Philippines will elect a new leader Monday

Voters in the Philippines go to the polls Monday for that country's presidential elections. We take a look at the last days of the campaign there.

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Fervour in Philippines as election campaign reaches climax

Crowds of hundreds of thousands massed in the Philippines on Saturday where the leading presidential candidates made a last-ditch bid to sway undecided voters with patriotic, upbeat messages after a divisive election race.

Reuters

Marcos Jr on verge of historic win in Philippines

MANILA: The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was set to address hundreds of thousands of supporters Saturday on the final day of presidential election campaigning, as polls showed him heading towards a landslide win.

Bangkok Post

Marcos Jr on verge of historic win as Philippine presidential campaign ends

Manila (AFP) - The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos wrapped up his presidential election campaign Saturday with a raucous rally of hundreds of thousands of supporters, as polls show him heading towards a landslide win.

AFP

‘Our generation’s fight’: Robredo’s campaign to stop Marcos Jr

Leni Robredo is hoping a spirited grassroots campaign will propel her to office in pivotal Philippine election.

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Explainer-What's at stake in the Philippines election?

A two-horse race for the Philippine presidency has emerged ahead of Monday's election between incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo and Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son of a notorious dictator whose 20-year rule ended in a 1986 uprising.

Reuters

Dirty tricks mar last days of Philippine election campaign

MANILA: Philippine election rivals traded allegations of dirty tricks and vote-rigging Friday, in the final stretch of an acerbic campaign that is tipped to bring the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos to power.

Bangkok Post

Philippines election a rematch of late dictator's son and rights lawyer

Philippine voters head to the polls on Monday in a presidential election shaping up as a rematch between the son and namesake of the country's late dictator and the human rights lawyer who narrowly beat him in the 2016 vice presidential contest.

Reuters

Dirty tricks allegations mar last days of Philippine election campaign

Manila (AFP) - Philippine election rivals traded allegations of dirty tricks and vote-rigging Friday, in the final stretch of an acerbic campaign that is tipped to bring the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos to power.

AFP

Pro-Marcos misinformation targets main rival in Philippine polls

Manila (AFP) - The son and namesake of the Philippines' late dictator Ferdinand Marcos is on track to win Monday's presidential poll, after a massive misinformation campaign whitewashed the family's past and smeared his main rival.

AFP

Marcos redux? Dictator's son may win Philippine presidency

The presidential campaign of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is resonating in the Philippines

The Independent UK

Philippines election: how the Marcos clan might be heading back to power

The upcoming election in the Philippines presents the country with a stark choice to set its political course for the next six years. Outgoing authoritarian president Rodrigo Duterte leaves behind a country much damaged by his time in office.

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Philippine priests back Marcos rival in high stakes election campaign

Manila (AFP) - Hundreds of Philippine priests on Thursday endorsed the main rival to former dictator Ferdinand Marcos's son, just days ahead of a presidential election they called a "battle for the soul" of the nation.

Bangkok Post

Factbox: Marcos and Robredo lead Philippine presidential hopefuls

Philippine presidential candidates will wrap up campaigning this week ahead of the May 9 election, in a contest that has shaped into a two-way race between the clear favourite Ferdinand Marcos Jr and his main rival Leni Robredo.

Reuters

Explainer-A guide to the Philippines election

The Philippines holds an election on Monday to decide thousands of positions across the archipelago, including who will take over from Rodrigo Duterte and become its president for the next six years.

Reuters

Factbox-Marcos and Robredo lead field ahead of Philippine presidential vote

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The Guardian - UK

Philippines election 2022: what you need to know about the vote for president

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, known as Bongbong Marcos, frontrunner in race to replace populist president Rodrigo Duterte

The Guardian - UK

‘Authoritarian nostalgia’: Philippines seem set to return Marcoses to power

Ferdinand Marcos Jr leads polls despite father’s dictatorship and energetic opposition campaign

AFP

Marcos Jr warns fans to prevent Philippine poll being 'stolen'

Manila (AFP) - Philippine presidential frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Junior has warned supporters to protect their votes in next week's national elections to avoid the result being "stolen from us again".

Reuters

Philippine presidential candidates enter final push to woo voters

Philippine presidential candidates were in the provinces on Tuesday to drum up more support as the campaign entered its homestretch, in an election that has shaped into a two-way race between Ferdinand Marcos Jr and old rival Leni Robredo.

AFP

Leni Robredo: 'Last woman standing' in Philippines presidential race

Manila (AFP) - Leni Robredo was a neophyte congresswoman in 2016 when she came from behind to narrowly beat Ferdinand Marcos Junior for Philippines vice president.She hopes to repeat the feat in their May 9 rematch for president.

AFP

Marcos Jr: Philippine dictator's son leads race to succeed Duterte

Manila (AFP) - Ferdinand Marcos Jr, whose dictator father and namesake presided over massive plunder and human rights abuses in the Philippines, is on the verge of winning the presidency after a decades-long effort to revive the family brand.

Axios

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