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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.

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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.

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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.

AFP

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

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

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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".

AFP

Philippines' Duterte vows to ban online cockfighting

Manila (AFP) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to ban online cockfighting following outcry over the industry sparked by the disappearance of dozens of workers and concerns about the social costs of gambling.

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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.

AFP

Marcos heir to oversee hunt for loot if he wins Philippines presidency

Manila (AFP) - Nearly 40 years after the Philippines began hunting for the billions of dollars plundered during former dictator Ferdinand Marcos's regime, much of the loot is still missing and no one in the family has been jailed.

AFP

Devastating fire kills eight including six kids as massive blaze leaves 100 homeless

The fire broke out at around 5am local time in a crowded slum in Quezon City, a district of Manila in the Philippines tragically taking the lives of six children

Daily Mirror

Eight People Killed in Philippines Housing Fire

Eight people died, including six children, when a fire ripped through a poor community in the Philippines capital of Manila on Monday and destroyed 80 houses, a fire official said. Another three people were injured in the blaze which started around 5:00 am (2100 GMT) on the second floor of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Unseeded Wang stuns world champion Yamaguchi to win Asia title

Manila (AFP) - Unseeded Wang Zhiyi withstood a late fightback from world champion Akane Yamaguchi to record a stunning victory in the women's final of the Badminton Asia Championships on Sunday.

AFP

Unseeded Wang stuns world champion Yamaguchi to win Asia Badminton Championship

Manila (AFP) - Unseeded Wang Zhiyi withstood a late fightback from world champion Akane Yamaguchi to record a stunning victory in the women's singles final of the Badminton Asia Championships on Sunday.

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Top seed Yamaguchi beats aggrieved Sindhu to reach Asia final

Manila (AFP) - Top seed Akane Yamaguchi battled back to reach the Badminton Asia Championships final with a controversial win over Indian rival P.V.Sindhu on Saturday.

AFP

World champion Yamaguchi powers into Badminton Asia semis

Manila (AFP) - Top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan surged into the Badminton Asia Championships semi-finals after fighting back to defeat Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong on Friday.

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Philippines' Marcos declines debate with top presidential rival

MANILA: Philippines presidential frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Friday turned down his closest rival's challenge to a debate, saying a face-off with Leni Robredo will never happen and he prefers to communicate directly with the public.

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Marcos Jr rejects debate challenge ahead of Philippine presidential poll

Manila (AFP) - Philippines presidential election frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Junior rejected on Friday a challenge to debate rival Leni Robredo one-on-one, as the country heads into the final week of campaigning for the May 9 polls.

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Top seed Yamaguchi survives to reach Asia Championships quarters

Manila (AFP) - Top seed Akane Yamaguchi was given a scare by 317th-ranked qualifier Komang Ayu Cahya Dewi before battling into the quarter-finals of the Badminton Asia Championships on Thursday.

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Top seed Momota suffers shock early exit from Asia Championships

Manila (AFP) - Two-time world champion Kento Momota suffered a shock first-round defeat at the Asia Championships on Wednesday as his poor run of form hit a new low.

ABC News

The Philippines may vote Bongbong Marcos into office, even though his parents stole billions from the country

On a plane stuffed with diamonds, art, gold and $1 million in cash, Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines in disgrace. Three decades later, their son is set to become the country's next president.

Benzinga

EXCLUSIVE: Grom Social's Top Draw Animation Wins Incremental $1.5M In Production Work

Grom Social Enterprises' (NASDAQ: GROM) Manila subsidiary, Top Draw Animation, announced winning $1.5 million in the new animation production business.

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Global tourism to recover by 2023, post 10-year growth spurt

MANILA: The global travel and tourism sectors are projected to return to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 and grow at a rate that will outpace global gross domestic product (GDP) growth, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Philippines has potential for 21GW wind power by 2040: World Bank

MANILA: The Philippines has the potential to install 21 gigawatt of offshore wind power by 2040, equivalent to about a fifth of its electricity supply by then, according to a study released by the Department of Energy and the World Bank on Wednesday.

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Singapore to remove all tests for vaccinated visitors soon

Singapore targets to remove all Covid-19 tests for fully-vaccinated visitors “very soon,” possibly in the next few weeks, Keith Tan, chief executive of the nation’s tourism board, said in a forum in Manila Tuesday.

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