Philippines election

Philippine voters began casting their ballots in a presidential election that could see the only son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos take ...

Voting was underway in the Philippines Monday to elect a new president, with the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos the favourite to win the ...

In the Philippines the winner only has to get more votes than anyone else. After a bitter campaign season, polls showed Marcos Jr heading for a landslide. He had a double-digit lead over Robredo in the latest surveys and she will need a low turnout or a late surge of support to get over the line.

The Philippines holds an election on Monday for a new president, pitting incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo against Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son of a ...

Notable was Duterte publicly thanking politician and Marcos Jr's sister, Imee, for funding his campaign - which she later dismissed as a joke. Marcos is seen as the candidate closer to China and could benefit from its business interests. Continuity with Duterte is expected, for example on key infrastructure projects. However, a Robredo presidency would probably run into turbulence. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

The Philippines goes to the polls today to choose a new president, in what is shaping up to be the most significant election in the Southeast Asian nation's ...

The Marcos camp has denied running misinformation campaigns. The Marcos camp has denied running misinformation campaigns. In a commentary, author and political analyst Richard Heydarian said the stakes are higher than any other election in recent years, with Mr Marcos likely to overhaul the constitution to entrench his power if he wins, and Ms Robredo in a position to prevent a "Marcosian hegemony". Mr Marcos has steered clear of debates and has campaigned on a message of optimism and unity, on Saturday telling hundreds of thousands of supporters that he dreamed of a "victory of unity of the entire Philippines". The vote also presents an opportunity for Mr Marcos to avenge his acrimonious loss to Ms Robredo in the 2016 vice presidential election, a narrow defeat by just 200,000 votes that he sought unsuccessfully to overturn. "It's our right to have a future with dignity and it's our job to fight for it," she said, to chants of "Leni, Leni". In a commentary, author and political analyst Richard Heydarian said the stakes are higher than any other election in recent years, with Mr Marcos likely to overhaul the constitution to entrench his power if he wins, and Ms Robredo in a position to prevent a "Marcosian hegemony". Mr Marcos has steered clear of debates and has campaigned on a message of optimism and unity, on Saturday telling hundreds of thousands of supporters that he dreamed of a "victory of unity of the entire Philippines". The vote also presents an opportunity for Mr Marcos to avenge his acrimonious loss to Ms Robredo in the 2016 vice presidential election, a narrow defeat by just 200,000 votes that he sought unsuccessfully to overturn. "It's our right to have a future with dignity and it's our job to fight for it," she said, to chants of "Leni, Leni". Mr Marcos is buoyed by a cult-like following of younger Filipinos born after the 1986 revolution, having launched a massive social media offensive in an upbeat campaign that has carried undertones of historical revisionism. The Philippines votes on Monday in its most divisive presidential election in decades, with the prospect of a once-unthinkable return to rule of the Marcos family, 36 years after they were toppled in a "people power" uprising.

The son of a former dictator may win more than half the votes to become the first presidential candidate to secure an absolute majority in decades, ...

More than 60,000 security personnel have been deployed to protect polling stations and election workers. Three security guards were also killed in Buluan municipality on restive Mindanao island in the southern Philippines on Monday when gunmen opened fire at a polling station, according to AFP news agency. Both Bongbong and Sara Duterte have said they are best qualified to "unify" the country. Elections in the Philippines are frequently marred by violence. During the campaign, Marcos has tried to recast his father's legacy as comparable to former U.S. president John F. Kennedy's family in its glamor. Robredo, a 57-year-old lawyer and economist, will need a low turnout or a late surge of support to score an upset.

Voters in the Philippines are choosing their next leader, senators, representatives and thousands of local office holders Monday.

In 2009, gunmen deployed by the family of southern Maguindanao province’s then-governor massacred 58 people, including 32 journalists, in an attack on an election convoy that shocked the world. The daughter of a trial court judge, Robredo does not belong to any of the prominent families that have dominated Philippine politics for generations, and is running as an independent propped by a network of campaign volunteers. Married to a lawyer, with whom he has three sons, he has stayed away from controversies, including a past tax conviction and the Marcos family’s refusal to pay a huge estate tax. His mother, Imelda Marcos, twice unsuccessfully attempted to retake the seat of power after returning with her children to the Philippines from exile in the United States, where her husband died in 1989. The International Criminal Court has been investigating the killings of thousands of mostly poor petty drug suspects as a possible crime against humanity. A triumph by Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would be a stunning reversal of the 1986 pro-democracy uprising that booted his father from office into global infamy.

Presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr and his running mate Sara Duterte, President Rodrigo Duterte's daughter, hold a commanding lead in opinion ...