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Sherman A1

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Wed Feb 9, 2022, 05:55 PM Feb 2022

Philippine presidential campaign gets underway

Candidates vying to become the next president of the Philippines started campaigning on Tuesday, three months ahead of the vote.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of the former dictator is leading in opinion polls by a wide margin.

In his kick-off event near the capital Manila, Marcos called on people to unite against the pandemic and economic crisis.
Around 20,000 people attended the rally.

Apart from Marcos, the three main contenders are Leni Robredo, the current vice president and a human rights lawyer. At her rally, Robredo called for establishing an honest government with Duterte's authoritarian policies in mind.

Francisco Domagoso is the mayor of Manila and a former actor.
And senator Manny Pacquiao is a former boxing superstar.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220209_45/

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Marcos seems to have squelched Turbineguy Feb 2022 #1

Turbineguy

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1. Marcos seems to have squelched
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 05:59 PM
Feb 2022

the story about the person he murdered while in the UK in the late 1970's. He claimed diplomatic immunity and blew town.

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