, ferdinand marco's. his family's legacy is a major concern. first human rights activists. his main opponent, vice president. lenny robledo is popular with young people. but critics are concerned about her ties to the rich and powerful. other contenders include manila, mayor escal moreno. the former tv star is credited for affordable housing and cleaning up the capital streets. sen, pen, philo laxom was a police chief, was promised to continue exposing government corruption and former boxer, many pack yahoo largely appeals to working class voters. forest lewis joins us from a polling station and the capital manila, a foreigner. we see all those people behind, you're going to vote. i'm curious to know if you're hearing from them in a sentiment about what a bong, bong, marco's presidency would mean for the philippines versus what a linear bread or presidents presidency would mean for the country. ah, well ferdinand, marco's juniors campaign message, as a simple one, unity, he says he's urging his voters to

early results suggest ferdinand marcos junior is in the lead by millions of votes. is there any way his rivals can catch him? >> to be honest, i don't think that is a possibility. what we are being told and what we are seeing from those unofficial partial results is the fact there is a landslide victory in store for marcos junior. even here at the national commission of the center on elections, where we are expecting a press conference later today, that's when we are going to get some indication of the official results,ut they are unlikely to be that different from the unofficial partial results that have been coming through. this was expted for some time. the polls suggested in the lead up to the election that overwhelmingly filipinos were going to vote for ferdinand marcos junior, known here as bongbong marcos, and that is because of some things howard was mentioning, the idea he has been able to whitewash the past and put forward a message of unity to the filipino era. a lot of people between the ages of 18 to 25 don't remember the brutality of the marcos era and

then you'll remember the people power revolution that toppled the marco's dictatorship and now ferdinand marco's his son, marco's junior, is the top contender to be the next president of the country. it is quite the sequel for this political dynasty dw. janelle de milan traveled to marco stronghold a locust north day to speak to his supporters. the specter of ferdinand mark was senior, still looms large over philippine politics ahead of the election. visitors are flocking to this museum and lock us, nor defer a dose of history. if not a particularly nuanced one. inside a chronicle, the marcus is time and power a lot on the rise. but curiously little on the fall and nothing on the documented human rights abuses and wholesale plunder in between. located in the marcus's home province, it's called the milan young of the north, named after the presidential palace in manila, some 480 kilometers away from here. it is a symbol of the path he has taken from here the highest office in the land, and it will become clear in a matter of days whether his son, who managed to achieve the same here at le

this is ferdinand marcos junior. can you tell us about him and about the elections and your response? >> first of a, thank you for having me. good to talk to you. look, this is something we saw coming in the nobel lecture last december. i actually warned about the impact of social media and how it is literally become behavior modification system. here the emblematic case, the impact on elections. we at rappler have gone back to look at the information operation that have targeted filipinos on the marcos side. it goes all the way back to 2014. in 2019, we published data that shows extensive manipulation, insidious and ablation are that point, facebook, the world's largest distribution platform. here we are 36 years later after people power revolt ousd ferdinand marcos, his only son ow poised to become the leader of the country that ousted him. reaction? i mean, i have been with you talking about the impact of disinformation, of information operations targeting journalists . essentially, the same thing happened in ukra

election, suggest ferdinand marco's junior as a huge lead, and he could become the next leader 36 years after his father was overthrown in a revolution. jamila allen doggone reports from manila as vote counting got turned away. it appeared for it didn't mark as junior, was searching ahead. he's the son and name sake of the former philippine president described by many as a dictator and ousted in 1986 revolution, or that they are calling this not done. i started over, but i wanted to issue a short statement and it essentially is a statement of gratitude to all of those who have been with us in this long and sometimes very difficult journey. yeah. are you the 10 candidates are running up, but for the presidency venue? it's widely considered a 2 person race, vice president lenny roberto was also the leader of the opposition, is trailing behind. marcus junior. initial results show a lead, so white pool experts believe it is unlikely ru brenda can catch up case ending up or something any wanna i'm with you in the belief that the elections must respect the full voice and well of the people my

looks like his son, ferdinand marcos jr., will make it in this race. quite an historic moment for the philippines. he has teamed up with duterte's daughter and the concern by many particularly in the south of philippines, is that the authoritarian style of room that dute has used in the past six years, will worsen now under a marcos-duterte team approach, with the daughter of duterte being the vice president. when you talk to people, the concern is that whoever wins this race -- it has been such a divisive campaign that healing those wounds, bringing the people back together will be essential. that is one of marcos' key promises. many of his supporters hope that he makes true on those promises. reporter: our correspondent reporting under philippines elections. other stories making headlines around the world, 43 people have been killed in clashes between rival gangs in the prison in corridor. some gathered to await news on their loved ones. police say they are taking control of the site in the city of santo domingo. they also seized firearms, explosions

marco's junior, also known as bung bung. marcos is the son of the late leader, ferdinand marcus. his families legacy is a major concern for human rights activists. his main opponent vice president lenny robledo is popular with young people. but critics are concerned about her ties to the rich and powerful. other contenders include manila mayor is sco moreno, the former t v star is credited for affordable housing and cleaning up the capital streets. senator pen, philo laxom was a police chief, was promised to continue exposing government corruption and former boxer money pock . yahoo largely appeals to working class voters for st. louis joins us from a polling station and the capital manila sa horn. so voting is underway, tell us what you're seeing and hearing there while the government declared monday of public holiday. so more people can come up to vote and in the past voter turnout has been quite high, usually around 80 percent. so we might see that there of course, is still too early to bring you those numbers. voting started at 6 in the morning. but while we were here, we saw

how has ferdinand marco's genius, the son of a different, who imposed martial law on filipinos? back in the 1970. come to lead the pre election poll. how have the marcos a family judged to a stolen between $5.00 and $10000000000.00 from the central bank regime considered to be one of the worst collect to talk procedures in world history, made a political come back. how as marco's june, known by his nickname, bon bon, come to be the batting favorite to succeed rodrigo, do territory in the president's office in the same, pending grades of bumble marcus to the presidency, is clearly a result of his alliance with president the because president look there to have the machinery and social media. and also there this information that breaks we'd look there, there was already social media, but it wasn't us boxing as it is now. people just believing what they want to believe. the polls are selection of effective information, something that they had launched off 6 years ago and continue to activate, filled the efforts of this current administration to undermine credibility of ms. g media

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the elder ferdinand marcos ruled the philippines as a dictator for 2 decades. and his tenure was infamous forts, corruption and brutality. for many, it was unthinkable that the marcos clan would ever run for the highest office again after returning from exile. the marcus's return to public life in the philippines with several family members taking on political position. many of bunk, younger supporters don't connect him to his father's crimes in a bubble. and we believe that bbm is starkly different from his father. ferdinand bung bung. marcos ran his election campaign on promises of unity, but has failed to explain his policy plans in detail. analysts warned that his administration will most likely mean more strong man posturing and less democratic freedoms and transparency. john, i'm enough. a more analysis on this is jan list and analyst and santa us and help us understand how a country that over through a dictatorship for 6 years ago elect the last dictator son as president a barrage, i think disinformation had a lot to do with it. we saw how the mark of ma

so let's hone in on that. ferdinand. marcos junior has been a politician governor a sen. how have we seen anything to suggest that it's like father like son and there are autocratic tendencies or anything like that? you know, the political analyst and strategists have been looking at his campaign. see, it is very interesting and the way that he is one banking on the market. last name, he is the name sake of his father and but secondly, softening the strong man image with a little bit of his own. you know, his, his political campaign message is one of unity. so nothing very, you know, and nothing very strong or very insidious or inflammatory, something that's very positive calling everyone. so as unity so that we can all achieve our nation, our nation's dreams are for a better future. so he's taken those to the marcus name and his own kind of persona, which is he soft and quite a congenial on tv to come together to bring in his own narrative. now we've been focused on the market says, but of course there are other candidates running for president. can you talk about? don't

the son of late philippines dictator ferdinand marco's is tip to win. next, monday's presidential election, ferdinand marco's junior, also known as bonbon, has sought to re brand the marco's name, that for many, is still synonymous with a brutal dictatorship and corruption on long running mate. as sarah did tear take daughter of the populace and come and rodrigo da tirty, t w's, janelle and m. a land travelled to marco's stronghold locos nor day to speak to his supporters. the spectre of ferdinand mark was senior, still looms large over philippine politics. ahead of the election, visitors are flocking to this museum in a locust nor dave for a dose of history, if not a particularly nuanced one. inside a chronicle of the marcus his time and power a lot on the rise. but curiously little on the fall. and nothing on the documented human rights abuses and wholesale plunder in between. located in the marcus's home province, it's called the mullahan young of the north, named after the presidential palace in manila, some 480 kilometers away from here. it is a sy

the son of late philippines dictator ferdinand marco's is tip to win. next, monday's presidential election, ferdinand marco's junior, also known as long bong, has sought to re brand the marco's name. that, for many is synonymous to a brutal dictatorship and corruption. bong bongs running made is sarah to tear tay, daughter of the populace in combat. rodrigo da tirty. t w. janell de leon travelled to marco's stronghold a local nortech to speak to his supporters. the specter of ferdinand mark a senior still looms large over philippine politics. ahead of the election, visitors are flocking to this museum in a locust nor deaf for a dose of history, if not a particularly nuanced one. inside a chronicles the marcus, his time and power a lot on the rise, but curiously little on the fall and nothing on the documented human rights abuses and wholesale plunder in between. located in the marcus his home province. it's called the milan young of the north, named after the presidential palace in manila, some 480 kilometers away from here. it is a symbol of the path h

he's the son of the former president, ferdinand marcos. critics say he's used his wealth to whitewash the history of his father's brutal dictatorship. bongbong marcos was also convicted in 1995 for tax evasion while serving as a public official. his running mate is sara duterte — the daughter of the current president. the main challenger to them is leni robredo. she is the current vice—president of the philippines. mrs robredo is a former lawyer and human rights advocate. her supporters include many celebrities and leading figures in philippines life. she's a member of the liberal party, which is traditionally connected with the richest families in the country. my colleague karishma vaswani's in manila. good morning to you. just after 10am there. more than 67 million eligible voters. a record number. what is turnout looking like? figs record number. what is turnout looking like?— looking like? as you can see at this polling _ looking like? as you can see at this polling station, _ looking like? as you can see at this polling station

marcos sr., 36 years later, his son, named ferdinand marcos jr., appears to have been reelected by an enormous and historic electoral mandate. the presumptive winner of the presidential election in the philippines mobld by supporters. preliminary and unofficial results show ferdinand marcos jr. winning by a land slide. known by the nickname bong bong, he concluded his first statement claiming victory saying judge me not by my ancestors but buy my actions. yet on the same day his campaign released photos of a visit to the grave of his father and namesake. the legacy of the dictator, fert nanld marcos senior, rules large. he ruled the if i will penal for 21 years. nearly half of that under martial law until the people sent the family into exile in 1986. today a monument honors the thousands of filipinos, jailed and killed by the marcos regime. meanwhile, a presidential commission is still investigating the alleged theft of some $10 billion worth of assets. stolen wealth that funded a lavish lifestyle still reynold by marcos' widow immelda and her infamous shoe collection. marcos jr. dow

the market says even after $986.00 when ferdinand marcos was deposed. so you have those people and for them the market says it might have taken a break when they went to exile, but they never really left a political scene. as you mentioned earlier, the marcus's were allowed to allow to apply public positions. and really in the last decade they were really able to, you develop their patronage networks, they were able to develop their media campaigns. and in so doing, they were able to chart the way to restore a marcus again in power and the presidential palace in milan. and young, it also has to be said that there is a sizable portion of the population that also feels like down by the promise of the revolution of $986.00. they say their lives did not improve in the decades following. and thus, a few days the ideals of about revolution. janelle certain, and marcus junior, didn't really have a policy platform. what does his victory concretely mean for the country now? is anything going to change? indeed, as you mentioned, he was deliberately vague. he camp

, ferdinand marco's junior. you seem why there is points to win the presidential election in a landslide. his expected victory of sparked protested manila with demonstrators alleging voting irregularities. the candidate who was known as bon bong has asked people, and according here, judge me not by my ancestors, but by my actions of his running made. you see her sarah do tear, take carpio is the daughter of the controversial outgoing president critics regard a marco's to tear take victory as a blow to democracy and civil rights. ah, late on monday, the name of the presidential election winner was clear. ah, shouts rang out for a b, b and the nickname for ferdinand bung bung. marcus junior as news of the election result spread, his supporters took to the streets to celebrate. ah, the candidates himself reached out to his supporters. i want to thank you for all you have done for us. there are thousands of you out there volunteers parallel groups. political leaders that have cast their lot with us because of their

back then ferdinand marcos was branded as a corrupt dictator. now, his son bongbong is the front—runner. karishma vaswani is there for us. what's the mood like where you are? i'm coming to you live from a historic part of the capital city of manila. i don't know if you can see the door to the colonial fort right behind me. it's a symbol of spanish colonialism, a legacy and a timely reminder of what filipinos hold so dear to them. their independence, the right to govern, the right to choose rather the people who govern this country. injust choose rather the people who govern this country. in just a few days' time they will head to the polls in an election which is being billed as an election which is being billed as a test for democracy and the southeast asian nation. let 5 just take you through the facts and figures. roughly 67.5 million of the 110 million population are eligible to vote and the vast majority of ballots will be cast on election day. and while the focus has been on the presidency and the vice presidency, filipinos will also be

ferdinand marcos jr. has won the election by a wide margin, and has urged the world to judge him by the elections, not his family. it has already raised fears that democratic rights will be eroded even more. our correspondent from manila. reporter: protesters gather outside the election commission building to protest against what they say are voting irregularities. some people were unable to vote after at least 1800 vote-counting machines malfunctioned during national elections on monday. less than 2% of the total number of machines. >> we are here because we have seen how sloppy the election commission's work is. they had three years to prepare for the election. they are incompetent. they took away the right for filipinos to vote for what they want. reporter: protesters were pushed back by police with water cannon swat teams on standby. the heavy pushback has long been a hallmark of the outgoing administration. incumbent president rodrigo duterte had little tolerance for dissent or criticism. ferdinand m

the elder ferdinand marcos ruled the philippines as a dictator for 2 decades at his tenure was infamous for its corruption and brutality. for many, it was unthinkable that the marco's clan would ever run for the highest office again. after returning from exile the marcus's return to public life in the philippines with several family members taking on political positions, many of bong bongs, younger supporters don't connect him to his father's crimes. but i'm in a bubble on thought that we believed that b b m is starkly different from his father, the bbm, so that ferdinand bung bung markers run his election campaign on the promise of unity, but has failed to explain his policy plans in detail. analysts warren, that his administration will most likely mean more strong men postering and less democratic freedoms and transparency or changes. also coming to sri lanka after the prime minister there announced his resignation amid escalating political violence. may hinder roger pox as decision to step down came off to several people were killed in mass protests. demonstrators have been demanding

because the front runner is ferdinand marco's junior and du territory. his daughter is running for vice president facts to a social media strategy that majors and disinformation. marcos junior as a head in the pause, leading many filipinos to fear what might be in store for their freedoms. starting with what remains of freedom of the press. our starting point this week is the capital manila, the for anyone on the outside looking at tracking the presidential election in the philippines. the question has to be, how has it come to, how has burden and marco's genius, the son of a deputy who imposed martial law on filipinos. back in the 19 seventy's come to lead the pre election port. how have the marcos a family judged to a stolen between $5.00 and $10000000000.00 from the central bank regime considered to be one of the worst collect talk procedures in world history, made a political come back. how, as marco's june, known by his nickname, bond come to be the batting favorite to succeed rodrigo, to tear place in the president's office. in the note saying, pen

when ferdinand marco senior imposed martial law on the philippines, he shut down. the majority of knew that marcos junior makes no apologies for back. in fact, his campaign is using modern day digital tools of this information to rewrite the history of that analog era. rodrigo b k that's already turned back to clock on press freedom and authoritarianism in the philippines. and if the polls are to believe there's more in the form of marco's mark to me turning to the west, now, where the leak of a draft opinion from the supreme court has revealed that a woman's right to have an abortion is now in jeopardy. starting with the leak and what we know about it. here's phillips on may 2nd reporters for the news website politico josh goldstein and alexander ward published a leaked copy of the quote draft majority opinion which lays out the positions on abortion of each of the 9 justices on the u. s. supreme court, the draft document reject the 1973 ruling known as the roe vs wade case, which guarantees the right to abortion under federal law. and it could mean that each of t

. ferdinand marco's junior is poised to win the presidential election with more than twice as many voy votes. as his main rival is expected. victorious voc protests in the capital manila with demonstrators alleging voting irregularities. my house junior has released a statement saying, judge me not by my ancestors, but by my actions is running major sarah to turn to carpio a daughter of the controversial outgoing president. and looks like you to win the post of vice president critics regarding mark austin, 30 victory as a blow to democratic democracy and civil rights. ah, late on monday, the name of the presidential election winner was clear. ah! shouts rang out for a b, b. m. the nickname for ferdinand bung. marcus junior. as news of the election results spread, his supporters took to the streets to celebrate. ah, the candidates himself reached out to his supporters. i want to thank you for all you have done for us. there are thousands of you out there volunteers paralo groups. political leaders that have cast their lot with us because of their belief in our message of unity because o

the elder ferdinand marcos ruled the philippines as a dictator for 2 decades at his tenure was infamous for its corruption and brutality. for many it was unthinkable that the marcos clan would ever run for the highest office again after returning from exile the marcus's return to public life in the philippines with several family members taking on political positions. many of bon bongs, younger supporters don't connect him to his father's crimes. but i'm in a bubble on thought that we believed that bbm is starkly different from his father . ferdinand bung bung markers run his election campaign on the promise of unity, but has failed to explain his policy plans in detail. analysts, warren, that his administration will most likely mean more strong men, postering and less democratic freedoms and transparency a corresponded janelle de milan is in the philippine capital for us. i asked her how the result is going down on the streets of manila. i'm standing out at our bb and campaign, had orders here in manila. i think you might be able to see his porter is behind me . still very jubilant. fo

also on the shore, the son of a dictator, ferdinand marco's junior wins an election landslide in the philippines. the man known as long takes an unassailable lead over his rival. we've 90 percent of the votes counted. plus 3 lancaster prime minister resigned to meet worsening unrest. may hinder. russia says he'll step down to weeks of mass protests turned deadly. his resignation was a key demand. a protest is to blame him to the country's economic crisis. ah, i'm jared raid. thank you very much for your company. the u. s. president has revived a world war 2 year, a program to speed up weapons shipments to ukraine. joe biden signed an updated version of the lindley sat, which was used to supply weapons to britain and its allies and a fight against nazi germany. he said that flatter me putin's war in ukraine was once more bringing wanton destruction of europe. lawmakers from his governing democrats using nearly $40000000000.00 of additional aid for ukraine, for the signing of that bill happened on what was victory in europe day in former soviet countries. it's a day mocking the defeat

of precincts reporting ferdinand marcos junior. you see him on there as more than twice as many votes as his main rival, linny, rob riddle, news of his impending victory. his forked celebrations among the supporters marks junior did not present a clear policy platform during the campaign, but he's expected to provide continuity from the hard line approach of his predecessor. one, what rico do tear to our correspondent geared matters. he says, a new era is now beginning in the philippines. it really looks like we see history in the making here in southeast asia, a, with that a marco's dynasty coming back to the seat of power. 40 years after his father was ousted by a people revolution, it really looks like his son fred, an on mockers junior. i will make it in this race. am i quite, quite an historic moment for, for the philippines. he has teamed up with 2 debts, his daughter, and the concerned here by many, particularly in the south of the philippines, where there is a strong hold of his biggest opponent or lenny rob reydell is that

on official results from the philippines show ferdinand marco's junior will be the country's next president . marcos junior was reported to have more than twice the number of votes of his closest rival, the 64 year old as the son of the country's late dictator who was overthrown of the revolution 36 years ago. final results are expected by tuesday. you're watching al jazeera witnesses next, following the construction of a new covert war to one of terrence oldest hospitals. how and why did susan become so obsessed? with this law? we were giving them a tool to hold corrupt individuals and human rights abusers accountable. they're gonna rip this deal apart if they take the white house of 2025. what is the world hearing what we're talking about by american today? we take on us politics and society. that's the bottom line. a joy time that i want that much in qualify might not match match on with that with a company with ah, the motor center seat was of what the a, the data over battle is on the whole year his g. c. u was a battle the in the motors on each, as i've many modest on when you check o

when ferdinand marco senior, imposed martial law on the philippines. he shut down the majority of new, though marco's junior makes no apologies for back. in fact, his campaign is using modern day digital tools of this information. to rewrite the history of that analog era, rodrigo d k. that's already turned back to the clock on press freedom and authoritarianism in the philippines. and if the poles are to be believed, there is more, in the form of marco's month to me, turning to the west, where the leak of a draft opinion from the supreme court has revealed that a woman's right to have abortion is now in jeopardy. starting with the leak and what we know about it here, small for us on may 2nd reporters for the news website politico josh gerstein and alexander ward published a leaked copy of the quote, draft majority opinion, which lays out the positions on abortion of each of the 9 justices on the u. s. supreme court, the draft document reject the 1973 ruling known as the roe vs wade case, which guarantees the right to abortion under federal law. and it

he's the son of the former president, ferdinand marcos. critics say he's used his wealth to whitewash the history of his father's brutal dictatorship. bongbong marcos was also convicted in 1995 for tax evasion while serving as a public official. his running mate is sara duterte — the daughter of the current president. the main challenger to them is leni robredo. she is the current vice—president of the philippines. mrs robredo is a former lawyer and human rights advocate. her supporters include many celebrities and leading figures in philippines life. she's a member of the liberal party, which is traditionally connected with the richest families in the country. polls in the philippines are open and karishma vaswani is at a polling station in manila. karishma, over to you. absolutely, it is a really exciting day, polls opened a couple of hours ago, we've seen thousands of people streamed through here to cast their votes, more than 18,000. they should make up their minds, setting out to make their decision. we've already seen some of the

marco's junior has a commanding lead.

because the front runner is ferdinand marco's junior and to tear to his daughter is running for vice president. thanks to a social media strategy. the major's in disinformation marcos junior as a head in the pause leading many filipinos to fear what might be in store for their freedoms. starting with what remains of freedom of the press. our starting point this week is the capital manila, the for any one on the outside looking at tracking the presidential election in the philippines. the question has to be, how, as it come to, how has ferdinand marco's genius, the son of a different, who imposed a martial law on filipinos? back in the 19 seventy's come to lead the pre election poll. how have the markers, a family judged to a stolen between $5.00 and $10000000000.00 from the central bank regime considered to be one of the worst collect to talk policies in world history, made a political come back. how as marco's june, known by his nickname, bon bon, come to be the batting favorite to succeed rodrigo, do territory in the president's office in the same, pending grades of bumble marcus,

initial results from the philippines' election show the presidential contender ferdinand marcos, jr is heading for a landslide win. mr marcos appears to have more than twice the number of votes than his main rival. vladimir putin has described the invasion of ukraine as a "pre—emptive strike". he alleged — without evidence — that kyiv had been planning military operations in areas of ukraine that russia has taken control of. he was addressing troops on moscow's red square as part of a huge military parade for the anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany. ukraine's president has said that putin was repeating the crimes of hitler's regime. as violence grips the sri lankan capital colombo, the prime minister mahinda rajapaksa has offered his resignation.

haslinda: ferdinand marcos junior is the frontrunner right now, the only son of former dictator ferdinand marcos of the same name. this was 36 years ago. millions of filipinos took to the streets to out the man due to a brutal government. he is also the man who stashed away $10 billion yet to be recovered. here we are. marcos on the brink of gaining power, gaining the top job. why? he has reinvented the legacy of his father, calling it the golden era of the country. this is through social like youtube and tiktok to do that. we are monitoring developments here and we watch how the markets are likely to react. jonathan ravelas will be joining us for that. rishaad: let's get back to what is going on on the markets as well with the pressure being piled on. it is the usual suspects. a lot of that has been priced in but we also have these lockdowns in china and a global slowdown. asian stocks managing editor joins us with all of these pressures. it is a bit of a perfect storm. >> good morning. the u.s. stock futures slumped early in the morning in asia hours, but looking a little bit, just a re

that comes his days after ferdinand marco's junior overwhelmingly won the unofficial count phones. so he rewards from manila, riot, police, and water. canon trucks have been put on standby for this protest. now this is a protest against the new incoming administration to be headed by presumptive president ferdinand marco's junior. some of the protesters here are victims of martial law. tens of thousands of people were arrested thousands. others were tortured, disappeared, or killed during that time when martial law was imposed by marco's juniors father regiment mark was as well when he was then philippine precedent. none the protesters? yes, a they understand these 2 are not the same people, but they are angered by how mockers junior's campaign whitewash the crimes and the human rights abuses during that time. now some also concerned about government attempt to recover the billions of dollars stolen by the marcus's given that the president will have power to appoint members to the government agency tasks with recovering this illegal wealth. and finally, the protest here is also abo

the senator ferdinand muttered. marcos junior high school longbow is leading by a very wide margin across your economy groups. however, i'm not because he has a very strong alliance with the daughter off the current president with a popular what's more surprising to me that he's larger among the educated groups. and i think what we have to watch out for whether those who are trailing behind would be withdrawing in the next few days. because that could be a game changer likely to happen. it seems almost them is that viable? is that just by hope all thinking that that could be a last minute game changer? canada dropping out. what do you think when i think it's very much between roberto and marcos now and i think i'm all of the support there's a vice president are bad though. are counting that the surveys have a blind spot that out as we gene said that they haven't taken into account the unprecedented ground movement of doing house to house nationwide. it's never been done before. usually you do house house for local elections. and so maybe we're in for a surprise, maybe not. but one thing t

next, monday's presidential election, ferdinand marco's junior, also known as bonbon, has sought to reinvent the marco's name. that for many is synonymous with a brutal dictatorship and corruption. bon gong is running together with the daughter of the populace incumbent rodrigo to tattoo t w's. janelle do a lot on traveled to mark a stronghold, a locust nortech, to speak to his supporters. the specter of ferdinand mark a senior still looms large over philippine politics ahead of the election. visitors are flocking to this museum in a locus nor dave for a dose of history. if not a particularly nuanced one. inside a chronicle of the marcus his time and power a lot on the rise. but curiously little on the fall and nothing on the documented human rights abuses and wholesale plunder in between. located in the marcus's home province, it's called the milan young of the north, named after the presidential palace in manila, some 480 kilometers away from here. it is a symbol of the path he has taken from here for the highest office in the land. and it will become clear in a matter of days whether his

the son of the country s late dictator ferdinand marcos. more than half of the country s are under the age of a0 — with no experience of life and just a warning — flashing images. in 1986, it was all yellow when the people powered movement toppled the dictator ferdinand marcos. now more than 30 years on, opponents of his son's presidential run are uniting behind a pink revolution with family values at its core. in recent weeks, legions of young supporters have turned further 50 civilians have been evacuated from the mariupol still works. it's been held by russian forces for two months. and a hotel undergoing renovation in havana has exploded, with many dead. local council elections in britain have resulted in the conservatives losing nearly 500 seats. the scottish nationalists remained the biggest party in scotland while there have been gains for plaid cymru in wales but it's northern ireland where the result could bring seismic change if the main nationalist party sinn fein wins more seats than the unionists. emirati has the latest and

i know ferdinand marco's junior, whose late father ruled the country for 2 decades and was often described as a dictator, is on cause to win a landslide victory. and with deter days, daughter sarah set to become the vice president. many are concerned, their civil liberties may shrink further. analysts say the return to power of the marcus family is the result of decades of rebranding. boosted in recent years through social media campaigns, often with misleading information. studies have shown that the mark was ha campaign and the mark was family has usually invested in this machinery. and i think if they're going to be the next administration, that this is going to be a lean and mean propaganda spewing machine. he says the strategy may not only help them win power, but keep it for moccasins, support his gathered outside his campaign headquarters the day after the poles. those concerns were far from their minds as their candidate heads for victory with an unassailable margin. florence lea al jazeera manila. what is his victim is editor at large for the media company raptor, and she says man

, ferdinand marco's junior is poised to win the presidential election in a landslide. is expected victory has sparked protests in manila with demonstrators alleging boating irregularities, the candidate known as bon bon, has asked people to quote, judge me not by my ancestors, but by my actions his running mate. sarah, do tear tay carpio is the daughter of the controversial outgoing president. critics regard a marco's do charity victory as a blow to democracy and civil rights. ah, late on monday, the name of the presidential election winner was clear. ah, shouts rang out for a b, b and the nickname for ferdinand bung. marcus junior, as news of the election results spread, his supporters took to the streets to celebrate. ah, the candidates himself reached out to his supporters. i want to thank you for all you have done for us. there are thousands of you out there are volunteers parallel groups. political leaders that have cast their lot with us because of their belief in our message of unity because of their belief in the candidates his when cement his families returned

this was bongbong marcos earlier, casting his vote in his father, ferdinand marcos', hometown. he was joined by his son, sandro, the 27—year—old is running for congress. this, a rare appearance of 92—year—old mother, imelda, once a byword for greed because of her excessive collection of designer shoes, bankrolled by the taxpayer. the marcoses now promise to return to a golden age of economic prosperity, but critics say they've used social media to whitewash the sins of their past. the only person standing in the way of a marcos revival is leni rabredo, a human rights lawyer and economist, but she's well behind in the unofficial tally of results. but this year's election has been marred by reports of vote—buying, violent skirmishes and malfunctioning counting machines. you can see there are some tensions in this polling station, that is because people have been waiting for hours to feed their ballot papers into this machine here, which has been malfunctioning now for six hours. people are being told here to leave their papers to be fed in later on, but because of the l