Three-month campaign period is now under way, with a 13-page list of prohibitions aiming to ensure fair election takes place on May 9, and different views on how to deal with South China Sea dispute.
The Commission on Elections is still mulling demands the front runner be banned from office, while the Supreme Court and even Rodrigo Duterte may put further hurdles in his way.
Despite the Philippines' former dictator Ferdinand Marcos plundering government coffers and killing thousands during his rule under martial law, his son's star continues to shine bright in the run-up to the country's presidential election in May. The support for Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jnr, 64, is especially strong among Philippines' 2.2 million overseas workers. Before the pandemic that forced thousands to.
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jnr, the 64-year-old son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos, faces several petitions seeking to stop him from running to become the Philippines ' next president. One says he's a convicted tax cheat, another that he's morally unfit. But surely the most unusual charge is that he's dead. That allegation was filed by a man who also has.