welcome to newsday, i m karishma vaswani reporting live from manila, where initial results show the presidential contender, ferdinand marcoer, heading for a landslide win. the son of a former dictator, mr marcos, known locally as bongbong, appears to have more than twice the number of votes than his main rival, the outgoing vice president, leni robredo. i m mariko oi, here in singapore. also on the programme: president putin uses russia s victory day parade to justify his invasion of ukraine, but there s no indication of any change of course. the point is, the kremlin s
decision to attack ukraine has sparked global condemnation and sanctions, and is turning russia into a pariah. for the first time in nearly 60 years, queen elizabeth would be attending one of her most at important ceremonial duties, the opening of the british parliament. and after weeks of violent protests and at least five more deaths, the sri lankan prime minster has resigned. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. . it s 08:00 in the morning here in the philippines, where i m at the center for the national commission on elections in manila. it is getting pretty crowded as a journalist are arriving and the a journalist are arriving and the anticipation of the press conferences to be held later, we should get some indication of the we should get some indication of the official results in these of the official results in these elections.-
bring you up to date with our top story this morning. it seems that the marcos family is coming back to power in the philippines. so far, the unofficial partial results show that the son of the former dictator ferdinand marcoer has won a landslide victory. karishma vaswani is in manila. my my colleague has been following the elections very closely. yeah, you were just talking about that very expensive dress of marilyn monroe s, and who could forget when we talk about the marcos family, imelda marcos and her very expensive collection of designer shoes, and its remarkable, you know, given the fact that this family has had such a torrid history in the philippines that today, 36 years after huge street protests in the philippines,
documents, whistle blower accounts, and independent media reporting seemingly mean little to the majority here. howard johnson, bbc news, manila. i want to give you some of the latest information we are getting here from the philippines, from that unofficial partial results, and what we are told is that bongbong marcos s running mate, sara duterte, the daughter of the current president, rodrigo duterte there, she is also racing ahead in these results by a margin of some 20 million votes against her main rival, so it does look like the president and the vice president, who ran together as a team, are indeed. they are emerging at least in these unofficial results as the victors of these polls. now, the main rivalfor bongbong marcos, leni robredo, we have heard from her in the last couple of hours. she indicated
on detail and specifics, and instead, they have been focusing on their cult of personality here and that is very much how we have seen that the trends of philippines elections go in the past as well. on offer, of course, as he pointed out in the introduction is the man that many of the polls seem to suggest, the recent opinion polls, could be the front runner in this election, the son of the former strongman ferdinand marcos, known here as bongbong marcos. he to be very popular among voters we have been talking to here and the person he is going up against, the one that has given him the toughest competition in this context, leni robredo, the woman behind pink power because of the colour that her supporters and she wear to demonstrate their loyalty to her and the party that she represents. so, a very exciting, divisive contest indeed. . ., , indeed. ok. exciting and it s certainly lively indeed. ok. exciting and it s certainly lively where - indeed. ok. exciting and it s certainly