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MANILA - Campaigning for the Philippines' general election gets underway officially on Tuesday (Feb 8), with Covid-19 curtailing the traditional fanfare and big rallies and turning the focus to social media as the key battleground for the May 9 contest. As with the 2016 polls that catapulted Rodrigo Duterte to the presidency, social media will be crucial in the three-month.
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