Philippine Presidential Race Heats Up Days Before Vote

With the race for Philippine president shaping up to be one big popularity contest between the four main contenders, the economic gains, security alliances and foreign policy of the current administration hang in the balance. In national surveys of the past two weeks, controversial Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has pulled into a double-digit lead over his rivals who had all been one to five percentage points apart throughout the three-month campaign period leading up to the May 9...

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