National Elections

Agency: Associated Press

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno held a motorcade promoting his presidential bid while Former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and his running mate for vice president, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte gathered their supporters at the Philippine Arena on the first day of the campaign season for the 2022 national elections. Feb. 8, 2022.

Campaigning in the Philippines’ presidential election started Tuesday with a cast of candidates led by a late dictator’s son and the pro-democracy current vice president, with all vowing to bail out a country driven deeper into poverty by the pandemic and plagued by gaping inequalities and decades-long insurgencies.

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