Pacquiao on Ropes as a Marcos Dances Back

There was adoration in the air when Manny Pacquiao, the boxing superstar running for the presidency of the Philippines, met his public on a campaign walkabout at a Manila shopping centre last week, The Times reported.

But polls make Ferdinand Marcos Jr, namesake son of the late dictator, the frontrunner to replace Rodrigo Duterte as president. Marcos’s popular running mate, Sara Duterte-Carpio, is the daughter of the incumbent.

Read the full report: The Times

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.