Election by the numbers
Source: Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and The Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines
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SWS: Voting preferences for President as of May 2016
Neither last week’s allegations of undeclared wealth nor the uproar caused by his earlier blithe remarks on the 1989 rape-slay of a female missionary did anything to narrow the lead of Davao City’s tough- and trash-talking mayor over his rivals in the race for the presidency that culminates on May 9, 2016. Read the full story.
The Filipina Snow Whites
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
This April, TV personality Bianca Gonzalez unwittingly turned her 6-month-old daughter, Lucia, into a cause celebre after posting a picture of her baby on Instagram. The low-angle shot shows a cute little foot connected to a cute little leg several shades darker than lily white. Online trolls took to the comments, bashing Lucia for being morena and Ms. Gonzalez’s supporters for being deluded “fantards.”