Duterte poised to win Philippine presidential election

[WorldNews]

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Anti-establishment firebrand Rodrigo Duterte was heading Monday for a huge win in the Philippine presidential elections, according to a poll monitor, after an incendiary campaign dominated by his profanity-laced threats to kill criminals. Duterte, the longtime mayor of the southern city of Davao, has hypnotised millions with his vows of brutal-but-quick solutions to the nation's twin plagues of crime and poverty, which many believe have worsened despite strong economic growth in recent years. Duterte had 38.72 percent of the vote, with 75 percent of the total counted, according to the PPCRV, a Catholic Church-run poll monitor accredited by the government to tally the ballots.

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