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Dirty tricks mar last days of Philippine election campaign

MANILA: Philippine election rivals traded allegations of dirty tricks and vote-rigging Friday, in the final stretch of an acerbic campaign that is tipped to bring the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos to power.

Bangkok Post · May 6, 2022

Marcos redux? Dictator's son may win Philippine presidency

The presidential campaign of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is resonating in the Philippines

The Independent UK · May 6, 2022

The Philippines’ Strongman Problem

Why Political Dynasties Are Dominating the Presidential Election

Foreign Affairs · May 5, 2022

Crooks, kleptocrats and crises: a timeline of Credit Suisse scandals

A string of controversies have beset Switzerland’s second-largest lender, including Japanese ‘shredding party’ and US sub-prime fraud

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2022

Velvet gloves to iron fists: how complicit are the wives of dictators?

Freya Berry’s debut novel The Dictator’s Wife explores how tyrants deploy glamorous spouses to soften their image. Do they, too, have blood on their hands?

The Guardian - US · Feb 16, 2022

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 12 February 2022

This week we visit two Asian countries gearing up for election season, and cover shaman scandals in South Korea, and the same-old story in the Philippines.

inkl Originals · Feb 12, 2022

No handshakes: Philippine presidency hopefuls open campaigns

Campaigning in the Philippine presidential election has begun with candidates led by a late dictator’s son and the pro-democracy current vice president

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022