Philippine presidential candidates wrap up campaign

MANILA－Philippine presidential candidates on Saturday night wrapped up a fiesta-like campaign period of 90 days for Monday's general election that decides the direction of the Southeast Asian country for the next six years.

More than 65.8 million Filipinos will troop to 37,211 polling stations on Monday to elect a new president, vice-president, 12 senate senators, and more than 300 members of the House of Representatives. Poll data showed that more than 18,000 national and local positions are up for grabs.

In April's final opinion poll of registered voters, former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the 64-year-old son of former president Ferdinand Marcos, is in the lead and ahead of 56-year-old Vice-President Maria Leonor Robredo and eight other candidates.