Geopolitics

Election fever heats up the Philippines

Name: Election fever heats up the Philippines
Uploaded: 2016-05-05T04:32:11.310Z
Duration: 5 min 9 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Presidential election campaign overshadowed by controversies

Presidential elections in the Philippines tend to be dominated by personalities rather than policies. The one scheduled for May 9 looks no different. The FT's Avantika Chilkoti reports from Manila.

May 5, 2016

Filmed and produced by Paolo Pascual. Additional footage from Reuters and Getty. Graphics by Russell Birkett.