Philippines heads to polls with Marcos-Duterte feud centre stage

Workers in the capital Manila were busily setting up polling stations Sunday for a race that will decide more than 18,000 posts, from seats in the House of Representatives to hotly contested municipal offices. It is the Senate race, however, that carries potentially major implications for 2028's presidential election. The 12 senators chosen Monday will form half the jury in a Duterte impeachment trial -- tentatively set for July -- that could see her permanently barred from public office. Duterte's...