Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Philippine Presidential Election Results Indicate Benigno Aquino III Set For Landslide Win



Benigno Aquino III Set For Landslide Philippines Election Victory -- The Guardian

Son of former president Corazon Aquino vows to fight corruption as count puts him ahead in presidential poll.

Benigno Aquino III, the son of former Philippine president Corazon Aquino, promised today to fulfil his campaign promise to fight corruption as he headed for a landslide victory in the country's presidential elections. "I will not only not steal, but I'll have the corrupt arrested," Aquino, 50, said in his first comments since yesterday's poll. Massive corruption has long dogged the Philippines, tainting electoral politics and skimming billions of public funds in a country where a third of the population lives on $1 a day.

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More News On The Philippine Presidential Election

Son of Corazon Aquino leading in Philippine presidential election -- L.A. Times
Aquino holds lead in Philippine vote -- CNN
4 presidential candidates yield to Aquino -- UPI
Benigno Aquino, son of beloved president, leads Philippine election results 2010 -- Christian Science Monitor
Son of democracy icons likely next Philippine prez -- AP
Profile: Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino -- BBC
Philippines election: Voters' views -- BBC
Difficult to see a winner in the Philippine elections -- The National

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