MANILA, Philippines (AFP) Monday 5/9/2016 –Monday’s Philippine presidential election to replace Benigno Aquino is likely to turn on five key issues that candidates agree weigh on the minds of many of the nearly 55 million voters: Crime Popular anxiety over Filipinos’ personal safety has pushed tough-talking Rodrigo Duterte to the top of the polls. The nation has been troubled for decades by Muslim and communist insurgencies, Islamist militants, clogged courts and a corrupt police force. Duterte has […]





