Sweltering Philippines votes with Marcos-Duterte feud taking centre stage throughout morning session


Filipinos queue to vote during the midterm elections, at a polling station in Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on Monday, May 12, 2025. -- REUTERS/Lisa Marie David

MANILA (AFP): Millions of Filipinos braved long lines and soaring temperatures Monday to vote in a mid-term election seen as choosing sides in an explosive feud between President Ferdinand Marcos and impeached Vice President Sara Duterte.

With temperatures hitting 34 degrees Celsius (93 Fahrenheit) in some places, George Garcia, head of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), said some voting machines were "overheating".

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