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Philippines election: Marcos Jr's supporters buy his unity pitch amid divisive campaign
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Dana Batnag
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MANILA - By noon on Saturday (May 7), as temperatures rose to 33 deg C, supporters of presidential front-runner Ferdinand Marcos Jr could be seen walking to his political rally's venue - a large, dusty field in front of a casino hotel.
Buses, meanwhile, had been dropping off red-clad supporters a kilometre or so from the rally venue in Paranaque City, Manila since the morning.
