In the lead for the presidential office is Rodrigo Duterte, a mayor from the city of Davao known as "the Punisher" for his tough stance on crime and lax attitude to extrajudicial killings. Recently, Duterte came under fire for a rape joke he made on his campaign trail.

And Bongbong Marcos is in the lead to become vice president. Marcos is the son of Ferdinand Marcos, who was the Philippine president from 1965 to 1986 and ruled as dictator under martial law from 1972 until 1981.