Philippine election campaign wraps up in festive style
Benigno Aquino
Three months of intense campaigning were due to officially end at midnight with 50-year-old bachelor Benigno Aquino looking set to win Monday's election in a landslide and continue the legacy of his democracy-champion parents.
 "The dawn is near... the people are hungry for a new leadership " Aquino told a cheering crowd of roughly 10 000 people at his final major campaign rally in Manila late on Friday night.
Benigno Aquino looking set to win Monday's election in a landslide and continue the legacy of his democracy-champion parents.
 "The dawn is near... the people are hungry for a new leadership " Aquino told a cheering crowd of roughly 10 000 people at his final major campaign rally in Manila late on Friday night.
 Aquino's rally featured pop singers  movie stars and comedians delivering routines that were flashed on giant screens.
 The skits included a woman dressed as an angel telling the crowd she was sent from heaven by Aquino's late mother  former president Corazon Aquino who led the revolution that overthrew dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.
 Aquino spent Saturday in his home town of Tarlac  his family's political and economic stronghold for generations  where he travelled in a motorcade aboard a flatbed truck in a final salute to his supporters.
Three months of intense campaigning were due to officially end at midnight with [TGT] looking set to win Monday's election in a landslide and continue the legacy of [TGT] democracy-champion parents.
 "The dawn is near... the people are hungry for a new leadership " [TGT] told a cheering crowd of roughly 10 000 people at [TGT] final major campaign rally in Manila late on Friday night.
[TGT] looking set to win Monday's election in a landslide and continue the legacy of [TGT] democracy-champion parents.
 "The dawn is near... the people are hungry for a new leadership " [TGT] told a cheering crowd of roughly 10 000 people at [TGT] final major campaign rally in Manila late on Friday night.
 [TGT]'s rally featured pop singers  movie stars and comedians delivering routines that were flashed on giant screens.
 The skits included a woman dressed as an angel telling the crowd she was sent from heaven by [TGT]'s late mother  former president Corazon Aquino who led the revolution that overthrew dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.
 [TGT] spent Saturday in [TGT] home town of Tarlac  [TGT] family's political and economic stronghold for generations  where [TGT] travelled in a motorcade aboard a flatbed truck in a final salute to [TGT] supporters.