People in the Philippines are voting for a new president and other leaders.

People in the Philippines are voting for a new president and other leaders.Voting is being done under tight security; with more than one hundred thousand police officers on duty.Five candidates are in the running but reports say the outspoken mayor RODRIGO “DIGONG” DUTERTE has been tipped as the favourite to win.Campaigns for the elections have been driven by public concerns about the economy, inequality and rampant corruption.Meanwhile; seven people have been shot dead in an ambush by unknown gunmen in the town of Rosario, in Cavite province, which is on the south of the capital, Manila.Local media report that the region had been considered an area of concern because of stiff political rivalries.