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It's Election Day in the Philippines. Filipinos troop to polls to elect 12 senators, over 250 representatives, and thousands of local government officials in the midterm elections today. Vote wisely!

We will be updating our data and more post-election analysis in the coming days and weeks.

Some interesting upsets in the senatorial elections.

Record high voter turnout for a midterm elections.

Data Dictionary on Datawrapper.

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Votes are in and election winners are proclaimed. Here's a quick recap of our election data stories. We move to more exciting projects this year. Continue to follow us for more data-driven stories!

No leader wants to touch EDSA. Aquino planned for the same rehab, only to pull back from it. Now, Marcos Jr. did the same. One likely issue was timing: both administrations planned for EDSA rehab at the latter part of their terms, when they've exhausted their political capital.

HIV cases in the Philippines surge.

Five things to remember about war: 1. Many things reported with confidence in the first hours and days will turn out not to be true 2. Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics 3. The rationale given for a war will change

"As traffic worsened in NCR, motorcycle taxis got popular for Filipinos looking for a quick way to get around the city. Because motorcycles are compact enough to pass through smaller roads, they avoid congestion on main roads, saving time in commuting. data-dict.com/ph-motorcycles/

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Marcos Jr. to deliver his fourth #SONA on July 28.

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Marcos government's benchmark of 70% of GDP is weird. But apart from the debt-to-GDP ratio, other debt metrics are still at worrisome levels. We updated our two-year-old story to reflect current debt trends under the Marcos administration.

Majority of American adults now disapprove of Trump's immigration policy, per Ipsos.