La Salle Green Hills: Where the 1986 snap elections were monitored On February 7, 1986, the Philippines held a snap election where opposition candidate Cory Aquino challenged then-president Ferdinand E. Marcos. Rappler’s Iya Gozum visits La Salle Greenhills’ gymnasium, the headquarters of poll watchdog National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections. NAMFREL’s tally board is still on display in the gym. | Rappler

Ferdinand Marcos Jr, popularly known as "Bongbong," clinched a stunning runaway victory in the Philippines' presidential election on Monday (May 9) in the first win by a majority since a 1986 revolution that toppled his late father's two-decade dictatorship. WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline | The Star