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Rodrigo Duterte wins Philippines mayoral election from jail cell in The Hague (www.theguardian.com)

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Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has been re-elected as mayor of the city of Davao, the family’s stronghold, despite being imprisoned thousands of miles away in The Hague for alleged crimes against humanity.

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm sure Facebook had some say in why this is the way it is

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Facebook probably paid for the infrastructure on the stipulation that traffic to their site not be charged or something of the sort