Candidates linked to Philippine ex-leader Rodrigo Duterte appear to have won election victories, including Duterte himself, despite him being detained for alleged crimes against humanity.

Election officials say former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has been elected as mayor in his home city by a landslide, despite his detention by the International Criminal Court.

Duterte wins by such an overwhelming margin as to suggest the case against him is only embellishing his popularity. While activists castigate him