Aquino's lead widens in Philippine opinion poll

Philippine presidential candidate Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino has arrested a slide in support while his nearest rival, Manual "Manny" Villar, lost ground ahead of elections on May 10, an opinion poll showed on Monday.

The Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, conducted on March 19-22 before the start of campaigning for Congress and local positions last Friday, also showed administration candidate Gilberto "Gibo" Tedoro remained a distant fourth in polling. (Reuters)