Hundreds of thousands flock to Pampanga in mammoth rally for Philippine presidential aspirant Leni Robredo

Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Philippine presidential hopeful Leni Robredo flocked to Pampanga province on April 9, in an impressive show of force for the politician in her rivals' territory exactly a month before the country holds its national elections.

The Robinsons Star Mills field in San Fernando City was painted in pink as some 220,000 people - Robredo's largest crowd yet in her campaign trail across the Philippines - arrived to attend the grand people's rally, local police said.