Candidates come to the end of the campaign trail for Eleksyon 2016

Candidates for national and local posts are expected to give it their all on Saturday with the end of the months' long campaign period just hours away.

The colorful and heated presidential campaign saw spirited exchanges and accusations thrown about like so much confetti, particularly during the final weeks, highlighting the personality differences between the candidates involved.

Social media also become a major battleground for the candidates in these elections, given that networking sites are mostly exempted from regulation. Infamously, this has become the arena in which supporters rapidly defended their preferred candidates, with bullying becoming the norm rather than the exception.

This campaign period also saw a series of presidential debates, the first in 24 years, facilitated by the Commission of Elections.

And in the final hours of the campaign, all five presidential candidates will make their final pitch in their respective mitings de avance.

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte will stand before his supporters at the Luneta in Manila. Administration standard-bearer Mar Roxas and the Liberal Party (LP) will rally their supporters at the Quezon City Memorial Circle. Sen. Grace Poe and her ticket will return to Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, Manila, where they also started their campaign. Vice President Jejomar Binay of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) will end his campaign at Lawton Avenue, corner JP Rizal St. and Kalayaan Avenue in Makati, the city where he served as mayor for about two decades. Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago and her supporters will end their "red-volution" at the West Triangle in Quezon City.

Tracker

These meeting will be the candidates' last stop in their 90-day nationwide campaign, during which they made as many stops as they could in vote-rich areas.

According to GMA News' campaign tracker, all five presidential candidates held most of their sorties and other campaign activities in the National Capital Region (NCR), where there are more than 6 million registered voters. The fact that all the campaigns are making their final push in the NCR  attests  to the importance of the capital to the candidates.

Nevertheless, Roxas chose to take make his case in as many places as possible and was thus the most traveled candidate, making 94 visits to 46 provinces and cities. Poe made 80 trips to 44 provinces and cities, while Binay visited 82 areas in 36 provinces and cities.

Duterte's campaign made 74 visits to 43 provinces and cities, while Santiago—the least visible of the candidates—managed to pay 25 visits to 19 provinces and cities.

Among the vice presidential candidates, the LP's Leni Robredo reached the most number of places, with 147 separate visits to 51 provinces and cities. She is followed by Sen. Francis Escudero, who had a nearly identical itinerary to his running-mate Poe, with 80 visits to 42 provinces.

Sen. Gregorio Honasan campaigned 68 times in 28 provinces, while Sen. Alan Cayetano made 63 visits to 31 provinces. Sen. Bongbong Marcos campaigned more than his running-mate Santiago, with 59 visits to 32 provinces and several areas in Metro Manila.

Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV covered the least number of provinces and cities, with only 25 visits to 19 of them.

Prohibited activities

The election calendar marks Sunday as a cooling-off day, a so-called day of reflection and rest for voters and candidates, before everyone heads to the polls to cast their ballots on Monday.

Starting Sunday, a two-day liquor ban will be enforced.

The following acts are also prohibited:

• campaigning;
• giving or accepting free transportation, food/drinks, or "things of value".

These prohibitions will be enforced until Election Day. In addition, these activities are also prohibited:

• soliciting votes or undertaking any propaganda for or against any candidate/political party inside the polling place and within 30 meters thereof;
• opening of booths or stalls for the sale of merchandise or refreshments within a 30-meter radius from the polling place; and
• holding of fairs, cockfights, boxing bouts, horse races, or any other similar sports.

Monday's voting period will begin at 6 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. — DVM, GMA News