Duterte as the country’s next president ` Rodrigo Roa Duterte also known as “Digong” is a Filipino lawyer and politician of Visayan descent. Duterte was among the longest-serving mayors in the Philippines and has been the mayor of Davao City for 7 terms that sums up to more than 22 ...
MANILA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Rodrigo Roa Duterte took his oath of office as the 16th President of thePhilippinesin Malacanang, the presidential palace in Manila on Thursday. The former Davao City Mayor won the Philippine presidential election held on May 9, with 16,601,997 votes, a lead o...
"All of you who are into drugs, you sons of bitches, I will really kill you," Duterte told a huge cheering crowd Saturday in his final campaign rally in Manila. "I have no patience, I have no middle ground, either you kill me or I will kill you idiots." Philippine presidential c...
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Rodrigo Duterte (b. 1945) is a Filipino politician who served as president of the Philippines (2016–22). As mayor of Davao City, Duterte combated drug crime by endorsing extrajudicial killings, gaining a reputation that fueled his political rise. He con