Name: Lovelle May R Eyadan.

Grade 12
Teacher Joy Marie T. Beldad

Who Is Duterte?

First of all, who is Duterte? Rodrigo Roa Duterte, also known as

Digong or Rody, is the 16th and current President of The
Philippines. As he is the 16th person to run office, he is also the
first president from Mindanao since 2016.
Duterte's height is 1.68m and was born on March 28, 1945 in
Maasin. Vicente G. Duterte was the name of his father, a
Cebuano lawyer. Soledad Duterte was the name of his mother
and was a school teacher from Cabadbaran, Agusan and a civic
leader of Maranao descent. President Duterte came from a
family of politicians as his father was Mayor of Danao, Cebu.
Rodrigo's cousin Ronald was mayor of Cebu City till 1959.
Duterte's Mother had family members in the Roa clan in Leyte.
Duterte spent most of his education in Davao. The majority of
his elementary days were spent at Santa Ana Elementary in
Davao City. He graduated secondary education of then- Holy
Cross College of Digos but now called Cor Jesu College. After
being expelled twice from previous schools including Ateneo De
Davao University (AdDu) High School due to misconduct. He
graduated in 1968 with Bachelor of Arts degree in political
science at the Lyceum of the Philippines in Manila.

2016 Presidential Campaign

Rodrigo Roa Duterte will be one of the most remembered

presidents in the history of The Philippines for good and for
some bad.
In the beginning of 2015, Duterte made some hints to the
media of his attempt to run as President in the 2016 elections.
In January one of his first promises at president was that he
would abolish Congress if he was elected. On November 21
Duterte formally announce he would run for office and
accepted Alan Peter Cayetano's offer has his running mate. One
of the main aspects of his campaign was that he would
introduce some form of parilamentary type governance and kill
tens of thousands of criminals and eradicate crime in six
months.
 Social Policy

What is Duterte's political view on abortion and contraception

issues? Duterte does not believe that contraception is morally
wrong. He wants to maintain law against abortion in the
Philippines.
Duterte vowed a continuations of the Pantawid Pamilyang
Pilipino Program, a conditional cash transfer program.
What is Duterte's view on LGBT rights? The Philippines is
ranked 10th most gay-friendly country in the world. President
Rodrigo Duterte could be an unlikely ally, although being
religious. In 2015 he said on national television that he opposes
the "bullying" of gay people.
 Duterte's Promise

President Rodrigo Duterte, a man of many words, a man with a

vision for this country. Although his term is coming to an end he
once said. "Its not the eagle in the fight but the fight in the
eagle that matter... I will end my term fighting"
We all know that Duterte will go down as one of the most
memorable Presidents in the history of the nation. We cannot
move forward if we allow the past to pull us back, he once said.
And I believe he kept his promise with doing his bets to clean
the streets. From drugs to litter, from crime to being civil,
Duterte made a change, for better of the nation.