Rodrigo Roa Duterte is the current president of the Philippines. He was born in 1945 in Maasin and grew up in Davao City, where he spent most of his early education. Duterte announced his candidacy for president in 2015 and was elected in 2016 on a platform of fighting crime and corruption. As president, Duterte has focused on social programs while maintaining the country's ban on abortion and supporting some LGBT rights, though he has also faced some criticism for his aggressive law enforcement strategies.
Rodrigo Roa Duterte is the current president of the Philippines. He was born in 1945 in Maasin and grew up in Davao City, where he spent most of his early education. Duterte announced his candidacy for president in 2015 and was elected in 2016 on a platform of fighting crime and corruption. As president, Duterte has focused on social programs while maintaining the country's ban on abortion and supporting some LGBT rights, though he has also faced some criticism for his aggressive law enforcement strategies.
Rodrigo Roa Duterte is the current president of the Philippines. He was born in 1945 in Maasin and grew up in Davao City, where he spent most of his early education. Duterte announced his candidacy for president in 2015 and was elected in 2016 on a platform of fighting crime and corruption. As president, Duterte has focused on social programs while maintaining the country's ban on abortion and supporting some LGBT rights, though he has also faced some criticism for his aggressive law enforcement strategies.
Rodrigo Roa Duterte is the current president of the Philippines. He was born in 1945 in Maasin and grew up in Davao City, where he spent most of his early education. Duterte announced his candidacy for president in 2015 and was elected in 2016 on a platform of fighting crime and corruption. As president, Duterte has focused on social programs while maintaining the country's ban on abortion and supporting some LGBT rights, though he has also faced some criticism for his aggressive law enforcement strategies.
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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.