Duterte home for holidays — Palace
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 04:11:32 +0000
HE’LL be home for Christmas.
President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to follow his tradition of spending Christmas with his family in his hometown in Davao City.
Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said Duterte would have a “simple” holiday celebration with his loved ones, especially with his children and grandchildren.
“The President, as usual, will be spending his Christmas with his family, with his grandchildren, and children in his house in Davao City,” Panelo said.
“His wish for the Filipinos is to have comfortable lives,” the Palace official added.
The President has 10 grandchildren with his children – Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and sons Paolo and Sebastian – with his first wife Elizabeth Zimmerman.
Duterte also has a child, named Veronica or Kitty, with his partner Cielito “Honeylet” Avanceña, who is also based in Davao City.
Meanwhile, the President is expected to visit the sick children, especially those afflicted with cancer and confined at the Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City on Christmas Day.
It has been Duterte’s tradition to visit and distribute Christmas gifts to cancer-stricken children when he was still Davao City mayor.
He has been a regular donor of the Southern Philippine Medical Center. CATHERINE S. VALENTE