Mayor Rodrigo Duterte Essay

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Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, the current mayor of Davao is very well-known for up-rising of Davao because of his leadership in the city. But aside this highly-renowned place for the development of the city of Davao, he is totally a friendly and loveable kind of person to his countrymen and for his city. Rodrigo "Rody" Roa Duterte (born March 28, 1945), nicknamed Digong, is a Filipino lawyer and politician of Visayan descent. Duterte was born on March 28, 1945 in Maasin, Leyte in the Philippine Commonwealth to Cebuano lawyer Vicente G. Duterte, who served as Governor of (the then-undivided) Davao and Soledad Roa, a native of Cabadbaran, Agusan who was a school teacher and a civic leader. Duterte's father Vicente, prior to being provincial governor of Davao, was once a…show more content…
He once owned a second-hand Harley Davidson and currently a Yamaha Virago. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte). Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has a plan on taking action on tax subsidies and to support the education throughout the Philippines. He wants to pursue the development of education in the Philippines by increasing the salaries of teachers and building adequate classrooms and doubling classroom shifts (Rappler.com). He values the education of the children in the mountain ranges that cannot receive enough benefits in education because of poor transportation and lack of teachers. The economy of the Philippines is highly fragile that it would go into turmoil if there are problems involving tax and revenue. And this why one of mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign promises’ is to spread economic growth throughout the country and decongest Metro Manila. Introduce P1 billion “small capital fund” for every region outside Metro Manila where farmers and other poor workers can borrow from to put up businesses(Rappler.com). This could greatly help the poor workers to start small businesses and buy equipment for agricultural

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