VOL. 8 ISSUE 228 • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016 SOLID SUPPORTERS. Supporters of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte wave flags while chanting his name during a Duterte for President campaign rally along Ponciano Reyes Street yesterday. The mayor himself was in Tondo, Manila for his proclamation rally. Lean Daval Jr.
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DUTERTE STARTS HISTORIC RUN D AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte began his historic journey yesterday in one of the least likely places in the country: Tondo, Manila. A crowd of around 10,000 gathered to witness the proclamation of Duterte, who is running for President along with running mate Senator Alan Peter Cayetano. Duterte is the first serious candidate for President from Mindanao in 50 years. He brings with him his decades of experience in local government, having led Davao City from a violent past to one of the most peaceful and progressive cities in the country.
Tondo, in contrast, is where migrants from the Visayas and Mindanao start their dream for a better life in seeking green pastures in the capital upon arriving at the Port of Manila. “Tondo has become their symbol for a hopeful journey for change. Unfortunately, Tondo mirrors the squalor, the neglect by government, the disparity between rich and poor that characterize the state of our nation,” Duterte Media Group Head Peter Laviña said in a statement prior to the proclamation of Duterte and Cayetano. “This is where we aim to
start a new beginning for our country and our people. This campaign is not just to seek mandates or to win votes, but most importantly, to empower our citizenry and bring back to our people the power and the capacity for change; to hope for a better life, a better Philippines,” Laviña said. He said the campaign will be “very modest but creative consistent with our limited resources.” “Our main goal is to reach out to the greatest number of our voters in the country and abroad utilizing all forms of mass media, social media and traditional communications,”
he said. During the rally, Duterte and Cayetano presented their platform of government, incorporating local situations and addressing these issues at different levels, at different sectors, at different regions. These are anchored on ending crime and corruption, increasing social services, promoting economic growth through regional development, building peace, and re-engineering the government system to be responsive to the needs of the citizenry with equality before the law. In Davao City, a local proc-
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