DAVAO CITY, Philippines–After six hours of waiting for President Rodrigo Duterte to arrive, expectant crowd in two events here went home late at night Friday, disappointed because the President failed to show up. Later, reporters were told that the President would arrive at the PDP Laban rally at 9 pm. Already hungry and exhausted, the crowd was still waiting for the President at past 10 pm when former Senate President and PDP Laban president Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III took the microphone to say that the President had to cancel his plans to attend the event because of migraine. The President also failed to show up during the ceremonial distribution of Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) at the University of Mindanao here at 5 pm on Friday. ADVERTISEMENTA total of 2,095 agrarian reform beneficiaries received 3,457 certificates of land ownership awards from the Department of Agrarian Reform.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 16, 2019 06:00 UTC