Mr. Duterte’s favorite was Josh Groban’s “You Raise Me Up,” which he said helped comfort him when his mother died. The President told reporters, photojournalists and cameramen who attended the party in Malacañang’s Heroes Hall not to mind his “adversarial” relationship with the media. It’s just public interest foremost and I think … the only standard is public interest,” he said. “If your truth is not my truth and everybody’s truth, so we fight with each other and truth to … you know. But if there were disagreements, the President said that came with his job and that of the media.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 13, 2017 23:03 UTC