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03 March 2017
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte comforts the grieving mother of the late Pfc. Oshin Rosala, one of the two casualties in a military operation against the members of the New People’s Army on February 27, 20171. The President awards the posthumous medal of Rosala and extends financial assistance to the family during the wake visit at Camp General Edilberto Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017. MARCELINO PASCUA/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte salutes to the remains of Pfc. Oshin Rosala, one of the two casualties in a military operation against the members of the New People’s Army on February 27, 2017. The President awards the posthumous medals of Rosala and extends financial assistance to the family during his wake visit at Camp General Edilberto Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017. MARCELINO PASCUA/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte pins a medal on Pvt. Vincent Ninio Lopez, one of those wounded imin an encounter with members of the New People’s Army on February 27, 2017. The President visits the wounded soldier at Camp Evangelista Station Hospital in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017 MARCELINO PASCUA/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte awards a posthumous medal to Sgt. Marzon Morales during a wake visit at Camp General Edilberto Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017. The President also gives his condolences and extends the government’s financial assistance to the family of the fallen soldier. MARCELINO PASCUA/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte looks at the remains of Sgt. Marzon Morales during a wake visit at Camp General Edilberto Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017. The President gives his condolences and extends the government’s financial assistance to the family of the fallen soldier. MARCELINO PASCUA/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to Pvt. Vincent Ninio Lopez, one of those wounded in action in an encounter with members of the New People’s Army on February 27, 2017. The President awards the Wounded Personnel Medal to the soldier during his visit at Camp Evangelista Station Hospital in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017. KIWI BULACLAC /Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte condoles with the mother of Pfc Oshin Rosala, one of the two casualties in a military operation against the members of the New People’s Army on February 27, 2017. The President awards the posthumous medal of Rosala and extends financial assistance to the family during his wake visit at Camp General Edilberto Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017. KIWI BULACLAC /Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the mother of Pfc. Oshin Rosala, one of the two casualties in a military operation against the members of the New People’s Army on February 27, 2017. The President awards the posthumous medal of Rosala and extends financial assistance to the family during his wake visit at Camp General Edilberto Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017. KIWI BULACLAC /Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte answers questions from media at Camp General Edilberto Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017 following a visit to the wake of Sgt. Marzon Morales and Pfc. Oshin Rosala. ALBERT ALCAIN/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte shakes the hands of 2Lt. Daniel De Guzman, one of the soldiers wounded-in-action in an encounter with members of the New People’s Army on February 27, 2017. The President also awards the Wounded Personnel Medal to the soldier during his visit at Camp Evangelista Station Hospital in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017.ALBERT ALCAIN/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte inspects the injuries of Pvt. Vincent Ninio Lopez, one of those wounded in an encounter with members of the New People’s Army on February 27, 2017. The President also awards the Wounded Personnel Medal to the soldier during his visit at Camp Evangelista Station Hospital in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017. ALBERT ALCAIN/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte salutes to Pvt. Vincent Ninio Lopez, one of those wounded in an encounter with members of the New People’s Army on February 27, 2017. The President also awards the Wounded Personnel Medal to the soldier during his visit at Camp Evangelista Station Hospital in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017. ALBERT ALCAIN/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte pins the Wounded Personnel Medal to Pvt. Vincent Ninio Lopez, one of those wounded in an encounter with members of the New People’s Army on February 27, 2017, during his visit at Camp Evangelista Station Hospital in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017. ALBERT ALCAIN/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte comforts the grieving mother of the late Pfc. Oshin Rosala, one of the two casualties in a military operation against the members of the New People’s Army on February 27, 2017. The President awards a posthumous medal and extends financial assistance to the family during the wake visit at Camp General Edilberto Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017. ALBERT ALCAIN/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte condoles with the wife and child of Sgt. Marzon Morales during a wake visit at the chapel of Camp General Edilberto Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City on March 3, 2017. Morales was killed in an encounter with members of the New People’s Army on February 27, 2017. President Duterte gives his condolences and extends financial assistance to the family of the fallen soldier. ALBERT ALCAIN/Presidential Photo
Cultural dancers welcome the participants of the Cebu City leg of the 2017 Association of Southeast Asian-Presidential Communications Operations Office (ASEAN-PCOO) Roadshow at the Cebu Grand Convention Center on March 3, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo
Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Kris Ablan shows a copy of the Freedom of Information Manual during the Cebu City leg of the 2017 Association of Southeast Asian-Presidential Communications Operations Office (ASEAN-PCOO) Roadshow at the Cebu Grand Convention Center on March 3, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo
Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar answers queries from the participants of the the Cebu City leg of the 2017 Association of Southeast Asian-Presidential Communications Operations Office (ASEAN-PCOO) Roadshow at the Cebu Grand Convention Center on March 3, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo
Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Kris Ablan interacts with a participant during the Cebu City leg of the 2017 Association of Southeast Asian-Presidential Communications Operations Office (ASEAN-PCOO) Roadshow at the Cebu Grand Convention Center on March 3, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo
Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Kris Ablan delivers a message during the Cebu City leg of the 2017 Association of Southeast Asian-Presidential Communications Operations Office (ASEAN-PCOO) Roadshow at the Cebu Grand Convention Center on March 3, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo
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Cultural dancers perform an intermission number during the Cebu City leg of the 2017 Association of Southeast Asian-Presidential Communications Operations Office (ASEAN-PCOO) Roadshow at the Cebu Grand Convention Center on March 3, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo
   
Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Diño sings the national anthem during the Cebu City leg of the 2017 Association of Southeast Asian-Presidential Communications Operations Office (ASEAN-PCOO) Roadshow at the Cebu Grand Convention Center on March 3, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo
 
Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Rachel Queenie Rodulfo (second from right) sings the national anthem during the Cebu City leg of the 2017 Association of Southeast Asian-Presidential Communications Operations Office (ASEAN-PCOO) Roadshow at the Cebu Grand Convention Center on March 3, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo
   
Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar delivers a message during the Cebu City leg of the 2017 Association of Southeast Asian-Presidential Communications Operations Office (ASEAN-PCOO) Roadshow at the Cebu Grand Convention Center on March 3, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo
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Pupils sign their attendance to the Cebu City leg of the 2017 Association of Southeast Asian-Presidential Communications Operations Office (ASEAN-PCOO) Roadshow at the Cebu Grand Convention Center on March 3, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is flocked by hospital staff upon his arrival at the Davao Doctors Hospital to visit first daughter Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio who gave birth to Stonefish, the President’s newborn grandson on March 2, 2017. ROBINSON NIŇAL/Presidential Photo
A joyful President Rodrigo Roa Duterte comes out of the Newborn Care unit of Davao Doctors Hospital after visiting Stonefish, his newborn grandson from first daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio who gave birth on March 2, 2017. ROBINSON NIŇAL/ Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence Go don a lab gown as they enter the Newborn Care unit of the of Davao Doctors Hospital to see Stonefish, the President’s newborn grandson from first daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio who gave birth on March 2, 2017. ROBINSON NIŇAL/ Presidential Photo
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, garbed in a sterile laboratory gown, takes a peek at Stonefish, the President’s newborn grandson from his daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio who gave birth noon of March 2, 2017. Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence Go documents the first encounter of the President to his grandson’ at the Newborn Care unit of Davao Doctors Hospital on March 2, 2017. ROBINSON NIŇAL/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is accompanied by Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence Go in Davao Doctors Hospital to visit his daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio who gave birth to Stonefish, the President’s newborn grandson on March 2, 2017. ROBINSON NIŇAL/Presidential Photo
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña talk on the sidelines of the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017. MARCELINO PASCUA/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte vows that he would neither declare martial law nor suspend the writ of habeas corpus in his speech during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017. MARCELINO PASCUA/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte listens to Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña while the latter is delivering a message during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017. KING RODRIGUEZ/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte leads the burying of the time capsule during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017. KING RODRIGUEZ/Presidential Photo
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte speaks with businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan on the sidelines of the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017. Also in the photo are Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar. KING RODRIGUEZ/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte raises his fist on the sidelines of the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017. Also in the photo are (from left to right) Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Diño, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, and businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan. KING RODRIGUEZ/Presidential Photo
Supporters cheer as President Rodrigo Roa Duterte arrives at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu for the groundbreaking of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) on March 2, 2017. KING RODRIGUEZ/Presidential Photo
Aerial photo shows the chopper carrying President Rodrigo Roa Duterte as it hovers over the site from where the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) will be constructed. The President also attended the groundbreaking ceremony of CCLEX at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017. KING RODRIGUEZ/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte leads the burying of the time capsule during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017. MARCELINO PASCUA/Presidential Photo
Supporters cheers as they wait for the arrival of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017 for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX). MARCELINO PASCUA/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte interacts with supporters upon his arrival at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017 for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX). KING RODRIGUEZ/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte shows a pile of documents containing names of government officials involved in the illegal drug trade in his speech during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017. KING RODRIGUEZ/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte vows that he would neither declare martial law nor suspend the writ of habeas corpus in his speech during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017. KING RODRIGUEZ/Presidential Photo
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(From left to right) Presidential Legislative Liaison Office Secretary Adelino Sitoy, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Diño, and Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea share a light moment on the sidelines of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) groundbreaking ceremony at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017. KING RODRIGUEZ/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte thanks the audience after delivering his keynote speech during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017. Also in the photo is Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar. ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte cites the need to improve the mass transport system to ease up traffic congestion in his keynote message during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte shakes hands with businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan upon his arrival at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017 for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX). ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo
Supporters cheer as they wait for the arrival of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017 for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX). ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte gestures as he delivers his keynote message during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017. ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte interacts with supporters upon his arrival at the Virlo Public Market in Cebu on March 2, 2017 for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX). ACE MORANDANTE/Presidential Photo