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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte Provides Assistance to an OFW and Dines at a Fastfood Chain
President Rodrigo R. Duterte makes an unannounced visit to a Jolibee outlet in Hong Kong before proceeding to Kai Tak Cruise Terminal where he was scheduled to attend the gathering with the Filipino community on April 12, 2018. Joining the President are his partner Honeylet Avanceña, their daughter Veronica, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence Go
While dining, the President and his trusted aide invited Alma O. Pardillo, an OFW based in Hong Kong, to break bread with them while hearing the latter's concerns. The President then vowed to provide Pardillo assistance so she could get proper medical attention for her 9-year old child, who is suffering from a lung ailment. The President also committed to shoulder the roundtrip airfare of Pardillo so she can go home to attend the college graduation of her child and to be with her children whom she hasn't seen for a long time. PHOTOS BY TOTO LOZANO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

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