DAVAO CITY, Davao del Sur, Philippines — A photo released by Sen. Christopher Lawrence Go on Sunday shows President Rodrigo Duterte blowing a candle stuck into a mound of rice, instead of a cake, on a plate in what appears to be a simple meal to mark his 76th birthday.
“He is blowing a candle just now,” Go posted in Filipino on his Facebook account at 6 a.m. on Sunday, showing the president wearing a T-shirt and shorts blowing a candle, near a plate with some leftover pancit canton on the table.
“Happy Birthday to our dear President, Mayor Rody Duterte,” Go wrote in Filipino.
[Original: “Maligayang kaarawan sa ating mahal na Pangulo, Mayor Rody Duterte.” ]
“In the long …
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