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Presidential aspirant and Vice President Leni Robredo greets supporters as she arrives in Cebu City on Friday, November 12, to pay a courtesy visit to Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma. #PHVote #WeDecide LOOK: Presidential aspirants VP Leni Robredo and Senator Manny Pacquiao take a picture together as sponsors for the wedding of Jose Lorenzo and Marie Angelique Abellanosa in the INC Locale of Cebu City. | via @maracepeda Photos from Pacquiao’s office pic.twitter.com/Dyu4tKhwiH — Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) November 13, 2021 LOOK: Vice President Leni Robredo arrives at the Archbishop's Palace in Cebu City Friday. | via Aldo Banaynal and Joy Torrejos/The Freeman pic.twitter.com/Y3kOBEK19L — Philstar.com (@PhilstarNews) November 12, 2021

Buong-buo ang loob ko ngayon: Kailangan nating palayain ang sarili mula sa kasalukuyang situwasyon. Lalaban ako; lalaban tayo. Inihahain ko ang aking sarili bilang kandidato sa pagkapangulo sa halalan ng 2022. — Leni Robredo (@lenirobredo) October 7, 2021 BREAKING NEWS. Leni Robredo, Philippine opposition leader, will run for president in 2022. Robredo made the announcement on Thursday, October 7, following mounting calls from supporters and political allies. #PHVote #WeDecide https://t.co/myPqahMoRc pic.twitter.com/DgIf5U74ys — Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) October 7, 2021

CNN's Paula Hancocks profiles Rodrigo Duterte, the controversial new president of the Philippines.

On May 30, 2016, the 16th Congress of the Philippines proclaimed Rodrigo Duterte as the President-elect of the Philippines after he topped the official count by the Congress of the Philippines on May 27, 2016, with 16,601,997 votes, 6.6 million more than his closest rival, Mar Roxas . At the age of 71, Duterte became the oldest person ever elected to the presidency, after former President Sergio Osmeña. Duterte is also the first local chief executive to get elected straight to the Office of the President, the second Cebuano to become president (after Osmeña), the third Cebuano-speaking president (after Osmeña and Garcia), the first Visayan from Mindanao and the fourth Visayan overall (after Osmeña, Roxas and Garcia). Watch the Associated Press' "Philippines Swears in Maverick As Leader" AP: Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in Thursday as president of the Philippines. Many hope his maverick style will energize the country. Others worry about how his threats to kill cr...