Rodrigo "Rody" Roa Duterte (born March 28, 1945), nicknamed Digong, is a Filipino lawyer and politician of Visayan descent. Duterte was born on March 28, 1945 in Maasin, Leyte in the Philippine Commonwealth to Cebuano lawyer Vicente G. Duterte, who served as Governor of (the then-undivided) Davao and Soledad Roa, a native of Cabadbaran, Agusan who was a school teacher and a civic leader. Duterte's father Vicente, prior to being provincial governor …show more content…
He once owned a second-hand Harley Davidson and currently a Yamaha Virago. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte).
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has a plan on taking action on tax subsidies and to support the education throughout the Philippines. He wants to pursue the development of education in the Philippines by increasing the salaries of teachers and building adequate classrooms and doubling classroom shifts (Rappler.com). He values the education of the children in the mountain ranges that cannot receive enough benefits in education because of poor transportation and lack of teachers.
The economy of the Philippines is highly fragile that it would go into turmoil if there are problems involving tax and revenue. And this why one of mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign promises’ is to spread economic growth throughout the country and decongest Metro Manila. Introduce P1 billion “small capital fund” for every region outside Metro Manila where farmers and other poor workers can borrow from to put up businesses(Rappler.com). This could greatly help the poor workers to start small businesses and buy equipment for agricultural …show more content…
It was featured in numbeo.com and several other sites that Davao has one of the lowest crime rate in the world. Davao has been strict with speed limits, ban on firecrackers and the distribution of alcohol and cigarettes (davaocity.gov.ph). Even illegal drugs are banned in the city and if a person is caught in possession of illegal substance he/she will be punished accordingly . Because of the strict implementations of mayor Duterte, the city is now one of the safest city in the world which was once a war