Philippines: Duterte appears for the first time in a long time at the publication commemoration of the “legacy” book of his administration

Former President Duterte talks with other guests.On the right is Senator Von Goh, “the aide of the aide”, at the Manila Hotel in the capital city of Manila, just after 6:00 p.m. on Oct. 14. (Mainichi/Tomoaki Takeshita)Former President Duterte appeared in public for the first time in a long time after 6:00 pm on the 14th with his common-law partner Honeylet Avansenya. The previous government’s large-scale public investment program “…