True 'Tapang At Malasakit' heralds Pres. Rodrigo Duterte's leadership

AFTER so much hesitancy, mainly due to logistical concerns, then Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte finally acceded to the strong clamor that he run for the presidency as majority of Filipinos were already tired and weary – and ready to give up – of the government's incompetence, corruption in high places, moral decay and criminality mainly caused by the direction of the nation submitting itself to narco-politics with the danger of destroying people's lives, particularly that of the youth.

Inching his way to the top of the surveys which affirmed the 16,601,997 votes he got in the May 9, 2016 elections compared to the ruling Liberal Party's bet Mar Roxas at second place with 9,978,175, Duterte took his oath as the 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines on June 30, 2016 in Malacañang.