{"id":127122,"date":"2017-10-28T21:57:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T01:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=127122"},"modified":"2017-10-28T21:57:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T01:57:14","slug":"pres-duterte-grants-grade-schoolers-greeting-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/28\/pres-duterte-grants-grade-schoolers-greeting-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Pres. Duterte grants grade-schooler’s greeting request"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Duterte saying hello to Andre (Screenshot from Christian Bong Go’s video)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday took time to oblige to a Filipino 6th grader’s request for a greeting, as he shot a short video message saying a simple “hello” to the boy’s teacher and classmates.<\/p>\n

In a handwritten letter dated Oct. 25, 11-year-old Andre Gabriel Custodio Esteban, who resides in Fresno, California, USA and student of the Fresno Adventist Academy, asked the Philippine leader for a video clip for a school report.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 28, Special Assistant to the President Christopher \u201cBong\u201d Go posted a 48-second clip showing the President saying “Hello,” to Mrs. Ricchiuti, Andre’s teacher, and giving the Pinoy child a heartwarming advice.<\/p>\n

“Good day, I would like to say hello to Mrs. Ricchiuti, and the students in Fresno Adventist Academy, in California, USA, especially to you Andre,” Duterte said in the video.<\/p>\n

“Andre, I received your letter request and I am most happy to oblige. I am sure that you will do a great report about our beloved country, the Philippines,” he added. “Continue being a good son and study well, and may God bless you and your family and all of us in this planet Earth.”<\/p>\n

Andre, in his letter, explained that he will be presenting a Nationality Report on the Philippines on November 15.<\/p>\n

“I am a proud Filipino and I really like you as our president and I wish to meet you someday,” he wrote. “I know that you are very busy because you are a very hard-working president\u2026 but can I ask you a special favor? Can you please send me a short video clip of you saying hello to my teacher, Mrs. Ricchiuti, my classmates, and I?\u00a0Maraming maraming salamat po<\/em>! (Many thanks to you, sir.)”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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