{"id":138629,"date":"2017-12-12T23:15:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T04:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=138629"},"modified":"2017-12-12T23:15:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T04:15:46","slug":"duterte-to-media-we-are-not-enemies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/12\/duterte-to-media-we-are-not-enemies\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte to media: We are not enemies"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103539\" style=\"width: 2638px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/170522194306.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-103539\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/170522194306.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Duterte, however, said that the there\u2019s always two sides to every story. (Photo: Presidential Photo\/ Philippine News Agency)\" width=\"2638\" height=\"2100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/170522194306.jpg 2638w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/170522194306-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/170522194306-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/170522194306-1024x815.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2638px) 100vw, 2638px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Duterte, however, said that the there\u2019s always two sides to every story. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\/photos\">(Photo: Presidential Photo\/ Philippine News Agency)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The iron-fist image of President Rodrigo Duterte turned gentle on Tuesday night while speaking before the press during his speech at the Malaca\u00f1ang Press Corps Christmas party.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte, who is known for his frank statement towards the media, said that he is not an enemy of the press and assured that his relationship with them is \u201calways adversarial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not your enemy. Your quest for truth, that is your business, not mine. At the end of the day, it\u2019s not my property. It\u2019s just public interest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever mind about our relations. It\u2019s always adversarial. <em>Wala naman tayong galit<\/em> [We don\u2019t hold grudges]. We do not fight with each other. I do not hate anybody here or else I would not be inviting you to my place,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The President has been open in criticizing media organizations and television stations for releasing\u00a0allegedly biased reports and coverage against the administration.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte, however, said that the there\u2019s always two sides to every story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour truth is not my truth and everybody\u2019s truth. There are always two sides of the coin. My truth, your truth, and the public perception,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the meantime, we have work to do. You have your mandate. I have my task. If we happen to meet at a corner and agree, it would be good. But if we find ourselves in disagreement, that is part of our territory,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, the chief executive serenaded the media and audience singing his favorite songs \u201cIkaw\u201d and \u201cYou Raise Me Up\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Several officials, Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, and Special Assistant to the President Christopher \u201cBong\u201d Go also belted out their favorite songs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iron-fist image of President Rodrigo Duterte turned gentle on Tuesday night while speaking before the press during his speech &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":103539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,95],"tags":[38562,38561,13135],"class_list":["post-138629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news-ph","tag-duterte-to-media-we-are-not-enemies","tag-malacanang-press-corps-christmas-party","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","mauthors-michealina-vallarta-david","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}