{"id":182260,"date":"2018-09-20T04:50:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T08:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=182260"},"modified":"2018-09-20T04:50:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T08:50:40","slug":"tolentino-well-senator-duterte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/20\/tolentino-well-senator-duterte\/","title":{"rendered":"Tolentino would do well as senator: Duterte"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_182262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182262\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/prrdresponse9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-182262\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/prrdresponse9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/prrdresponse9.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/prrdresponse9-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-182262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Rodrigo R. Duterte and his political adviser, Francis Tolentino, attend a situation briefing in Cagayan to assess the aftermath of Typhoon &#8220;Ompong&#8221; in northern Luzon. (Presidential Photo via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Wednesday complimented his political adviser Francis Tolentino for his character, saying he would make a good senator should he choose to run in the 2019 mid-term elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTolentino is with me because I like the way he is, his character and everything. And if by chance he would run again for senator, you would do well,\u201d Duterte said during the oath-taking ceremony of Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) National Board of Officers and National Chapter Presidents in Malaca\u00f1ang on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte also told the barangay officers that they would also make the right choice by voting for Tolentino.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou would do well if you get him as one of the senators.\u00a0<em>Mahusay magtrabaho<\/em>\u00a0(He works well),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte recently assigned Tolentino to be his \u201cconduit\u201d to give updates on government\u2019s disaster relief and rehabilitation efforts on Typhoon \u201cOmpong\u201d (Mangkhut).<\/p>\n<p>The President said that Tolentino was kind, soft-spoken, and \u201chas a very good persona.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMabait na tao<\/em>\u00a0(He is a good person). You have dealt with him. He is very soft-spoken and.\u00a0<em>Walang babae, wala ngang asawa eh<\/em>\u00a0(He doesn\u2019t have any women, he doesn\u2019t even have a wife),\u201d Duterte quipped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has a very good persona. If you compare me to him, I would pale in comparison.\u00a0<em>Para akong<\/em>\u00a0(I\u2019m like) Pale Pilsen,\u201d he added, referring to the Filipino pale lager produced by San Miguel Brewery.<\/p>\n<p>Tolentino is among Duterte appointees included on the Senate slate of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban).<\/p>\n<p>Prior to being Duterte\u2019s political adviser, Tolentino ran as senator in the 2016 national elections as independent candidate but lost. He was also a former chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority during the term of then President Benigno S. Aquino III.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo R. 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