{"id":239999,"date":"2019-12-13T22:35:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T03:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=239999"},"modified":"2019-12-13T22:35:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T03:35:44","slug":"duterte-entertains-5-year-old-boy-with-leukemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/13\/duterte-entertains-5-year-old-boy-with-leukemia\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte entertains 5-year-old boy with leukemia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: PATERNAL LOVE. President Rodrigo Duterte welcomes Jacob Wong, a five-year-old boy fighting leukemia, at his home in Davao City on Friday (Dec. 13, 2019). The President gave the cancer-stricken child an early Christmas gift and even a fatherly hug and kisses on the forehead. (Facebook photo from Johanne Bernice Guirgen Wong via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— A five-year-old boy who is battling leukemia received an early Christmas present from no less than President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday.<\/p>\n

Duterte greeted cancer-stricken Jacob Wong with a warm smile, as soon as he saw the latter waiting for him at the living area of the President\u2019s home in Davao City, based on a video uploaded on Facebook by the child\u2019s mother, Johanne Bernice.<\/p>\n

The President sat beside Jacob on a long, brown couch and gave him a fatherly hug.<\/p>\n

Duterte also kissed the child on the forehead twice, a sweet gesture from the President that is rarely shared\u00a0with the public.<\/p>\n

He likewise gifted Jacob with two miniature motorbikes, a \u201cDU30\u201d cap, and the President\u2019s framed caricature.<\/p>\n

\u201cMabait talaga ang Diyos<\/em>\u00a0(God is really good),\u201d the President said in a live video streaming shared by Jacob\u2019s father whose Facebook account name is Rrjw.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will do anything for a child,\u201d Duterte added.<\/p>\n

Photos from Johanne also showed Duterte flashing his signature pose with Jacob.<\/p>\n

In a Facebook post, Jacob\u2019s mom thanked the President for making her son happy.<\/p>\n

Johanne also posted a video of a euphoric Jacob who was seen dancing after meeting Duterte.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s so past his bedtime, but this Duterte fever hit him hard,\u201d she said. \u201cChristmas came early this year. Thank you so much, Mr. President, for welcoming us in your humble home.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the Facebook page \u201cJacob\u2019s Faithful God\u201d, the child\u2019s family learned that he has leukemia when he had a high fever and severe leg and hip pain last September 9.<\/p>\n

The President has a big heart for children who are diagnosed with cancer. As part of his Christmas tradition, he visits young cancer patients at the Southern Philippine Medical Center in Davao City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0— A five-year-old boy who is battling leukemia received an early Christmas present from no less than President Rodrigo Duterte …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":240000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ruth-abbey-gita-carlos","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239999","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240001,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239999\/revisions\/240001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}