{"id":246263,"date":"2020-02-26T20:28:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T01:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=246263"},"modified":"2020-02-26T20:28:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T01:28:22","slug":"duterte-sends-flowers-to-wake-of-robredos-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/02\/26\/duterte-sends-flowers-to-wake-of-robredos-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte sends flowers to wake of Robredo’s mom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers a speech after signing into law the General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2020 during a ceremony at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on January 6, 2020. KING RODRIGUEZ\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Despite being unable to attend the wake of Vice President Leni Robredo\u2019s mother, Salvacion \u201cSally\u201d Santo Tomas Gerona, President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he sympathized by sending flowers.<\/p>\n

In a chance interview with reporters in Malaca\u00f1ang, Duterte admitted that he could not attend the wake but condoled with Robredo on the death of her mother.<\/p>\n

Admitting that he has yet to speak to Robredo over the phone, he expressed grief during this trying time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d like to say now that I am sad and I share her grief. I also lost a [mother],\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Although he could not attend the wake, he hoped that his presence would be felt when she received the flowers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI conveyed my condolences and the flowers\u2026kasama man sa kultura natin<\/em>\u00a0(It\u2019s part of our culture). We do it with flowers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, in an earlier press briefing, said that he will be representing Duterte at the wake, since the latter is swamped with work.<\/p>\n

He said Duterte has expressed desire to attend the wake but had to prioritize work.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wants to go\u00a0pero ang daming trabaho kasi. Ako nalang siguro muna<\/em>\u00a0(but there\u2019s so much work. I\u2019ll go there instead). I\u2019ll be representing him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Panelo is also a native of Naga City, Camarines Sur like Robredo.<\/p>\n

Robredo\u2019s mother died on Saturday, 7:27 p.m. She was 83.<\/p>\n

Her remains lie in state at the Eternal Chapels and Mortuary, Eternal Gardens, Balatas Road in Naga City.<\/p>\n

Fondly called \u201cSally\u201d, she was an English teacher who served at the Universidad de Sta. Isabel in Naga, one of the oldest schools in the Philippines.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0— Despite being unable to attend the wake of Vice President Leni Robredo\u2019s mother, Salvacion \u201cSally\u201d Santo Tomas Gerona, President …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":241625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246263","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=246263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246264,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246263\/revisions\/246264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}