By icc.philippines on Skatehive
To Jesus’ left, in an alcove, a portrait of Duterte’s illustrious governor-father, Vicente, who’d died young of a heart attack in 1968, while serving as a member of the Marcos cabinet. To Jesus’ right, the grave of Duterte’s mother, Soledad Roa Gonzales Duterte. A large, gold-framed photograph of her, hanging on the wall. It was at his mother’s grave that Duterte, soon-to-be president-elect, fell apart. His Filipino fans found it extremely moving. What might have been a private moment was crowded by the press, murmuring, clattering, falling over each other inside the cramped shrine. Cameras were flashing, and his daughter, Sara — now, herself, the mayor of Davao City — filmed the scene and posted it on social media. After crying quietly for some time, her father, dressed in his favourite red-checked, short-sleeved lumberjack-style shirt, pulls a white handkerchief from his pocket and mops his eyes as camera shutters reach a crescendo. Duterte is leaning on the altar, mumbling. His word