RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE

Majority of Filipinos is in awe of the

achievements made by President Rodrigo Duterte in the first
half of his six-year term, including crime reduction and the
surrender of more than a million drug suspects who are being
rehabilitated, according to Malacanang.

Salvador Panelo, presidential spokesperson and chief legal

counsel, said Duterte has achieved much despite the political
noise and attempts to discredit the President that were meant
to derail his success.

The other achievements by Duterte, according to Panelo, were:

Strategies and measures that prevented the spread of the communist rebellion and crushed attempts by
terror groups to establish a base in the Philippines

Free tuition in state universities and colleges

Free irrigation to farmers

Free internet access in public places

Feeding programs for public school students

Universal health care

Free medicines for indigents

Mandatory health insurance coverage for persons with disabilities

Subsidies for government hospitals

Increase of seniors’ SSS pension

Higher wages for government workers

100 percent increase in salaries of uniformed personnel

End to labor-only contracting that led to thousands of workers becoming regulars

Work-from-home arrangements