"If you think it's high time for you guys to withdraw your assistance, go ahead. We will not beg for it."
This was President Rodrigo Duterte's message to the European Union and the United States after hearing about how his recent pronouncements may affect the flow of international aid to the Philippines.
"How do you look at us? Mendicants?" asked an indignant Duterte during his speech on Thursday, October 6, at a police camp in Butuan City.
The President asserted that the Philippines, a 3rd world country, can "survive" even without foreign assistance. The worst-case scenario, he said, is he would be the first to suffer from the loss of aid. Full story...
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This was President Rodrigo Duterte's message to the European Union and the United States after hearing about how his recent pronouncements may affect the flow of international aid to the Philippines.
"How do you look at us? Mendicants?" asked an indignant Duterte during his speech on Thursday, October 6, at a police camp in Butuan City.
The President asserted that the Philippines, a 3rd world country, can "survive" even without foreign assistance. The worst-case scenario, he said, is he would be the first to suffer from the loss of aid. Full story...
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