Vice President Sara Duterte accompanied Senator Imee Marcos, who marked her 67th birthday by holding several activities in Davao City, her bailiwick on Saturday, Nov. 12.
Photos of the activities were posted by Duterte on her official Facebook page, first of which was at the SMX Convention Center where they witnessed the distribution of the Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) and Computerized Titles from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to farmers.
Duterte said there were 135 beneficiaries from Davao de Oro who received the CLOA while 2,638 beneficiaries from other parts of the region were given their Computerized Titles.
They were joined by DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III, Sen. Bong Go, and Davao del Sur Rep. John Tracy Cagas.
Duterte, together with Marcos, also visited a Davao-based intervention facility that houses abused girls.
There, she underscored the importance of education in getting through their ordeals.
In a separate Facebook post, the official shared that the welfare intervention facility in Cabantian, Davao City currently takes care of 47 young girls who were victims of abuse.
Duterte said that the facility was established in 1994 for the exact purpose of taking in young abused girls.
“Sa aking mensahe, ipinaabot ko sa mga kabataan ang kahalagahan ng edukasyon sa kabilang kinabukasan — na sa kabila ng kanilang mapait na karanasan, kailangan nilang magpursige at lumaban para ito malampasan at magkaroon ng isang magandang buhay (In my message, I extended to the youth the importance of education in their futures — that in spite of their bitter past, they need to persevere and fight to survive and have a better life),” she wrote.
The Vice President is also the country’s Education chief.
Marcos, accompanied by Duterte, went to Barangay 19-B in Davao City, where she distributed “nutribuns” and vegetables for Moro people.
Duterte said the nutribuns were a birthday treat from President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s eldest sister.
Nutribun, during the Marcos Sr. administration, was distributed to elementary public school students to address malnutrition in the Philippines.
Lastly, the Vice President shared photos of her with Sen. Marcos witnessing the distribution of the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to 1,000 beneficiaries in Davao City.
“Ang aming paglilibot ni Sen. Imee ay naging oportunidad din upang magpasalamat ako sa mga Dabawenyo sa suportang ibinibigay nila sa aming pamilya at sa aming kandidatura ni President Bongbong Marcos noong eleksyon (Going around with Sen. Imee became an opportunity for me to thank the Davaoeños for their support to my family and candidacy of President Bongbong Marcos),” she said.