Duterte hosts for PM Abe, wife in his house

January 13, 2017

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie tries Filipino delicacies at President Rodrigo Duterte's

residence in Davao City. Photo by Pres. Assistant. Bong Go

DAVAO CITY - President Rodrigo Duterte hosted on Friday breakfast for visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie, in his house here.

In the photos taken by Special Assistant to the President Secretary Christopher "Bong" Go, Duterte even brought Abe to his bedroom where the white mosquito net that he has been using was still there.

"The four of us went to the room of PRRD (initials of Duterte). We're about 10 minutes there," he said in a text message to reporters. The other one inside the room was Abe's interpreter.

Go said the President and his partner, Cieleto "Honeylet" Avanceña, prepared Filipino delicacies, such as biko, suman, kutsinta and monggo soup for their guests.

Abe arrived in Duterte's house at around 8:55am and their breakfast meeting lasted for about an hour.

Duterte's house is located at Dona Luisa Phase 1 subdivision in Matina District, not a posh private subdivision where most Filipino politicians have been living. Celerina Monte/DMS