DIGONG
The meteoric rise of Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte
Language: English - 183 pages
€14.04
Synopsis
Filipinos either love him or hate him, but several opinion polls in the country keep showing that this tough, maverick man from a southern city in Mindanao who once burnt the Singapore flag, cursed the Pope, and insulted a US President before Asian leaders, is now the most popular president ever in the Philippines' entire history.
People in this southeast Asian country still do not realize that they are living in historic times. There has never been a Philippine President as Rodrigo Duterte.
No president before him can no longer compare with all he has done, so far, for this Third World country. Scholars and experts from Western countries will probably spend years trying to figure out what makes this tick with the 16 million Filipinos who voted this man Duterte who never wanted to be a president of his country.
About Aurelio Pena
Aurelio Pena worked as foreign correspondent for Asiaweek magazine in Hong Kong for nine years and freelance journalist for Sipa Press in Paris France for eleven years and spent most of his years writing short stories for national magazines in the Philippines. Based in the southern Philippine city of Davao, Pena honed his writing skills at the Silliman University National Writers Workshops in the 1990s writing fiction short stories about ordinary people going through difficult phases of their lives. Before working as journalist for foreign groups, Pena finished a two year writing program at the Writers Institute of America, New York.
Product specifications
| Binding | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | Wednesday, 1 April 2020 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Pagecount | 183 |
| Interior color | Black/white |
| Size | 135 x 215 mm |
| Author | Aurelio Pena |
| Category | History and politics > Biographies and memoirs |