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South China Morning Post
04-07-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
‘13' or ‘27' lovers? Philippines' Duterte kisses goodbye to his womanising days
Former president Rodrigo Duterte , a self-proclaimed womaniser, once bragged that he had a wife, a second wife and at least two girlfriends. Now, in The Hague facing a war crimes trial that could see him sentenced up to 30 years in jail, the 80-year-old has some advice for the women in his life. 'To all his girlfriends – look for somebody else. Somebody with plenty of credit cards,' his son, Congressman Paolo Duterte, told supporters in The Hague on Monday, relaying the patriarch's words after visiting him at the ICC. How many women Duterte was bidding farewell to remains unclear. Paolo claimed to know of '13' in Davao City alone. A source who knew Duterte well told This Week in Asia on condition of anonymity that there were 'at least 27' women. 'That's my count,' the source said. 'He has lots of illegitimate children.' The women have become a new source of turmoil for the Duterte clan. Several have travelled to the Netherlands in recent weeks, hoping to see him, only to be denied access, fuelling an exchange of accusations among his extended family and diehard supporters. Paolo Duterte, son of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte, has told his father's 'girlfriends' to 'look for somebody else'. Photo: Reuters 'Unkind purpose'
South China Morning Post
01-07-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte wants to keep Davao house for sentimental reasons
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has stepped in to defuse a potential family feud over his Davao City house that was put up for sale, saying he is unwilling to offload the property due to its sentimental value. Advertisement Duterte's partner Honeylet Avancena said she was seeking buyers for the residence, citing her emotional concerns ever since the Davao mayor was held in a detention centre in The Hague over his charges linked to his war on drugs, in which thousands of purported dealers and users were killed. 'It hurts my chest every time I go inside. I'm the only one who enters now. There are four house helpers, but no master,' Avancena told radio station DZRH. 'We abandoned it after what happened. I cannot sleep there any more because the lawyers asked us to install CCTV even inside the bedroom.' A 'for sale' sign was seen in front of the house over the weekend, but it later disappeared. Advertisement Paolo Duterte, the ex-leader's lawmaker son, said the home was the first his father bought with his own money, and he 'doesn't want to let it go'.
