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September 27, 2023

4,000 fisherfolks happy to receive aid from Rep. Paolo Duterte

DAVAO CITY – Thousands of fisherfolk from five barangays were happy and grateful to receive rice and cash assistance from Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte of the First District here.

Rolet Gallego, 33, a fisher dealer and president of a fisherfolk association at Sitio Malambuon in Barangay 76-A and resident of the same area, said things have become even more difficult as they struggle with what to sell since the fish have been scarce lately. 

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September 20, 2023

Thousands of fisherfolk receive aid from Rep. Duterte

DAVAO CITY – More than 2,000 fisherfolks received rice and cash support from Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte on Monday and Tuesday.

Rep. Duterte’s son Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II led the distribution of rice and cash support to 2,028 fisherfolks from barangays 21-C, 22-C, and 23-C at the Davao Coastal Road.

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September 20, 2023

Paolo Duterte turns over multi-purpose buildings, other facilities to Langub village

DAVAO CITY – First Congressional District Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, represented by his son, Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, turned over on September 13, Wednesday afternoon, various infrastructures to Barangay Langub officials in Ma-a here.

Barangay Langub chieftain Leilani Bacalso thanked Rep. Duterte for the three multi-purpose buildings situated at Zone 2, 3, and 4; a senior citizens’ building; a senior high school building; a covered court; a barangay hall; and lastly a farm-to-market road.

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September 14, 2023

Paolo Duterte turns over multi-purpose buildings, other facilities to Langub village (MJ)

DAVAO CITY – First Congressional District Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, represented by his son, Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, turned over on September 13,/Wednesday afternoon, various infrastructures to Barangay Langub officials in Ma-a here.

Barangay Langub chieftain Leilani Bacalso thanked Rep. Duterte for the three multi-purpose buildings situated at Zone 2, 3, and 4; a senior citizens’ building; a senior high school building; a covered court; a barangay hall; and lastly a farm-to-market road.

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September 1, 2023

Rep. Duterte presses passage of bill granting rental subsidy to informal settlers

QUEZON CITY - Davao City First Congressional District Representative Paolo Duterte has pushed for the passage of a law that would grant rental subsidies to eligible informal settlers to help families living in hazardous areas or those rendered homeless by calamities to avail themselves of safe, decent shelter.

Duterte underscored the urgent need for Congress to approve the measure especially with strong typhoons and other calamities continuing to displace tens of thousands of families.

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August 25, 2023

Rep. Duterte top-performing district representative sa Davao region

Muling nanguna si Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte bilang top-performing district representative ng Davao Region, batay sa pinakahuling survey ng RP–Mission Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD).

Nakakuha si Duterte ng 84.7% sa survey na isinagawa noong Hulyo, mas mataas ng 3.4% kumpara sa nakuha nito sa survey noong Abril 2023.

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August 24, 2023

Paolo Duterte remains top performing district representative in Davao region, says RPMD survey

DAVAO CITY – First Congressional District Representative Paolo Z. Duterte placed among the Top Performing District Representatives in the Davao Region, according to the latest survey conducted by the RP–Mission Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD).

Rep. Duterte garnered 84.7 percent, reflecting a notable 3.4 percent increase from 81.3 percent on the April 2023 survey, next to Rep. Maria Carmen Zamora of Davao de Oro, with 85.2 percent compared to 80.5 percent four months ago.

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August 18, 2023

Rep. Duterte pushes community participation in planning, implementing local development projects

QUEZON CITY - Lawmakers led by Davao City First Congressional District Representative Paolo Duterte want marginalized communities to get involved in the planning, budgeting, and implementation of projects that meet their priority needs as a means to combat poverty at the grassroots level.

Duterte said this globally recognized strategy, called the Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach, should be institutionalized and provided sufficient funding to ensure that underserved and remote communities can decide which programs and projects should be implemented to suit their needs.

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August 9, 2023

Rep. Duterte: Construct postharvest facilities in palay-producing areas
to help bring down rice prices

QUEZON CITY - Lawmakers led by Davao City First Congressional District Representative Paolo Duterte have proposed the construction of postharvest facilities in every palay-producing city and municipality in the country to help raise farmers’ incomes and lower rice prices.

Duterte said the construction of these postharvest facilities could begin with building a rice mill and a warehouse in every legislative district with at least one rice-producing town.

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August 2, 2023

Rep. Paolo Duterte, China’s Consul-General Zhao Xiuzhen donates 320 sewing machines to City Government of Davao

DAVAO CITY – First Congressional District Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, through his son Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte, with the People’s Republic of China–Davao Consul General Zhao Xiuzhen turned over on Wednesday 320 sewing machines to Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte.

The turnover and blessing of the “320 units of household sewing machines” donated by the First Congressional District Office and the People’s Republic of China in Davao to the City Government was held on August 2, Wednesday afternoon, at People’s Park with the presence of the 11 tribes.

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August 1, 2023

First Congressional District Office wishes newly-wed couples happiness

DAVAO CITY – First Congressional District Representative Paolo Duterte wishes eternal happiness for the newly-wedded couples in Barangay Puan on August 1.

More than 50 couple exchanged their vows and decided to embark on life as partners during the “Kasalan ng Barangay 2023” at the Mikos Place in Puan of this city.

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July 28, 2023

Rep. Duterte wants waived licensure exam fees for indigents

QUEZON CITY - First Congressional District Representative Paolo Duterte has proposed that qualified indigents be allowed to take the bar and other licensure examinations for free to ensure that financial incapacity would not be an obstacle for any Filipino aspiring to become a professional in their chosen field of study.

Duterte said House Bill (HB) 4927, which he had filed with Benguet Rep. Eric Yap, aims to provide this benefit to graduates from poor families “in order to level the playing field amongst all future professional examination takers.”

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