DAVAO CITY – First Congressional District Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte wishes all barangay officials success in their programs and endless compassion in serving the people, particularly in the first district.

Rep. Duterte was the guest speaker in the “Araw ng Barangay” of 4-A Poblacion on Saturday, January 27. The lawmaker and his son, Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, along with their staff, arrived around 10 a.m.

DAVAO CITY – First Congressional District Representative Paolo Z. Duterte aided on Friday, January 19, around 800 families here affected by flash floods and landslides amid the heavy downpour from the shearline weather system for the past few days.

Rep. Duterte, through the Pulong Pulong ni Pulong (PPP) program, managed the distribution of hot chicken arroz caldo (porridge) to 800 families from Matina Crossing, Catalunan, Bago Aplaya, Barangay 9-A, Barangay 2-A, Barangay 5-A, and Ma-a.

DAVAO CITY – Almost 70 families affected by separate fire incidents here received relief assistance from the Office of First Congressional District Representative Paolo Z. Duterte last week.

Rep. Duterte’s staff distributed food packs and cash assistance to 11 house owners and 11 sharers at Mineral Village in Barangay 19-B in Bajada on Friday, January 12.

DAVAO CITY – Fifty-nine students from various state universities and colleges (SUCs) received cash grants for their tuition from the First Congressional District Office and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on January 10, Wednesday, at People’s Park here.

CHED-Davao chief administrative officer Maria Bonjeavem Alger said that each recipient received P25,000 cash from the Student Monetary Assistance for Recover and Transition (SMART) program initiated by the House of Representatives in partnership with the CHED.

This so-called people’s initiatives for charter change is nothing but pure PI.

I was informed that PBA Partylist Rep. Margarita “Migs” Nograles is spearheading the PI movement in Davao City.

I am against this people’s initiative as this is not the people’s voice but the voice of a few who wanted to perpetuate themselves in power.

DAVAO CITY – At least 500 families, following three separate fire incidents here, had a pleasant New Year’s Eve as Representative Paolo Duterte, through the Pulong Pulong ni Pulong (PPP) Program, treated them with more than 20 roasted pigs (lechon baboy) and other special meals on Saturday, December 31.

The event started in Barangay Leon Garcia in Agdao of the second district at 4 p.m. The PPP staff distributed food packs and cash assistance to the fire victims – 133 owners, 165 sharers, 44 renters, and 34 boarders and caretakers. The fire victims also received hot porridge earlier.

DAVAO CITY – 68–year–old Lorna Querol bested 17 other contestants from three districts here in the adult category of the “Sing Along ni Pulong” Season 5 Grand Finals at Rizal Park on San Pedro Street on December 20, Wednesday evening.

Querol, a Piapi Boulevard Barangay 21–C resident, said in an interview that the song entitled “This Is My Life by Shirley Bassey” was her favorite music piece to sing in karaoke. She added that her grandchildren suggested singing it in the Grand Finals.

DAVAO CITY – First Congressional District Representative Paolo Z. Duterte has again made a name this year as the “Leadership Achiever as Public Servant” in the Elite Business & Leadership Awards ceremony at Philippine Plaza Manila in Pasay City on December 18.

The Elite Business & Leadership Awards honors and acknowledges the distinctive, dedicated, and genuine leadership of accomplished leaders globally, providing them with a professional boost to strengthen their influence.

DAVAO CITY - First Congressional District Representative Paolo Z. Duterte has been named as Honorary Congressman of the Year during the recently concluded Nation Builders and Mosliv Awards rites held in Manila for crafting legislative measures that aim to contribute to the country’s sustainable development substantially.

Organized by Sustainable Standards Inc. (SSI), the Nation Builders and Mosliv Awards celebrate and honor the changemakers and leaders in sustainability across the Philippines.

DAVAO CITY – The barangay police in the first district received motorcycle equipment from First Congressional District Representative Paolo Duterte through his son Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II along Ponciano Street on Saturday, November 25.

Rigo turned over the Kawasaki CT 100 equipment – a police siren with PA system and mic, front blinker, beacon light, front crash guard stainless, and pole stand stainless – to barangay captains to be used by the barangay police.

DAVAO CITY – The office of First Congressional District Representative Paolo Duterte, through the Pulong Pulong ni Pulong program, took rounds on November 9, Wednesday dawn, to inspect flooded areas caused by hours of heavy rainfall here.

Rep. Duterte’s office responded in the affected areas in the first district and distributed food packs (rice, canned goods, milk, bread, biscuits, and bottled water), hot meals, lunch, and other basic needs to flood victims.

DAVAO CITY – The Office of the First Congressional District Representative Paolo Duterte, through the Pulong Pulong ni Pulong (PPP) program, distributed on November 14, Tuesday afternoon, hot meals and food packs to the fire victims in Barangay Tomas Monteverde in Agdao of the second district here.