Classmates Never Thought The Man They Called “Hoy, Dut” Would Become The Philippine President
They never thought the classmate they called “hoy, Dut”
would one day become President of the Philippines.
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, one of President
Duterte’s classmates in an all-boys high school, said their classmates did not
call President Duterte by his nicknames “Digong” or “Rody” as he is now known.
“There was nothing special about him that would indicate
that he would become President. We never really expected him to be President.
Mayor, maybe. And he became Mayor of Davao City for a long time. But President?
No one in our class ever thought he would be one. We called him ‘hoy, Dut’,” Sec.
Dominguez said during the homecoming of their batch at the Marco Polo Hotel in
Davao City.
President Duterte and Sec. Dominguez belong to the Ateneo de
Davao High School Class of 1961.
However, President Duterte finished his high school
education at the Cor Jesu College in Digos City. His parents transferred him
there because they had enough of his mischief.
Sec. Dominguez said President Duterte made it a point to
attend their annual reunion every January. But President Duterte was not able
to attend the class homecoming last year as he was already busy in his campaign
for the May 9 presidential elections.
During Saturday’s reunion at the Lotus Court of Marco Polo
Hotel, President Duterte arrived at around 9:20 p.m. and stayed for two and a
half hours.
President Duterte recounted the fight he had with his
classmate Gari Tiongco, now a lawyer and construction company executive.
Source: Newswatch
Classmates Never Thought The Man They Called “Hoy, Dut” Would Become The Philippine President
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