The Leyte Roots of the VP and speaker | The Freeman
I was recently reminded of the 2013 earthquake and typhoon that hit Visayas because Mindanao has been rocked by earthquakes in the past few weeks, and thoughts of Yolanda also recalled the ongoing issue between Vice President Sara Duterte and Speaker Martin Romualdez. Both have roots to Leyte, which Typhoon Yolanda devastated in 2013. During the 10th anniversary commemoration of Yolanda this year, the Duterte and Romualdez surnames have been trending as comparisons were made between how, in 2013, then mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte immediately visited Leyte and sent assistance and personnel just days after Yolanda with the usual “from the people of Davao” emblazoned on the relief goods, as opposed to Speaker Romualdez’s recent photos of relief goods and other projects which prominently display his and his wife’s faces and names.
