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| President Rodrigo Duterte |
A Palace official on Thursday welcomed the Japan Times article carrying the CNN story stating Asia’s Best Year goes to President Rodrigo Duterte.
“It’s heartening to know that certain media agencies are able to notice the good things the President is doing,” said Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella.
Japan Times is the most widely read English language newspaper in Japan.
It will be recalled that CNN had named President Duterte as “Asia’s Big Winner” in 2016.
“For now, the Philippine leader’s unconventional moves seem a harbinger of things to come. This is no pivot to China, but a disruption of the old normal,” the article read.
“Rodrigo Duterte ended 2016 seeking to rebalance his nation’s ties, improve the life of the average Filipino and make the Philippines — a one-time economic and trade powerhouse — great again. And for that Asia’s Best Year goes to Duterte,” it added.
Just very recently, President Duterte was also named Person of the Year for 2016 by the Chinese Magazine Yazhou Zhoukan, the equivalent of Time magazine in the Chinese-speaking world.
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