Sara Vicenta Zimmerman Duterte-Carpio (, ; born May 31, 1978), commonly known as Inday Sara, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who is the 15th and current
vice president of the Philippines
The vice president of the Philippines ( fil, Pangalawang Pangulo ng Pilipinas, also referred to as ''Bise Presidente ng Pilipinas'') is the second-highest official in the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the first in the p ...
.
She is the third female vice president, the third vice president to come from
Mindanao
Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...
, and the youngest vice president in Philippine history. Duterte is also the
secretary of education
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...
, holding the post in a concurrent capacity. A daughter of 16th president
Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...
, she previously served as the
mayor of Davao City
The mayor of Davao City is the chief executive of the government of Davao City in the Philippines. The mayor leads the city's departments in executing ordinances and delivering public services. The mayorship is a three-year term and each mayor is ...
from 2016 to 2022, and from 2010 to 2013. She was also Davao City's vice mayor from 2007 to 2010.
Born in
Davao City
Davao City, officially the City of Davao ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Dabaw; ), is a first class highly urbanized city in the Davao Region, Philippines. The city has a total land area of , making it the largest city in the Philippines in terms of lan ...
, Duterte graduated from
San Pedro College
San Pedro College is a private, Catholic, research, coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Dominican Order, Dominican Sisters of the Trinity in Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines. It was founded in 1956.
It began as ...
, initially aiming to pursue a medical career, before taking up a law degree from
San Sebastian College – Recoletos
San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R), commonly known by its nickname Bastê, is a private Catholic coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Order of Augustinian Recollects in Manila, Metro Manila Philippines. It is ...
. She was elected as Davao City's vice mayor in 2007, before eventually being elected as the city's
mayor
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from 2010 until 2013, succeeding her father and becoming the youngest and the first female mayor of the city. After her first term ended, she took a brief hiatus, returning to politics in 2016 after being elected again as Davao City mayor and was reelected in 2019. During her second stint as mayor, she initiated the ''Byaheng DO30'' and Peace 911 programs in the city, as well as overseeing the
city government's COVID-19 pandemic response. Duterte was also an influential figure in national politics during her father's presidency, forming alliances with several political parties and playing a key role in the ouster of
Pantaleon Alvarez
Pantaleon Diaz Alvarez (born January 10, 1958) is a Filipino politician serving as the Representative of Davao del Norte's 1st district since 2016, previously holding the position from 1998 to 2001. He served as the Speaker of the House of ...
as the
Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2018.
Duterte ran for the vice presidency in 2022 under
Lakas–CMD
Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats, abbreviated as Lakas–CMD and also known simply as Lakas, is a political party in the Philippines. Lakas–CMD is considered to sit on the centre-right of the political spectrum, and is influenced by Christi ...
, becoming the
running mate
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of
Bongbong Marcos
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. ( , , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines. He previously served as a senat ...
from the
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas ( en, Federal Party of the Philippines; PFP) is a national political party in the Philippines. It is chaired by Bongbong Marcos, president of the Philippines who won by a landslide in the 2022 election. During the r ...
under the
UniTeam Alliance
The UniTeam Alliance is an electoral alliance in the Philippines formed to support the candidacies of Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte in the 2022 presidential and vice-presidential elections and their allies in the 2022 Philippine general el ...
. Their ticket won in a landslide victory, becoming the first running mate pair to win together since
2004 and the first to be elected by a majority since the establishment of the Fifth Republic in
1986
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Events January
* January 1
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**Spain and Portugal ente ...
. Duterte became the vice president on June 30, 2022 and was
inaugurated
In government and politics, inauguration is the process of swearing a person into office and thus making that person the incumbent. Such an inauguration commonly occurs through a formal ceremony or special event, which may also include an inaugur ...
11 days earlier in Davao City.
Early life and education
Sara Vicenta Zimmerman Duterte was born in
Davao City
Davao City, officially the City of Davao ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Dabaw; ), is a first class highly urbanized city in the Davao Region, Philippines. The city has a total land area of , making it the largest city in the Philippines in terms of lan ...
on May 31, 1978, the second child to then-lawyer later president
Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...
and flight attendant
Elizabeth Zimmerman.
She has spoken of her "love-hate relationship" with her father when she was a student due to her disapproval for his womanizing tendencies and late night habits.
Despite this, Rodrigo considered Sara to be his favorite child,
and placed high value on the education she and her brothers received.
Duterte attended
San Pedro College
San Pedro College is a private, Catholic, research, coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Dominican Order, Dominican Sisters of the Trinity in Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines. It was founded in 1956.
It began as ...
, majoring in
BS Respiratory Therapy, and graduated in 1999; in her inaugural speech as
mayor of Davao City
The mayor of Davao City is the chief executive of the government of Davao City in the Philippines. The mayor leads the city's departments in executing ordinances and delivering public services. The mayorship is a three-year term and each mayor is ...
, Duterte said she originally wanted to be a
pediatrician
Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until the ...
instead of a politician. She later took up a law degree at the
San Sebastian College – Recoletos
San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R), commonly known by its nickname Bastê, is a private Catholic coeducational basic and higher education institution run by the Order of Augustinian Recollects in Manila, Metro Manila Philippines. It is ...
and graduated in May 2005.
In 2005, Duterte passed the
Philippine Bar Examination
The Philippine Bar Examination is the professional licensure examination for lawyers in the Philippines. The exam is exclusively administered by the Supreme Court of the Philippines through the Supreme Court Bar Examination Committee.
Brief hist ...
. She then worked for a few months as a court attorney at the office of
Supreme Court Associate Justice Romeo Callejo Sr.
Vice Mayor of Davao City
![Sara Duterte interview](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Sara_Duterte_interview.jpg)
Before being elected as
mayor of Davao City
The mayor of Davao City is the chief executive of the government of Davao City in the Philippines. The mayor leads the city's departments in executing ordinances and delivering public services. The mayorship is a three-year term and each mayor is ...
, Duterte served as vice mayor of Davao City. She was elected in 2007, succeeding Luis Bonguyan. She served under her father, then-mayor Rodrigo Duterte, for one term until 2010. She also concurrently served as a regional officer of the National Movement of Young Legislators from 2007 to 2010.
As vice mayor, her landmark project was ‘Inday Para sa Barangay’, a
whole-of-government approach Whole-of-Government Approach (“WGA”) refers to the joint activities performed by diverse ministries, public administrations and public agencies in order to provide a common solution to particular problems or issues.
The approach and content o ...
servicing yearly in each of the city's barangays. It was later called the Caravan of Government Services when she transferred it to the Office of the City Mayor.
Mayor of Davao City
In 2010, Duterte was elected mayor, becoming the first female mayor of the city, as well as being the youngest to have been elected at 32. She won over
House Speaker Prospero Nograles
Prospero Castillo Nograles (October 30, 1947 – May 4, 2019, ) was a Filipino politician who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2010. He was the first Speaker from Mindanao in a hundred years of Philippine legis ...
, her father's political rival, in a lead of 200,000 votes in the 2010 elections. Nograles earlier filed a protest at the Commission on Elections in
Manila
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questioning the results, stating that there was a conspiracy of local poll officials. Vowing to be "useful and to serve the country at all times", she assumed the post that her father Rodrigo held for over 20 years. During her first term, she also served as officer in the National Executive Board of the League of Cities Philippines from 2010 to 2013.
On December 2, 2010, President
Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III (; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016. The son of ...
appointed her as Chairperson of the Regional Development Council (RDC) Region XI. She was the first woman to hold the chairpersonship and the first to be appointed from the government sector since the reorganization of the council in 1986. As chairperson, she saw the growth of
Davao Region
Davao Region, formerly called Southern Mindanao ( ceb, Rehiyon sa Davao; fil, Rehiyon ng Davao), is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region XI. It is situated at the southeastern portion of Mindanao and comprises fi ...
’s Gross Regional Domestic Product from 3.9 percent in 2011 to 7.1 percent in 2012.
On July 1, 2011, Duterte gained national attention when she punched Abe Andres, a Davao City Regional Trial Court sheriff, over the demolition of shanties in Barangay Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Sr., Agdao, Davao City. She had earlier asked the court and the demolition team to delay the demolition but Andres refused, making her furious. On July 11, Sheriffs Confederation of the Philippines Inc. filed a complaint against Duterte in connection to the incident. On June 28, 2012, almost a year after the incident, she publicly apologized to Andres and his family.
Duterte decided not to seek re-election in 2013 to give way to her father Rodrigo. She also turned down her father's offer to run for representative of
Davao City's 1st district.
Duterte ran again for the mayoralty post for Davao City in the
2016 elections and won the position, succeeding her father for the second time. She had her older brother
Paolo and later Bernard Al-ag as her vice mayor. She ran for reelection in the
2019 elections and was successful.
After her father won in the
2016 presidential election, Duterte launched the "Tapang at Malasakit" () movement composed of Duterte supporters and allies on October 23, 2017.
On February 23, 2018, she launched a new regional party called
Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP). The party was later approved on July 4, 2018, ahead of the
2019 general elections. HNP also stood as an
electoral alliance
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, fielding candidates from different parties for the senatorial election. Nine out of 13 senatorial candidates won in the election.
Following the creation of HNP, a feud began between Duterte and one of her father's allies, then
House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez
Pantaleon Diaz Alvarez (born January 10, 1958) is a Filipino politician serving as the Representative of Davao del Norte's 1st district since 2016, previously holding the position from 1998 to 2001. He served as the Speaker of the House of ...
, citing its formation as an example of the entrenchment of political dynasties in the country. In response, Duterte publicly berated Alvarez and alleged that he has been calling mayors in the Davao region to tag her as part of the opposition and brag about having the ability to impeach her father, all of which Alvarez denied. Duterte also remarked that "the Philippines will be a better country if he is not Speaker." Months later, Alvarez was unseated as the House Speaker in the
17th Congress, with former president and
Pampanga's 2nd district representative
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal Arroyo (, born April 5, 1947), often referred to by her initials GMA, is a Filipino academic and politician serving as one of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, House Deputy Spe ...
taking his place. According to her father, she was behind the ousting of Alvarez as speaker, stating that "honest to God, it was Inday who maneuvered it."
Policies
Duterte promoted the city as a tourism and investment destination, introducing the "Davao: Life is Here" tagline to market the city in 2011. During her second stint as mayor, Duterte initiated ''Byaheng DO30'', consisting of 30 projects addressing ten priority sectors which include "education, health, poverty alleviation, infrastructure development, solid waste management and environment, agriculture, investment and tourism, traffic and transport management, disaster risk reduction and management and peace and order".
Duterte established the Peace 911 program to address the local
communist rebellion through a "human-centered" approach, bringing several government services to far-flung areas.
The program was first implemented in the Paquibato district before being expanded to other barangays.
Her administration also established the Kean Gabriel Hotline for reporting
child abuse
Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child abuse may include any act or failure to a ...
anonymously.
As Davao City mayor, Duterte garnered an approval rating of 93% according to an independent survey by the RP-Mission and Development Foundation, exceeding her father's highest approval rating when he was mayor at 86% in 2010, and getting the highest rating throughout the country.
COVID-19 pandemic response
In early 2020, the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
reached the city. In response, Duterte created a city task force for COVID-19 and other public health emergencies and instituted several measures to limit the spread of the disease and address the crisis. The city government cancelled several citywide events, ordered the closure of several establishments, and restricted travel and movement in the city. To aid residents affected by the restrictions, the local government provided food packs; most of the city's
Bayanihan
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grant was spent on the purchase of food packs distributed to the city's barangays and for medical workers. Travel restrictions were eased as the number of cases lowered. The local government also established COVID-19 testing centers and isolation facilities. Her administration also oversaw the city's COVID-19 vaccination program when the national government began its
vaccination program in early 2021.
Vice presidency (2022–present)
Candidacy and campaign
Duterte was considered by many political commentators as her father's successor after her role as a powerbroker in the 2019 midterm elections. On July 9, 2021, Duterte said she was open to running for president. On September 9, she said she would not, since her father, the sitting president, would run for vice president, and they agreed that only one should run for a national position. However, he did not file his candidacy for vice president by October 2, but she did not file a candidacy for any national position, running instead for reelection as mayor of Davao City.
She later withdrew her candidacy for reelection as Davao City mayor on November 9. Her brother
Sebastian, incumbent vice mayor of Davao City, ran in her stead. On November 11, she resigned from Hugpong ng Pagbabago and joined
Lakas–CMD
Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats, abbreviated as Lakas–CMD and also known simply as Lakas, is a political party in the Philippines. Lakas–CMD is considered to sit on the centre-right of the political spectrum, and is influenced by Christi ...
in
Silang, Cavite
Silang, officially the Municipality of Silang ( tgl, Bayan ng Silang), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 295,644 people.
Silang is located in the eastern ...
.
There, she sponsored the wedding of Gianna Revilla, the daughter of party chairman and senator
Bong Revilla
Ramon Bautista Bong Revilla Jr. (; born Jose Mari Bautista; September 25, 1966) and commonly known as Bong Revilla, is a Filipino actor, television presenter and politician serving as a Senator since 2019, and previously from 2004 to 2016.
Th ...
, to Jed Patricio. Six days later, she became the chairperson of Lakas–CMD, succeeding Revilla. On November 19, she rejoined Hugpong ng Pagbabago as its chairperson.
On November 13, she filed her candidacy for
Vice President of the Philippines
The vice president of the Philippines ( fil, Pangalawang Pangulo ng Pilipinas, also referred to as ''Bise Presidente ng Pilipinas'') is the second-highest official in the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the first in the p ...
under Lakas–CMD for the
2022 Philippine vice presidential election. She said this was to meet her supporters halfway, who had been previously asking her to run for president. She was then adopted and endorsed by
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas ( en, Federal Party of the Philippines; PFP) is a national political party in the Philippines. It is chaired by Bongbong Marcos, president of the Philippines who won by a landslide in the 2022 election. During the r ...
as their vice presidential candidate, making her the running mate of its presidential nominee, former senator
Bongbong Marcos
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. ( , , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines. He previously served as a senat ...
, and by the
People's Reform Party
The People's Reform Party ( abbrev. PRP) is a political party in the Philippines. Founded on April 12, 1991, as the political party of former Agrarian Reform Secretary Miriam Defensor Santiago for her bid as president in the 1992 Presidential ...
.
![Sara Duterte oath taking 6](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Sara_Duterte_oath_taking_6.19.22_%285%29.jpg)
Duterte became the vice president-elect, winning the election with 32,208,417 votes with a margin of 22 million over her closest rival, Senator
Francis Pangilinan
Francis Pancratius "Kiko" Nepomuceno Pangilinan (; born August 24, 1963) is a Filipino lawyer, politician, and farm owner who served as a Senator from 2001 to 2013 and from 2016 to 2022. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 2004 to 2008.
A ...
. She became the first vice president to be elected by a majority since the
1986 elections
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Africa
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and the largest majority since
1969. She also earned the most votes for any office in a single-winner election in Philippine history.
She was also the first vice president from Davao City, the youngest to become vice president at the age of 44, the third woman to hold the post after Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and
Leni Robredo
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She was the wife of the late Jesse ...
, the third vice president who is a child of a president after
Salvador Laurel
Salvador Roman Hidalgo Laurel (, November 18, 1928 – January 27, 2004), also known as Doy Laurel, was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the vice president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 under President Corazon Aquino and ...
and Arroyo, the third vice president to come from
Mindanao
Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...
after
Emmanuel Pelaez
Emmanuel Neri Pelaez (November 30, 1915 – July 27, 2003) was a Filipino public servant and politician who served as the 6th Vice President of the Philippines from 1961 to 1965.
Early life and career
Pelaez was born in Medina, Misamis (now ...
and
Teofisto Guingona Jr.
Teofisto "Tito" Tayko Guingona Jr. (born July 4, 1928) is a Filipino politician and diplomat who served as the 11th vice president of the Philippines from 2001 to 2004, during the first term of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Born in San ...
, and the fourth Cebuano-speaking vice president overall (after
Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña Sr. (, ; 9 September 1878 – 19 October 1961) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fourth president of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was vice president under Manuel L. Quezon. Upon Quezon's sudden ...
,
Carlos P. Garcia
Carlos Polestico Garcia (November 4, 1896 – June 14, 1971) was a Filipino teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, public official, political economist, guerrilla and Commonwealth military leader who was the eighth president of the Philippines. A l ...
, and Pelaez). She and Marcos are the first presidential ticket to win together since the
2004 elections.
On May 11, 2022, Marcos announced that Duterte agreed to join his cabinet as
Secretary of Education
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...
, although she earlier expressed interest in becoming the
Secretary of National Defense. According to Duterte, she chose to become the Education secretary instead to avoid "intrigues" about her loyalty to the administration. She was
inaugurated
In government and politics, inauguration is the process of swearing a person into office and thus making that person the incumbent. Such an inauguration commonly occurs through a formal ceremony or special event, which may also include an inaugur ...
in Davao City on June 19, 2022, but only officially started her term on June 30 in accordance with the Constitution.
At her request, the oath-taking, which was the first in Mindanao for a vice president, was administered by
Associate Justice
Associate justice or associate judge (or simply associate) is a judicial panel member who is not the chief justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the Supreme Court of the United States and some state ...
Ramon Paul Hernando, her former professor at
San Beda College of Law
San Beda College of Law is the law school college under the San Beda University, a private, Roman Catholic university run by the Benedictine monks in the Philippines.Directory of Higher Education Institutions, Commission on Higher Education, 2006 ...
.
Policies
![Vice President Harris met with Vice President Sara Duterte of the Philippines in Manila - 2022](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Vice_President_Harris_met_with_Vice_President_Sara_Duterte_of_the_Philippines_in_Manila_-_2022.jpg)
In her first day as the vice president, Duterte established satellite offices for the
Office of the Vice President in
Cebu City
Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Sugbo; fil, Lungsod ng Cebu; hil, Dakbanwa sang Sugbo), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas Regions of the P ...
,
Dagupan
Dagupan, officially the City of Dagupan ( pag, Siyudad na Dagupan, ilo, Siudad ti Dagupan, fil, Lungsod ng Dagupan), is a 2nd class independent component city in the Ilocos Region, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populatio ...
,
Davao City
Davao City, officially the City of Davao ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Dabaw; ), is a first class highly urbanized city in the Davao Region, Philippines. The city has a total land area of , making it the largest city in the Philippines in terms of lan ...
,
Tacloban
Tacloban ( ; ), officially the City of Tacloban ( war, Syudad han Tacloban; fil, Lungsod ng Tacloban), is a first class highly urbanized city in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. The city is autonomous from the province of Leyte, a ...
,
Tandag
Tandag, officially the City of Tandag ( Tandaganon/ Surigaonon: ''Siyudad nan Tandag''; Cebuano: ''Dakbayan sa Tandag''; fil, Lungsod ng Tandag), is a 5th class component city and capital of the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. Accor ...
, and
Zamboanga City
Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (Chavacano and es, Ciudad de Zamboanga, Tausug language, Tausūg: ''Dāira sin Sambuangan'', fil, Lungsod ng Zamboanga, ceb, Dakbayan sa Zamboanga), is a city in the Zamboanga Peninsula region ...
. The seat of the Office of the Vice President would then be transferred from
Quezon City Reception House
The Quezon City Reception House is a reception house built and owned by the government of Quezon City to accommodate visiting dignitaries. It was built on the lot of the uncompleted and controversial Boracay Mansion. It was previously occupied by ...
to
Cybergate Plaza in
Mandaluyong
Mandaluyong, officially the City of Mandaluyong ( fil, Lungsod ng Mandaluyong), is a first class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 425,758 people.
Loca ...
, which is closer to the headquarters of the
Department of Education
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in
Pasig
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It is located along the ...
where she also holds office as its secretary. Duterte plans to establish a permanent office for the position.
As concurrent Education Secretary, Duterte was responsible for planning further the transition to the resumption of mandatory face-to-face classes at all basic education schools in the Philippines, which was put on hold since 2020 due to the risks brought out by the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
, for the school year 2022–2023. She issued her first department order, the Department Order No. 034 dated July 11, 2022, wherein schools may either opt for five-day in-person classes or blended modality from the opening of classes on August 22 to October 31 before shifting to mandatory in-person classes observing
physical distancing
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when necessary by November 2 onwards. She also declared that school uniforms and vaccination among students would be optional for the upcoming school year. She also mulled institutionalizing
blended learning
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Norm Friesen studied German Literature, Secondary Education, and Communication at the Johns Hopkins University, University of Alberta and Simon Fr ...
only in select schools and areas with special circumstances, including schools with possibly unrepaired or unfinished buildings. Earlier, before taking office, Duterte also called the reinstatement of the mandatory
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), which would later gain more support especially from legislators and government officials.
On August 3, 2022, Duterte, alongside the
Department of Transportation, launched the Libreng Sakay Program () of the Office of the Vice President, providing free rides as an effort to decongest the roads during peak hours. It initially launched five buses bestowed by the department, deploying two in
Metro Manila
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(plying the
EDSA Carousel
The EDSA Carousel is a bus rapid transit (BRT) line that is part of the bus routes in Metro Manila. The line has an exclusive right-of-way on a dedicated bus lane called the EDSA Busway which is separated from the normal road traffic in EDSA b ...
route) and one each in
Bacolod
Bacolod, officially the City of Bacolod (; hil, Dakbanwa/Syudad sang Bacolod; fil, Lungsod ng Bacolod), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the region of Western Visayas, Philippines. It is the capital of the province of Negros Occidenta ...
,
Cebu
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(plying
Mandaue
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,
Lapu-Lapu City
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, and Cebu City), and Davao City.
Personal life
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Duterte has been married since October 27, 2007, to fellow lawyer
Manases "Mans" R. Carpio, whom she met while she was attending
San Beda University
es, Universidad de San Beda
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.
They have three children: an adopted daughter, Mikhaila María, nicknamed "Sharky", and two sons, Mateo Lucas, nicknamed "Stingray", and Marko Digong, nicknamed "Stonefish". Manases, a nephew of
Ombudsman
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Conchita Carpio-Morales
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and Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice
Antonio Carpio
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, is a legal counsel for Lapanday Foods Corporation.
Duterte also hosted television programs such as ''
Una Ka BAI'' and ''
Byaheng DO30
''Byaheng DO30'' is a Philippine television public affairs show broadcast by GMA Davao. It premiered on December 18, 2016.
Overview
The TV show captures the 30 major projects and programs Davao Mayor Sara Duterte intends to accomplish in three ...
'' on
GMA Davao
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, the local station of
GMA Network
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. The latter also expanded its airing across Mindanao via GMA Regional TV and internationally via
GMA News TV International
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.
During her political hiatus from 2013 to 2016, Duterte devoted her time as one of the partner lawyers of Carpio & Duterte Lawyers. Planning to join the judiciary, she also passed the Pre-Judicature Program of the Philippine Judicial Academy.
Duterte was elected as one of the governors of the
Philippine Red Cross
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC; fil, Krus na Pula ng Pilipinas) is a non-profit humanitarian organization and a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
The PRC was established in 1947, with roots in the Philippine Re ...
in 2014. Duterte is a reserve officer in the
Armed Forces of the Philippines
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with the rank of colonel, being confirmed on March 11, 2020.
In October 2015, to convince her father to run for
president
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*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
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in the
2016 Philippine presidential elections despite his reticence due to lack of
campaign funds and
political machine
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ry, she shaved her head. On April 18, 2016, in connection with the
rape remark made by her father Rodrigo on one of his presidential candidacy campaigns, Duterte took to her
Instagram
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account to admit that she was once a rape victim. However, Rodrigo Duterte dismissed his daughter's admission and referred to her as a "drama queen".
On March 10, 2022, she told supporters at a meet-and-greet that she was part of the
LGBT
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The LGBT term is a ...
community, with her
gender expression
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being male and sex being female. Duterte's statement was met with some skepticism by local LGBT activist groups.
See also
* ''
Hoya indaysarae'',
a species named after her
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1978 births
Living people
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Bongbong Marcos administration cabinet members
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Davao City
Sara Duterte
Filipino people of American-Jewish descent
Filipino people of German-Jewish descent
Filipino television personalities
Filipino women lawyers
Lakas–CMD politicians
LGBT politicians from the Philippines
Mayors of Davao City
Mayors of places in Davao del Sur
People from Davao City
Vice presidents of the Philippines
Women mayors of places in the Philippines
Women vice presidents
Women members of the Cabinet of the Philippines