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| President Duterte poses beside the presidential bed at the Mansion, complete with mosquito net. —MALACAÑANG PHOTO |
Baguio City—He may be the country’s top official, but President Duterte wasn’t about to give up the folksy comfort of sleeping under his favorite “kulambo” (mosquito net) at the historic presidential Mansion here on Friday night.
The President attended the annual alumni homecoming of the Philippine Military Academy at Fort Del Pilar here on Saturday.
Because of Mr. Duterte’s expressed preference to spend more time in Malacañang and his hometown, Davao City, some government officials did not expect him to set foot inside the 109-year-old official summer residence of the country’s President in this mountain city.
In January, Mr. Duterte gave visiting Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a tour of his two-story house, showing him the kulambo, or the mosquito net he sleeps under on most weekends.
Writing about the tour on his Facebook post, presidential assistant Christopher Go said the President, the son of a former governor, “enjoys the comfort of his own bed, including his old and favorite mosquito net.” (Vincent Cabreza/Inquirer_Baquio)
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