Duterte cries after Sara loses 2 of triplets

He may be a toughie, but he has a soft spot, especially for his children.

Arriving from a working visit in Jakarta before dawn yesterday, President Duterte admitted crying after learning that two of the triplets his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, is carrying, have died. Sara learned about the fate of her twins when she had a checkup with last Monday, following a visit to the victims of the Roxas night market bombing which killed 14 people and injured 71 others. “I cried. These are things in life that you cannot assuage. You just have to heal yourself,” the President said. The President said the sad news was relayed to him while he was attending one of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meetings in Vientiane, Laos earlier this week. The President said he was with a group of people at the lobby of the venue. “I had to excuse myself and go to the bathroom and shed tears,” he said, adding that it took some time for Sara to become pregnant again. Duterte said he has advised Sara to reveal her condition to the people, especially to her constituents. “I told her they have the right to be informed. She is a public official,” he said. Sara announced her pregnancy with triplets last month when she had to excuse herself from the celebration of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw festival upon advice of her doctor because of her delicate condition. However, she had to attend to several matters following the Davao blast. Some observers said this could have affected her pregnancy.