GRATEFUL. Supporters of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte gather at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila early Sunday afternoon (June 26, 2022). They attended the thanksgiving event "Salamat, PRRD". (PNA photo by Robert Oswald Alfiler) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte personally attended to the concerns of the nation and listened to the needs of state agencies. Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, Office of Civil Defense administrator, said Duterte was an exemplary leader and made his presence felt in all disaster response activities during his six-year term. "In every disaster, 'yung hands-on leadership niya. Talagang nagre-require agad 'yan ng report sa amin. Pumupunta pa mismo siya dun sa lugar. Kapag andun si Presidente, andun din ang mga Cabinet secretary niya (his hands-on leadership. He required us to report immediately. He himself goes to the [disaster] area. If the President is there, the Cabinet secretaries also have to be there)," Jalad told the Philippin