One of the world’s leading news media organization, Al Jazeera caught the attention of the Philippine presidential candidate, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as they will follow the mayor’s journey to Malacanang through Al Jazeera’s award-winning Asia-Pacific current affairs documentary, 101 East.
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In the introduction of Al Jazeera on their official website, they noted that Filipinos love an action man, not just in the movies but in politics too, and Filipinos can’t get more of an action than politician Rodrigo Duterte.
Al Jazeera city that Davao City was once a violent no-go area overrun by criminals but the local government official turned the city around when Duterte became a mayor.
The Al Jazeera program, 101 East will join on the road with Mayor Duterte as he campaigns for the Philippines’ presidency. Based upon the official website of Al Jazeera, their program 101 East is considered as the award-winning Asia-Pacific current affairs and documentary programme, presenting bold, untold stories from the world’s most diverse region every week.
Aside from Al Jazeera, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte was also featured in the Philippine edition of the world’s most popular TV station, CNN, the local arm of CNN also featured the house of Mayor Duterte in Davao City.