‘Iyaking Kaibigan’? Filipinos online poke fun at Sara Duterte’s book
Vice President Sara Duterte’s children’s book Isang Kaibigan becomes the subject of memes after her heated exchange with Senator Risa Hontiveros at a budget hearing at the Senate.
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00:00Vice President Sara Duterte's children's book, Isang Kaibigan, becomes the subject of memes
00:05after her heated exchange with Senator Issa Ontiveros at a budget hearing at the Senate.
00:10Some social media users edited the book's cover into a comic of the controversial exchange.
00:16Others recall the 2011 incident when Duterte punched a court sheriff during a demolition
00:20project when she was Davao City Mayor.
00:22Still, others used the book to criticize Duterte leaving on a personal trip during the onslaught
00:27of Typhoon Karina and the southwest monsoon.
00:30This one parodied her, quote, friendship with China and fugitive doomsday preacher Apolo
00:34Kibuloy.
00:36One user quotes lines from the hit Filipino movie, Labs Kita, Okay Ka Lang?
00:40The book is part of the Office of the Vice President's flagship program, Pagbabago Campaign,
00:45which includes distributing a million school bags containing Duterte's book.