Philippine President Duterte’s remark about ’42 virgins’ was just a joke, says spokesman

January 29, 2018 10:51 AM

ILOILO CITY (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman Harry Roque has dismissed as “a joke” the president’s statement before Indian businessmen that he would make virgins a “come-on” to foreign investors and visitors to the Philippines.

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