`Renewal of friendship’

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A photo of a meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Manny Pacquiao Tuesday night, Nov. 9, in Malacañang is going viral on social media.

The camp of the Filipino boxing icon, an adopted son of Bacolod City, who filed his Certificate of Candidacy for president in the May 2022 elections, said that it was a meeting between national leaders, who discussed matters related to people’s interest, and the developments in Mindanao, reports said.

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, who was present in that meeting, and Palace spokesperson Harry Roque said there was no talk of politics but there was a “renewal of friendship”.

Duterte and Pacquiao’s relationship soured after the latter claimed graft and corruption in the government and criticized the administration’s policies.

The photo was released by the Office of Senator Manny Pacquiao. | NND