MANILA: President Rodrigo Duterte will visit the northern Philippine province of Batanes, a day after earthquakes struck the region and killed at least eight people, including a newborn.
Duterte will “assess the damage in the province and initiate the rebuilding of one of the most treasured destinations in the country,” his spokesman Salvador Panelo said in a statement yesterday.
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