The story behind President Duterte's Marikina-made shoes! Prepare to be wipe your eyes!

<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">MANILA – Did you know that the shoes President Rodrigo Duterte wore during his meeting with United States Secretary of State John Kerry last Wednesday was a gift from a 68-year-old shoemaker from Marikina?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZYIJNVzOmlH8pTq9kDlWMCUeVFKY5o8QBB-iD-gmjEWZP5ImB-fLffKuu4vnP7cXzqvIkLfTVzICYc1C04S21ivDD2iyn289IHWT2wzM_ttD6fVd-ffFTRazYopQ2yEaQzHVbDbv7s3F/s1600/draftduterteshoes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZYIJNVzOmlH8pTq9kDlWMCUeVFKY5o8QBB-iD-gmjEWZP5ImB-fLffKuu4vnP7cXzqvIkLfTVzICYc1C04S21ivDD2iyn289IHWT2wzM_ttD6fVd-ffFTRazYopQ2yEaQzHVbDbv7s3F/s640/draftduterteshoes.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the official and original draft of Duterte's Marikina-made Shoes.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According to a report from Philstar.com, the brown brogue-style boots were made by Rolando de Guzman Santos.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <center> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="480" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpresidentialcom%2Fposts%2F1394692590560398%3A0&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></center> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">His daughter Rosemarie sent the shoes to Chardin, which designs barongs for the President, hoping that these will be worn during the inauguration.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <center> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="699" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Frosemarie.santos.7330%2Fposts%2F1099944553411009&width=500" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="500"></iframe></center> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“She was telling kung pwede ba raw ipadala niya ‘yung mga gawa na sapatos ng tatay niya for President Duterte,” Boni Adaza of Chardin told Philstar.com.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In a Facebook post last June, Rosemarie said she would do everything so her father could achieve his dream – that a president will wear the shoes he made.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">President Duterte was not able to wear Santos’ shoes during the inauguration and even his first State of the Nation Address, with Chardin designers noting that it doesn’t match his outfit.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Early this week, however, Santos’ dream came true. In a video courtesy of PTV-4, President Duterte was seen praising his custom-made shoes from Marikina to members of his Cabinet. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Ang Filipino-made, sa craftsmanship number one,” he said.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Marikina is known as the country’s shoe capital.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sources: <a href="https://www.trendingnewsportal.net/2016/07/the-real-story-behind-marikina-made-shoes-president-duterte.html" target="_blank">TNP</a> / <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/life/07/28/16/the-story-behind-president-dutertes-marikina-made-shoes" target="_blank">ABS-CBN</a></span>

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