Manila, Dec. 14 -- A five-year-old boy who is battling leukemia received an early Christmas present from no less than President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday.
Duterte greeted cancer-stricken Jacob Wong with a warm smile, as soon as he saw the latter waiting for him at the living area of the President's home in Davao City, based on a video uploaded on Facebook by the child's mother, Johanne Bernice.
The President sat beside Jacob on a long, brown couch and gave him a fatherly hug.
Duterte also kissed the child on the forehead twice, a sweet gesture from the President that is rarely shared with the public.
He likewise gifted Jacob with two miniature motorbikes, a "DU30" cap, and the President's framed caricature.
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