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Job Manahan and Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2057682" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><h3 style="text-align:center">Video from Popoy De Vera&#x27;s Facebook </h3><h3>Thanksgiving dinner organized by officials&#x27; spouses: Matibag</h3><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE)</strong>— President Rodrigo Duterte serenaded Cabinet officials after <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/30/22/duterte-cabinet-meeting-later-monday-maybe-their-last">what might be his last meeting</a> with them on Monday night, based on a video posted on social media. </p><p>A video shared by Prospero de Vera, chairman of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), showed Duterte belting the last lines of &quot;Ikaw,&quot; popularly sang by &quot;Asia&#x27;s Songbird&quot; Regine Velasquez during a dinner. </p><p>The President and the Cabinet secretaries&#x27; spouses sponsored the event, Cabinet Secretary Melvin Matibag said.</p><p>&quot;Medyo (somehow) light moment, the President rendered some songs and also some of the Cabinet officials rendered songs, more of the pleasantries. I think it was a celebrated, a tribute also to the men and women of the Cabinet,&quot; Matibag told reporters in a chance interview at the &quot;Duterte Legacy Summit&quot; event in Pasay City.</p><p>The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra and a singer accompanied the outgoing President, who has said he might teach in his hometown Davao City when he steps down from office. </p><p>The President can also be seen seated with his common-law wife Honeylet Avanceña. His former spokesman, defeated Senate candidate Harry Roque, was also present during the event.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/30/22/duterte-packing-up-from-malacanang-medialdea">Duterte packing up from Malacañang as end of term nears: Medialdea</a></li></ul><p>This was not the first time the tough-talking President sang the OPM hit. He <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFbX4RO4gMk">performed his own rendition</a> of the same song on Vice Ganda&#x27;s &quot;GGV&quot; in 2015. </p><p>Acting Palace spokesperson Martin Andanar said the event where the 77-year-old performed was sort of a thanksgiving.</p><p>&quot;It was sort of a thanksgiving dinner hosted by PRRD for his Cabinet,&quot; Andanar said in a message to reporters. </p><p>Matibag, meanwhile, described Monday night&#x27;s event as a &quot;despedida&quot; or going-away party for top officials. </p><p>&quot;Yes, last night. Despedida, celebration of what the Cabinet of the administration had achieved,&quot; he said.</p><p>The Presidential Communications Operations Office earlier in the day said the Cabinet meeting focused on government&#x27;s &quot;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pcoogov/posts/391610086325057?__cft__[0]=AZX22p0XIy4dv_niNJJ2HJhj6HgEI7AdqW6qd34tAax63i8hoviERUOVTKppWTLPVUDV_W0VL0w-P58mzFknp6f8FPmXOpmsPyI7GsafR1pJGTFNzzLbagtvSlXmTj1v95dGsEAd7u-kXD4l7M7oRsISXMMMEM1BCVnIrNZ3E6s-20SLIk-vY8BW1tRw7sIi-wU&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R">several projects and programs</a>.&quot;</p><p>On Monday, Medialdea said the President has already packed his things a few months ago as he prepares to vacate Malacañang. </p><p>He will step down on June 30 as President-elect Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos Jr. officially succeeds him. </p>

President Rodrigo Duterte serenaded Cabinet officials in what might be his last meeting with them on Monday night.

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LOOK: Duterte sings 'Ikaw' after what may be his last Cabinet meeting

Job Manahan and Pia Gutierrez,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 31, 2022 09:26 AM PHT

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Updated May 31, 2022 12:27 PM PHT

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