Who is she? Woman in Duterte video is former climate change commissioner

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1426878" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday appeared in a live video posted by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, dispelling rumors about his health.</p><p>Duterte was shown having dinner in a hotel in Davao City with a woman he only identified as &quot;Vernice.&quot;</p><p>The woman the President had dinner with is Frances Veronica &quot;Vernice&quot; Victorio, a former commissioner of the Climate Change Commission.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/CCCPhl/photos/a.151803844882332/1132029246859782/?type=1&amp;theater" data-width="auto"> </div><p>According to Duterte, he invited Victorio for dinner to talk about &quot;many things.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m alive. Fairly healthy and I&#x27;m having dinner with a beautiful lady from Davao, Vernice. She&#x27;s only from Harvard, babalik &#x27;yun. I invited her to discuss many things along the way when she comes back,&quot; he said.</p><p>Duterte also said he will rise from coma if he sees Victorio.</p><p>&quot;Okay pa naman ako. Sabi nila, comatose. How can you be comatose with a beautiful lady. Kung comatose ako, makita ko si Vernice, talagang babangon ako,&quot; he said.</p><p>Victorio was <a href="https://www.manilatimes.net/pnoy-names-new-climate-change-commissioners/243175">appointed</a> by former president Benigno Aquino III as climate change commissioner in 2016. <strong>-- with a report from Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday appeared in a live video posted by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, dispelling rumors about his health.</p>

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday appeared in a live video posted by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, dispelling rumors about his health.

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Who is she? Woman in Duterte video is former climate change commissioner

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Published Aug 21, 2018 11:07 PM PHT

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Updated Aug 22, 2018 07:39 AM PHT

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