DAVAO CITY—Mayor Sara Duterte gave birth to a bouncing baby boy on Thursday at 12:56 p.m. through a Cesarean section.
The couple named their new born Stonefish, who weighs 2.42 kilos or 5.3 pounds; Stonefish is the third child of the Mayor and her husband lawyer Manases Carpio.
The mayor, according to the husband, is stable and generally fine after she gave birth to their child.
“Thank you, Lord, for the gift of life,” Carpio said, after the mayor gave birth.
Sara has two older children: Mikhaila Maria “Sharky”, 8, and Matteo Lucas “Stingray”, 4. Carpio’s father is lawyer Lucas Jr., son of judge Lucas Sr. of Paoay, Ilocos Norte.
In her previous interview at Una Ka Bai, a local morning show program of GMA 7, Sara said she named her eldest Sharky from the first movie she watched with her then boyfriend Manases.
Sara is also a fan of the beaches.
Stonefish is the youngest among the 10 grandchildren of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Meanwhile, the palace congratulated the couple for their newly born son.
In a statement, Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the president was delighted with the arrival of his newest grandchild.
“The arrival of the Chief Executive’s newest ‘apo’ Stonefish strengthens PRRD’s resolve to leave a legacy of a Philippines safe and secure from drugs and heinous crimes to future generations of Fiipinos,” Abella said.
