President Rodrigo Duterte could not hide his excitement to lay eyes on his new grandson, Stonefish Carpio.
"I'm exceedingly excited. I want to go home now, galing dito uwi na ako (from here, I will go home)," he said during an interview with reporters on Thursday, March 2.
Duterte was just done giving a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway in Cordova, Cebu.
The president has one more event to attend in Mactan, Cebu but he will go straight to Davao Doctor's Hospital once he arrives in his hometown to visit his eighth grandchild and his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.
The proud grandfather explained his new grandson's unique name. "Ewan ko bakit 'yan si Inday ang ano." (I don't know why Inday is like that), the president started.
"Ang palayaw daw Stonefish, kaawa naman ang bata. Ganoon talaga. Ewan ko," (His nickname is Stonefish, how pitiful the child. That's how it is. I don't know), Duterte said in a speech later that day in Mactan.
According to Duterte though Stonefish's real name is Marco Digong. He said he should have been the one to name the baby boy, noting of a "practice" of grandparents to "bid" among themselves for who gets to name their new grandchild.
"Sa halip na – ipag-bidding niya raw sa akin. Ganun ang practice doon sa, that's a practice eh. Kasi competing 'yan eh sa in-law. Kaya kung mabili nila, bidding, kanilang ancestors. Kung ako manalo, 'yung mga pangalan ng ancestors ko mamili," he said.
(Instead of letting – she was going to let me bid for it. That's a practice. It's competing with your in-laws. That's why if they were able to buy the rights, through bidding, they can pick a name from their ancestors. If I win, I can pick from the names of my ancestors.)
Mayor Sara and husband Manases Carpio have two other uniquely named children aside from Stonefish: Mikhaila Maria, 7 years old, and Matteo Lucas, 3 years old, are nicknamed Sharky and Stingray, respectively.
Sara gave birth past 12 noon on Thursday, March 12.
Source: Rappler
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