Pulong seeks House OK for 2-month, 17-country trip

For the second time this year, Davao City First District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte has asked the House of Representatives to allow him to travel for nearly two months across 17 countries - once again without citing a specific purpose for the trip.

- By DELON PORCALLA

In a single-page letter dated Dec. 1, Pulong requested Speaker Faustino Dy III to issue a new travel clearance, similar to the authority granted to him in March by then-speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez.

"This is to request for a travel clearance for my upcoming travel to Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, US, Australia, UK, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy and Singapore from 15th of December 2025 to Feb. 20, 2026," Pulong wrote in the letter.

"Rest assured that the expenses that will be incurred from this trip are from my personal funds alone. In addition, this is also to seek your kind indulgence in allowing this Representation to attend the scheduled plenary sessions and meetings virtually from the aforementioned dates," he added.