PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte gathered the leaders of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) to unite the two competing factions of the ruling party, his top aide said on Friday.

Duterte, who is chairman of the PDP-Laban, met with the group of Sen. Aquilino Pimentel 3rd, party president, and that of lawyer Rogelio Garcia, the President’s classmate, at the Diamond Hotel in Manila on Thursday night.

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