Mayor Rodrigo Duterte's transparency forum in the University of Los Baños drew some minor contention and strife between him and a certain student from the university named Stephen Villena who boldly challenged the mayor with a battle of Q&A's inside the campus.

The student let out a barrage of questions about Duterte's top priorities should he be elected as the next president. A screenshot of Stephen's payment account has been making rounds on social media, and it appears that there's a story behind his bombardment of Mayor Duterte and that is allegedly being paid P50,000 from LP presidential aspirant Mar Roxas.

During their heated exchange, Stephen said to Mayor Duterte Sir, sana pakisagot lang po ng diretso kasi nagtatanong po kami ng diretso dito para po makauwi na kayo. (Sir, I hope you answer questions directly because our questions are also directly, so that you already go home afterwards.)

He continued to interrupt Duterte while he was stating his answers, leaving a bad taste in the mouths of many who found his actions to be quite rude and disrespectful.
Despite the onslaught, Mayor Duterte seemed not bothered at all by the student's brash confidence. The savvy and straightforward talking mayor emphasized that education will be one of his primary priorities of his administration and not national security like everyone believes.

But the student appeared to be discontent with Duterte's answers, continuing to pounce with a series of questions that made the crowd inside the campus in cheers.

After a little bit of information digging, it is believed that Stephen Villena is an acquaintance and a friend of Aika Robredo, daughter of congresswoman Leni Robredo who's quite frankly the running mate of former DILG secretary Mar Roxas.

The viral photos circulating online suggests that Stephen has an account at coin.ph, a website that allows the transfer of money within the Philippines.
As seen from the screenshot, he is from Imus, Cavite and received roughly about P50,199.99 in his account paid through M Lhuillier Kwarta Padala.

Though the screenshot cannot be fully confirmed as authentic as Stephen's social media accounts such as Facebook and Twitter were deactivated.

Meanwhile, a UPLB student named Ronald Glenn Celestial took to social media and posted an open letter of apology to Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and his supporters, but not without pointing fingers as he slammed local media.

According to Ronald, he received tons of criticism and negative comments after a video report by news and publishing website Rappler misled local netizens. Hours after the post, Rappler acknowledged the mistake on their part and honestly admitted their error.

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