(Eagle News)—The Palace on Sunday, May 19, denied President Rodrigo Duterte was confined in a hospital in San Juan.
“There is no truth to the rumor circulating that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is confined in Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said.
He said the President was “in his residence at the Palace signing papers.”
Panelo added however that the President was “neither confirming nor denying that he went to the hospital.”
The Palace issued the statement after rumors Duterte had suffered a cardiac arrest started circulating.
The Palace has given the assurance the chief executive was in the pink of health in previous statements.
Should he fall seriously ill, the Palace said the public would be informed
