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(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking a disclosure of the medical records of President Rodrigo Duterte. SC spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka confirmed the denial of the petition filed by lawyer Dino de Leon, who had sought for a writ of mandamus to compel the Office of the President to disclose the copies of the the President’s latest medical and psychological, and psychiatric examination results, health bulletins, and other health records […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, April 2, belied rumors President Rodrigo Duterte was confined in a San Juan City hospital. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President, who is in self-quarantine until April 7, was “fit and healthy” and is “currently doing his presidential duties” at the Bahay Pagbabago inside the Malacañang Complex. “We have been informed that a false news starting to spread in the social media that President […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace sees no need to issue a bulletin on President Rodrigo Duterte’s back pain. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in the first place, the President has been transparent to the public about his health. Senator Bong Go, Duterte’s former longterm aide, said there was nothing to worry about as the chief executive’s back pain was merely due to muscle spasms. He said Duterte was only told by his doctors to rest, and was […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is feeling “much better,” and only needs to rest and take some medication, the Palace said. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, doctors have already ruled out any surgical procedure to address his back pain, which they concluded was due to muscle spasms after he underwent a magnetic resonance imaging procedure. “As the public already knows, the Chief Executive suffered from a motorcycle accident several years ago, and from another minor […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte skipped an event in Leyte on Friday, Feb. 1, because he had a slight fever, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said on Monday, Feb. 4. According to Panelo, there was however no cause for alarm about the news coming from former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go as Duterte was still in the pink of health. “He may have felt that his body was not up to performing any activity that […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte slammed Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Tuesday, Aug. 21, for his remark on his health. In his first public appearance since Sison said there were reports he had gone into a coma, Duterte said Sison’s “mind is really abused by himself.” “Nobody else,” Duterte said. According to Duterte, he stayed in Davao to rest. “Let me just also disabuse the mind of Sison,” he added. In a […]
(Eagle News)–Apparently backtracking on his initial statement, Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Tuesday, Aug. 21, said it looks like President Rodrigo Duterte will live long to stand trial before the International Criminal Court. Sison made the pronouncement based on a Facebook Live video made by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go after Sison said there were reports the President had gone into a coma since Sunday, Aug. 19. “If the […]
