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No rest for Duterte, after all; President has declined advice for him to rest, Palace clarifies

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte won’t be resting, after all. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the clarification on Monday night, saying the President had actually declined the advice of his “well-meaning” friends for him to take a break. Panelo earlier said the President would take a rest for three days this week and fly to his home in Davao. “While the demands of pressing work that go along with the highest position of the land are […]

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Palace: President Duterte to go on three-day break this week

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will take a three-day break this week. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said according to Senator Bong Go, the President’s former longtime trusted aide, the chief executive’s rest would start on Tuesday. He said the break was upon the advice of his friends and doctors. The advice came after President Duterte complained of back pain following a motorcycle accident at the Presidential Security Group compound on Oct. 16. Doctors, however, dismissed this […]

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