Tag: Duterte’s health

Duterte lashes out at Tatad for allegedly spreading rumors about his health

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Feb. 14, lashed out at former Senator Francisco Tatad for allegedly spreading rumors about his health. “There’s a border between press freedom and pag-babastos ng tao. Pag una kitang makita, iwasan mo ako. P**a** i**, sampalin kita,” Duterte said after accusing Tatad of spreading rumors the chief executive had had a kidney transplant. He also urged Tatad, who he said was a diabetic, to prove his viriity. Two years […]

Duterte denies Sison’s claim the President was suffering from chronic kidney disease

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Aug. 30, denied the claims of Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison that he was suffering from a chronic kidney disease. “Dying? Kidney, my arm looks really good. Here, see! Do you see any injection marks?” Duterte said in a speech in Mandaue, Cebu, debunking Sison’s claims he could be undergoing dialysis. According to Duterte,  there was discoloration on his face because of his repeated exposure […]

Sison refuses to say sorry for remark on Duterte’s health

(Eagle News)–Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison has refused to apologize for his comment on President Rodrigo Duterte’s health. In a television interview on Wednesday, Aug. 22, Sison said his remark “was not fake news because the people around him, or some of the people around him, were surprised that he was very much unavailable.” “Even some of them tried to contact him on Sunday so they started to guess, that for some […]