(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Sept. 25, allayed fears President Rodrigo Duterte was sick, saying he underwent colonoscopy and endoscopy as part of “routine.” “To him it was so routine na he had no qualms telling everyone, the whole world that he he had it. I think human nature naman ‘yan. It was no big deal to disclose it,” Roque said in a press briefing. According to Roque, if the President were seriously ill, he […]
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Alejano: I don’t need to go to Israel to prove the President is healthy
(Eagle News)–Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano on Tuesday, Aug. 28, said he did not need to go to Israel to prove the chief executive was healthy. Alejano made the statement in response to a statement by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go that he do the same following the congressman’s remark the President would go to Israel for health reasons. Duterte denied this, saying he only wanted to visit the Overseas Filipino Workers there in […]
Jinggoy Estrada seeks court nod for shoulder checkup
(Eagle News)– Detained former senator Jinggoy Estrada has submitted to the Sandiganbayan a motion for him to be allowed to undergo a medical checkup for his sore right shoulder. Estrada’s camp pleaded before the anti-graft court’s 5th Division to allow him to be immediately brought to the Cardinal Santos Medical Center, San Juan for examination due to extreme pain in his right shoulder he experienced on May 11. Attached to his motion is a medical […]





