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(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Oct. 9, denied he had cancer, but said he did have a “badly eroded” esophagus due to drinking. “It’s not the colon, it’s my Barett. It’s badly eroded I was told to stop drinking years ago. But of late, bumalik kasi ako,” Duterte said. According to the President, the tests conducted on him yielded negative results. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque had said the tests last week were followup tests […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte announced he was considering appointing Salvador Panelo at the helm of the Office of the Press Secretary after Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque threatened to quit from his post. Roque made the threat after he was left in the dark about the President going to Cardinal Santos Medical Center last week to undergo some physical tests. Roque had told the media the President was only taking a day off in Bahay Pangarap […]
(Eagle News)—-Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar on Monday, Oct. 8, defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s trip to Hong Kong, saying he deserved some private time. “I really believe that he deserves private time. He has to stop and smell the flowers too,” he said in a television interview. According to Andanar, “if there’s anything about that, it’s the president showing his love for his family and he works so hard, he deserves it.” “Family is […]
(Eagle News)–For the lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo, if President Rodrigo Duterte resigns it is not for him to decide who to succeed him. According to Barry Gutierrez, “Yung Konstitusyon na sinumpaan niyang tutuparin at ipagtatanggol, yun din yung Konstitusyon na nagsasabi na kung sakaling siya ay bababa sa pwesto, ang papalit sa kanya ay ang nahalal na bise presidente.” Gutierrez issued the statement after Duterte again belittled Robredo’s leadership capabilities, saying she was […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is in Hong Kong to take a rest, Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said. The President was accompanied by Go, his daughter Kitty and partner Honeylet Avancena. The President’s family will reportedly return on Sunday, Oct. 7. President Duterte took the weekend break after Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque revealed the chief executive had undergone followup tests to determine whether there was a “growth” in his digestive tract.
(Eagle News)–“Sayang.” Senator Koko Pimentel said it would be a waste if Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque would decide not to run for a Senate seat in 2019. In a radio interview, Pimentel noted that Roque’s expertise as a lawyer was international law. As such, he said Roque could be nominated as the new chair of the Senate committee on foreign relations, with incumbent chair Senator Loren Legarda graduating soon. “Eksaktong eksakto sana kasi dumadami na […]
(Eagle News)–Over 60 percent of Filipinos are satisfied with the performance of the Duterte administration, a recent Social Weather Stations found. Based on the Third Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey, 65% of adult Filipinos satisfied, 19% are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, and 15% are dissatisfied with their performance. This gives a net satisfaction rating of +50, an 8-point decrease from the +58 in June 2018, but still classified by SWS as very good. Geographical areas Net […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, Oct. 5, urged President Rodrigo Duterte to focus on the country’s economic problems, including inflation, rather than “waste (his) time chasing non-existent destabilization plots.” “The president should stop looking for phantom plots against him when the real problem is right in front of him,” Hontiveros said in a statement issued after the Philippine Statistics Authority reported inflation had surged to 6.7 percent in September. According to Hontiveros, “if there […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte had to undergo follow-up tests on Wednesday, Oct. 3, after a possible “growth” was seen in his digestive tract based on results of initial tests, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Friday, Oct. 5. According to Roque, based on Duterte’s report in a general staff command conference on Thursday, Oct. 4, he underwent the follow-up endoscopy at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center. Duterte said in a speech before Philippine […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo on Friday, Oct. 5, hit back at President Rodrigo Duterte after he called her “weak” in a speech before Philippine Military Academy alumni the day before. “Wala namang may gustong magkasakit ang Pangulo. Pero hindi dahilan ang sakit para maliitin na naman ako,” Robredo said in a statement. Robredo then blamed Duterte’s “ways (diskarte)” for what she said were the increase in the prices of goods, increased poverty, […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he needed the weekend to think about whether he would stay in his current position in the government. Roque issued the statement in a press conference on Friday, Oct. 5, after some people accused him of lying when he said the President merely took a day off on Wednesday, prompting him to skip a Philippine Amusement Gaming Corp. event in the Palace. Roque denied he lied, saying […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Oct. 4, admitted he had gone to the hospital the day before but only so he could undergo some tests. In a speech before the Philippine Military Academy, Duterte said he stayed for an hour in the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan. “I was about to have a sana ngayong Cabinet meeting yesterday but yung reading ng aking ano, somebody advised my doctor just also to repeat […]
