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(Eagle News)–Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Sunday, Oct. 7, called for a full disclosure of the President’s state of health if he was serious when he made the “cancer” remark. “..But if not (serious), then it would be best that we stop such talk and focus our time and attention on looking for solutions to the serious problems of spiraling high prices of food, gasoline, and other basic commodities,” Pangilinan said in a short statement. In […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Francis Escudero believes President Rodrigo Duterte will be candid about his state of health. According to Escudero, it was, after all, Duterte himself who disclosed what medical tests he underwent “the denials of his spokespersons notwithstanding.” “I think he will be equally candid with respect to the “findings,” if any, and his spokespersons should take the cue from their boss with respect to this issue and not second guess him as regards his […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Tito Sotto on Saturday, Oct. 6, said people should not worry about President Rodrigo Duterte’s health. According to Sotto, who gave a radio interview, it was normal for any person aged 60 and above to have health issues. “Ang health packages ng mga ospital ngayon ang gagaling. Kahit anong sakit na makita mo, may remedyo sila,” he said. President Duterte admitted on Thursday that he underwent tests at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center. […]
(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)–The Palace released pictures and a video of President Rodrigo Duterte in a series of activities on Thursday, Oct. 4, to quash rumors he had been hospitalized on Wednesday, Oct. 3. In the pictures released by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, Duterte was seen meeting with former President Fidel Ramos. In a video posted by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Duterte was seen shaking hands with some military officials as he prepared […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte was not at the Philippine Amusement Gaming Corp. event in Malacanang on Wednesday, Oct. 3, because he decided to rest instead. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the statement, effectively belying rumors the President had been hospitalized on that day. According to Roque, the President stayed at Bahay Pangarap. “He had a schedule almost every day. He did not really have a day off. So the President decided to have […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, Sept. 22, said President Rodrigo Duterte admitted to undergoing a colonoscopy and endoscopy. In a statement, the Palace said the President made the admission before doctors at the Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE) 3rd Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Forum in Lapu-Lapu, Cebu on Friday. He said the colonoscopy, which allows a medical specialist to look inside a person’s colon and rectum, and the endoscopy, which allows the specialist to look […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Aug. 27, slammed Rep. Gary Alejano for his remark the chief executive would visit Israel for health reasons. “Kung operahan nila ang utak ko dun eh di mas maganda. Wala mang problema,” Duterte said, referring to his trip scheduled in September. After Israel, the President will proceed to Jordan. He said he was visiting the two countries to look at how Overseas Filipino Workers there were doing. “I can […]
(Eagle News)–Special Assistant to the President Bong Go on Sunday, Aug. 26, slammed Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano for their comments about President Rodrigo Duterte’s health. In a statement, Go said the two could join the President in his September 2 to 5 trip to Israel so they could see the trip had nothing to do with the chief executive’s physical condition. “Pwede naman siyang sumama. He (Alejano) is a congressman..Kung […]
