{"id":202784,"date":"2019-02-18T20:57:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T01:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=202784"},"modified":"2019-02-18T21:26:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T02:26:04","slug":"prrd-cant-hide-getting-medical-treatment-abroad-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/18\/prrd-cant-hide-getting-medical-treatment-abroad-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD can\u2019t hide getting medical treatment abroad: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_201254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201254\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AF11-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-201254\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AF11-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AF11-1.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AF11-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AF11-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AF11-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-201254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte gives a message as he meets with the Barangay Councilors from the Fourth District of Quezon City at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on February 6, 2019. ALFRED FRIAS\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rodyduterte\/\">President Rodrigo R. Duterte<\/a> really received medical treatment in Hong Kong or anywhere abroad, it would be almost impossible to hide it from the public, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>This was the statement made by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PresSpokespersonPH\/\">Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sonnytrillanes.official\/\">Senator Antonio Trillanes IV<\/a> claimed that Duterte spent his weekend in Hong Kong to receive medical treatment for an illness he refused to reveal.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo rejected Trillanes\u2019 accusation reiterating that the President flew to Hong Kong for rest, recreation, and to celebrate the birthday of his long-time partner Honeylet Avance\u00f1a.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Nagpunta siya doon kasi yun ang pakiusap ng kaniyang anak na maging parang<\/em>\u00a0blowout\u00a0<em>sa kanya<\/em>\u00a0(He went there upon the request of his daughter to serve as a blowout) and it was the birthday of Miss Honeylet Avance\u00f1a. It was rest and recreation and a celebration,\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that it would be difficult for the President to hide the fact that he received medical treatment because there would be too many Filipinos abroad who would find out eventually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Pag isang Presidente ay pumunta sa<\/em>\u00a0Hong Kong or for that matter\u00a0<em>kahit na anong lugar, hindi mo matatago \u2018yun sa mata ng lahat, lalo na mga Pilipino<\/em>\u00a0(If a President went to Hong Kong or for that matter, anywhere, you can\u2019t hide that from the eyes of the public, especially Filipinos),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Malalaman mo \u2018yun, papasok ka lang sa ospital ang daming Pilipino<\/em>\u00a0(You\u2019ll find out immediately, when you enter a hospital, there are many Filipinos),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo, meanwhile, said that the executive has gotten used to Trillanes\u2019 \u201cfalsities\u201d and just let him be.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte left the country with Honeylet and their daughter, Kitty, on Friday (Feb. 15) night and returned on Sunday (Feb. 17).<\/p>\n<p>The President\u2019s trip to Hong Kong took place four months after he and his family spent the weekend in the same country for rest and recreation on Oct. 7, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; If President Rodrigo R. Duterte really received medical treatment in Hong Kong or anywhere abroad, it would be almost &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":201254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}