{"id":237127,"date":"2019-11-11T20:28:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T01:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=237127"},"modified":"2019-11-11T20:28:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T01:28:49","slug":"prrd-to-go-on-3-day-break-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/11\/prrd-to-go-on-3-day-break-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD to go on 3-day break this week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte gives a message after posthumously awarding the Order of Lapu-Lapu Rank of Kalasag to the killed soldiers during a ceremony at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on September 17, 2019. KING RODRIGUEZ\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Upon the advice of his doctor, President Rodrigo Duterte will be taking a three-day break from his \u201cpunishing\u201d work schedule this week, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Citing Duterte\u2019s former aide, Senator Christopher \u201cBong\u201d Go, Panelo said the President will start resting for three days on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Panelo emphasized that Duterte\u2019s schedule is \u201csubject to change without prior notice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSabi ni Bong and di naman siya nag<\/em>-disagree\u00a0dahil tatlo kaming magka-usap, mga<\/em>\u00a0three days (Bong said and he didn\u2019t disagree because the three of us were talking, he will rest for three days),\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell upon the advice of friends, of colleagues in the world scene, and most likely upon the advice of the doctors to take a rest week from his punishing schedule,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo, however, clarified that the 74-year-old President was not taking a leave due to any medical concern, but simply to catch up on sleep.<\/p>\n

\u201cNapapansin ko kay Presidente<\/em>\u00a0(What I noticed from the President), as I told him every time you have eight-hour sleep,\u00a0ang ganda ng hitsura mo e. Palagay ko yun lang ang kulang niya<\/em>\u00a0(You look good. I think that\u2019s what he lacks),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

The Palace official said Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea will be designated as caretaker should the President files a leave of absence from work.<\/p>\n

However, Panelo said he has to personally ask the President himself whether he will push through with his planned three-day break.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung merong<\/em>\u00a0caretaker,\u00a0e di may<\/em>\u00a0official leave.\u00a0Kung wala, pahinga-pahing<\/em>a (If there will be a caretaker, then it will be an official leave. If there\u2019s none, he\u2019ll simply be taking a break),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 24, Go announced that the President would go on a week-long break after his participation in the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit and Related Summits in Bangkok, Thailand from November 2 to 4.<\/p>\n

Before that, the President also attended Japanese Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement rites at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 22 but had to return to Manila on the same day after feeling an “unbearable” lower back pain due to a recent minor motorcycle accident.<\/p>\n

Despite his speedy recovery, Panelo said future overseas travels of the President will now depend on the advice of his doctor.<\/p>\n

Last Sunday, Malaca\u00f1ang announced that Duterte is set to join his fellow Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) leaders in a commemorative summit with South Korean President Moon Ja-in in Busan on November 25 to 27.<\/p>\n

Amid concerns on the state of his health, the President has assured the public that his condition was not that \u201cserious\u201d to release a medical bulletin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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