{"id":241635,"date":"2020-01-07T21:00:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T02:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=241635"},"modified":"2020-01-07T21:00:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T02:00:59","slug":"prrd-says-bad-weather-prevents-him-from-showing-up-at-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/01\/07\/prrd-says-bad-weather-prevents-him-from-showing-up-at-events\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD says bad weather prevents him from showing up at events"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte bows his head in prayer led by Christ’s Commission Fellowship Lead Pastor Peter Tan-Chi prior to the start of the 45th Cabinet Meeting at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on January 6, 2020. VALERIE ESCALERA\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said the weather was among the reasons why he failed to visit quake-hit areas in Davao del Sur last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the weather will not allow it, which I — it — a low ceiling cloud, paano ko maglipad? \u2018Di diretso ka sa bukid (How will I fly? I\u2019ll go straight to the farm),\u201d Duterte said in a media interview in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/p>\n

Duterte said sometimes, he only forced the pilot to take off despite bad weather because he wanted to spend the weekend in his hometown in Davao City.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know,\u00a0itong<\/em>\u00a0(this) helicopter man is visual. But sometimes I force them to take off especially if I want to go home. And I do not want to rest on any other place,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

He, however, admitted that it was hard to navigate the helicopter especially on a particularly cloudy day.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut sometimes, if you cannot really see your way in and out of where you are going, and then if they say that it’s not good to fly there this time — it’s all — so it’s all clouds,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Asked if it was just the weather and not his health condition to blame for his absence in last week\u2019s event, Duterte reiterated that it was normal for senior citizens to experience illness as they aged.<\/p>\n

\u201cMasama ang loob ko, ma’am, hindi ang pakiramdam<\/em>\u00a0(I am disappointed, but I don\u2019t feel ill),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I said, I’m — I’m 74. Most of our Cabinet members are also at my age. ‘Pag natumba ako, tumba lahat ‘yan. Sigurado ‘yan. Hindi lang ako<\/em>\u00a0(If I fall, they also fall. That\u2019s for sure. Not just me),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte suffers from back problems, migraines and Buerger’s disease, an inflammation of small- and medium-sized blood vessels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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