{"id":260717,"date":"2020-07-07T06:59:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T10:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=260717"},"modified":"2020-07-07T06:59:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T10:59:29","slug":"duterte-to-work-from-davao-city-for-rest-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/07\/duterte-to-work-from-davao-city-for-rest-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte to work from Davao City \u2018for rest of the week\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte reviews a document during a meeting with members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) at the Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang on June 15, 2020. ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte will again be working from Davao City “for the rest of the week”, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte is scheduled to address the public and meet with members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management on Infectious Diseases on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cMagtatalumpati nga po at magmemensahe si Presidente galing sa<\/em>\u00a0Davao.\u00a0Ang inaasahan ko po na<\/em>\u00a0for the rest of the week,\u00a0nandun po si Presidente<\/em>\u00a0(The President will deliver his message from Davao. I expect him to stay there for the rest of the week),\u201d he said in a virtual presser.<\/p>\n

Roque was not privy to Duterte\u2019s schedule but explained that he will be busy attending meetings.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time Duterte opted to work from Davao City. Last month, he also stayed in his hometown and held IATF-EID meetings there.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s decision to stay in his hometown comes amid speculations about his health.<\/p>\n

Observers noticed that Duterte looked low-spirited during his speech at the Edwin Andrews Air Base in Zamboanga City last Friday where he appealed to soldiers to stay calm, and discouraged them from taking revenge against the police for the killing of four of their comrades.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s Zamboanga City visit was the first time he met with government troops since the country was hit by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic<\/p>\n

On Monday, Roque allayed concerns over his well-being, saying he was not suffering from any condition, but was simply \u201cemotional\u201d over the deaths of four soldiers gunned down by police officers in Jolo, Sulu.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not health-related, it\u2019s more of an emotional issue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque compared Duterte\u2019s feeling to that of a father grieving the loss of his own child, noting that his voice was cracking while delivering his speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cMatamlay talaga siya dahil talagang kusang malungkot. Para siyang ama na namatayan ng anak<\/em>\u00a0(He is really low-spirited because he is sad. He\u2019s like a father who lost his son),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, Duterte usually flew home to Davao City on weekends.<\/p>\n

He stayed in Manila for the entire duration of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the most stringent community quarantine, to lead the nation\u2019s fight against Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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