{"id":265463,"date":"2020-08-16T06:39:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T10:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=265463"},"modified":"2020-08-16T06:39:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T10:39:05","slug":"palace-says-duterte-did-not-leave-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/16\/palace-says-duterte-did-not-leave-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace says Duterte did not leave PH"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang on July 30, 2020. ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Sunday denied reports that President Rodrigo Duterte left the country over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte remains to be in the country to oversee government\u2019s coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no truth that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte left the country this weekend,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Roque provided no further details about the reports but assured that the Chief Executive is in the Philippines and \u201cclosely monitoring the Covid-19 situation in the country\u201d.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s last foreign trip was in November 2019 when he attended the 35th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in Thailand.<\/p>\n

He has been to Thailand three other times \u2014 in November 2016 to pay his respects to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej; in March 2017 for an official visit; and June 2019 for the 34th Asean Summit.<\/p>\n

Before that, Duterte also attended Japanese Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement rites at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on October 22, 2019 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

Duterte held his last meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in Davao City on Aug. 10.<\/p>\n

In a virtual presser on Saturday, Roque said Duterte will announce the new community quarantine classifications in Metro Manila and four nearby provinces on Monday.<\/p>\n

On Aug. 2, Duterte approved the recommendations of the IATF-EID to revert Metro Manila and the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal to stricter modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from Aug. 3 to 18 after the medical community requested a \u201ctimeout\u201d due to the rising Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n

Roque, in the same briefing, also said Duterte has decided to place most parts of the country under the least restrictive modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) as the government plans to allow the reopening of more industries for the country\u2019s economic recovery.<\/p>\n

He said Nueva Ecija, Batangas and Quezon provinces would be placed under general community quarantine (GCQ) from August 16 to 31, along with the cities of Iloilo, Cebu, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, and Talisay and the municipalities of Minglanilla and Consolacion in Cebu province.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng iba\u2019t ibang lugar po ng Pilipinas ay mapapasailalim po sa<\/em>\u00a0modified general community quarantine or MGCQ (The rest of the country will be placed under MGCQ),\u201d Roque said, adding that the President approved the new quarantine classifications on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Roque said some provinces, highly urbanized cities, and independent component cities in areas under MGCQ should ensure the \u201cstrict enforcement of local action.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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