{"id":265670,"date":"2020-08-18T05:24:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T09:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=265670"},"modified":"2020-08-18T05:24:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T09:24:20","slug":"animated-duterte-not-sick-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/18\/animated-duterte-not-sick-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Animated\u2019 Duterte not sick: Palace"},"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 Matina Enclaves in Davao City on August 17, 2020. ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte seems to be \u201canimated\u201d and remains to be in very good condition, Malaca\u00f1ang assured the public on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In a virtual presser aired on state-run PTV-4, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Duterte having a \u201clively\u201d public address on late Monday night proves that the 75-year-old President is not sick.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell,\u00a0nakita po ng buong sambayanan ang Presidente kagabi. Mukha po siyang masigla at mukha pong wala siyang kahit anong iniinda sa kaniyang katawan<\/em>\u00a0(The public saw him last night. He appeared to be animated and has no health problem),\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Roque gave the assurance following rumors that Duterte flew to Singapore over the weekend for an emergency treatment.<\/p>\n

Roque\u2019s statement on Monday that Duterte is in \u201cperpetual isolation\u201d further triggered speculations that Duterte might be seriously ill.<\/p>\n

To debunk allegations about Duterte\u2019s health condition, Senator Christopher Lawrence Go on Monday released a photo of the President who was seen eating with his partner Honeylet Avance\u00f1a, daughter Veronica, and another child.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s latest photo was released hours before he delivered a public address.<\/p>\n

Roque said he did not notice anything wrong with Duterte when the latter delivered a televised speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not see anything noteworthy.\u00a0Pinagmamasdan ko rin siya kagabi at<\/em>\u00a0(I was observing him and) he was at his best,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Netizens, however, were quick to notice that Duterte\u2019s one eye appears smaller than the other.<\/p>\n

Roque defended Duterte, stressing that the Chief Executive\u2019s drooping eye is not life threatening.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi ko naman napansin ang kahit anong kakaiba sa mata ni Presidente<\/em>. I mean,\u00a0matagal ko siyang kakilala, ganoon naman talaga ang mata niya<\/em>\u00a0(I did not notice anything different from the President\u2019s eye. I know him for so long and his eyes are like that),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In October last year, Duterte revealed that he has myasthenia gravis, a chronic neuromuscular disorder which causes one of his eyelids to drop.<\/p>\n

Duterte, who is currently in his hometown Davao City, is in \u201cperpetual isolation\u201d in the sense that he is not allowed to have close contact with his Cabinet, Roque said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Cabinet members can meet Duterte, on conditions that they stay six feet away from him and they wear face masks and face shields.<\/p>\n

Roque said Duterte is scheduled to return to Metro Manila this week.<\/p>\n

He, however, did not elaborate on Duterte\u2019s scheduled activities for the entire week.\u00a0(<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte seems to be \u201canimated\u201d and remains to be in very good condition, Malaca\u00f1ang assured the public …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":265676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-ruth-abbey-gita-carlos","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265670","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265677,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265670\/revisions\/265677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}