{"id":273865,"date":"2020-11-02T23:21:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T04:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=273865"},"modified":"2025-01-29T11:05:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T16:05:22","slug":"prrd-waited-for-typhoon-to-pass-before-flying-back-to-manila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/02\/prrd-waited-for-typhoon-to-pass-before-flying-back-to-manila\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD \u2018waited for typhoon to pass\u2019 before flying back to Manila"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Duterte\u2019s absence from the first two typhoon response briefings was criticized on social media, but many officials said the President is on top of the situation and monitoring developments while in Davao City. (File: ALBERTO ALCAIN\/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he was \u201cwaiting for the typhoon to pass\u201d and visited the resting place of his late parents, the reason for his absence in the government’s first briefing on its response to Super Typhoon “Rolly”.<\/p>\n

In a Cabinet meeting aired over PTV-4, Duterte said while he failed to make it to the briefing because of the typhoon, he really intended to be there as soon as the weather permitted.<\/p>\n

\u201cItong mga ugok naman sinabi na wala ako<\/em>\u00a0(These idiots, they\u2019re saying I was absent), I was waiting for the typhoon to pass, then\u00a0lumipad ak<\/em>o (I flew),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said he spent the weekend in Davao City before the All Saints\u2019 Day and All Souls\u2019 Day.<\/p>\n

\u201cKami taga probinsya<\/em>, we travel almost with regularity,\u00a0bakasyon<\/em>, all Souls\u2019 Day,\u00a0kaya nga ako nauwi<\/em>\u00a0(We from the province, we travel almost with regularity, vacation, all Souls\u2019 Day, that\u2019s why I went home),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he could not skip his tradition of paying respects to his late parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know\u00a0kung wala kayong patay, okay lang. Kami may mga pamatay, kailangan umuwi kami doon sa amin<\/em>\u00a0(if you don\u2019t have deceased loved ones, it\u2019s okay. Us, we have that\u2019s why we need to return home),\u201d he said. He added that he and the Cabinet members were not present due to the typhoon.<\/p>\n

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\u201cKaming lahat wala<\/em>\u00a0because\u00a0may bagyo eh, ngayon,<\/em>\u00a0I was waiting for…\u00a0yung<\/em>\u00a0tail end\u00a0ng bagyo<\/em>\u00a0then lumipad\u00a0ako<\/em>\u00a0(We (Cabinet members) were not present because there\u2019s a typhoon, I was waiting for the tail end of the typhoon then I flew),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s absence from the first two typhoon response briefings was criticized on social media, but many officials said the President is on top of the situation and monitoring developments while in Davao City.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President was monitoring developments on the typhoon from his home.<\/p>\n

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He said all concerned agencies are on \u201cred alert\u201d status to maximize their capacity to respond to the people\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n

National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) executive director Ricardo Jalad noted that Duterte had the luxury of monitoring developments from his home since he was confident that the local and national governments are \u201cfunctioning\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cDapat hindi mangamba ang ating mga kababayan bakit hindi nila nakikita si Presidente<\/em>\u00a0(Our countrymen shouldn\u2019t worry that they can\u2019t see the President) because he has that luxury, the government is functioning from the local government unit up to the national level,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

On Monday afternoon, Duterte conducted an aerial inspection in Guinobatan, Albay and visited affected residents there.<\/p>\n

He also ordered concerned agencies to ensure that residents are given food and cash assistance and ensure that there is clean water in areas hit by the typhoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he was \u201cwaiting for the typhoon to pass\u201d and visited the resting place …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":273386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273865","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=273865"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286771,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273865\/revisions\/286771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}