News Roundup 20 November 2019
Nov 20, 2019 • 2 min Read
A ‘friendly’ advice from Joma sure to rile Duterte: Resign, have treatment, rest | INQUIRER.NET – Exiled communist party founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison again inserted himself into the discussion about President Rodrigo Duterte’s health, saying his friendly advice to his former student was resign, get full medical treatment and rest. Sison further said “This is the best service that he can render to the people now.”
Robredo tells Duterte: Want me out? Just say it | PHILSTAR.COM – Vice President Leni Robredo advised President Rodrigo Duterte to tell her directly if he wants her out of the government’s campaign against illegal drugs. Robredo accepted her designation as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs or ICAD after Duterte challenged her to solve the drug problem in the country.
DoH reports three new polio cases, urges parents to have children vaccinated | Manila Bulletin – The new cases involve a two-year-old girl from Maguindanao “who presented with fever and weakness in both legs” and a one-year-old boy from Cotabato City who experienced fever, cough, and weakness in both legs. The third is a four-year-old girl from North Cotabato who showed “fever, weakness of the right leg, neck, and facial muscle.” DOH noted “the first two cases were unvaccinated with the polio vaccine while the third received an incomplete dose.” Further, the health department said the new cases were admitted to the Cotabato Regional Medical Center.
Robredo to Duterte: Tell me if I’m out as drug czar | The Manila Times – VICE President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo dared President Rodrigo Duterte to say it to her face if he wanted her out as co-chairman of the Interagency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD). “Dapat diretsuhin na lang ako, diretso naman ako kausap kung ayaw nyo ako dito [He should tell me straight if he wants me out],” Robredo told the reporters in a chance interview after her meeting with the Dangerous Drug Board (DDB) in Quezon City.
