13/04/2021
Highlights of President Duterte's address to the nation on April 12, 2021.
β’ President Duterte on his absence: Nawala ako ng ilang araw. Sinadya ko βyun, ganun ako... The people must know that I am a resident of Davao City. I never pretended to be a President of Sampaloc or Sta. Ana.
β’ Duterte: If I want to go home there (Davao City) on a reasonable basis, I can because that is my home.
β’ Duterte: I go home just to be there... I missed my daughter's birthday... Nagpipirma ako sa series sa agriculture.
β’ Duterte: Sabihin mo, may sakit ako ngayon that could prevent me from exercising my power of presidency, wala po.
β’ Duterte: Eh kung mag-golf naman ako ng hatinggabi, aalma na naman, bakit ako nag-golf, anak ng p***... If you want me to die early, you must pray harder. What you would like to happen is to see me go.
β’ Duterte: Gusto ko magmotor sa gabi naman... I just want to ride, di naman masama yan. To ride at two o'clock in the morning is not taking the people's time.
β’ Duterte: E nandito lang ako sa MalacaΓ±ang, natutulog lang ako mag-isa. Ikaw, sino kasama mo sa k**a? Ikaw ba may-ari niyan? It takes two to tango. Pag binastos niyo ako, babastusin ko rin kayo.
β’ Duterte to de Lima: Binastos mo ang Pilipinas diyan sa droga sa national penitentiary. Ikaw, nahuli ka because in your mad desire to be President, you were asking money from everybody.
β’ Duterte to de Lima: Pinasukan mo pa ang makakasama sa bayan natin... You can be freed for all I care but people know you are a b***. That's what you are.
β’ Duterte to de Lima: Galit ka lang kasi naging Presidente ako. Galit ka lang kasi may ginawa ako para sa bayan... Galit ka lang kasi di ako papayag... maging narco state tayo...Pag wala ako ginawa, we would have been a narco politics state.
β’ Duterte: God willing, itong vaccine na tinatrabaho ni Sec. Galvez, may dadating na. Pag dadating na we can always reconfigure. Ako mag wawaive ako.... 70 above, ano makuha mo, dream of living until kingdom come?
β’ Duterte says he is ready to waive his COVID-19 vaccine slot: Kung sino may gusto sa (vaccine) slot ko, ibigay ko.
β’ Duterte on senior citizens: Kami yung bracket na few of us only are there in government working. Most of the senior citizens are no longer that productive.
β’ Duterte: Itong pinasok ko na nagdeclare ako ng national emergency, health issue, it includes everything connected to it... Government can expropriate yung mga hotels, motels whatever kung kulang ang mga halfway houses natin.
β’ Health Sec. Francisco Duque: Inutusan natin ang mga ospital magreserba ng hotel rooms, magreserba ng lugar na paglalagyan ng doctor at nurses na nagkaroon ng sintomas.
β’ Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. thanks Duterte for ordering PhilHealth to pay the claims of hospitals, says hospitals have promised to expand wards and to allocate more beds for COVID-19 patients.
β’ Galvez says Phl now has more than 100,000 active cases; about 2 percent are severe and critical: We will be needing 2,000 beds for severe and critical (cases).
β’ Galvez says Phl needs to have 605 more ICU beds.
β’ Duterte: Do not be afraid to spend money. It was intended to be spent... Huwag kayong matakot gumastos. Just follow rules.
β’ Duterte: Negotiated sale, if it is good, if you can justify it sa pagbili niyo, huwag kayo matakot gumastos. Nandiyan ako sa likod niyo. I will vouch for you if the transaction is legal and right.
β’ Social Welfare Sec. Rolando Bautista talks about the distribution of aid in NCR Plus areas.
β’ Bautista says as of April 11, the number of actual beneficiaries paid is 1,757,281.
β’ PNP chief Gen. Debold Sinas: Most violated public health standard is non-wearing of face shield... followed by non-wearing of face mask.
β’ FDA chief Eric Domingo says Ivermectin not yet included in DOH treatment protocol for COVID-19.
β’ Domingo on Ivermectin: Marami pong nagclaim na ito ang nagpagaling sa kanila pero marami rin silang ibang gamot na iniinom. Kulang pa po tayo ng ebidensya.
β’ Duterte reminds public to wear face masks, observe physical distancing.
β’ Domingo says emergency use applications of Bharat Biotech and Janssen still pending.
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