MANILA, Philippines — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio wishes everyone, including President Rodrigo Duterte, good health this 2020.
“I wish for good health for everyone, including our President,” Duterte-Carpio said in a text message to INQUIRER.net
The presidential daughter made the same wish in her Instagram account.
Duterte, 74, spent Christmas Day and New year in his hometown Davao City.
The President’s health has become a recurring issue after he missed some of his public engagements due to sickness.
He earlier admitted that he suffers from Buerger’s disease, migraine, and back pains reportedly caused by smoking during his youth.
He also revealed that he had a colonoscopy and endoscopy and that he has been undergoing regular blood tests.
Duterte has also admitted that he has assorted ailments that comes with old age
“Do not ask me anymore if I have an illness. Because all 74-years old in the Philippines – except for a few – have illnesses. You choose — hypertension, diabetes, kidney, lung cancer, mostly cancer of the colon. All of those illnesses are with me,” he told reporters in November.