MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has defied his doctor’s advice to rest, his trusted aide said Wednesday, after the Chief Executive complained of unbearable pain in his spine. Even if the doctor advised him to rest, he doesn’t want to rest,” Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go told reporters in Filipino in Malacañang. After consultation with his doctor, Panelo said the President only experienced a muscle spasm. But Duterte told reporters that “a muscle spasm by itself is not really a nothing,” and that “there has to be something” but said his doctor told him to keep quiet. ADVERTISEMENTDespite the doctor’s advice to rest, Go said Duterte, 74, is really “hardworking.”“Hardworking at workaholic.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 13, 2019 07:02 UTC