Duterte lashes out at TatadBy RALPH VILLANUEVAhome/News/Top Stories/Duterte lashes out at TatadOver health speculationSAN JOSE DEL MONTE, Bulacan: A fuming President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to slap a former legislator who wrote a story concerning his health. In a speech during the kick-off rally of the campaign of his political party Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) on Thursday here, Duterte warned former senator Francisco Tatad for being disrespectful for publishing an opinion piece, which said that Duterte had a kidney transplant on Jan. 29, 2019. He said what Tatad published was a violation of press freedom. “This Tatad, you Tatad. Duterte did not stop there, even going to the extent of asking Tatad to let him “borrow” he former senator’s wife as he questioned Tatad’s virility.

Source: Manila Times February 15, 2019 17:42 UTC