PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has taken a swipe at a government official over that official’s reported lavish lifestyle.

In his speech during a dinner he hosted for the Philippine Air Force's Dragon Boat Team on Tuesday in Malacañang, Duterte said he was looking into reports that a public official not belonging to the executive branch allegedly stayed in expensive hotels and traveled first class.

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