Palace denies Tatad’s claim Duterte had mild stroke

Malacañang on Wednesday denied that President Rodrigo Duterte had suffered a mild stroke after the Chief Executive disappeared from public view for about a week.

Palace spokesman Ernesto Abella issued the denial in reaction to the claim of former senator Francisco “Kit” Tatad in his The Manila Times column that Duterte went to a hospital for dialysis during his five-day break.