Palace tells warring allies to settle row privately

MALACAÑANG is keeping its hands off the feud between House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Davao del Norte Rep. Antonio Floirendo Jr., but wants two of President Rodrigo Duterte’s top allies in Congress to settle the row privately.

In a news conference, presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said the Palace won’t interfere in the rift between Alvarez and Floirendo as the issue was a “personal matter.”