President Rodrigo Duterte has tested negative for cancer, Malacanañg said on Tuesday amid a clamor for the Chief Executive to reveal his state of health to the public as required by the Constitution.

The President’s top aide, Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, made the statement after some Cabinet officials revealed that the President himself told them that his medical tests turned out “negative” for cancer.

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