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PTV News Officer-in-Charge Angie Arguelles said the three teams from PTV-Cebu assigned to cover in Dumaguete City were tested for COVID-19.
RTVM Executive Director Demic Pabalan likewise said that none of their personnel in Dumaguete City tested positive for the respiratory disease.
“All RTVM personnel assigned here to cover two events– airport and seaport– passed the screening with negative RT-PCR results,” he said.
The Media Relations Operations Office (MARO) of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) likewise confirmed that all personnel covering the events of the President in Dumaguete City tested negative for COVID-19.
President Duterte is set to attend two events in Dumaguete City on Thursday, March 11. He will lead the inauguration of the development projects at Dumaguete (Sibulan) Airport and the inauguration of the Port Operations Building of the port of Dumaguete.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
Duterte made the statement as he led the inauguration of the newly constructed Port Operations Building (POB) at the Port of Dumaguete in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on Thursday, March 11. Joining him at the inauguration were Cabinet members presidential spokesman Harry Roque, chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III.
In his speech, the President jested that his right-hand man, who was also present during the event, wants to be his successor in Malacañang.
“It leaves a bad taste in the mouth kasi malayo pa, sabi niya sa akin, ikaw na magsabi sa kanila, sabihin ko raw sa inyo, gusto niya maging Presidente (because the election is still far away but he asked me to tell you that he wants to become president),” he said.
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
The President has pushed anew for the timely and corruption-free completion government projects when he inspected the latest upgrades made in the Dumaguete-Sibulan Airport in Negros Oriental.
Duterte was accompanied by several Cabinet members in his latest visit to Dumaguete. “I assure our people that we will remain committed to finish all infrastructure projects on time, if possible, within my administration, with the least inconvenience to the public and with strict adherence to honesty and integrity,”
Duterte said during the inauguration of the airport development projects.
“Corruption has no place here,” said Duterte, who has previously expressed exasperation with rampant corruption in government.