Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while delivering a speech during his visit at the Iligan City National School of Fisheries evacuation center in Iligan City, Philippines June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte reappeared in public on Tuesday after an absence of a week, his longest disappearance from the spotlight as president, amid concerns about his health that the government insists are baseless.
Duterte gave a speech at the presidential palace of about 25 minutes late on Tuesday, during which he railed at Islamist militants for their bloody occupation of a southern town, but made no mention of why he had been absent from the public eye.
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