Former President and Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada has been hospitalized due to pneumonia

MANILA, Philippines – Manila Mayor and former president Joseph "Erap" Estrada is in the hospital due to pneumonia. A dzMM report on Friday, December 23, quoted Estrada's son and senator JV Ejercito as saying his father has been confined at Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City since Wednesday night, December 21, after turning pale and experiencing difficulty in breathing. “There are problems left and right that’s why investors and businessmen transfer to other cities and leave Manila.”

Estrada said the plan to renew Manila includes an admission of the city’s numerous problems.
Former Philippines president and current mayor of Manila Joseph Estrada is hospitalized for pneumonia.