A modular hospital with 110-bed capacity that can accommodate moderate to severe cases of COVID-19 was inaugurated today, April 6, 2021 at the Quezon Institute in Quezon City, according to Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque Jr.

The national government and Manila Water Co., Inc. have finished the renegotiation of the 1997 MWSS Concession Agreement and have come up with a Revised Concession Agreement that, according to Presidential Spokesperson Secretary Harry Roque Jr, was modeled after the contract of the New Clark City Water and Wastewater Joint Venture Agreement of the Bases Conversion Development Authority.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Saturday, April 3, 2021, approved the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to extend the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) classification of the National Capital Region (NCR), Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal for one week starting April 5 until April 11, 2021.

Some 22.9 million individuals or 80 percent of the low-income population in the National Capital Region, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal or the so-called NCR plus bubble, will receive P1,000 amelioration assistance from the national government for the duration of the one-week Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ).

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Monday, March 29, 2021, retained the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) classification of the National Capital Region (NCR), Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal until April 4, 2021.

On the first day of implementation of the one-week Enhanced Community Quarantine or ECQ in the National Capital Region, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal, the Palace called on the cooperation of the public to contribute in the reduction of active COVID-19 cases, which would then have an impact in the country’s healthcare capacity. “Kailangan ang kooperasyon ng lahat para pagkatapos po ng pitong araw, eto po ang nais nating makamit: Read More

Today, we greet our country’s leader and father of the nation, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, a happy 76th birthday.

“Dahil nga po sa napakataas na [dami ng] mga tao, mga kababayan nating nahahawa ngayon ng COVID-19 dahil na rin dito sa mga bagong variant, inaprubahan po ng ating Presidente ang rekomendasyon ng inyong IATF na ilagay muli sa Enhanced Community Quarantine or ECQ ang National Capital Region, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, at Rizal or ang tinatawag nating Greater Manila Area.”

The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Thursday, March 25, 2021, allowed religious denominations to hold religious gatherings once a day from April 1, 2021 to April 4, 2021.

With the economy remaining open amid the on-going pandemic, the Palace believes that this has helped improve investments in the country, with employment rates actually faring better than the same period last year.