The Duterte Administration has earlier vowed a comfortable life for every Filipino family and attained a significant milestone when poverty incidence declined from 23.3% in 2015 to 16.7% in 2018. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on income and job opportunities as reflected in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, conducted April 2022, showing 43% of Filipino families feel poor – the same rating reflected in Read More

The Palace congratulates Mr. John Zurbito Lee and Mr. Eleuterio Larisma Bathan on their appointment as Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals.

The Palace congratulates Ms. Maria Filomena Singh on her appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

We congratulate the twelve (12) newly proclaimed Senators of the Republic.

We congratulate everyone for their cooperation in ensuring the 2022 national and local elections are generally peaceful and orderly.

The Palace congratulates Mary Francine Padios for bringing pride and glory to the country by winning the first gold medal for the Philippines in Pencak Silat Women’s Seni (Artistic) Tunggal single event in Vietnam.

We welcome the latest employment situation reported by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showing employment rate in March 2022 at 94.2% — the highest since April 2020.

The Executive, particularly our Economic Team, is closely monitoring the increase in the country’s inflation, which stands at 4.9% in April 2022.

We assure our people that the country’s borrowings, which put the county’s outstanding debt to more than P12-T, as end of March 2022, shall be put into good use and utilized effectively and efficiently.