Tomorrow, March 25, 2022, is the start of the campaign period for locally-elected positions.

We confirm that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed Executive Order No. 166 on March 21, 2022, adopting the Ten-Point Policy Agenda to accelerate and sustain economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and a whole-of-government approach to align all economic recovery programs and measures of the National Government.

The Palace welcomes the results of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)’s January 2022 Labor Force Survey showing a decline of unemployed Filipinos from 3.96 million in January 2021 to 2.93 million in January 2022.  This means a decrease of 1.04 million unemployed persons in the country.

Retired General Antonio Parlade’s call for a revolutionary government is part of his guaranteed freedom of speech and expression.

The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Thursday, March 10, 2022, approved the de-escalation of Iloilo City to Alert Level 1 after meeting the prescribed criteria for de-escalation to Alert Level 1 of the sub-Technical Working Group on Data Analytics.

The Palace confirms that the Office of the President, through the Office of the Executive Secretary, directed the Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation to conduct a thorough investigation on the disappearances of sabungeros, after receiving a copy of Senate Resolution No. 996. The PNP and the NBI are further directed to submit their findings to the Office of the President and the Department of Justice within Read More

Malacañang confirms the appointment of Atty. Melvin Alvarez Matibag as Acting Cabinet Secretary.

Malacañang confirms the appointment of Mr. Gerald Quitaleg Bantag as Director-General of the Bureau of Corrections (BUCOR) of the Department of Justice.

The Palace congratulates Mr. Abdullah Derupong Mama-o on his appointment as Secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers.

Malacanang confirms the appointment of Mr. Anderson Ang Lo as Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao.