The Palace commends Miss Philippines Beatrice Luigi Gomez for bringing joy to our people and honor to our country at the 70th Miss Universe competition in Israel.

We will refrain from issuing a statement until we have secured a copy of the latest Supreme Court decision on Republic Act Number 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.

We condemn in the strongest possible terms the tragic murder of Jesus “Jess” Malabanan in Calbayog City.

The Inter-Agency Task Force on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, approved the escalation of France to the Red List of countries/territories/jurisdictions effective December 10, 2021, 12:01A.M. until December 15, 2021.

The Palace confirms that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has approved the designation of MGEN Romeo S. Brawner Jr. as Commanding General of the Philippine Army.

The Palace confirms that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed Executive Order No. 154 today, December 7, 2021, directing the establishment of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital.

We acknowledge that the data provided by Bloomberg in its COVID-19 Resilience Ranking may be useful in evaluating our pandemic response. The indicators used by Bloomberg include reopening progress, COVID-19 status, and quality of life. However, we have to consider that the 53 countries in the report have different COVID-19 experiences and strategies. There is little consideration for country-specific COVID-19 context, which in our view is imperative to objectively assess Read More

We acknowledge the SWS for conducting and publishing its Third Quarter 2021 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, a regular initiative that provides the government with useful indicators it can use to calibrate its programs and policies.

This is to clarify that the Inter-Agency Task Force’s (IATF) temporary suspension of inbound international flights from South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe contained in IATF Resolution 150, supersedes the earlier Green List classification of the three abovementioned countries in IATF Resolution 148-A.

The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved on Friday, November 26, 2021, the temporary suspension of inbound international flights from South Africa, Botswana, and other countries with local cases or with the likelihood of occurrences of the B.1.1.1529 variant. This shall take effective immediately and until 15 December 2021.