We deplore the effort of militant groups to deliberately cause harm to innocent people in their attempt to disrupt a private reception we were tendering for representatives of several foreign missions in New York.

The Third Quarter 2021 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey shows that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte received a net satisfaction rating of +52, which SWS classified as “very good.”

The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved the recommendation to put Bulacan, Apayao and Capiz to General Community Quarantine (GCQ) from October 18, 2021 to October 31, 2021.

The undersigned congratulated Maria Ressa for winning the Nobel Prize Award during my October 11 press briefing and later shared the statement of National Artist of the Philippines for Literature F. Sionil Jose regarding the former’s Award.

The Palace is closely monitoring the ongoing operations for Tropical Storm Maring as it continues to move away from extreme Northern Luzon.

To reiterate, the President’s sidetrip to a mall — which was unplanned — happened on October 2, the same day the Chief Executive announced that he will be retiring from politics. This happened right after he accompanied Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go in the latter’s filing of his Certificate of Candidacy.

The Palace confirms that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte directed all officials and employees of the Executive Department to no longer appear before or attend the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearings on the 2020 Commission on Audit Report effective immediately.

The latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey shows an improvement of net personal freedom to speak freely against President Rodrigo Roa Duterte from +5 in May 2021 to +18 in June 2021.

The President just made a sidetrip to a mall after accompanying Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go in the latter’s filing of his Certificate of Candidacy last Saturday, October 2. However, this was tainted with malice from an expected critic who relishes on putting the Chief Executive in a bad light.

The Administration, under President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, has exemplified decisive and compassionate leadership, which is best illustrated in Pulse Asia’s latest survey, conducted from September 6 to 11, 2021.