The President will review the recommendations of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to establish the Pharmaceutical Development Center and the Virology Science and Technology Institute of the Philippines, which have already been approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) last Friday, May 22.

We are pleased to announce the historic arrival to the Philippines of BRP Jose Rizal, our country’s first-ever guided-missile frigate.

Today, as we remember Marawi, we pay tribute to the heroism of our fallen men in uniform during the siege of the Islamic City.

The Office of the Presidential Spokesperson disagrees with the tweet of CNN Philippines today, 21 May 2020, saying “CNN Philippines did not modify anything in the published story.” The fact speaks for itself. CNN Philippines, in its 18 May 2020 tweet, made mention that “the government has no program yet for mass testing,” which the news outlet later rectified by amending the quote of Secretary Harry Roque on the matter. Read More

We advise the public not to be complacent and to follow health protocols set by authorities after we received reports of people who trooped to the malls with complete disregard of social / physical distancing measures on the first day of our shift from enhanced community quarantine to modified enhanced community quarantine and general community quarantine in Luzon.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is now in Davao City to visit his family whom he has not seen in months and to assess the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation in Mindanao.

Our sincerest condolences to the family, relatives, friends, and colleagues of former Senator Maria Teresa “Tessie” Aquino-Oreta who passed away yesterday, May 14, at the age of 75.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s vow that no one goes hungry amid the current global health crisis remains firm and unchanged.

We are closely monitoring the situation in the country as we move from Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) to Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ)/General Community Quarantine (GCQ), amid a weather disturbance in the Philippines.

Per my latest conversation with Philippine National Police Chief PGen. Archie Gamboa, a criminal case is now being readied to be filed tomorrow against NCRPO Chief Debold Sinas, along with other senior police officials who attended the gathering.