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.

We note the latest decision of the Supreme Court dismissing the petition to disclose the President’s health records.

We share the view of the US State Department that an independent media is vital to democratic societies like the Philippines. This stance has never wavered on the part of the President and his Administration.

The Palace welcomes the results of the Toluna Blackbox showing Filipinos are satisfied with the country’s response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

The Palace notes that the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has issued a Cease and Desist Order against ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation for lack of a valid legislative franchise. ABS-CBN is free to exhaust all legal remedies available to it.