Malacañang hit back at the opposition coalition for dismissing a possible vice presidential bid of President Duterte as a bad joke. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, the opposition might end up looking foolish if the President...
Not all the country's policemen are rotten, Malacañang insisted Tuesday after the video showing a woman being shot dead by a cop in Quezon City went viral online. An incensed PNP Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar confronts PM/Sgt. Hensie Zinampan at Camp Karingal in Quezon City on June 1, 2021....
As ordered by Malacañang, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) has extended its travel ban covering seven Asian and Middle East countries hit by the highly contagious Indian coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant. BI Commissioner Jaime Morente (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) These countries are india,...
"Let's veer on the safer side." Malacañang thought it would be safer for senior citizens, even fully vaccinated ones, to stay in their homes until the country has achieved population protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A senior citizen receives the second dose of AstraZeneca...
The government is not in a rush to seek the passage of a third stimulus package for the coronavirus response and recovery efforts since it was still spending the existing budget. Las Piñas City residents wait for their turn at a COVID vaccination site inside a mall on May 30, 2021. (Ali...
Malacañang said the government's pandemic task force will work on the policy about vaccinating foreign workers in the Philippines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) once the country gets the bulk of COVID-19 vaccines it bought. A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine...
The government is set to temporarily divert all international flights bound for Mactan-Cebu International Airport to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) starting this Saturday. OWWA personnel inspect travel documents of passengers arriving at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1...
The government is set to buy more of Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to inoculate the country's teenagers against the disease, Malacañang said. In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 are seen. (Luis ACOSTA / AFP / FILE...
Malacañang did not express alarm over reports that Filipinos in classes D and E were still hesitant to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) but said this may change the moment many people have received the jab. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Despite the downward trend in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, Malacañang said that there are still a lot of factors that should be considered before restrictions in the National Capital Region (NCR) bubble area can be further relaxed. Manila Bulletin File Photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque agreed that there should be more Philippine General Hospital (PGH) but reminded that running the facility is funded by the University of the Philippines (UP) and not the Department of Health (DOH). Philippine General Hospital (Wikimedia Commons) Roque made the...
Malacañang said that President Duterte's approach on the issue of the West Philippine Sea has been working since no part of the country's territory was taken by China since he took office. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and Vice President Leni Robredo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made...