It’s no wonder that the Philippines breached the one-million mark on its positive cases of COVID-19, President Duterte noted on Wednesday, April 28, as he mentioned how Filipinos are unmindful of protocols and laws. President Duterte delivers a televised address on April 28, 2021 (Malacañang)...
Local government officials may be slapped with administrative and criminal charges if they don't enforce the quarantine rules in their areas of jurisdiction, President Duterte warned Wednesday, April 28. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang) The President said he would direct Interior and Local...
President Duterte has extended the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubble area until May 14, 2021 days after the country reached its millionth coronavirus (COVID-19) case this week. President Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the...
An organization of education workers urged President Duterte to call on Congress for an “urgent special session” which will rechannel the budget for the opening of a new school year. (ALI VICOY/MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, in a statement issued...
An administrative order implementing the Local Government Reform Project (LGRP) has been signed by President Duterte. President Duterte with Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III (File photo: Malacañang) In Administrative Order No. 40, the President created an Interagency Governing Board (IGB)...
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) does not see anything wrong with giving the public information that the Philippines is doing better than other countries in the fight against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying these data were facts anyway. PCOO logo via Philippine News...
It took the efforts of the current administration to put a new roof on Ormoc City Airport after the old one was blown to bits by super typhoon "Yolanda" in November 2013. The rehabilitated Ormoc City Airport during its July 5, 2019 inauguration. (File photo/ Photo by the Presidential Communications...
Malacañang is leaving the decision to the government’s counter-insurgency task force whether or not its spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. should be sacked from his post over his controversial remarks on community pantries and senators. Noting that President Duterte “does not...
The next quarantine classification of National Capital Region Plus for the month of May may be a "difficult decision" for President Duterte, Malacañang said Tuesday as the nation's recorded cases of coronavirus soared past a million. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential...
President Duterte will do what is best for the country even if his chosen course of action may be unpopular. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said this on Tuesday, April 27, amid growing criticisms of the government’s seemingly passive stance against Chinese incursions in the West Philippine...
President Duterte is Presidential spokesman Harry Roque’s modern-day Lapulapu, who resisted against imperial Spanish colonization, as he also revealed plans by the government to make April 27 Lapulapu Day. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) April 27 this year...
President Duterte paid tribute to his "idol" Lapulapu and honored the bravery of the country's health and essential frontliners as the "worthy heirs" of his legacy. President Rodrigo Duterte (Photo: Malacañang) The President issued a pre-recorded message honoring the country's past and present...
