The government's pandemic task force has escalated the risk classification of Iloilo Province and Iloilo City to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until the end of the month. The complex of the Iloilo Provincial Capitol. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
Malacañang said it was closely monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in Malaysia as the Southeast Asian nation continued to grapple with a surge in infections due to the more contagious Delta variant. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque explained that the National Capital Region (NCR) was placed under the normal general community quarantine (GCQ) because of the local government units' (LGUs') improvement in responding to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Manila Bulletin File Photo Roque made the...
President Duterte has approved placing the National Capital Region (NCR) back to the normal general community quarantine (GCQ) until the end of the month, along with 29 other areas in the country as their existing coronavirus (COVID-19) quarantine classification expired on July 15. In a video...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque is not about to burn bridges with the ruling PDP-Laban party led by his former law classmate Senator Aquilino Pimentel III. President Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) Roque clarified Thursday that he was not trying to belittle the administration...
Malacañang said the Philippines was not late in imposing restrictions on travelers coming from Indonesia, citing the small number of travelers entering the country from Indonesia over the past four months. File photo (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said China will get an earful from the Philippine government if it would be proven that Chinese vessels were indeed dumping waste, including human waste, in the West Philippine Sea. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Roque made the statement after...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque revealed his plans to go to Bajo de Masinloc and the Kalayaan Islands in the West Philippine Sea to check if Filipinos were really being barred from fishing in the disputed waters. Members of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and some Filipino fishermen in the West...
Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Thursday, July 15 hit back at presidential spokesperson Harry Roque for saying the membership of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP-Laban) party would be reduced to a “jeepney-sized” group should they oust President Duterte as the party...
President Duterte has approved the travel restrictions for all travelers coming from Indonesia from July 16 to 31, 2021 to prevent the further spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) variants in the country. File photo (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) On Wednesday, July 14, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Wednesday, July 14, that they are verifying information that Chinese vessels dumped human waste in the disputed waters in Spratly Islands, but stressed that the Philippines is not a dumpsite. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Malacañang said the government will implement more strictly basic health protocols and response efforts in case the dreaded Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) arrived in the country. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential...
