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Malacañang assured the public that the technical issues surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19) case reporting of the Department of Health (DOH) will not affect the government’s decisions regarding its pandemic response, including the next Metro Manila’s next alert level classification.

A positive development amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) scourge.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque recalled President Duterte’s tirade against wealthy countries during the latter’s recent speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) following the Philippines’ dismal last place finish in Bloomberg’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Resilience Rankings.

Despite an unexpected second-place finish, Malacañang is unbothered by the result of a recent vice presidential preference survey, saying President Duterte is still the candidate to beat in the upcoming 2022 elections.

President Duterte has “given the cue” for legislators to create a law that would allow the executive to exercise its so-called police power over those who do not want to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The government can invoke police power of the State, but there is need for a new law that would compel people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacañang said on Tuesday, September 28,

The Palace sees no obstacle in its potential enactment of a measure that seeks to extend the voter registration period for the May 2022 elections for another 30 days.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque branded as fake news the reports circulating via text message that the P20 banknote will no longer be recognized as legal tender before the end of 2021.

Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, September 28, said that President Duterte will listen to public opinion about his possible vice presidential bid after a recent survey showed that 60 percent of Filipinos think his candidacy “violates the intention of the Constitution.”

President Duterte has green-lit the start of the vaccination of the general population, including children, against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) starting this October.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has dismissed a Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. official’s claim that the firm sold the government “spoiled” face shields, saying that it’s practically an unsubstantiated testimony.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that for people like him who have health conditions, gyms are absolutely essential and must be reopened.

The controversial death of Filipino artist Breana “Bree” Jonson has gained the attention of President Duterte.

Malacañang said it will first evaluate if the country’s hospitals are in need of more manpower before allowing Filipino healthcare workers to work in New York amid the state’s search for more medical workers.

Malacañang told administration critic former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV that he is free to do whatever he wants to do with his political career.

The government’s pandemic task force has decided to relax some of the guidelines on the pilot implementation of Alert Levels System for COVID-19 (coronavirus) Response in the National Capital Region (NCR), allowing more people to go out and more activities to take place in the pilot area.

The Philippines will now be counting positive results from rapid antigen tests on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque insisted Friday, Sept. 24 that President Duterte’s satisfaction ratings are “still very good by any standards”.