Filipinos can expect a better holiday season this year, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Tuesday, November 2, as long as the number of COVID cases and the average daily attack rate (ADAR) continue to decrease. (UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Palace official noted that policies for...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, Nov. 2, disclosed that the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases is studying the possibility of finally ending the face shield policy. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Tuesday, Nov. 2 that at least 100,000 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines were affected by the fire that hit the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Government Center in Pagadian City. Vials of COVID-19 vaccines. (Keith Bacongco/ File photo/ MANILA...
Malacañang has designated Bernie Ferrer Cruz as acting secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). Malacañang Palace (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque confirmed this move by the executive branch in a message to Malacañang reporters Saturday, Oct. 30....
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque hit back Saturday, Oct. 30 against the militant picketers who denounced his presence in New York in the United States (US). (Screenshot from BAYAN USA Facebook page) "We deplore the effort of militant groups to deliberately cause harm to innocent people in...
The Duterte administration will go after Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. if it has indeed cheated the government of the taxes it should pay. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque gave this guarantee during a virtual press conference Friday, Oct. 29,...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has assured financial incentives to Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo for his impressive double-medal finish at the just-concluded 50th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Japan. Carlos Yulo in action (File photo/ Manila Bulletin) "Siyempre mayroon ‘no...
A Palace official has defended the Inter-Agency Task Force's (IATF) inclusion of China in the government's "green-list" countries despite the reported coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks there. (Photos from Facebook/ Unsplash) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque enumerated in a virtual press...
The government's task force against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has released its updated quarantine classification list for areas in the country that are not covered by the new Alert Level System (ALS). (Viktor Forgacs/ Unsplash) The updated list is based on Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF)...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) is taking the "slow but careful" approach in downgrading the alert level in the National Capital Region (NCR) under the Alert Level System (ALS). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Photo from Harry Roque's...
The first regular elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will not take place next year after all. (Screenshot from Facebook live) Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea confirmed in a text message to Malacañang reporters Friday, Oct. 29 that President Duterte...
President Duterte has told his counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that arrangements such as the Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) trilateral security partnership “must complement and not complicate" working methods for cooperation. President...