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Government anti-narcotics operatives a seized a total of P897,013,041 worth of shabu and marijuana in a span of two weeks, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año reported to President Duterte on Monday night, June 6.

President Duterte’s late-night public briefing on Monday night, June 6, with Cabinet officials could be his last as his term will end on June 30.

As he approached the end of his administration, President Duterte rallied support for his successor, President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., saying Filipinos must unite to confront the challenges the Philippines faces.

A total of 1,934,807 Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered to the unvaccinated and those with incomplete vaccine doses through the house-to-house vaccination process, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Eduardo Año said Monday night, May 23.

As the country is dependent on global importation of oil, President Duterte lamented that “there will be no new normal” unless the Ukraine-Russia war ends, as this could help end the spiral of oil prices in the world market.

Expect President Duterte to continue waging war against drug lords and drug peddlers even after he steps down from office because he believes illegal drugs ruin the country and end lives.

A visibly concerned President Duterte ordered officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to convince their constituents to get vaccinated against Covid-19 in fear of a possible resurgence of coronavirus infections in the country.

President Duterte said there was no way that the wearing of facemasks will not be required until his last day in office, saying the Philippines was not yet “out of the woods” despite the low number of Covid-19 cases.

President Duterte said it is still not the right time to further de-escalate to Alert Level Zero the current Covid-19 level status in the country.

President Duterte on Tuesday, April 5, said he is considering to implement a house-to-house vaccination program as many Filipinos still refuse to get inoculated against Covid-19, leaving millions of vaccine doses unused.

President Duterte said he would not be surprised if some police officers were involved in the disappearance of several sabungeros, adding that scalawags in the service cannot be avoided.

President Duterte justified his decision not to suspend the operations of online sabong in the country as it is generating billions of income for the government and not because he has connections in the industry.

President Duterte said it is during the administration of the late President Corazon Aquino that the rich started to use the party-list system to get elected to Congress.

President Duterte on Tuesday, March 29, lashed out at progressive party-list groups which he accused of acting as "legal fronts" of the communist insurgency, barely two months before the May 2022 elections.

President Duterte said he is hoping that the next administration will continue the government’s anti-insurgency programs under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).

To further conserve fuel amid skyrocketing pump prices, President Duterte urged the public to just take mass transit services, particularly trains.

President Duterte emphasized that he cannot immediately act on the concerns of lawmakers on proposals to stop “e-sabong” operations or suspend the excise taxes on fuel.

President Duterte on Monday, March 7, said in jest that members of the New People’s Army (NPA) should be invited to the inauguration of government projects as a “retreat from fighting.”