ROQUE: "Ang bibigyan po natin ng kasiguraduhan eh bibilisan naman po ng Palasyo ang pagsusuri sa budget para malaman kung mayroong mga specific line item na ibi-veto ang Presidente."
President Rodrigo Duterte wants the government to shoulder the cost for COVID-19 tests in government health centers to further curb the spread of the virus.
"I told you frankly, my day starts at two o'clock in the afternoon. Pero hanggang gabi na ako, papunta ng gabi. Walang limit na 'yan... But for the reason na ganon nga body clock ko, and I have a job to do and I have to do it right. And what do you do? What do you mean?"
President Rodrigo Duterte spoke to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison via phone call on Monday to discuss Philippine-Australia bilateral relations and regional and multilateral cooperation, including the results of the 37th Asean Summit and Related Summits.
President Rodrigo Duterte joins the nation in commemorating the 157th birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio, urging Filipinos to draw inspiration from the heroism of the supreme leader (Supremo) of the Katipunan amid the prevailing COVID-19 health crisis.
President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed his former legal consultant Warren Rex Hernandez Liong to the second-highest position in the Office of the Ombudsman.
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed five laws increasing bed capacity of hospitals in the cities of Iloilo, Las Piñas, Tuguegarao and Quezon, and in Dapa, Surigao del Norte.