Malacañang

Malacañang assured the public on Friday that precautions and safety measures are in place for the repatriation of 497 Filipinos on board cruise ship M/V Diamond Princess.

Lieutenant Colonel Jovie Espenido may seek government protection if he so wishes, Malacañang said Thursday.

Echoing Senator Christopher Go’s earlier statement, Malacañang said Congress should deliberate on the renewal of ABS-CBN's franchise, which is set to expire on March 30, 2020.

President Rodrigo Duterte has terminated all Bureau of Immigration (BOI) officials and employees allegedly involved in the “pastillas” payola scheme, Malacañang said.

Critics of President Rodrigo Duterte are barking up the wrong tree in blaming the chief executive for ABS-CBN’s ongoing struggle to renew its franchise, Malacañang said.

Malacañang on Wednesday condemned the killing of the chief lawyer of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor).

Malacañang just shrugged off MOR 101.9 DJ ChaCha’s statement that Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa should just resign and apply as a bodyguard of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Malacañang is fully committed to ensuring compliance with the law and observance of human rights in the government’s war on drugs.

Controversial cop Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido, who was allegedly included on drug watchlist, could be a victim of poor intelligence gathering, according to Malacañang.

Any ouster move against President Rodrigo Duterte will not succeed, Malacañang said Tuesday.

Reacting to the alleged “pastillas” scheme for arriving Pogo workers, Malacañang said it will investigate the matter if complaints are formally filed.

Malacañang backed the Office of Solicitor General’s (OSG) move asking the Supreme Court (SC) to issue a gag order against ABS-CBN to stop the latter from discussing the issues concerning its franchise renewal.

Malacañang said it respects the plan of several senators to question before the Supreme Court the termination of the country’s Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States.

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed the daughter of former Vice President Noli De Castro as board director of state-run PTV-4.

President Rodrigo Duterte has named Health Undersecretary Rolando Enrique Domingo as the new director-general of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Malacañang reminded United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump that the Philippines fought on the U.S. side during World War II against the Japanese.

The travel ban on Taiwan has been lifted, Malacañang announced Friday.

President Rodrigo Duterte believes that controversial police officer Lieutenant Colonel Jovie Espenido, who led deadly operations against drug-linked politicians, is “clean,” Malacañang said.

There have been no new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (Covid-19), a respiratory illness first identified in Wuhan, China, in the Philippines, Malacañang said on Friday.

“Tsismis” was how Malacañang described the allegation of a Taiwanese woman rescued from an illegal Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO) firm that a government official named “Michael Yang” was protecting her former employers.

Malacañang said President Rodrigo Duterte clarified that the inclusion of Taiwan in the temporary travel ban imposed on China and its territories had “nothing to do” with the Philippines’ One-China policy.

Malacañang believes that offering optional retirement to cops on the drug watchlist is acceptable.

President Rodrigo Duterte may also scrap the country's Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the United States (US), Malacañang said.