THREAD: President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the nation. 
Duterte: To my countrymen, I hope you had a very good communion with God during Easter.
Duterte: Nagkakaroon tayo ng problema. Hindi ito perfect kaagad. Especially so, noon pa, sinabi namin na national ID makakatulong.
Duterte: Kung may ID system lang tayo, naiwasan natin itong mga ‘to.
Duterte: Nung nagc-census 'yung mga barangay, pati 'yung DILG, kung wala kayo sa bahay, then hindi kayo mabigyan.
Duterte: Kung wala kayo sa listahan, then hindi kayo mabigyan. Hindi na kasalanan yan, wag kayong magsisi sa gobyerno.
Duterte: Gusto ko lahat mabigyan. Ayaw kong may mamatay ni isang Pilipino na gutom.
Duterte: May another survey tayo, madalian. Ang dapat diyan barangay captains and the mayors to determine sinong hindi nasali sa listahan at mabigyan lahat.
Duterte: May Comelec listahan, kayong mga flying voters noon, ayan, di namin alam kung saan kayo.
Duterte: We’re distributing to 18 million low income families. Ang problema nito, everybody wants to have it to.
Duterte: Sa blame game, unawain niyo yung totoong sitwasyon ng buhay natin.
Duterte: After a revalidation at malaman na namin, I’m sure Secretary Bautista can act immediately.
Duterte: Kung wala ka, maghintay ka and we will come up. Alam ko, sigurado.
Duterte: Hindi tayo mauubusan ng pera, mag-utang tayo nang mag utang. Ipagbili natin lahat hanggang maubos tapos punta na tayo sa America.
Duterte: America is part of the problem of the Filipinos now kasi sa karaming tinamaan sa kanila, marami nang patay, maski sino na lang na nanawagan sila, basta yung nurse, sige punta kayo sa embassy, i-process nila yung visa, one day.
Duterte: There's no end in sight. Anong katapusan nito, wala pa? And our numbers are increasing.
Duterte: Sa ibang lugar, libo na ang patay nila.
Duterte on US enticing nurses to work: Kami naman dito nakakabahan kasi wala kaming ipangbigay na malaki.
Duterte to US: You could have relied on your own human resource.
Duterte on US: Dapat kayo, umasa kayo sa sariling mga tao niyo.
Duterte: Kung gusto ninyo—kayong mga nurse mga Pilipino—kung gusto ninyo magsilbi sa ibang bayan, sa ibang tao, okay lang saakin.
Duterte: 'Di ako galit. Wala akong emotions about this actually.
Duterte to nurses on temporary deployment ban issue: Itong ganito, sa ordinary times, talagang hindi kayo mapigilan at walang makasabi sainyo umalis kayo o wag kayong umalis.
Duterte: Itong Hubei, bukas na yung airport. Sabi kasi Jinping, 'stay home.' Wala talagang lumalagpas kahit isa.
Duterte says the DSWD will start distributing aid to those not in the initial list of beneficiaries of cash aid.
Duterte: Gagastos tayo para sa Pilipino. We will borrow, we will sell.
Duterte: Yung discrimination ng mga health workers. Kapag tinamaan kayo ng COVID, didiretso kayo sa ospital. Sinong haharap sa inyo doon? Health workers at mga doktor.
Duterte orders police to arrest those who discriminate against health workers.
Duterte: Hoy mga g***! Naglinis na 'yang mga 'yan.
Duterte: Hulihin mo. Dalhin mo sa Bicutan. Wag mong i-release.
Duterte on those who will be detained for discriminating against health workers: 'Yung nasa preso naman, 'wag mong pakainin. Hayaan mong magutom.
Duterte: Kayo namang mga health workers, kung nakita niyo yung mga tao na nagbato ng bahay ninyo doon sa ospital niyo, alam mo na kung anong gawin mo.
Duterte: Yung reported na corona patients, ang problema natin yung not reported tapos namatay sa mga bahay-bahay at hindi niyo alam corona pala ang dahilan o ayaw ninyong sabihin kasi hindi kayo makapagburol nang matagal o nahihiya kayo.
Duterte: Yung pamilya nung namatayan, i-test agad.
Duterte: At this time, we need to treat the sick, we need to feed our people.
Duterte on reports that hospitals are turning away the remains of COVID-19 patients: Alam mo, you know guys, alam ninyong mali yan. So pag totoo yan, I will really ask the Justice Department to prosecute you.
Duterte: Lahat ng magkasakit, heart attack, appendicitis, pumutok ang kung anong puputok diyan, especially government hospitals, my order is must accept admission. You fail on that, I will relieve all of you.
Duterte: You can consider yourselves suspended because the written order will follow.
Duterte: If you have a better way if dealing with the problem, tell us.
Duterte: Kung kayong mga Left, may mabuti kayong paraan, sige kayo rito.
Duterte: We will accommodate you and do exactly as you advise us to do.
Duterte to the Left: But if you don't have a better way of dealing with this problem, then I said kindly step aside and keep quiet.
Duterte: Sa Amerika, kasi marami ring hindi sumusunod, at Pilipinas, hindi tayo bumaba. Tumaas tayo from a few hundred to 4,932.
Duterte: Maganda pa naman sana ang record ng Pilipinas dahil naka-lockdown tayo on time. Pero may pumupuslit eh, sumusugal.
Duterte: There seems to be a lack of uniformity on the enforcement of social distancing.
Duterte: Huwag muna lumabas ng bahay.
Duterte: Itong epidemic or pandemic, hindi ito natapos na sabihin mo yung nasa ospital, yung ginagamot ngayon, yun yung first wave. May second wave ito.
Duterte: Habang namamatay 'yung unang tinamaan, 'yung iba nahawa lang bago lang, sila 'yung second wave.
Duterte: 'Yan ang ibig sabihin kung bakit [dapat] i-maintain ninyo ang social distancing rule.
Duterte: Kayong mga mayors, 'wag kayong maglaro. Kasi kung ayaw ninyo mag-social distancing, mapipilitan ako na puntahan kita at arestuhin kita.
Duterte: Ang batas ng DOH, as implemented by Lorenzana, Galvez, sila, ayan yung batas ngayon.
Duterte: Yung sarili mong paniwala, itago mo lang 'yan.
Duterte: I am your public servant. Kayong mga mayor, bata bata lang ninyo ako, utusan ninyo ako kung anong gusto ninyo basta makapabuti sa bayan, gagawin ko.
Duterte: Pilipino, ayaw ko talagang kulungin kita. Miski ako dito, kinulong ako.
Duterte: Mayroon na hong gumawa ng antibody. Yung antibody na hindi galing sa tao.
Duterte: Mukhang ito, sa basa ko... mayroon nang medisina, antibody ang isang giant pharmaceuticals tapos naghahabulan sila.
Duterte: Sabi by May, they would start to market it. Ang problema sabi nga, we are on the last ladder. Ang mauna niyan 'yung mga mayayaman.
Duterte says he will lift the quarantine if there are antibodies against the new coronavirus available in the market.
Duterte: Kaunting panahon na lang. Alam kong inip na inip na kayong lumabas.
Duterte encourages hand washing even just with ordinary soap.
Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion: I think now is the time that we should really looks and plan on how to gradually shift towards reviving the economy.
Concepcion: If we don’t bring back the economy, then many of our Filipino brothers will suffer.
Concepcion: I think we will win this war. And I'm sure that with our three veteran generals who are now implementing this whole execution, I believe in the end you can have a great plan.
Finance Secretary Sonny Domínguez: I had a meeting with the World Bank a few days ago and they said that your decisiveness in first reducing the number of people coming into PH in February and March followed by the lockdown probably has saved 1,000 lives in the Philippines.
Finance Department proposes a wage subsidy for small businesses.
Finance Undersecretary Karl Chua says 3.4 million workers are affected by quarantine measures.
Finance Undersecretary Karl Chua: 436,000 po ang napilitan magsara and 117,000 ang pinayagan magbukas para magbenta ng pagkain. Ang apektado po ay 3.4 million, ito po ay mga middle class.
Duterte: This is my order. Do not stop motor vehicles carrying food from the province. Do not delay their journey because people are waiting for their supplies.
Duterte: When you use public funds on anything that is medical, you want to have the health assessment. But unfortunately, until now they are debating on the efficacy of the rapid test that they’d like to buy.
Duterte: There is no ruling yet. They cannot act on it yet without the health assessment of the entire country, which I can understand.
Duterte: There's a rule that we cannot use public funds to buy medical supplies and medicines without the FDA signal.
Duterte: What we are trying to buy outside is proven by the FDA United States of America.
Duterte orders purchase of rapid COVID-19 test kits, despite having no local FDA approval.
Duterte adds, however, that the rapid test kits have been approved by the US FDA.
Duterte adds, however, that the rapid test kits have been approved by the US FDA.
Duterte: I will ask Secretary Duque to talk to the people in charge. They can proceed to buy it immediately.
Duterte: Take note of the fact that we are all in this, the entire world. We may not have the supply. Also, may fear na kung nandyan 'yung antibody, of course the rich nations can get it first before we can.
Duterte: Kung nandiyan na yung antibody, available na sa market dito and it is being sold in quantity, in number, then I am inclined to maybe lift the lockdown.
Duterte says he has received a note from Chinese President Xi Jinping expressing support for the Philippines’ COVID-19 fight.
Duterte: I’d like to thank President Xi Jinping expressing his support.
Duterte: I really do not want to see a single Filipino dying of [COVID-19], lalo na 'yung mga bata.
Duterte: Again, at the risk of being redundant or repetitious, I would like to say go out and seek the hungry before they die.
Duterte again floats the possibility of selling government assets to get more funding for COVID-19 response.
Duterte: Kung sino man makabili ng Cultural Center [of the Philippines], parang palasyo 'yan. May trono diyan.
Duterte: There’s a glimmer of hope dito sa mga medisinang nagawa ng mga pharmaceuticals.
Duterte: Again, I repeat ito 'yung antibody. It is not a vaccine.
Duterte salutes health workers.
Duterte to medical workers: Pagka gabi na, and you are still far away from your home, ito lang magawa ko. If you're still about a kilometer away at makakita ka ng pulis, parahin mo. Sabihin mo sa pulis na magpahatid ka.
Duterte says health workers can hail a ride home on police vehicles.
