THREAD: President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the public. 
Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez: Unti-unti pong binubuksan ang ekonomiya.
DTI: Hindi po natin nire-require ang lahat ng workers na magpa-test.
DTI: From the government, ang malinaw lang ay kung sino ay may karamdaman, yun lang ang ipi-PCR test natin.
DTI: Meron din tayong ni-suggest magprovide ng shuttle services dahil wala pang public transpo, o kaya magprovide ng temporary accommodation.
DTI: Ngayon kung SME daw yung kompanya at cannot afford [shuttle services], 'yan naman po ay pwedeng pag-usapan between the worker and the company.
DTI: May wage subsidy para sigurado na may nakukuha pa rin ang mga workers ng ₱5,000 to ₱8,000 depende sa kanilang lugar.
DTI: Ang DTI naman ay nag-provide out of our budget na ₱1 billion na pautang, micro financing, for the micro SMEs.
DTI: We are working another budget na para mapalaki yung amount na ito, kasi ang ₱1 billion ay maliit kumpara sa number ng SMEs na nangangailangan.
DTI: Nakiusap kami sa DOF and Land Bank na pwede manghirap ang micro SMEs.
DTI: Kung makuha ang bagong budget, this hopefully will be a zero-interest loan.
COVID-19 response chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. says there are now 23 COVID-19 referral hospitals.
COVID-19 response chief implementer adds there are now 1,748 wards available for COVID-19 response. There are also 5,706 isolation rooms, 848 ICU beds, and 1,578 ventilators in the country.
COVID-19 response chief implementer: Pumunta rin ako sa Butuan, at nagtatayo narin sila ng COVID hospital.
COVID-19 response chief implementer notes the government has distributed 603,000 sets of personal protective equipment to frontliners.
COVID-19 response chief implementer says the supply of PPEs will be stable by this month.
COVID-19 response chief implementer: Nung nagbigay tayo ng PPE, wala ng namamatay na mga doktor at medical personnel.
COVID-19 response chief implementer says 42,000 OFWs are expected to arrive the country until June.
COVID-19 response chief implementer: Malaki po ang problema po natin sa returning OFW. Kasi po sa ngayon po, more than 27,000 na po ang nandito sa Manila at mayroon pa pong darating na 42,000 this coming May at June. Mao-overwhelm po ang ating mga hotels.
COVID-19 response chief implementer says 465 of the returning OFWs tested positive for COVID-19.
COVID-19 response chief implementer says more or less 30,000 overseas Filipino workers tested for COVID-19. Among the figure, 465 yielded positive result of the virus.
COVID-19 response chief implementer: Ang ginagawa natin baka hindi na tayo magdelcare ng lockdown per region, pero ang lockdown nalang ay per barangay.
COVID-19 response chief implementer: Kapag nagawa na natin ang 30,000 tests per day, mahuhuli na po natin yung mga suspected patients.
COVID-19 response chief implementer: Ang gagawin namin ng DTI ay iikot kami sa lahat ng mga malls para makita po namin kung talagang sumusunod sila [sa IATF guidelines].
COVID-19 response chief implementer says he and DTI will be checking on malls to see if they are following physical distancing rules.
Duterte: We have done a lot of things overnight. Mabilis tayo nakapag-marshall ng ating mga resources.
Interior Secretary Eduardo Año says distribution of cash aid is 97 percent complete.
DILG chief says 183 barangay chairmen are being investigated over alleged anomalies in cash aid distribution.
DILG chief on SAP distribution of LGUs: Meron pong 48 mayors na pinagpapaliwanag natin sapagkat hindi sila nakaabot sa deadline at below 80 percent ang kanilang accomplishment.
DILG chief says Regions 1,5,12, and CARAGA have fully completed their distribution of COVID-19 cash aid.
DILG chief requests LGUs to submit the name of 5 million people who were not able to receive the cash aid.
DILG chief appeals to those who received cash aid twice to return it to the government.
DILG chief: Nagbigay tayo ng advisory sa mga LGUs na hindi requirement ang mandatory testing sa mga empleyado bago sila pumasok.
Duterte: Huwag na huwag ninyong haluan ng kalokohan ang mga programa sa COVID-19 dahil kailangan ito at maraming nangangailangan ng tulong.
Duterte: I will see to it that you will go to prison...yung kalokohan niyo.
Duterte: The law is the law is the law. The rule is the rule is the rule.
DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista says the agency continues to extend aid to Filipinos through its other programs apart from the social amelioration.
DSWD chief: Nakipartner kami sa United Registered Social Workers [para] magkaroon ng psychological first aid and psychosocial services.
DSWD chief: Magpo-provide rin kami ng psychosocial support sa pamilyang babalik sa probinsiya.
DSWD chief: For the second tranche ay hindi na tayo magbababa ng pondo sa LGUs at gagamitin natin ang AFP at PNP para sa pamamahagi ng ayuda.
DSWD chief says it has coordinated with the AFP and the PNP for the distribution of the second tranche of cash aid.
DSWD chief: Ang maganda rito sa second tranche payment ay gagamit tayo ng digital payment.
DSWD chief: Sa sinasabi ng AFP, meron na silang model na pwedeng gamitin dito sa pagtulong sa DSWD. Ito yung modelong ginamit nila during the election, pero inaadjust lang nila 'to para mag tailor fit siya dito sa ginagawa nating pag-distribute ng ayuda.
Duterte: We are in the process of gradual opening of our movement.
Duterte: Itong mga lugar na hindi pa binuksan, which are under the modified lockdown, ito yung nakita namin na talagang kailangan para hindi lalala ang sitwasyon.
Duterte: Kung babalik tayo sa dati, if the contamination will be as fast as before and it will continue to infect yung nakalabas na, then we'll have to just go back to the original program.
Duterte: A pharmaceutical called Moderna...meron na silang tests na showing positive results. Meron ng vaccine but ang problema, it will be ready, according to them, by 2021 pa. bit.ly/2LGsKft
Duterte: It's really the vaccine that can really fight the virus.
Duterte: So kung ganon, wag ka sanang mamatay hanggang January. Hintayin mo yung vaccine, pag tinawag ka ng kamatayan, sabihin mo "P******** mo umalis ka dyan, may hinihintay akong vaccine."
Duterte: Ang kalaban ng COVID isa lang talaga, it’s the vaccine that can really fight the infection.
Duterte: In the meantime, pakiusap ako sa labas, sundin niyo lang po yung mask at saka pag-ubo.
Duterte: The loosening of the restrictions does not mean wala na ang COVID. It will remain with us until such time na nabakunahan tayong lahat.
Duterte: The corona will not disappear, this will be here for all time.
Duterte appeals to parents to get their children vaccinated.
Duterte: Yung mga employer, you must provide an ideal working condition.
Duterte: Yung mga employers, you must provide an ideal working conditions. For example, well ventilated at i-disinfect ninyo.
Duterte: We are prioritizing the five million na hindi nakatanggap.
Duterte says the government is prioritizing the five million families who have not yet received cash aid.
Duterte says the country is short of tax collections.
Duterte: Many country is on the verge, malapit na sila sa vaccine.
Duterte on race to COVID-19 vaccine: I think China has already won. I’m just waiting for the announcement.
Duterte on COVID-19 vaccine: Kailangan may pera ako niyan, kasi bili agad tayo.
Duterte: Itong kaso ni Sinas, ako yung ayaw na malipat siya. He is a good officer, he is an honest one. Hindi niya kasalanan na may mangharana sa kanya sa birthday niya.
Duterte: Kailangan ko yung tao [Sinas]. Mas kailangan ko yung tao dito sa trabaho niya.
Duterte on Sinas: I don't believe in just firing him because kinantahan siya ng happy birthday.
Duterte: I'm sure na kung alam ni Sinas yan, hindi siya pumayag.
Duterte on Sinas: I will not order for his transfer. He stays there until further orders.
