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Roque opens today's briefing with the results of an SWS survey that said 75% of Filipinos were happy with President Rodrigo Duterte's performance of his duties

Roque says Duterte has the highest net satisfaction rating among Philippine presidents: Siya po ang pinakamataas mula po ng nagkaroon tayo ng demokrasya matapos ang martial law

Roque says this is the highest rating received by a President during their last year in office

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Roque advises all parents to pre-register their immunocompromised children aged 12-17 years old for COVID-19 vaccination

As of Sept. 29, Roque says 45.15 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered. Of this number, 21.10 million are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and 24.04 million have received their first dose.

Roque says Pag-IBIG Fund was able to release ₱58.52 billion in home loans from January to August

NEDA Sec. Karl Chua says data shows there is great progress in the country's economy: Our economic growth is beginning to recover

NEDA Sec. Chua: PH economic growth is recovering, but sustainability will depend on actions taken against COVID-19

NEDA Sec. Chua: The latest growth rate for Q2 2021 is +11.8%

NEDA Sec. Chua says the manufacturing industry continues to grow strong in Q3 2021

NEDA Sec. Chua notes improvement in underemployment rate in 2021: Naibaba natin ang underemployment rate natin to 14.7%. Ito ay mas mababa pa sa recent months.

NEDA Sec. Chua says imports continue to have a strong recovery as well as the country continues it's Build, Build, Build program and the expansion of factories

NEDA Sec. Chua says job creation is highly correlated with the level of quarantine and heightened risk due to Delta variant

NEDA Sec. Chua: Tama po yung ginagawa nating granular lockdown. Nakita po natin sa pilot, gumagana siya. Bumabalik yung trabaho, pero bumaba yung COVID [cases]

NEDA Sec. Chua: Use of public transports is stronger now compared to last year even during ECQ

NEDA Sec. Chua: Nakita natin sa datos ay yung lockdown ay hindi nagso-solve ng problem ng ating pandemic. Ito ay nakakapagdagdag sa mga bilang ng nagugutom, sa mga may kailangan ng gamot para sa kanilang ibang sakit (1/2)

NEDA Sec. Chua: Yung totoong solusyon diyan ay yung pag-implement ng minimum health standard at pag-focus ng ating strategies sa highest risk areas. Ang lockdown po ay hindi solusyon. Hindi po mawawala nang tuluyan ang COVID sa mga darating na panahon (2/2)

NEDA Sec. Chua: Pababa na yung COVID cases, so makikita natin na starting October mas may opportunity na ibaba further ang quarantine classification

Roque says there will be an IATF meeting later to discuss the latest alert level for October

Roque on effectiveness of granular lockdown: Sa aking pananaw po, bumaba po ang ating reproduction rate at numero ng kaso

LOOK: NEDA Sec. Chua presents key findings on the long-term effects of COVID-19 on the country's economy

NEDA Sec. Chua: Ayon sa data natin ay gumagana ito [granular lockdown]. Kahit na naka-less restriction tayo ay yung kaso ng COVID ay bumababa at bumabalik ang trabaho ayon sa ulat ng Philippine Statistics Office.

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NEDA Sec. Chua says it would be better to expand the implementation of granular lockdown in other parts of the country

NEDA Sec. Chua says accelerating the country's vaccination program is key in the country's recovery. Managing risks better and implementing the recovery program are also important, he says.

Roque: We need to learn how to live with the virus. Hindi talaga solusyon ang lockdown.

Roque on President Duterte's possible 2022 bid: Antayin po natin ang October 8. Ang alam ko lang po ay meron na siyang pinirmahan na COC at acceptance of nomination.

Roque says President Duterte will deliver a public address tonight

Following recent backlogs in COVID-19 data, Roque says DOH is coordinating with DICT to solve the issue

Roque on the Bloomberg resiliency report: Mapapansin niyo po na out of 194 countries, 53 lang ang nasurvey. Kaya maintindihan ng lahat na kapag tayo ay huli, hindi naman ibig sabihin huli tayo sa buong mundo. Huli lang tayo sa mga pinag-aralan ng Bloomberg.

Roque on calls to abolish the IATF: Kung wala pong IATF, wala po tayong desisyon sa pagbili ng bakuna, wala po tayong mga alert level systems at quarantine classifications. Napakahirap gawin 'yan kung walang kumukumpas.

Roque: Ang masasabi lang natin diyan, siguro where we can agree is ang tinetest nila ay yung economic resilience and sinsasbi ni Sec. Chua na tuwing tayo ay nagla-lockdown ay nasasara ang ekonomiya at walang economic resilience kung tayo ang nagla-lockdown.

Roque on possible senatorial bid: Antayin na lang natin ang Oct. 8

Roque on the vaccination of general population: Tuloy-tuloy na po 'yan... Ngayon po kampante tayo dahil sagana tayo sa supply.

Roque says the technical issues that affected COVIDKaya have no impact on the assessment or computation of the metrics for the alert levels in NCR

Roque on the 2022 national budget: Ayan po ay isang pandemic budget at hindi po pwedeng maantala ang serbisyo sa taong bayan sa panahon ng pandemya

Roque: Wala pa po akong nababalitaang (Cabinet member) na nagreresign. Ang paghahain ng certificate of candidacy will have the effect of resignation.