Dr. Leo Olarte defended the Presidential Security Group (PSG) for using unregistered COVID-19 vaccine

Olarte defended the PSG by saying that the members of the PSG can neither be jailed nor punished because they performed an act in obedience to an order of their superiors pursuant to a lawful purpose, and that they are mandated to protect the President of the Philippines.

January

2021

The Department of Justice (DOJ) approved the indictment of former Philippine Medical Association (PMA) President, Dr. Leo Olarte, for tax evasion

He was assessed to have a total of P2.93 million in tax liabilities from 2006 to 2012 inclusive of surcharges and interests. Olarte said he is willing to pay if the deficiency was truly caused by his own miscalculations, but he believed that his criticism of BIR's tax education ad may have caused him to be singled out.

March

2014

His group's alleged falsification of documents

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revoked the registration of his group because of allegedly submitting falsified documents. Anthony Leachon, the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) incoming President at that time encouraged the group to face the issue.

March

2014

Stickers and t-shirts were distributed by the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) as a form of protest to reach Interior Secretary Mar Roxas

An explosion occurred at the Grand Caprice hotel and the Limketkai Center in Cagayayan de Oro where delegates of PMA were having a convention. The associated distributed printed stickers and t-shirts with the words, "Busy Presidente Mar Roxas Nasaan Ka?" were distributed as a protest to reach Interior Secretary Mar Roxas who seemed to be out of contact.

August

2013

Ang kulang na pagtugon sa pandemya, ang tila ba pagbibigay halaga sa negosyo higit pa sa kapakanan ng taumbayan, ang garapalang pagpapayaman ng mga taong nagsasamantala sa pandemya sa kabila ng labis na paghihirap nating lahat.

October

2021

President Duterte is correct. Climate change involves abnormal warming of our planet's oceans. Typhoons are born in oceans and not on land. The warmer our oceans the stronger the global wind systems will be therefore super typhoons like Yolanda and Rolly arise. Anthropogenic or simply human-caused activities result in the unabated emissions of greenhouse gases that pollute the air we breathe. This leads to global warming that causes Climate Change.

November

2020

Palagay ko itong oral tablet na ito is for therapeutic purposes, talagang gamot 'to. So meron ka na, na-infect ka na, ito ay gagamitin para gamutin ka, pero itong bakuna kasi is more of prevention, para hindi ka ma-infect nung COVID, so there is a difference between prevention and curative. If this oral medicine can be both preventive and curative, double whammy. It would be better.

June

2021

sing Antiviral Molnupiravir for Emergency Against COVID-19