On Oct. 16, 2015, on the last day of filing for certificates of candidacy, Duterte did not show up. Martin Dino filed his intent to run for president under Duterte's party, PDP-Laban. On Oct. 27, PDP-Laban made it official that Duterte will substitute as the party's presidential bet...
In 1988, Rodrigo Duterte ran for Mayor of Davao City and won, eventually serving seven terms over 22 years. Death Squads When Duterte took over the mayorship of Davao, the city was war-torn, the result of thePhilippine Revolutionleading to the ouster of Marcos. Duterte established tax breaks...
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SINGAPORE, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte began his two-day state visit to Singapore on Thursday. Duterte received a ceremonial welcome at Istana, met with Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong respectively. During the call on President...
Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte speaks during victory party---DAVAO PROVINCE, June 5, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his victory party in Davao, the Philippines, June 4, 2016. (Xinhua/Stringer)
The last of President Rodrigo Duterte’s state of the nation addresses (SONAs) is at hand. InhisInquirercolumntoday, Peter Wallace is a bit profuse in his praise of the President. He went on to “preempt his Sona by listing some of the achievements he accompli...
Rodrigo Duterte, the outspoken and polarizing populist president of the Philippines, is best known for his aggressive war on drugs, which, according to human rights groups, has resulted in the extrajudicial killings of tens of thousands of people in his country. Duterte has stated publicly, multip...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told a Senate inquiry Monday that he had maintained a “death squad” of criminals to kill other criminals when he was mayor of a southern Philippine city. Duterte, however, denied authorizing police to gun...
afp an eyebrow-raising reputation president rodrigo duterte of the philippines has a bit of a reputation. the global community has come to know the philippine's 16th president as a man of contentious quips and often offensive quotes. but while duterte has been the inspiration fo...
DAVAO CITY -- A day after his proclamation as president elect, Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte has scheduled his first meeting with his Cabinet here the presidential guest house in the south. Duterte to hold first Cabinet meet at 'Malacanang of the South' The president elect also received a...