Davao City,officially the City of Davao,is a highly urbanized city in the Davao Region,Philippines. The city has a total land area of 2,443.61 km2 (943.48 sq mi),making it the largest city in the Philippines in terms of land area. It is the third-most populous city in the Philippines after Quezon City and Manila respectively,and the most populous city in Mindanao,in Davao Region,and outside of Metro Manila. According to the 2020 census,it has a population of 1,776,949 people.
Rodrigo Roa Duterte,also known as Digong,Rody,and by the initials DU30 and PRRD,is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino,the ruling political party in the Philippines during his presidency. Duterte is the first president of the Philippines to be from Mindanao,and is the oldest person to assume office,beginning his term at age 71.
The Davao Death Squad (DDS) is a vigilante group in Davao City,Philippines. The group is alleged to have conducted summary executions of street children and individuals suspected of petty crimes and drug dealing. It has been estimated that the group is responsible for the killing or disappearance of between 1,020 and 1,040 people between 1998 and 2008. The 2009 report by the CHR noted stonewalling by local police under Duterte while a leaked cable observed a lack of public outrage among Davao residents.
Sara Zimmerman Duterte-Carpio,commonly known as Inday Sara,is a Filipino lawyer and politician who is the 15th and current vice president of the Philippines. She is the third female vice president,the third vice president to come from Mindanao,and the youngest vice president in Philippine history. A daughter of 16th president Rodrigo Duterte,she previously served as the mayor of Davao City from 2016 to 2022,and from 2010 to 2013. She was also Davao City's vice mayor from 2007 to 2010.
The mayor of Davao City is the chief executive of the government of Davao City in Davao Region,Philippines. The mayor leads the city's departments in executing ordinances and delivering public services. The mayorship is a three-year term and each mayor is restricted to three consecutive terms,totalling nine years,although a mayor can be elected again after an interruption of one term.
The 2016 presidential campaign of Rodrigo Duterte was announced on November 21,2015. Rodrigo Duterte,who was then serving as Mayor of Davao City,had refused to run and turned down other presidential and vice-presidential aspirants' offers to be his running mate,including that of Jejomar Binay,Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Bongbong Marcos. He was eventually elected President of the Philippines. Duterte's positions was seen to have resonated with older,working class Filipinos,particularly his promise to eliminate the wide-scale drug menace of the country and his harsh stances on crime in Davao City,which he served for more than 22 years,and corruption. Duterte's campaign also emphasized an anti-establishment tone,accusing political elites based in Manila of not doing much to solve problems in a move that was described as populist.
The following are the events in related to Philippine law in 2016. This includes developments in criminal investigations of national notability.
The presidential transition of Rodrigo Duterte started when then-Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte won the Philippine presidential election on May 9,2016. Duterte topped the official count by the Congress of the Philippines on May 27,2016,with 16,601,997 votes,6.6 million more than his closest rival. The joint bicameral Congress proclaimed Duterte as the President-elect and Leni Robredo as the Vice President-elect on May 30,2016.
Elizabeth Abellana Zimmerman is the former wife of Rodrigo Duterte,the 16th President of the Philippines,and the mother of incumbent Vice President Sara Duterte.
Ernesto "Ernie" Corpus Abella is a Filipino businessman,writer and former evangelist who served in the Duterte administration as Presidential Spokesperson (2016–2017) and Undersecretary for Strategic Communications and Research of the Department of Foreign Affairs (2017–2021). He ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in the 2022 Philippine presidential election.
Jesus "Jess" Gestuveo Dureza is a Filipino lawyer,consultant,journalist and politician from Davao City,Philippines. He was the adviser on the peace process to President Rodrigo Duterte from 2016 to 2018 and is the Founding Chairman of Advocacy MindaNow Foundation,a group advocating for peace in Mindanao. He has held various appointive positions in past administrations including the chairmanship of the Mindanao Development Authority,the chairmanship of the Government Peace Negotiating Panel for Talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front,and Presidential Assistant for Mindanao. He is also a former Representative of the 1st District of Davao City in the Philippine House of Representatives.
Salvador "Sal" San Buenaventura Panelo is a Filipino lawyer who served as President Rodrigo Duterte's Chief Presidential Legal Counsel (2016–2021) and Presidential Spokesperson (2018–2020). He was also the legal adviser during Duterte's 2016 presidential campaign. As a private lawyer,he has handled cases involving politicians and other controversial personalities. He is a former director of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP).
Catalino "Lito" Salandanan Cuy is a Filipino retired police director and current chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board under the Duterte administration and Marcos administration. He assumed the role of acting Secretary of the Interior and Local Government on April 5,2017,upon the departure of Ismael Sueno who was dismissed by President Duterte following corruption allegations.
SMNI News Channel,known on-air as SMNI News,is a Philippine far-right religious free-to-air news and public service television network based in Makati. It is owned and operated by Swara Sug Media Corporation,the parent company of Sonshine Media Network International,a broadcasting arm of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) led by Filipino televangelist and religious leader,Apollo Quiboloy.
Counterpoint with Secretary Salvador Panelo is a Filipino public affairs talk show hosted by then-Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo broadcast by Net 25. Initially produced by the Presidential Broadcast Staff - Radio Television Malacañang for the People's Television Network (PTV),the program was used to be a platform for voicing Panelo's arguments for and defense of the actions taken by the government under then-President Rodrigo Duterte. The show's first season aired on IBC from October 29,2008,to 2010,the second season aired on PTV from May 1,2020,to September 24,2021,and the third season aired on Net 25 from August 31,2022,to present.
Leopoldo "Bong" Jumalon Vega is a Filipino physician,surgeon and former hospital administrator serving as an undersecretary of the Department of Health since 2020. Prior to joining the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte,he served as medical center chief of the state-run Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City for twelve years. On July 13,2020,Vega was appointed to the National Task Force Against Coronavirus under the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases as COVID-19 Treatment Czar.
Sebastian "Baste" Zimmerman Duterte is a Filipino politician serving as Mayor of Davao City since June 30,2022. He previously served as the city's vice mayor from 2019 to 2022. He is the youngest son of 16th president Rodrigo Duterte from former wife Elizabeth Zimmerman,and the younger brother of vice president Sara Duterte.
The special assistant to the president (SAP) is the official aide of the president of the Philippines. The holder of the position leads the Office of the Special Assistant to the President (OSAP). The SAP provides general supervision to the Presidential Management Staff.
The first 100 days of Rodrigo Duterte's presidency began on June 30,2016,the day Rodrigo Duterte was inaugurated as the 16th president of the Philippines. The concept of the first 100 days of a presidential term was first adopted in the Philippines by President Corazon Aquino from the United States and has since been used as a gauge of presidential success and activism,and is a considered the "honeymoon period" where traditional critics are urged to refrain from detracting the new president. The 100th day of his presidency ended at noon on October 8,2016.
Yang Hongming,more commonly known as Michael Yang in the Philippines,is a Chinese businessman and is an associate of 16th Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. As Duterte's economic advisor,Yang was involved in the Pharmally scandal which allegedly overpriced procurement contracts for medical supplies to be used by the Philippine government during the COVID-19 pandemic.
