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 PDP–Laban,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.
Antonio Fuentes Trillanes IV is a retired Philippine naval officer who also served as a senator of the Philippines from 2007 to 2019. He is known for his involvement in the Oakwood mutiny of 2003 and the Manila Peninsula siege in 2007 in protest against the Arroyo administration,and as a vocal critic of the Duterte administration.
Alan Peter Schramm Cayetano is a Filipino lawyer and diplomat serving as a Senator since 2022 and previously from 2007 to 2017. He was the Senate Minority Leader from 2010 to 2013,and later Senate Majority Leader from 2013 to 2016. He also served as the Representative of Taguig–Pateros from 1998 to 2007 and from 2019 to 2022 and was the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2019 until his resignation in 2020. He also served as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 in the cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte,after unsuccessfully running for vice president in the 2016 elections as Duterte's running mate.
Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III,commonly known as Koko Pimentel,is a Filipino politician and lawyer serving as the Senate Minority Leader since 2022. He has been a Senator since 2011 and previously served as the Senate President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2018. He is also the national chairman of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP–Laban). As the eldest son and third child of the former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr.,he is the first child of a previous Senate president to hold the office. He was sworn in on August 12,2011,and was proclaimed as the 12th winning senator in the 2007 election. Pimentel was one of the high-ranking public officials who drew flak for breaching the COVID-19 quarantine protocols.
Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa Magistrado de Lima is a Filipina politician,lawyer,human rights activist and law professor who previously served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. She was the chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights from 2008 to 2010,before serving in President Benigno Aquino III's cabinet as Secretary of Justice from 2010 to 2015.
Jose Manuel Tadeo "Chel" Icasiano Diokno is a Filipino lawyer,educator,and human rights advocate. He serves as chairman of the Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG),the founding dean of the De La Salle University College of Law,and the chairman of the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Foundation. He has served as a special counsel of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. He was a candidate for the Senate in 2019 and 2022.
Apollo Carreon Quiboloy is a Filipino pastor and church leader of the Philippines-based Restorationist church called the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC). Previously a member of the United Pentecostal Church,he founded the KJC in 1985,and has made claims that he is "the Appointed Son of God" as well as being "the Owner of the Universe".
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. Duterte is also the secretary of education,holding the post in a concurrent capacity. 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.
2016 in the Philippines details events that occurred in the Philippines in 2016.
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.
Protests against Former President Rodrigo Duterte escalated on November 18,2016,following Duterte's support of the burial of the late president Ferdinand Marcos. These series of protests are mostly conducted by progressive groups and other opposing figures mainly due to the ongoing war on drugs,the declaration of martial law in Mindanao,and employment issues such as contractual terms being applied by companies and inflation which occurred due to the passage of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law. Other causes of the protests include the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country,the passage of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020,and the shutdown and franchise denial of ABS-CBN.
2019 in the Philippines details events of note that have occurred in the Philippines in 2019.
Since September 2018,allegations of an ouster plot against Rodrigo Duterte,the President of the Philippines,have been publicized by the military,who mainly implicated opposition figures and critics of the Duterte administration of involving in the plot. Several opposition groups who have been tagged heavily criticized their inclusion and subsequently denied the involvement in the plots.
2020 in the Philippines details events of note that have occurred in the Philippines in 2020. The year is largely defined by the COVID-19 pandemic that caused the national economy to go into recession would continued until the state of public health emergency was lifted in the country on July 22,2023.
The renewal of the congressional franchise of the Philippine media network ABS-CBN to continue broadcasting was a dispute between the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte and the media conglomerate arising on the terms and conditions of the franchise renewal agreement. Amid the controversy,the Congress of the Philippines,country's legislature,was unable to renew the franchise before its expiration date. The congressional franchise expired on May 4,2020,as the Philippines was dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon. The next day,exercising constitutional powers,the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) then issued a cease-and-desist order demanding ABS-CBN to cease all of its free TV and radio broadcasting immediately. ABS-CBN complied with the government order and shut down all of its radio stations and free television channels later that day. On June 30,2020,the NTC released two alias cease-and-desist orders against ABS-CBN TV Plus and Sky Direct.
2022 in the Philippines details notable events that occurred in the Philippines in 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic,which largely defined the preceding two years,continued into 2022.
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.
Gamaliel Asis Cordoba is a Filipino lawyer who was the longest-serving Commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) from 2009 until 2022. He is currently the Chairperson of the Commission on Audit (COA) replacing former Solicitor General Jose Calida. His appointment was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) on November 29,2022.
