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 Balangiga bells are three church bells that were taken by the United States Army from the Church of San Lorenzo de Martir in Balangiga,Eastern Samar,Philippines,as war trophies after reprisals following the Battle of Balangiga in 1901 during the Philippine–American War. One church bell was in the possession of the 9th Infantry Regiment at Camp Red Cloud,their base in South Korea,while two others were on a former base of the 11th Infantry Regiment at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne,Wyoming.
Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats,abbreviated as Lakas–CMD and also known simply as Lakas,is a political party in the Philippines. Lakas–CMD is considered to sit on the centre-right of the political spectrum and is influenced by Christian democracy and Islamic democracy. Since the 2022 elections,Lakas–CMD is currently the biggest party in the House of Representatives,with the party's president,Martin Romualdez,serving as Speaker of the House. The party is a dominant member of the UniTeam Alliance led by President Bongbong Marcos.
Teodoro "Teddy Boy" Lopez Locsin Jr. is a Filipino politician,diplomat,lawyer,and former journalist who is currently serving as the Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom since August 30,2022. He previously served as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Duterte administration from 2018 to 2022. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2001 to 2010,representing the 1st district of Makati and later served as the Philippine ambassador to the United Nations from 2017 to 2018. He was the host of the editorial segment titled "Teditorial" for ANC's nightly newscast The World Tonight.
Sung Yong Kim is an American diplomat of Korean descent who has served as the United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy since 2021,and previously from 2014 to 2016. He has also served as the acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from January to June 2021.
Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez is a Filipino businessman,lawyer and politician serving as the Speaker of the House of Representatives since July 25,2022. He is also serving as the representative for the 1st district of Leyte since 2019 and previously from 2007 to 2016 and as the president of the Philippine Constitution Association. He formerly served as the House Majority Leader from 2019 to 2022,and unsuccessfully ran for senator in the 2016 elections. He is a first cousin of President Bongbong Marcos. Since May 17,2023,he has been widely considered to be the country's de facto "Prime Minister" after the ouster of Senior Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,becoming the main catalyst to the 2024 Philippine political crisis.
Rodrigo Duterte's six-year tenure as the 16th President of the Philippines began on June 30,2016,succeeding Benigno Aquino III. He was the first president from Mindanao,the first president to have worked in all three branches of government,and the oldest to be elected. He won the election amid growing frustration with post-EDSA governance that favored elites over ordinary Filipinos. His tenure ended on June 30,2022.
Enrique A. Manalo is a Filipino diplomat currently serving as the Secretary of Foreign Affairs under the Marcos Jr. administration since July 1,2022. He previously served in an acting role under the Duterte administration from March 9 to May 17,2017,when Perfecto Yasay Jr.'s ad-interim appointment confirmation was rejected by the Commission on Appointments due to citizenship issues. He also previously served as Philippine Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2016,Undersecretary for Policy of the Department of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2020,and the 21st Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations from 2020 to 2022.
Roy Agullana Cimatu is a retired Philippine Army general who served as the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources from 2017 to 2022 in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte. He previously served as the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from May to September 2002 under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. After his retirement from the military,President Arroyo appointed him as the Special Envoy to the Middle East during the Iraq War.
The Embassy of the Philippines in Tel Aviv is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the State of Israel. Opened in 1962,it is located on 18 Bnei Dan Street in the Yehuda HaMaccabi neighborhood of central Tel Aviv,across from Yarkon Park.
Eduardo Zialcita Romualdez was a Filipino banker,financial administrator and diplomat who served as the Ambassador of the Philippines to the United States from 1971 to 1982. He also was Secretary of Finance,serving from 1966 to 1970 under the Marcos administration.
The Embassy of the Philippines in Oslo is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the Kingdom of Norway. Opened in 2007,it is currently located along Nedre Vollgate in central Oslo,near Kontraskjæret and the Akershus Fortress.
The COVID-19 vaccination program in the Philippines was a mass immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),in response to the pandemic in the country. The vaccination program was initiated by the Duterte administration on March 1,2021,a day after the arrival of the country's first vaccine doses which were donated by the Chinese government.
Ramon Sevilla Bagatsing Jr.,also known as Dondon Bagatsing,is a Filipino lawyer,politician,and diplomat who was the Ambassador of the Philippines to India and Nepal from 2019 to 2022. He was previously a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1987 to 1998 representing the 4th District of Manila.
The Embassy of the Philippines in Rabat is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the Kingdom of Morocco. It is currently located in the Souissi neighborhood of southern Rabat,near the Finnish,Norwegian and Russian embassies. Although the current embassy dates from 2019,the Philippines maintained a previous resident embassy in Morocco from 1979 to 1986,and again from 1990 to 1993.
The embassy of the Philippines in Paris is the diplomatic mission of the Philippines to France.
Antonio Manuel "Tonet" Revilla Lagdameo is a Filipino businessman and diplomat currently serving as the Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations since 2022. Prior to that,he was the Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2022,and previously from 2009 to 2010.
