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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte claims to have spoken with a contract killer to target President Bongbong Marcos, his wife Liza and House Speaker Martin Romualdez in the event of her assassination, which the administration deemed an "active threat" against the government.
2024-11-23

President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte signs into law a bill postponing the Bangsamoro Parliament election to 2025. The interim government of Bangsamoro led by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has requested the postponement due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the inability of the government to draw up an election code for the autonomous region.
2021-10-29

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte suspends the termination process of the Visiting Forces Agreement, a military pact between the Philippines and the United States.
2021-07-30

The Electoral College meets in the state capitals to officially elect the next President. Joe Biden, the presumptive president-elect, is officially elected president after securing California's 55 electoral votes and will be inaugurated on January 20. Outgoing President Donald Trump continues to dispute the results of the election, claiming widespread electoral fraud, despite numerous failed lawsuits.
2020-12-14

President Rodrigo Duterte signs a law granting him special temporary powers to direct the operations of private hospitals and take over public transportation.
2020-03-25

President Rodrigo Duterte announces "community quarantine" in Metro Manila, Philippines, implementing travel restrictions to and from the metropolitan area.
2020-03-12

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte bans U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Patrick Leahy from entering the country, as both are seeking to enforce sanctions on politicians involved in the prosecution of Philippine Senator and Duterte administration critic Leila de Lima. Duterte also threatens to tighten visa requirements for American citizens should the sanctions go through.
2019-12-27

Majority of the House of Representatives of the Philippines elects Former President and current House Representative, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as House Speaker of the lower congress replacing Pantaleon Alvarez.
2018-07-23

Human Rights Watch and the Committee to Protect Journalists criticize the administration of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III for his failure to protect journalists after the deaths of at least 12 in 2013.
2013-12-12

Philippines officials claim that the People's Republic of China has executed a Filipino man for drug trafficking despite a plea for clemency from the President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino III on humanitarian grounds.
2011-12-8