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President Bongbong Marcos formally ends the declaration of COVID-19 as a public health emergency in the country.
2023-07-22

UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan grants Philippine President Bongbong Marcos' request for the humanitarian pardon of three imprisoned Filipinos, two on death row for drug trafficking and another serving a 15-year sentence for slander.
2023-06-23

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte signs into law a bill outlawing child marriage, with violators facing up to 12 months in prison. Some portions of the law will not go into effect for one year in order to allow Muslim and indigenous communities to prepare.
2022-01-6

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

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announces the withdrawal of the Philippines from the International Criminal Court (ICC) over "outrageous attacks" by United Nations officials.
2018-03-14

President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte threatens the "Philippine Daily Inquirer" with an exposé. The newspaper has been a long-time ally of the politically prominent Aquino family (ever since the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution), as well as the minority opposition Liberal Party (of which the Vice President of the Philippines Leni Robredo is its prominent member); both have been consistent in their criticisms of the Duterty presidency and its policies since its inauguration in 2016.
2017-07-1

President Rodrigo Duterte admits in a speech to a group of businessmen that he "personally" killed suspected criminals when he served as Davao City's mayor.
2016-12-14

Rodrigo Duterte is officially elected as President and Leni Robredo as Vice President.
2016-05-27

Benigno Aquino, the President of the Philippines, says that his government will start discussions with Japan about allowing Japan Self-Defense Forces to refuel at Filipino bases allowing the extension of operations into the South China Sea.
2015-06-5

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III signs into law the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act, informally known as the RH Law.
2012-12-28