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President Rodrigo Duterte repeats that he will not allow the International Criminal Court (ICC) to enter the country in order to investigate alleged extrajudicial executions of drug dealers during his war on drugs. The Philippines had withdrawn from the ICC in 2018.
2021-09-16

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte issues a gag order that forbids his cabinet from publicly discussing the South China Sea dispute, which comes after some of his secretaries criticized the government of China over the presence of Chinese vessels in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines.
2021-05-18

President Rodrigo Duterte receives his first dose of the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine.
2021-05-3

President Rodrigo Duterte lifts a moratorium on Filipino health professionals to work overseas during the pandemic.
2020-09-21

President Rodrigo Duterte reimposes modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), one of the strictest lockdown measures on Metro Manila and the surrounding provinces of the Philippine capital for 15 days.
2020-08-2

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

Shortly before leaving for South Korea, the President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, tells the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Diego García Sayán that "he can go to hell".
2018-06-2

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announces the six-month closure of the island of Boracay in the Philippines, starting April 26.
2018-04-4

President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte indefinitely freezes the peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines after numerous attacks by the communist rebels on government forces. The President also vowed to re-orient anew the offensive against the Party's armed wing the New People's Army.
2017-07-21

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte suspends the war on drugs so resources can focus on ridding “corrupt” officers from the Philippine National Police. The "cause célèbre" is the kidnapping and strangulation of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo last October.
2017-01-30