Rodrigo R. Duterte administration

Major issues and events during the Rodrigo Duterte administration

• The deadly anti-drug campaign
• The West Philippine Sea and foreign policy on China
• Foreign policy on Western powers
• The GRP-NDFP peace talks and the insurgency
• The national economy

Specific events listed per year

2016 events

See also: 2016

2017 events

See also: 2017

AFP and PNP

• AFP and PNP situation (2017)
• AFP counter-insurgency program (2017)
• Mamasapano cases at Sandiganbayan

Drug problem and the anti-drug war

• Drug and narco-state problem. Multi-billion-peso shabu shipment via Bureau of Customs is exposed and investigated by Congress. Government officials and agencies accused of links with drug lords.
• Duterte war on drugs continues. Spate of killings linked to the PNP's 'anti-drug war' puts Duterte government on the defensive.

See also:

• Kian delos Santos killing
• Carl Angelo Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman killings
• Espinosa drug slay
• Parojinog drug slays
• Leila de Lima case (2017)

Comelec and election-related

• Comelec chair Bautista under siege - Comelec chair Andres Bautista resigns after a series of major questions raised about his personal finances. Earlier impeachment proceedings against him at the Lower House are halted, considered 'moot and academic'.
• Election preparations (2017)

Supreme Court and judiciary

• Sereno impeachment proceedings - Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno faces threat of impeachment at the Lower House.

Major diplomatic offensives and events

• ASEAN summit in Manila

Mindanao and Bangsamoro

• Siege of Marawi City (2017)
• Martial law in Mindanao
• Marawi City post-siege rehabilitation
• Bangsamoro basic law revisited
• Abu Sayyaf in 2017

CPP-NPA and the armed Left

• GRP-NDFP peace talks (2017)
• AFP-NPA armed clashes (2017)
• CPP-NPA and NDFP situation (2017)

Legal Left and opposition

• Activism and human rights (2017)
• Nov 30 - Bonifacio Day

Constitution and revolutionary government

• Duterte's 'revgov' call (2017)
• Marcos-Robredo VP electoral protest

Economic program under Duterte

• Philippine tax reform bill, key to infrastructure plans, clears Senate
• Workers situation under Duterte
• General economic situation (2017)

Health program, situation and issues

• Dengue vaccine alarm (2017)

Corruption cases

• PDAP and DAP pork-barrel cases (2017)

Justice system

• Prisons and prisoners situation under Duterte

2018 events

See also: 2018

The environment under Duterte (2018)

• Boracay closure
• Destructive typhoons of 2018

The economy under Duterte (2018)

• General economic situation (2018)
• Workers situation under Duterte
• Prices and inflation under Duterte

AFP and PNP

• AFP and PNP situation (2018)
• AFP counter-insurgency program (2018)

Drug problem and the anti-drug war

See also:

Comelec and election-related

• Election preparations (2018)

Supreme Court and judiciary

• Sereno impeachment proceedings - Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno faces threat of impeachment at the Lower House.
• Sereno quo warranto case and removal from SC

Mindanao and Bangsamoro

• Martial law in Mindanao
• Marawi City post-siege rehabilitation
• Bangsamoro basic law revisited
• Abu Sayyaf in 2018

CPP-NPA and the armed Left

• GRP-NDFP peace talks (2018)
• AFP-NPA armed clashes (2018)
• CPP-NPA and NDFP situation (2018)

Legal Left and opposition

• Activism and human rights (2018)
• Sep 21 - ML anniversary

Constitution and political system

• Duterte's federalism and Charter change measures (2018)
• Marcos-Robredo VP electoral protest

Health program, situation and issues

• The Dengvaxia disaster (2018)

Corruption

• PDAP and DAP pork-barrel cases (2018)

Justice

• Prisons and prisoners situation under Duterte

2019 events

See also: 2019

2020 events

See also: 2020

2021 events

See also: 2021