Revision as of 13:49, 1 December 2017

Major events during the Rodrigo Duterte administration

Specific events listed per year

2016 events

See also: 2016

2017 events

AFP and PNP

• AFP and PNP situation (2017)
• AFP counter-insurgency program (2017)

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

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'.

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

Bangsamoro

• Siege of Marawi City (2017)
• Bangsamoro basic law revisited

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)

Economic program under Duterte

• Philippine tax reform bill, key to infrastructure plans, clears Senate
• Workers situation under Duterte

See also: 2017

Health program, situation and issues

• Dengue vaccine alarm (2017)