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Undated: The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines,[a] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands[19] that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila.[20] Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.

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The Philippines' location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and close to the equator makes the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons, but also endows it with abundant natural resources and some of the world's greatest biodiversity. The Philippines has an area of 300,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi),[3][4] according to the Philippines Statistical Authority and the WorldBank and, as of 2015, had a population of at least 100 million.[6] As of January 2018, it is the eighth-most populated country in Asia and the 12th most populated country in the world. Approximately 10 million additional Filipinos lived overseas,[21] comprising one of the world's largest diasporas. Multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands. In prehistoric times, Negritos were some of the archipelago's earliest inhabitants. They were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples.[22] Exchanges with Malay, Indian, Arab and Chinese nations occurred. Then, various competing maritime states were established under the rule of datus, rajahs, sultans and lakans.


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The Philippines is a founding member of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and the East Asia Summit. It also hosts the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank.[31] The Philippines is considered to be an emerging market and a newly industrialized country,[32] which has an economy transitioning from being based on agriculture to one based more on services and manufacturing.[33] Along with East Timor, the Philippines is one of Southeast Asia's predominantly Christian nations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines


Undated:  Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in the Philippines  President Trump’s support for a president who is a self-proclaimed murderer may stem in part from concern for his projects in Manila.
https://www.americanprogress.org/series/trumps-conflicts-of-interest/view/

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June 30: Rodrigo Duterte has been sworn in as president of the Philippines, after a landslide election victory in May.

The controversial former mayor of Davao City, 71, overthrew the political establishment at the polls, promising a "bloody war" on crime and corruption.

In his inaugural speech he promised to make sweeping changes to the country's political system.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36670012

-- 2017 --
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Spring: In the Philippines, the deaths from President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs keep mounting. In seven months, there have been over 7,000. Most of these have been in the poorest communities among those labeled by the police as “drug personalities,” that is, suspected dealers and users—Duterte makes no distinction between the two. The killings, carried out by the police in league with vigilantes unfold like clockwork, from around ten in the evening to five the next morning. Success is measured by the body count, and with Duterte in the habit of exposing local officials implicated in the drug trade while threatening to declare Martial Law, there is no end in sight to the nightly executions.

What is perhaps most troubling is that amid these extra-judicial killings, Duterte remains wildly popular—as much as 86 percent of the country approves of his rule. While his crude talk, frequent threats, and wild stories about killing alleged criminals are staples of his late-night press conferences and public speeches, no organized forces have yet emerged to challenge him. Dissent has been diffuse and largely unorganized in the face of the president’s popularity.
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/duterte-unbound-philippines-drug


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Undated: Trump Tower Manila, also known as Trump Tower at Century City, is a residential building located in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. The Trump Tower Manila showroom opened in early 2012, although the company has said that unit reservations started in September 2011.[3] Groundbreaking of the building began in June 2012, with a scheduled opening in November 2017.[4][5] Construction was nearly finished as of November 2016. The $150 million tower will stand 57 stories high upon completion.[6] The building is located at the Century City mixed-use complex in Makati Poblacion. It is the second tallest building in the Philippines and tallest in the Makati City skyline.

Century City Development Corp., a unit of Century Properties Group, will be developing the residential skyscraper with the brand name and mark under license from American real estate mogul and President of the United States Donald Trump, Trump Marks Philippines LLC.[7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Tower_Manila


May 3: Trump’s Business Ties in the Philippines Are an Ethics Nightmare

Is the president’s signature real-estate deal in Manila the reason he invited a murderous autocrat to the White House? There’s no way for anyone to know.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/trumps-business-ties-in-the-philippines-are-an-ethics-nightmare


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October 29: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday he would deal with U.S. President Donald Trump “in the most righteous way” when they meet next month to discuss regional security and Manila’s war on drugs.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-usa/philippines-duterte-says-to-deal-with-trump-in-most-righteous-way-idUSKBN1CY0OR


November 13: Trump hails 'great relationship' with Philippines' Duterte

US president offers no public rebuke of Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal drugs crackdown as he nears end of 12-day Asia tour
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/13/trump-hails-great-relationship-with-philippines-duterte


November 13: Human Rights Barely Registers In Meeting Between Trump, Philippines' Duterte
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/13/563688200/human-rights-barely-registers-in-meeting-between-trump-philippines-duterte


November 13: Trump's Visit to the Philippines: A Budding Bromance but Few Positive Outcomes
https://www.cfr.org/blog/trumps-visit-philippines-budding-bromance-few-positive-outcomes

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February 28: Trump Goes Full Duterte, Suggests “Death Penalty” for Drug Dealers

Five sources say he is deadly serious about the issue.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/trump-suggests-death-penalty-for-drug-dealers


March 9: Philippine President Duterte Mimics Trump's Racism and Sexism in Defensive Insults at the U.N. ... Duterte attacked human rights officials this week.

When it comes to disturbing rhetoric, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is no stranger to the practice of stunning his viewers with a diverse range of obscenities. Be it misogynist invectives, promising cash prizes for killing rebels or boasting about committing murder, Duterte is notorious for openly uncouth proclamations. Keeping his record of indelicacy alive, Duterte recently attacked human rights officials, including reportedly mocking the race of a black prosecutor at the International Criminal Court.


On Wednesday, Duterte made flippant remarks about international human rights agencies seeking to investigate the rising death toll that has reportedly occurred in his drug war. "Human rights, human rights, son of a bitch, human rights," Duterte said in front of a crowd. According to Human Rights Watch, at least 12,000 people have been killed in the Philippine president's brutal drug war since June 2016. The official government under Duterte denies this.

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Unsettling as his comments may be, Duterte enjoys unwavering support and praise from the leader of the world's most powerful country, Donald Trump.
https://www.alternet.org/philippine-president-rodrigo-duterte-hurls-racist-sexist-insults-un


March 10: Trump administration 'examines death penalty for drug dealers' as part of a crackdown on opioids

Officials from Singapore have briefed White House staff on its anti-drug policy which includes the execution of traffickers
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-administration-death-penalty-drug-dealers-execution-policy-review-a8249221.html


August 19: The unlikely spin doctor to the Philippines’ Trump

Harry Roque used to be a human rights lawyer. Now he speaks for a president who attacks the free press and boasts of shooting people.

For 15 years, Harry Roque worked as a human rights lawyer in the Philippines, building a name for himself and the organization he founded by teaching law in Manila and taking on several high-profile cases. He represented families of the 58 victims, many of them journalists, of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, which the Committee to Protect Journalists cites as the single deadliest event ever for the profession; he represented Filipina “comfort women” forced into brothels under Japanese occupation during World War II; he went head-to-head with former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s government over its declaration of a state of emergency.

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These days, Roque steps up to the podium three times a week as the official spokesman for and most visible public defender of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, a blunt talker who has repeatedly attacked the free press, boasted about personally shooting people when he was a mayor and is best known internationally for leading a brutal extrajudicial drug war. Duterte, whose brazenness sometimes draws comparisons to Donald Trump, is one of a growing crop of authoritarian leaders around the world who reject or downplay human rights in favor of an aggressive, take-no-prisoners form of nationalism
https://www.politico.eu/article/rodrigo-duterte-spokesman-fake-news-harry-roque/

September 8: Duterte blames ‘friend’ Trump for Philippine economy woes

But Manila’s central bank disagrees, saying rapid inflation is due to president’s new taxes
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2163366/duterte-blames-friend-trump-philippine-economy-woes


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October 2: America's image worsens under Trump; Philippines, 2 nations like Trump best

* Pew survey shows more faith in Putin and Xi than Trump

* Image of U.S. dims among European, North American allies

https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/02/18/americas-image-worsens-under-trump-philippines-2-nations-like-trump-best

October 12: How the Secret Service Foiled an Assassination Plot Against Trump by ISIS

A pair of Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Trump open up about the anxieties of their jobs and a pair of credible assassination threats they stopped in Manila.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-secret-service-foiled-an-assassination-attempt-against-trump-by-isis

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January 22: Philippines May Appeal Trump's Ban on Temporary U.S. Work Visas
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-22/philippines-may-appeal-trump-s-ban-on-temporary-u-s-work-visas


February 14: Last November at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit dinner in Manila, standing before a crowd that included President Donald Trump, the Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte crooned the words to a popular local love song: “You are the light in my world, a half of this heart of mine.” When the performance got a round of applause, the smooth-talking politician joked that the song choice was “upon the orders of the commander in chief of the United States.”

The mood was jovial, with Trump wearing a traditional, short-collared Barong Tagalog dress shirt. And why wouldn’t it be? As once-close allies show dismay at Trump’s presidency, the Philippines has held true. In fact, according to a 2018 Pew Research Center poll of 25 nations ... Donald Trump is trusted by 78 percent of Filipinos -- a higher proportion than any other country.
https://www.ozy.com/politics-and-power/the-country-that-trusts-trump-the-most-may-surprise-you/91559


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February 15: The New Authoritarians Are Waging War on Women

Donald Trump’s ideological cousins around the world want to reverse the feminist gains of recent decades.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/authoritarian-sexism-trump-duterte/576382/


March 14: Tribunal Declares Trump and Duterte Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his government committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, aided and abetted by U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration, according to a recent ruling from the International Peoples’ Tribunal on the Philippines.

The tribunal, which was held in Brussels, Belgium, on September 18 and 19, 2018, rendered its 84-page decision on these crimes on March 8. Conveners of the tribunal included the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights, Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers, IBON International, and the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines. A panel of eight jurors from Egypt, France, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands and the United States heard testimony from 31 witnesses
https://truthout.org/articles/tribunal-declares-trump-and-duterte-guilty-of-crimes-against-humanity/


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March 14: Philippines president refers to women as 'b----es' and 'crazy' at women's empowerment event
https://thehill.com/policy/international/434135-philippines-president-refers-to-women-as-bitches-and-crazy-at-womens


May 13: Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte -- the president’s eldest daughter -- has in recent years positioned herself as the next in line for the presidency, with the midterms serving as an opportunity for her to line up support within the ruling PDP–Laban party. Rather than running as a senator, she stepped into the national spotlight by personally campaigning for senatorial candidates competing for the 12 available seats. Nine of those she backed are leading in the early count.

With [Duterte's] daughter being groomed as his successor, there is no reason for him to soften his style, although during her time as mayor she has proven to be a more moderate leader than her father.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-14/philippine-vote-positions-duterte-s-daughter-as-likely-successor


May 14: Duterte allies beat opposition in key Philippines midterm vote

Nine pro-Duterte candidates look set to win in Senate polls, boosting his already favourable numbers in 24-seat chamber.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/duterte-allies-beat-opposition-key-philippines-midterm-vote-190515004157332.html


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May 14: Philippine Voters Just Handed Duterte a Lot More Power

Preliminary results in the Philippines’ midterm elections suggest that President Rodrigo Duterte will tighten his grip on power, with Duterte loyalists on course to win nine of 12 Senate seats up for grabs.

With 94 percent of the votes from Monday’s election counted, nine candidates endorsed by Duterte will win seats in the upper house, while the opposition is set for a wipeout, winning no seats. Three independent candidates are on course to take the other remaining seats.

Monday’s vote saw 18,000 local and provincial posts up for grabs, including all seats in the lower House of Representatives. But most of the focus was on the Senate, which has long been seen as a bulwark against Duterte’s most extreme tendencies. Now, critics worry that the new makeup of the Senate will give the president unprecedented power.
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/gy45qw/duterte-set-to-tighten-his-grip-on-power-with-big-midterm-elections-wins

May 15: Duterte's children elected as Philippines President consolidates power in midterms
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/15/asia/duterte-loyalists-sweep-philippines-midterms-intl/index.html

May 16: The President's so-called "Duterte magic" may have helped his children and his endorsed senatorial bets win in Monday's elections, but that magic seems to have lost its charm for other administration bets in the Davao region.
https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/05/16/19/no-duterte-magic-for-some-local-candidates-in-davao-region

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