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