Timeline: Rodrigo Duterte

Period: May 2, 1986 to Nov 27, 1987

Appointed as OIC Vice Mayor of Davao City

Feb 2, 1988

Started his term as Mayor of Davao City

Oct 14, 1997

Approved Ordinance No. 5004, otherwise known as the Women Development Code of Davao City

Women Development Code of Davao City: https://www.ombudsman.gov.ph/UNDP4/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/GenderDevCodes_Final.pdf

Jun 30, 1998

Started his term as a congressman of Davao City's first district

Jun 30, 2001

Started his term as Mayor of Davao City

Nov 6, 2002

Implemented Davao City's Firecracker Ban

Firecracker Ban: https://www.philippinecouncilorsleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Firecracker-Ban.pdf

Jun 17, 2007

Banned swimsuit competitions in beauty pageants in Davao City

Aug 3, 2007

Supported the first-ever Gawad Kalinga Village inside a jail facility which is only located in Davao City

Source: http://archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&sec=reader&rp=1&fi=p070905.htm&no=2&date=

Apr 29, 2009

The UN General Assembly of the Human Rights Council reported that "The Mayor of Davao City has done nothing to prevent these killings [over 1,400 alleged criminals and street children], and his public comments suggest that he is, in fact, supportive."

Source: https://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/11session/A.HRC.11.2.Add.8.pdf

Jun 30, 2010

Started his term as Vice Mayor of Davao City

Jun 30, 2013

Started his term as Mayor of Davao City

Dec 1, 2014

Held a summit entitled "Mindanaons Forging Unity Toward a Federal System of Government"

Source: http://www.philippinestoday.net/archives/17403

May 25, 2015

Confirmed links to extrajudicial killings in Davao City

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/693373/duterte-confirms-ties-with-davao-death-squad

Sep 3, 2015

An incident was reported where Duterte personally went into the bar and forced the tourist who refused to comply with the public anti-smoking ordinance of Davao City to swallow his cigarette butt

Source: https://www.rappler.com/nation/elections/duterte-forces-tourist-swallow-cigarette-butt

May 9, 2016

Won the 2016 Philippine presidential elections

May 30, 2016

Began his presidential transition

Jun 24, 2016

Insisted on executing criminals by hanging

Source: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/06/25/1596516/duterte-insists-death-penalty-hanging

Jun 30, 2016

Started his term as President of the Philippines

Jul 1, 2016

Launched a nationwide anti-drug campaign and urged Filipinos to join the fight against illegal drugs

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/01/philippines-president-rodrigo-duterte-urges-people-to-kill-drug-addicts

Jul 10, 2016

The administration demanded critics of Duterte's anti-drug campaign to provide evidence to their complaints

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/795214/palace-probe-of-killings-welcome

Jul 24, 2016

Signed Executive Order No. 2 also known as the Freedom of Information Order

Freedom of Information Order: https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/07/24/duterte-signs-inks-freedom-of-information-foi.html

Aug 1, 2016

Launched a 24-hour complaint office accessible to the public through a nationwide complaint hotline, 8888, while also changing the country's emergency telephone number from 1-1-7 to 9-1-1.

Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/01/16/dial-8888-911-govt-opens-complaints-emergency-hotlines

Aug 7, 2016

Gave the go signal to bury former president Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

Source: https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/08/07/marcos-libingan-ng-mga-bayani-burial.html

Aug 17, 2016

Stated that he would not want to antagonize China and preferred to maintain good relations with the country during regarding the territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea

Source: https://globalnation.inquirer.net/142893/duterte-wont-press-asean-on-sea-dispute-with-china

Nov 25, 2016

Protesters called on Duterte to end his alliance with Marcoses

Source: https://www.rappler.com/nation/luneta-november-25-duterte-end-alliance-marcos

Nov 30, 2016

Warned the Maute local terrorist group not to force him to declare war

Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/590723/duterte-to-maute-group-do-not-force-my-hand-into-war/story/

Dec 2, 2016

The Maute local terrorist group left a note threatening to behead Duterte

Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/regions/590941/in-parting-message-maute-fighters-threaten-to-behead-military-duterte/story/

Mar 13, 2017

Instructed the Philippine Navy the Philippine Navy to build structures on Benham Rise to reassure the Philippines' sovereignty following the the sighting of Chinese survey vessels

Source: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/880841/duterte-wants-structures-built-on-benham-rise

Apr 6, 2017

Ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines to occupy and fortify at least nine uninhabited islands in the South China Sea

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-philippines-idUSKBN1780NR

Apr 6, 2017

Duterte also announced that he would visit Pag-asa Island, a Philippine-administered island in the Spratlys Island, during Independence Day and raise a Philippine flag there. He shared his plan to rename the Benham Rise to the Philippine Ridge.

Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/06/17/duterte-wants-to-change-name-of-benham-rise-to-philippine-ridge

Apr 12, 2017

Canceled his plans to raise the Philippine flag on Pag-asa Island because of the Philippines' friendship with China

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/13/duterte-cancels-visit-to-disputed-south-china-sea-island-after-warning-from-beijing

Apr 18, 2017

Implemented the Build! Build! Build! infrastructure plan.

Update: As of July 2021, 214 airport projects, 451 seaport projects, 29,264 kilometers of roads, 5,950 bridges, 11,340 flood control projects, and 150,149 classrooms had been completed under the infrastructure program. Source: https://pcoo.gov.ph/dutertenomics-unveiled/ , https://mb.com.ph/2021/07/21/what-has-build-build-build-achieved-so-far/

Apr 21, 2017

Allocated ₱1.6 billion to develop the Pag-asa Island, despite despite rejection from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The island will be turned into a tourist destination and marine research facility. Among the facilities planned for Pag-asa Island are beaching facilities, a radio station, an ice plant, and a power plant. A portion of the fund was also allocated to improving the Rancudo airstrip runway and the living conditions of the deployed soldiers. Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/01/17/ph-plans-to-repair-pag-asa-island-illegal-says-chinese-envoy

May 8, 2017

Signed an executive order formally renaming the Benham Rise to "Philippine Rise"

Source: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/05/22/1702503/duterte-renames-benham-rise-philippine-rise

May 23, 2017

Declared a 60-day martial law in Mindanao following clashes between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Maute local terrorist group

Source: https://www.rappler.com/nation/philippines-duterte-declares-martial-law-mindanao

Jul 24, 2017

Threatened to bomb Lumad schools because of suspicions that the Lumads spread subversive ideas and house communist rebels.

Source: http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/24/17/duterte-threatens-to-bomb-lumad-schools

Oct 10, 2017

Designated the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to be in charge of the anti-drug campaign, and barred the Philippine National Police and other “ad hoc anti-drug task force” from from joining anti-drug raids.

Source: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/10/11/1747741/duterte-pdea-now-sole-agency-charge-drug-war

Dec 4, 2017

Allowed the Philippine National Police to join anti-drug raids again

Source: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/12/05/1765784/pnp-back-drug-war-pdea-still-lead-agency

Dec 19, 2017

Signed into law the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law (TRAIN Law)

TRAIN Law lowers personal income taxes while raising duties on fuel, cars, coal, and sugar-sweetened drinks. Revenues collected from the TRAIN law will help fund Duterte’s Build! Build! Build infrastructure plan. Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/12/19/17/duterte-signs-tax-reform-2018-budget-into-law

Jan 16, 2018

There were protests at various public market sites, calling for the Duterte administration to abolish the TRAIN law.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0s1BkL1Jn8

Feb 5, 2018

The Philippine Daily Inquirer published aerial surveillance photographs of “island fortresses” built by China in the South China Sea. Duterte received accusation that his administration betrayed their duty to defend the Philippines’ territory.

The photos contain mainly Chinese military fortifications which has runways, hangars, control towers, helipads, radomes and multi-storey buildings on reefs across the region. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/06/photos-beijings-militarisation-south-china-sea-philippines

Apr 4, 2018