7th Grade Reviewer

• Rodrigo Duterte's Personal Background:

  • known as "Digong"
  • born on March 28, 1945
• Rodrigo Duterte's Earlier Political Background:

  • mayor of Davao city from 1988 and was re-elected
  • he ran for a seat in the House of Representatives and later returned to Davao and was elected as the mayor
  • elected as the vice-mayor of her daughter Sarah Duterte
  • Duterte once again won as Mayor with his son Paolo as his Vice-Mayor
• Duterte is known as "the punisher".
• Duterte is the 16th president of the Philippines, elected in 2016.
• Duterte's campaign focused on the accomplishments of his key three pillars - peace and order, infrastructure development and alleviation of poverty.
• Duterte's advocacy emphasized on the reduction of supply and demand of illegal drugs through the anti-drug operations.
• The Bayan Silangan Reformation Centers were established to aid the treatment and rehabilitations of those people who turned their backs from drugs in order to help them become self-sufficient and law-abiding citizens.
• There were 15 treatment and rehabilitation centers constructed and maintained- this carried a neoliberal policies-a private-sector led, infrastructure rehabilitation plan. It later became the jumping board to pursue the “Build, Build, Build program” by the Duterte Administration.
• Issues during Duterte's term, such as the declaration of No Dwelling Zones (NDZ) for shores in provinces that were later converted into areas for hotels and resorts, which became rampant.
• During Duterte's term, the Anti-Terror Law was approved, leading to numerous numbers of red-tagging, arrests without warrants, and the death of farmers, activists, and lawyers.
• Duterte was also criticized due to his response against the dispute of West Philippine Sea against China and the Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program.