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The Philippine Daily Inquirer later updated the number of journalists killed to 34. [9] On November 24, the president of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo responded to the news of the massacre by declaring a state of emergency in Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and Cotabato City. [29]
The highest number was under the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with 103, including 32 of those murdered in Maguindanao in what was called the world's worst single attack on journalists, [4] [6] [13] [14] which made the year 2009 the deadliest for them. [3] Other groups also report similarly high numbers.
22 January 1971 – 13 people were killed in a fire that gutted the terminal of the Manila International Airport. [97] 22 January 1975 – 51 people were killed after a fire swept through a factory in a commercial building in Marikina, Rizal. [98] [99] 14 November 1977 –45 people were killed in a fire that broke out at the Filipinas Hotel in ...
A fire killed 15 people Thursday in a small apparel factory in a Philippine residential area, where firefighters were delayed by flooding, traffic and a wrong address, a fire protection official.
New People's Army 20 September 1982 Edgar Jopson, youth activist and president of the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) Killed in a military raid at his house. 3 November 1982 Sebastian Mondejar, Mayor of Sulop, Davao del Sur [40] New People's Army March 1983 Johnny Escandor, doctor and anti-Marcos activist 21 August 1983
Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Tuesday that an investigation into the Philippines' deadly “war on drugs” can resume, rejecting Manila’s objections to the case going ...
31 July – One soldier and an unspecified number of rebels were killed in a firefight in Tapaz, Capiz. [162] 6 August – The AFP arrested top militant commander Eduardo Almores Esteban in Landheights subdivision in Barangay Buntala, Jaro, Iloilo City. [163] 4 September – Five NPA fighters died in an encounter with an army patrol in Lacub, Abra.
As president, Duterte withdrew the Philippines from the ICC’s founding treaty in 2019 after the court launched a preliminary examination into thousands of killings under his anti-drugs crackdown.