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Duterte won solid votes from Mindanao, Metro Manila, and Cebu during the 2016 presidential election. [15]Duterte, campaigning on a platform of fighting crime, corruption, and illegal drugs, [16] [17] [18] won the 2016 presidential election with 16,601,997 (39.02%) votes, defeating Liberal Party leader Mar Roxas by over 6.6 million votes.
Duterte is known for being an avid fan of big bikes, but detests luxury cars. He once owned a second-hand Harley-Davidson and a Yamaha Virago. He was once a habitual smoker, but he eventually quit after a doctor's suggestion due to health concerns. Duterte is an avid reader of Robert Ludlum and Sidney Sheldon novels. [559]
Duterte has said that a monthly income of 25,000 Php or less should be exempted from paying income taxes. [52] A simplified tax collection system and privatization of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and other government collection agencies are also among his proposals. [53] However, Duterte has also said he is against income tax reduction. [31]
Duterte took office in 2016 and immediately launched a crackdown on illegal drugs that has left more than 6,000 mostly petty suspects dead and alarmed Western governments and human rights groups.
Rodrigo Duterte assumed office as President of the Philippines on June 30, 2016, and his term ended on June 30, 2022. On May 31, 2016, a few weeks before his presidential inauguration, Duterte named his Cabinet members, [8] which comprised a diverse selection of former military generals, childhood friends, classmates, and leftists. [9]
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Friday she had been preparing since last year for impeachment and would welcome on her defence team her firebrand father, former ...
The Philippine lower house of Congress on Wednesday endorsed an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country's firebrand former president, paving the way ...
First President served as Minority Floor Leader (1946–1953) Ferdinand E. Marcos: 1959–1965 Second President served as Minority Floor Leader (1960–1962). Third and last president served as Senate President (1963–1965) Joseph Estrada: 1987–1992 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo: 1992–1998 Benigno Aquino III: 2007–2010 Did not finish term, won ...