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Changes in the Philippines since the end of president Manuel L Quezon's Term

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In President L Quezon Speech he implied that unless Filipinos change we will face a lot of challenges Here are some of the problems and events that happened in the Philippines that happened after he stepped down from Presidency

1946

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Islands was granted complete independence by the US and renamed Philippine Republic.[1]

1969

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Marcos was re-elected for electoral fraud allegations. Supports Vietnam's US policy. The guerrilla war starts with Muslim separatists in the South.[2]

1972

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Marcos declares law on martial arrest. Parliament suspended, politicians arrested, censorship imposed. Parliament suspended[3]

1977

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Leader of the opposition Benigno Aquino was sentenced to death, but Marcos postponed his execution.[4]

1981

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Lifting of law on martial arrest. The presidential election is won by Marcos.[5]

1983

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Benigno Aquino returns to the Philippines but is shot dead while he leaves the plane suspected of military participation.[6]

1986

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Marcos opposed Aquino's widow Corazon in the presidential election. Marcos declares himself the winner, but there are quarrels in Aquino. Mass protests, known as the 'power of the
people,' see Marcos, who flees into Hawaii, left military in Manila. Marcos said during his rule, a new government looted billions of dollars.[7]

1992

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Minister for Defense Fidel Ramos of Aquino wins the chairmanship. Subic Bay Naval Station is closed by the US.[8]

1996

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Agreement on peace with the Moro National Liberation Front, a separatist Muslim group. A different group, the MILF, fights on.[9]

1998

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Joseph Estrada was elected president former film star.[10]

2000

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November

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An accusation of corruption, betrayal of public confidence and violation of the Constitution is brought against President Estrada.[11]

2001

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January

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Suspension of impeachment causes mass street protests. Military withdraws support and President Estrada stands down. Vice-President Gloria Arroyo sworn in as president.[12]

March

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MILF declares ceasefire, says ready to hold talks with government.[13]

April

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Estrada is charged with plundering more than $80m from state funds while in office. Eventually found guilty and jailed for life. although he wins pardon.[14]

2003

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February

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Ceasefire between MILF and government breaks down. Planned talks called off in May after rebel attack on Mindanao kills 30 people.[15]

July

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Government signs another ceasefire with MILF ahead of planned talks in Malaysia.[16]

2004

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February

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Peace talks between government and Maoist rebel New People's Army start in Norway, but are called off by the rebels in August.

june

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Gloria Arroyo wins May's presidential elections.

2005

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April

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A breakthrough has been achieved on the issue about ancestral land at peace talks in Malaysia between the government and MILF rebels.[17]

2006

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June

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Heavy fighting between military troops and MILF members breaks the July 2003 ceasefire agreement.[18]

2007

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January

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The death of the Abu Sayyaf leader Khadaffy Janjalani back in 2006 has been confirmed through DNA results.[19]

February

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Government reports accuse our military of being behind the killings of left-wing activists since 2001.[20]

2008

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July-August

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Government negotiators have reached an agreement with MILF rebels on the expansion of a Muslim autonomous region in the south. Deal collapses after Christian communities raise objections and renewed the fighting
on the southern island of Mindanao[21]

December

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Norwegian-brokered peace talks with Maoist guerrillas of the New People's Army (NPA) break down; NPA attacks army patrol on Mindanao.[22]

2009

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September

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Army announces the capture of the leading MILF member named Camarudin Hadji Ali.[23]

December

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Peace talks between the government and MILF resumes in Malaysia, after breaking down 16 months ago.[24]

2010

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February

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The army captures Abu Sayyaf leader Mujibar Alih Amon, suspected of a kidnapping raid on a Malaysian resort in 2000 and the killing of multiple Christian missionaries in 2001.[25]

Prosecutors charge 196 more people with murder over the Maguindanao massacre in November, including Andal Ampatuan Snr, a former provincial governor and ally of President Arroyo.

June

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Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino becomes president.[26]

2011

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February

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Manila and Maoist New People's Army (NPA) agree to work towards a peace deal in 2012 at talks in Oslo, their first negotiations since the previous round broke down in 2004. Troops arrested prominent New People's Army (NPA) member Tirso Alcantara the previous month.[27]

2012

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May

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Philippines and Chinese naval vessels confront one another off the Scarborough Shoal reef in the South China Sea. Both countries claim the reef, which may have significant reserves of oil and gas.[28]

October

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The government signs a framework peace plan with the Muslim rebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending a 40-year conflict that has cost an estimated 120,000 lives.[29]

2013

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May

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Major diplomatic row erupts between Taiwan and the Philippines after Filipino coastguards kill a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed waters.[30]

November

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Typhoon Haiyan sweeps across central areas of the country leaving devastation and thousands of dead in its wake. A major international aid effort is organised to help more than four million people affected.[31]

2014

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March

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The MILF rebel group signs a peace deal with the government that brings an end to one of Asia's longest and deadliest conflicts.[32]

2015

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March

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Hundreds of Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines register to vote in 2016 elections under peace deal designed to end four decades of conflict.[33]

2016

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June

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Populist former mayor Rodrigo Duterte elected president, announces hard-line crackdown on drugs and suggests he might pivot from the US to China.[34]

July

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Government welcomes the ruling in a case it brought before an international tribunal which concluded that China's claim to much of the resources in the South China Sea had no legal basis.[35]

2017

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January

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Rodrigo Duterte ordered the cleansing of the Philippine National Police (PNP) after corruption was discovered at the wake of the kidnapping of the South Korean, Jee Ick-Joo.[36]

March

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After a temporary suspension due to the kidnapping and killing of a South Korean national, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte orders the Philippine National Police to resume his controversial campaign.[37]

April

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The 30th ASEAN Summit was held at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay.[38]

May

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Martial law imposed on the island of Mindanao after fighting erupts between security forces and Islamic State-linked militants of the Maute group and Isnilon Hapilon.[39]

October

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Southern city of Marawai declared liberated from jihadist fighters who held it for almost five months.[40]

  1. ^ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/philippine-independence-declared
  2. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_term_of_the_presidency_of_Ferdinand_Marcos
  3. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law_under_Ferdinand_Marcos#:~:text=At%207%3A17%20pm%20on,country%20on%20February%2024%2C%201986.
  4. ^ https://factcheck.afp.com/1977-death-sentence-against-philippine-opposition-figure-ninoy-aquino-was-widely-covered-press-and
  5. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Philippine_presidential_election_and_referendum
  6. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Benigno_Aquino_Jr.
  7. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Revolution
  8. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/11/24/us-military-ends-role-in-philippines/a1be8c14-0681-44ab-b869-a6ee439727b7/
  9. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Final_Peace_Agreement
  10. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Joseph_Estrada
  11. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_Philippines
  12. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_Philippines
  13. ^ https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2001/03/11/90027/milf-declares-own-unilateral-ceasefire
  14. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Estrada
  15. ^ https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/philippinesmoro-islamic-liberation-front-1978-present/
  16. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3077137.stm
  17. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangsamoro_peace_process
  18. ^ https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/milf-rebels-break-ceasefire-attacking-government-troops-philippine-military
  19. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khadaffy_Janjalani
  20. ^ https://www.hrw.org/news/2007/06/28/philippines-prosecute-political-killings
  21. ^ https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/sr131.pdf
  22. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_People%27s_Army
  23. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8270119.stm
  24. ^ https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/regions/12/02/09/govt-milf-say-peace-talks-resume-next-week
  25. ^ https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/abu-sayyaf-logistics-officer-mujibar-alih-amon-arrested-after-tip-off/news-story/19d3a6e30be5987e0fc51b8c35519929
  26. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Benigno_Aquino_III#:~:text=The%20Presidency%20of%20Benigno%20Aquino,%2C%20succeeding%20Gloria%20Macapagal%2DArroyo.
  27. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_rebellion_in_the_Philippines
  28. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/11/philippines-china-stand-off-south-china-sea
  29. ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19944101
  30. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guang_Da_Xing_No._28_incident
  31. ^ https://www.cnbc.com/2013/11/10/philippine-typhoon-kills-estimated-10000.html
  32. ^ https://www.dw.com/en/philippines-signs-historic-peace-agreement-with-muslim-group/a-17523091
  33. ^ https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-east-asia/philippines/philippines-renewing-prospects-peace-mindanao
  34. ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-philippines-idUSKCN12K0AS
  35. ^ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/7/13/no-legal-basis-for-chinas-south-china-sea-claims
  36. ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38793008
  37. ^ https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/03/02/license-kill/philippine-police-killings-dutertes-war-drugs
  38. ^ http://www.xinhuanet.com//english/2017-04/30/c_136246320.htm
  39. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/world/asia/mindanao-philippines-duterte-martial-law.html
  40. ^ https://www.dw.com/en/philippine-president-duterte-declares-marawi-liberation-from-jihadists/a-40988478
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