January

 January 1 – Four members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters were killed and four
others were wounded in a clash with government soldiers that lasted 10 hours in Datu Salibo,
Maguindanao.[2]
 January 4 – About a hundred armed men, whose affiliation is undetermined, launched an attack
on a prison in Kidapawan which had freed at least 158 inmates. The jailbreak resulting from the
attack was reportedly the biggest in the history of North Cotabato.[3]
 January 5 – Mohammad Jaafar Maguid, the leader of the Ansar Al-Khilafah Philippines who is
allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State, was killed by government security forces
in Sarangani.[4]
 January 11:
 President Duterte signed an executive order mandating universal access to modern family
planning tools.[5]
 President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the unwarranted arrest
and deportation of Indian nationals, especially Punjabis, involved in the 5-6 money
lending scheme.[6]
 January 16–20 – The 4th World Apostolic Congress on Mercy commenced with a Mass at
the Manila Cathedral. Other events were held in Manila, Batangas, Bulacan, and Bataan.[7][8]
 January 17:
 The city government of Cagayan de Oro declared a state of calamity in response to flooding
caused by heavy rainfall brought by a low pressure area in the vicinity of Kabasalan,
Zamboanga Sibugay and the tail-end of a cold front.[9]
 The National Bureau of Investigation confirmed the death of Jee Ick Joo, a South Korean
businessman who was abducted in Angeles on October 18, 2016.[10]
 January 30 – 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.[11]
February
 February 1 – The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), New People's Army (NPA),
and National Democratic Front (NDF) ended their unilateral ceasefire with the Philippine
government.[12]
 February 10 – A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit Surigao del Norte, killing at least 4 people.[13]
 February 14:
 The Philippine National Police declared a "war on illegal gambling", following the withdrawal
of the police on the War on Drugs.[14]
 Department of Environment and Natural Resources secretary Gina Lopez ordered the
closure of 75 mines for violations of environmental laws.[15]
 February 21 – A tour bus carrying college students bound for a camping site in Tanay, Rizal, lost
brakes and crashed into a roadside electricity pole, killing 15 and injuring 40 on board.[16] The
accident uncovered lax regulations on safety of students on educational trips in the Philippines
and prompted the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Department of
Education (DepEd) to issue moratoriums on field trips for the 2016–17 school year.[17]
 February 24 – Senator Leila de Lima was arrested for violations of Republic Act 9165, or
the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, related to her alleged involvement in the New
Bilibid Prison drug trafficking scandal.[18][19]
 February 27 – Jeepney drivers, mostly belonging to the transport groups, PISTON and Stop and
Go Coalition, led a nationwide strike against the planned modernization of jeepneys, that caused
suspension of classes and stranding passengers at major metropolitan areas nationwide.[20]
 February 28 – President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.[21][22]
March
 March 1 – After a temporary suspension due to the kidnapping and killing of a South
Korean national, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte orders the Philippine National Policeto
resume his controversial campaign.[23]
 March 2 – Angel Manalo, brother of Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo,
and 31 others were arrested for illegal possession of firearms for the alleged shooting incident at
Manalo's compound in Quezon City.[24]
 March 9 – Members of Kadamay (Kalipunan ng Damayan Mahihirap) occupied 4,000 houses
inside government housing projects in Pandi and San Jose del Monte in Bulacan.[25]
 March 15 – Magdalo representative Gary Alejano filed the first impeachment complaint against
Rodrigo Duterte resulting from extrajudicial killings in the Philippine war on drugs.[26]
April
 April 4:
 Rodrigo Duterte ordered the resignation of Department of Interior and Local
Government secretary Ismael Sueño amidst corruption allegations.[27]
 A magnitude 5.5 earthquake, that occurred northwest of Tingloy, hit Batangas, causing
damage to buildings.[28] The province soon declared a state of calamity after the quake.[29]
 April 11 – A clash between the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National
Police Special Action Force and Abu Sayyaf in Inabanga, Bohol kills 6, including the notorious
Muammar Askali, also known as "Abu Rami".[30]
 April 17 – A bus traveling from Isabela into Ilocos region fell off a ravine in Carranglan, Nueva
Ecija, killing 31 on board. The accident, resulting from poor vehicle maintenance, is one of the
most deadliest road accidents in the Philippines.[31]
 April 26–29 – The 30th ASEAN Summit was held at the Philippine International Convention
Center in Pasay.[32]
 April 27 – The Philippine National Police discovered a secret jail cell inside a Manila Police
District precinct, that raised possibilities of police abuses in Rodrigo Duterte's campaign against
illegal drugs.[33]
 April 28 – The bombings were a series of blasts which took place in the Manila district of Quiapo
in the Philippines.[34]
May
 May 5 – United Nations special rapporteur Agnes Callamard made a controversial visit on a drug
policy forum in the University of the Philippines. The Philippine government complained about
her unannounced visit, that shown lack of understanding on the human rights situation in
Rodrigo Duterte's ongoing war on drugs.[35]
 May 6 – just one week since the first blast, twin bombings took place about two and a half hours
apart in the same district in Quiapo, Manila.[36]
 May 15 – The majority of the House of Representatives justice committee rejected
the impeachment complaint filed by Magdalo representative Gary Alejano against Rodrigo
Duterte for lack of substance.[37]
 May 16:
 President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order No. 25, that renamed Benham Rise to
Philippine Rise.[38]
 President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order No. 26, that ordered a
nationwide smoking ban.[39]
 May 18:
 Implementation of Republic Act No. 10913, or the "Anti-Distracted Driving Act", started.[40]
 Ferdinand Marcelino, along with his Chinese asset, Yan Yi Shou, were released after their
drug-related case was dropped.[41]
 May 19 – Implementation of Republic Act No. 10666, or the "Children on Motorcycle Safety Act
of 2015", started.[42]
 May 23 – President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation No. 216 declaring a 60-day martial
law in Mindanao following clashes between government forces and the Maute group in
Marawi.[43]

Resorts World Manila immediately following the shooting. The complex was shrouded in smoke from fires
started by the suspect. Also picture is Maxims Tower, where the attacker committed suicide.

June
 June 1 – Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announces the deaths of ten soldiers
in Marawi as a result of a "friendly fire" airstrike.[44]
 June 2 – A gunman attacked Resorts World Manila in Pasay around midnight, caused a major
panic within the complex. Around 38 people were dead, due to smoke inhalation from the fire
while injuring 70 people.[45]
 June 4:
 In Marawi, Philippines, a ceasefire organised by Moro separatists is broken, leaving locals
hungry for nearly two weeks.[46]
 Philippine police identified the attacker at Resorts World Manila as Jessie Javier Carlos, an
ex-employee of the Department of Finance who was deeply in debt.[47][48]
July
 July 6:
 a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Leyte, causing at least 4 deaths and 100 injuries. The quake
also caused power interruptions in the whole of Eastern Visayas and nearby Bohol.[49]
 The Supreme Court says President Rodrigo Duterte can declare martial law in the
whole Philippines. Two days prior, the Supreme Court had ruled in favor of the
constitutionality of Proclamation No. 216 which declared Martial Law and suspended the
 privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in the whole of Mindanao, in response to the Marawi
crisis.[50]
 July 22 – In a special joint session requested by President Rodrigo Duterte, the Congress of the
Philippines voted 261–18 to extend the martial law in Mindanao until December 31, 2017.[51][52][53]
 July 23 – The nationwide ban on public smoking is implemented.[54][55]
 July 30 – Sixteen people, including Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr. and his wife, are killed in a
police drug raid in Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental. The Parojinog family had been previously
identified with their ties to the illegal drug trade, as well as the organized crime group Kuratong
Baleleng.[56][57]
August
 August 8 – The Supreme Court of the Philippines has junked all petitions against the burial of
former President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, re-
affirming its earlier ruling on 8 November 2016.[58]
 August 9 – President Rodrigo Duterte abolishes the Negros Island Region (first created in 2015
by his predecessor) through Executive Order no. 38, citing lack of funds to fully establish the
region. Negros Occidental reverts to the Western Visayas region, Negros Oriental back to
the Central Visayas region.[59]
 August 11 – The Department of Agriculture confirms an avian influenza outbreak in the province
of Pampanga.[60][61]
 August 16 – A 17-year-old Kian Loyd delos Santos was fatally shot by police officers conducting
an anti-drug operation in Caloocan, Metro Manila. The case became controversial when the
official police reports differed from witness accounts and CCTV footage.[62][63][64] This would cause
a thousands of marchers to protest in EDSA heeding calls from the Philippine Catholic Church to
criticize the drug war[65] and the Senate to investigate the killing.[66] Hundreds attend the funeral
procession of delos Santos on August 26.[67]
 August 20 – The Court of Appeals of the Philippines has junked U.S. Marine Joseph Scott
Pemberton's motion for reconsideration, re-affirming its decision last April upholding the 2015
homicide ruling of the Olongapo City Regional Trial Court; citing the defendant's arguments as
mere "rehash of issues". The Court of Appeals also upheld the payment of ₱ 4.32 million to
Jennifer Laude's family for "loss of earning capacity". Pemberton faces 10 years in prison.[68]
September
 September 7 – The Senate investigates Paolo Duterte, the son of current Philippine
President Rodrigo Duterte, in an alleged methamphetamine smuggling scandal.[69]
 September 12 – The House of Representatives of the Philippines approves a bill that limits the
budget of the Commission on Human Rights to only ₱1,000 (US$20).[70][71]
 September 14 – The Communist-aligned Makabayan bloc leaves the majority of the Philippine
lower House over disagreements due to the ongoing drug crackdown.[72]
 September 15 – Around 1,200 members of the Philippine National Police in Caloocan are fired
over allegations of crimes attributed to the police.[73]
 September 21 – Coinciding with the 45th anniversary of the declaration of martial law in 1972 by
the late President and dictator Ferdinand Marcos, nationwide protests — also known as
"National Day of Protest" — are conducted by various groups against the government's
implementation of war on drugs and the ongoing martial law in the whole of Mindanao under the
administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.[74]
October
 October 16–17 – Armed group leaders, Isnilon Hapilon of Abu Sayyaf and Omar Maute of Maute
Group, leaders of ISIL-linked militants fighting the government in the Battle of Marawi were
reportedly killed on October 16 during the operation of rescuing the hostages, according to the
statement released by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana.[75][76][77] The following day
President Rodrigo Duterte declared the liberation of Marawi.[78][79][80] While the armed forces says
this meant that the conflict is substantially it pointed out that there are still skirmishes.[81]
 October 23 – the Battle of Marawi was declared officially over by the military[82][83][84]
November
 November 5 – Dubbed as "Lord, Heal Our Land", led by Lingayen-Dagupan
Archbishop Socrates Villegas, about thousands of mourners of extrajudicial killing victims attend
a mass held in EDSA shrine.[85][86]
 November 10–12 – The Philippines hosted the 31st ASEAN Summit Clark Freeport
Zone in Angeles, Pampanga.[32]
 November 13–14 – The hosted the Twelfth East Asia Summit at the Clark Freeport
Zone in Angeles, Pampanga.[87]
December
 December 19 — President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Tax Reform for Acceleration and
Inclusion Act (TRAIN) Act.[88]
 December 21 — A ferry sinks off the coast of Luzon in the Philippines with 251 passengers on
board. At least four people are reported to have died. The toll is expected to rise, as many are
still missing.[89]
 December 22 – The Philippine Coast Guard reports that 252 passengers and crew have been
rescued while five people were killed when a ferry capsized Thursday east of Manila.[90]

a fire started at the NCCC shopping mall in Davao City, Philippines. At least 38 people were trapped inside the
mall

 December 23
 More than 200 people are dead in the southern Philippines as a result of floods and
mudslides caused by Severe Tropical Storm Vinta.[91]
 Thirty-seven people, mostly call centre workers, are missing and presumed dead in a fire in
the Davao City Mall in the Philippines.[92][93]
 December 28 – In Mandaluyong, law enforcers mistakenly fired at a Mitsubishi Adventure, which
they thought carried suspects in a previous shooting incident, resulting in two people dead and
two others injured. As a result, 10 police officers were relieved from the post.[94][95]