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Then PNP Chief Ronald dela Rosa presents Kerwin Espinosa, who voluntarily surrendered himself to authorities, to the media. On August 1, 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who was conducting a nationwide campaign against illegal drugs, asked Espinosa and his son Kerwin to surrender themselves within 24 hours "on the grounds of drug-trafficking and coddling."
2016 Taiwan earthquake. The death toll from the Taiwan earthquake rises to 38 with more than 100 people missing. (Reuters via Yahoo! News) (AP via CBS News) Tainan mayor William Lai warns the death toll probably will exceed 100. "There are more fatalities than those pulled out," he said. 2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season
Disasters and accidents Four Hungarian Defence Force soldiers are killed and one is injured following an explosion at a military firing range in eastern Hungary. (Reuters) International relations Taiwan's navy mistakenly launches a supersonic Hsiung Feng III missile towards China, killing one person and injuring three in a Taiwanese fishing boat. (BBC) (The Guardian) Russia–European Union ...
The death toll from the mass killing by a gang in Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, increases to 207, according to the United Nations. Israel–Hamas war. Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Attacks on protected zones and civilians in Gaza. At least seven people are killed in Israeli airstrikes on a safe zone in al-Mawasi, Gaza. Several ...
(Xinhua News Agency) 2016 Southeastern United States wildfires. The death toll from the wildfire that hit the U.S. town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, rises to 13. The bodies of 21 coal miners are retrieved from an unlicensed coal mine in the Chinese city of Qitaihe in the province of Heilongjiang. Four people have been arrested including the owner ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 December 2024. Philippine-related events during the year of 2016 ← 2015 2014 2013 2016 in the Philippines → 2017 2018 2019 Decades: 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also: List of years in the Philippines films music television sports 2016 in the Philippines details events that occurred in the ...
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Disasters and accidents About one thousand houses in Manila's Tondo district in the Philippines are set ablaze following New Year's Eve firecracker festivities that left one dead and 380 others injured. (AP via CTV News) International relations The EU-Ukraine Free Trade deal officially comes into force, coinciding with a Russian food embargo on Ukraine. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) Law ...