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← 1957 1956 1955 1958 in the Philippines → 1959 1960 1961 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s See also: List of years in the Philippines films 1958 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1958. Incumbents President Carlos P. Garcia President: Carlos P. Garcia (Nacionalista Party) Vice President: Diosdado Macapagal (Liberal) Chief Justice ...
Allow the president to continue beyond 1973 and finish the reforms under martial law Yes 90.67% Details: 1975 Referendum Approval of the president's actions Yes 88.69% Details: Approval of the president continuing the same powers Yes 87.51% Selection of local officials By appointment 60.51%: 1976 Referendum Allowing martial law to continue Yes ...
Law Day, as a national celebration of the law, was originally the idea of Charles S. Rhyne, Eisenhower's legal counsel for a time, who was serving in 1957–1958 as president of the American Bar Association. [2] Eisenhower proclaimed May 1 to be Law Day, U.S.A. in 1958. [3] Its observance was later codified by Public Law 87-20 on April 7, 1961. [4]
On July 25, 1987, President Corazon Aquino promulgated the Administrative Code of the Philippines. [1] Chapter 7 of this code specified a list of ten nationwide regular holidays and two nationwide special days and provided that the President may proclaim any local special day for a particular date, group or place.
Labor Party Philippines (2021–present) Emmanuel "Manny" Santo Domingo Lopez (born June 30, 1958) [ 2 ] is a Filipino political activist who advocates direct democracy . He is the convenor of such groups as the anti- Bangsamoro Basic Law group that called itself Christian Peace Alliance and the anti-Benigno Aquino III group called EdlSA 2.22. ...
On July 11, 2009, ABS-CBN launched a high definition feed of Balls (now S+A HD) in SkyCable under the name Balls HD, the first local high-definition TV channel in the history of Philippine television. On the same day, Balls HD broadcast the first locally produced coverage of an event in high-definition, the UAAP Season 72 basketball game which ...
January 4 – President Duterte signs Republic Act No. 11510, institutionalizing the alternative learning system (ALS). [2] [3]January 18 – The Department of National Defense announces its unilateral termination of its 1989 accord with the University of the Philippines which took effect three days earlier over claims that the New People's Army is recruiting members in the universities' campuses.
Joaquin G. Bernas SJ (July 7, 1932 – March 6, 2021) was a Jesuit priest, lawyer, college professor and writer who was Dean Emeritus of the Ateneo de Manila Law School in Makati, Philippines. He was a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission which drafted the 1987 Philippine Constitution. [1] [2]