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Note that in the list, holidays in bold are "regular holidays," and those in italics are "nationwide special days". January 1 – New Year's Day; March 31 – Maundy Thursday; April 1 – Good Friday; April 9 – Araw ng Kagitingan (Bataan and Corregidor Day) May 1 – Labor Day; June 12 – Independence Day; August 28 – National Heroes Day
This is a list of current and former presidents of the Philippines by time in office that consists of the 17 presidents in the history of the Philippines. The basis of the list is counted by the number of calendar days.
[3] [4] The president is directly elected by qualified voters to a six-year term and must be "a natural-born citizen of the Philippines, a registered voter, able to read and write, at least forty years of age on the day of the election, and a resident of the Philippines for at least ten years immediately preceding such election". No elected ...
The term "general election" is not predominantly used in the Philippines, but for the purposes of this article, a "general election" may refer to an election day where the presidency or at least a class of members of Congress are on the ballot. Since 1992, on presidential election days, the presidency, half of the Senate, the House of ...
This list of presidential elections in the Philippines includes election results of both presidential and vice presidential elections since 1899 with the candidates' political party and their corresponding percentage. The offices of the president and vice president are elected separately; hence a voter may split their vote.
President Aquino appealed for an end to the violence [7] and for "peaceful and honest elections." [8] Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jaime Sin and the Makati Business Club joined such calls. [4] On the other hand, Vice President Laurel called for a postponement of elections in areas with strong influence by the communist rebels. [11]
Prior to his election as president, Ramos served in the cabinet of President Aquino, first as chief-of-staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and later as Secretary of National Defense from 1986 to 1991. [3] He was credited with the creation of the Philippine Army's Special Forces and the Philippine National Police Special Action ...
Local elections were held in Davao City on January 18, 1988, as part of the 1988 Philippine local elections.Elections for a new set of city officials were held under the new Constitution of the Philippines which was ratified in 1987.