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State of calamity, in the context of disaster management in the Philippines, refers to a status that could be declared widespread within the country, or certain localities, in response to a destructive, natural, or man-made disaster. This measures allows the release of "calamity funds" allocated to local governments and control the pricing of ...
July 16 – A state of calamity is declared in Maguindanao del Sur due to floods caused by the overflowing of the Rio Grande de Mindanao. [187] July 17 – A state of calamity is declared in Cavite City due to a massive fire that displaces 900 families in two barangays. [188] July 18 – A state of calamity is declared in Pikit, Cotabato due to ...
On January 15, 2020, Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla declared the province under a state of calamity. [98] A state of calamity was declared in the whole Calabarzon region via Proclamation No. 906 which was signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on February 21. The declaration is set to last for one year unless lifted. [99] [100] [101] [102]
A state of calamity was declared in the Philippine province of Oriental Mindoro on December 5 as the effects of Typhoon Kammuri became clearer, with an estimated 3,000 families losing their homes ...
The Commission finished the final draft on October 12, 1986, and presented it to Aquino on October 15. The constitution was ratified by a nationwide plebiscite on February 2, 1987. The constitution provided for three governmental branches, namely the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The executive branch is headed by the president ...
The Magdalo was a faction of the Katipunan (a Philippine revolutionary organization with the aim to gain independence from Spain during the Philippine Revolution) chapter in Cavite. It was named after Mary Magdalene , patroness of Kawit , Cavite .
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines in the presence of then Philippine Senate President Manuel L. Quezon. The new constitution created under this act was approved on January 31, 1935, [54]: 43 and was adopted the next day. The first elections were held on September 17.
On June 12, 1898, Aguinaldo declared the independence of the Philippines in Kawit, Cavite, establishing the First Philippine Republic under Asia's first democratic constitution, the Malolos Constitution, an insurgency against Spanish rule. [31] The Aguinaldo Shrine built in 1845 is where Philippine independence from Spain was declared on June ...