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October 31 – November 6 – Cebu City hosted the 1999 IPSC Handgun World Shoot XII. November 7 – 21 – The Iloilo and Bacolod Hosting the 1999 AFC Women's Championship was held from 7 to 21 November 1999 in the Philippines. December 8 – The Manila Metrostars rout the Cebu Gems, 101–83 in Game Six, before a hometown crowd at the Mail ...
A working holiday which was first observed in 2020. This holiday aims to promote, protect, and safeguard the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression, speech and of the press in the Philippines especially in school campuses. July 27. Iglesia ni Cristo Day.
There are more than 42,000 known major and minor festivals in the Philippines, the majority of which are in the barangay (village) level. Due to the thousands of town, city, provincial, national, and village fiestas in the country, the Philippines has traditionally been known as the Capital of the World's Festivities.
Act No. 3827 by the Philippine Legislature enacted on October 28, 1931, designated every last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [ 5] However, Bonifacio Day established by virtue of Act No. 2946 of 1921 was also dedicated to anonymous Filipino heroes. [ 6] In practice, National Heroes Day celebrations were observed on the same day as ...
Main article: 1989 in Philippine television. Births. [edit] January 9– Fely Irvine, Australian entertainer of half-Filipino and half-Scottish ancestry. January 12– Arci Muñoz, actress, commercial model and lead singer of the band 'Philia'. January 21– Miguel Luis Villafuerte, politician and model.
Christmas ( Filipino: Pasko; [pɐsˈkɔʔ]) [ a] is one of the biggest holidays in the Philippines. As one of the two predominantly Catholic countries in Asia, the Philippines celebrates the world's longest Christmas season (Filipino: Kapaskuhan ); [ 1][ 3] Christmas music is played as early as August. [ 4]
24 June 2025. ( 2025-06-24) Frequency. Annual. The Wattah Wattah Festival, also known as the Basaan Festival ( lit. 'dousing of water' ), is the feast of John the Baptist, the patron saint of San Juan, Metro Manila, and many other communities across the Philippines. It is held every June 24. [ 1]
July 25 – August 9 – The Philippines compete at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. At least 26 competitors, 24 men and 2 women, took part in 29 events in 9 sports. [ 11] Stephen Fernandez and Beatriz Lucero, both win a bronze medal in taekwondo, but their medals are not included in the official medal tally as taekwondo was only a ...