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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 ...
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 ...
The Philippine Commission enacts the Sedition Act December 14 An earthquake estimated of magnitude 7.8 shakes Lucena City. 1902 January The first labor union of The Country, Union de Litografose Impresores de Filipinas, is organized. January 21 The Philippine Commission calls for the organization of Public Schools in the Philippines. March 30
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]
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.
The observance of National Heroes Day was already present during the American colonial period. Act No. 3827 by the Philippine Legislature enacted on October 28, 1931, designated every last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [6] However, Bonifacio Day established by virtue of Act No. 2946 of 1921 was also dedicated to anonymous Filipino ...
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January 17, 2021 – Start of the 100-day countdown for the 500th anniversary of the Victory at Mactan. The Philippine flag at the Mactan Shrine was permanently hoisted starting from this date becoming one of the few sites in the country required to do so. [13] Quincentennial logo unveiling at the Rizal Park in Manila. [14] March 16, 2021: