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A funeral procession in the Philippines, 2009. During the Pre-Hispanic period the early Filipinos believed in a concept of life after death. [1] This belief, which stemmed from indigenous ancestral veneration and was strengthened by strong family and community relations within tribes, prompted the Filipinos to create burial customs to honor the dead through prayers and rituals.
The country's new civil code is enacted, and would be effective by 1950. The law abolishes divorce and allows legal separation instead. [10]September 11 – Huk commander Alexander Viernes is killed by the Philippine Army near Kangkong in the Sierra Madre, following a two-month search, ending the four-month operation with an entire Huk regional command dismantled, 146 insurgents killed and 40 ...
This was the official gazette of the government in the Philippines which published government announcements, new decrees, laws, military information, court decisions, and the like. It also republished notices originally appearing in the Gaceta de Madrid which were relevant to the islands and decrees and other notices that required its ...
The Philippines currently celebrates its Independence Day on June 12, the anniversary of Emilio Aguinaldo's declaration of independence from Spain in 1898. The declaration was not recognised by the United States which, after defeating the Spanish in the Battle of Manila Bay in May that year, acquired the Philippine Islands via the Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish–American War.
June 24 – Romulo T. Dela Cruz, D.D., prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines; July 6 – Roy Señeres, Filipino businessman and diplomat (d. 2016) August 8 – Snaffu Rigor, composer (d. 2016) September 5 – Danny Florencio, Filipino basketball player (d. 2018) [9]
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The Civil Code of the Philippines is the product of the codification of private law in the Philippines. It is the general law that governs family and property relations in the Philippines. It was enacted in 1950, and remains in force to date with some significant amendments .
The Free Philippine Government (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Malayang Pilipinas) was an unofficial provisional government based in Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental, Mindanao which claimed jurisdiction over unoccupied territories in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during the World War II era.