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A photo of Ninoy Aquino. Ninoy Aquino Day is a national non-working holiday in the Philippines observed annually on August 21 commemorating the assassination of former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr., the husband of Corazon Aquino, who later became the eleventh Philippine President.
August 12 National Police Service Day and anniversary of the formation of the Philippine Constabulary: Araw ng Pambansang Serbisyong Pangpulisya: Fixed A working holiday celebrating all the men and women of the Philippine National Police and all its predecessor services in appreciation and gratitude for service to the community.
August 21 was declared Ninoy Aquino Day, a national holiday, through the passage of Republic Act No. 9256. [85] Under then- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , the observance of this holiday became moveable – to be celebrated on the "Monday nearest August 21" every year – as part of her controversial 'holiday economics' philosophy as ...
Due to the disputed date, and with the consensus that the cry occurred in late August, the holiday was then set for the last week of August. [4] 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 ...
The Philippine National Police (PNP; Filipino: Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinas [4]) is the national police force of the Philippines. Its national headquarters is located at Camp Crame in Bagong Lipunan ng Crame, Quezon City. Currently, it has approximately 228,000 personnel to police a population in excess of 100 million. [5]
National Waffle Day. August 25. National Banana Split Day. National Park Service Day. National Secondhand Wardrobe Day. August 26. National Cherry Popsicle Day. National Dog Day. Women’s ...
September 9, 2020 – May 10, 2021 Felipe R. Natividad Police Major General May 10, 2021 – March 1, 2022 Patrick T. Villacorte Police Major General March 1, 2022 – August 1, 2022: Edgar Allan O. Okubo Police Major General August 1, 2022 – February 28, 2023 Rudolph B. Dimas Police Major General February 28, 2023 – November 20, 2023
1983 – Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr. is assassinated at Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor). 1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon , killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometre (12 mi) range.