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Due to this event, she gained popularity, causing the boxer Muhammad Ali, who was in Manila at that time due to the "Thrilla in Manila" boxing event, to seek her advice. The American fortune teller Phyllis Bury had predicted Ali would lose against Joe Frazier but Auring correctly predicted his win. As a result, Ali gave her the nickname "Madam ...
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 Philippine national government aims to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Filipinos' first contact with the Spanish in 1521 from a Filipino-centric point of view in 2021. The National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) was formed for this purpose in May 2018, when President Rodrigo Duterte issued Executive Order (EO) No. 55. [ 1 ]
The Philippines uses the 12-hour clock format in most oral or written communication, whether formal or informal. A colon (:) is used to separate the hour from the minutes (12:30 p.m.). The use of the 24-hour clock is usually restricted in use among airports, the military, police, and other technical purposes. [a]
This list of newspapers currently being published in the Philippines includes broadsheets and tabloids published daily and distributed nationwide. Regional newspapers or those published in the regions are also included.
More from the October/November issue of Fortune: –See who made the 2024 Fortune Most Powerful Women Asia list –Women in Asia are reaching the top of the corporate world
Executive Order No. 200 issued by President Corazon C. Aquino states "Laws shall take effect after fifteen days following the completion of their publication either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines". [5] On July 26, 2010, the online version of the Official Gazette was launched.
March 21 – Davao Occidental Tigers claims 2021 MPBL finals championship after defeating San Juan Knights 3–1 in a best-of-5 series. [4]May 18 – President Rodrigo Duterte signs into law the naturalization of Ateneo Blue Eagles player Angelo Kouame, allowing him to play for the Philippines men's national basketball team.