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April 2 – Col. Gregorio Honasan, leader of the August 1987 coup attempt, together with 13 of his guards, escapes from a prison ship in Manila Bay.Eight navy guards who helped him to escape are captured in Manila, Apr. 15.
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This is a list of current and former presidents of the Philippines by time in office that consists of the 17 ... 1 year, 323 days: 688 days 16: 3: Jose P. Laurel: 1 ...
December 14–15 – 3rd ASEAN Summit was held in Manila, Philippines. [ 32 ] December 20 – Interisland passenger ferry MV Doña Paz , travelling from Leyte to Manila and said to be overloaded, and oil tanker MT Vector collide at Tablas Strait off Mindoro Island , setting both on fire; 24 survived, death toll later estimated to be 4,386; [ 33 ...
Malacañang Palace in Manila is the official residence of the president. [note 1] Built in 1750, it has become a prominent symbol of and metonym for the office.Under the Constitution of the Philippines, the president of the Philippines (Filipino: Pangulo ng Pilipinas) is both the head of state and government, and serves as the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces.
People's Initiative is a common appellative in the Philippines that refers to either a mode for constitutional amendment provided by the 1987 Philippine Constitution or to the act of pushing an initiative (national or local) allowed by the Initiative and Referendum Act of 1987. While the Supreme Court had declared amending the constitution via ...
2020 in the Philippines details events of note that have occurred in the Philippines in 2020.. This year is largely defined by COVID-19 pandemic that caused of the national economic recession and continued until the state of public health emergency was lifted in the country on July 21, 2023.
This article covers the history of the current Philippine republican state following the 1986 People Power Revolution, known as the Fifth Philippine Republic.. The return of democracy and government reforms beginning in 1986 were hampered by national debt, government corruption, coup attempts, disasters, a persistent communist insurgency, [1] and a military conflict with Moro separatists. [2]