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As of 2022, no mandatory conscription is in effect in the Philippines and military service is entirely voluntary as stated in the 1987 constitution. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] However, there have been calls for mandatory conscription by Vice President Sara Duterte , [ 3 ] along with several Senators pushing for a bill to introduce mandatory Reserve Officers ...
January 4 – The Philippines and Japan renew the Bilateral Swap Arrangement, granting currency exchange between the Philippine peso and the Japanese yen. [266] [267] January 5 – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno is named the Global Central Banker of the Year 2022, by the international banking magazine The Banker ...
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 ...
On July 4, 1946, the United States recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines as a separate self-governing nation. [41] On October 16, 1947, the United Kingdom transferred the administration of the Mangsee Islands and the seven Philippine Turtle Islands to the Philippines. Before that the islands were under Philippine ...
The 19th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalabinsiyam na Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, convened on July 25, 2022. The 19th Congress is meeting during the first three years of Bongbong Marcos's presidency , and will end on June 6, 2025.
2022; 2025 in the Philippines: → ... June 12 – Independence Day; August 25 ... List of years in the Philippines; Timeline of Philippine history; Related timelines ...
Year Date Event Source c.200 AD The Maitum Jars are anthropomorphic jars that were depicting children (head is the lead of the jar with ears and the body was the jar itself with hands and feet as the handle) with perforations in red and black colors, had been used as a secondary burial jars in Ayub Cave, Pinol, Maitum Sarangani province, each of the jars had a "facial expression".
Independence Day [1] (Filipino: Araw ng Kasarinlán; also known as Araw ng Kalayaan, "Day of Freedom") is a national holiday in the Philippines observed annually on June 12, [2] commemorating the declaration of Philippine independence from Spain in 1898. [2]