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On July 25, 1987, President Corazon Aquino promulgated the Administrative Code of the Philippines. [1] Chapter 7 of this code specified a list of ten nationwide regular holidays and two nationwide special days and provided that the President may proclaim any local special day for a particular date, group or place.
April 3 – 8, Ice hockey – The Philippines hosts its first International Ice Hockey Federation -sanctioned event, the top division of the 2018 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia at the SM Mall of Asia ice skating rink in Pasay, Metro Manila. [ 79] Mongolia emerges as champions with Thailand finishing in second place.
There are more than 42,000 known major and minor festivals in the Philippines, the majority of which are in the barangay (village) level. Due to the thousands of town, city, provincial, national, and village fiestas in the country, the Philippines has traditionally been known as the Capital of the World's Festivities .
2018-10-30: 11119: Declaring Every April 3 as Special Nonworking Holiday in Albay Province in Commemoration of its Foundation 2018-10-30: 11120: Declaring Every September 2 as Special Nonworking Holiday in Ifugao Province in Commemoration of the Surrender of the Japanese Imperial Army in the Philippines in World War II 2018-10-30: 11121
April 7 – Roxanne Baeyens, a 22-year-old Filipino-Belgian beauty representing Baguio, is crowned Face of Tourism Philippines 2019. [ 343 ] April 17 – Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is named Time magazine 's most influential people of 2019, along with some prominent music personalities, government officials and world leaders.
10927. An Act Designating Casinos as Covered Persons under Republic Act No. 9160, known as the "Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001". July 14, 2017. [2] 10928. Amending Section 10 of Republic Act No. 8239, known as the "Philippine Passport Act of 1996". August 2, 2017.
v. t. e. This list of solar eclipse visible from the Philippines enumerates the solar eclipse that have been and will be seen over the Philippines. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. Eclipses can be total, annular, or partial . A total solar eclipse occurs when the ...
Independence Day (Philippines) 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] Since 1978, it has been the country's National Day .