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August: Buwan ng Wika (Language Week) August 2: An earthquake struck the island of Luzon with an epicenter at Casiguran, Quezon killing 270 people. August 19: Quezon Day in Quezon City, Baler and Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1878) also: Manuel L. Quezon was born at Baler, Tayabas. (1878) August 21: Ninoy Aquino Day (1983)
The history of the Philippines dates from the earliest hominin activity in the archipelago at least by 709,000 years ago. [1] Homo luzonensis, a species of archaic humans, was present on the island of Luzon [2] [3] at least by 134,000 years ago. [4] The earliest known anatomically modern human was from Tabon Caves in Palawan dating about 47,000 ...
January 1 Aniplus Asia and K-Plus have ceased its broadcast in the Philippines by Cignal and SatLite due to the termination of agreement between Omnicontent Management, Inc. (the exclusive Philippine pay TV distributor) and Plus Media Networks, Pte. Ltd. as they failed to agree on the terms and conditions for the renewal of its channel carriage.
This Week Tonight: RPN: 1977 1989 N/A 12 years N/A GMA Balita: GMA: May 19, 1986 April 8, 1998 N/A 1st longest-running Filipino language evening newscast of GMA Network 12 years N/A Oh No! It's Johnny! ABS-CBN: October 7, 1987 August 15, 1999 N/A 12 years N/A Balitang Balita: ABC: February 24, 1992 April 7, 2004 N/A Longest-running primetime ...
The Moriones Festival is a lenten and religious festival held annually on Holy Week on the island of Marinduque, Philippines. The "Moriones" are men and women in costumes and masks replicating the garb of biblical Imperial Roman soldiers as interpreted by locals. The Moriones tradition has inspired the creation of other festivals in the ...
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".
February 4. The International Astronomical Union names an asteroid 7431 Jettaguilar in honor of Jose Francisco Aguilar, a medical doctor and amateur astronomer. [12]The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation places three members of Kingdom of Jesus Christ on its most wanted list, among them its founder Apollo Quiboloy, accused of sex trafficking.
August 17 – Luz Magsaysay, wife of President Ramon Magsaysay and the seventh First Lady of the Philippines. (b. 1915) August 30 – Dely Atay-Atayan, former comedian (b. 1914) October 4 – Rio Diaz, former TV host/actress/beauty queen (b. 1959) October 13 – Enrique Fernando, 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1915)