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Act No. 3827 by the Philippine Legislature enacted on October 28, 1931, designated every last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [ 5] However, Bonifacio Day established by virtue of Act No. 2946 of 1921 was also dedicated to anonymous Filipino heroes. [ 6] In practice, National Heroes Day celebrations were observed on the same day as ...
This special non-working holiday applies to Lucena only by virtue of Republic Act No. 3271 – An Act Creating the city of Lucena, approved on June 17, 1961. August 25 Iloilo City Charter Day: Araw ng Lungsod ng Iloilo: This regular holiday applies to Iloilo City only. August 28 Higalaay Festival: Adlaw sa Pag-Higalaay sa Dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro
The Commonwealth of the Philippines was self-governing, although under the ultimate control of the United States . During the conquest of the Philippines by the Empire of Japan, the government evacuated to Australia following the prior evacuation of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur in March 1942. From Australia they traveled to the United States ...
On June 16, 1950, the Quezon City Charter was revised by Republic Act No. 537, changing the city's boundaries to an area of 153.59 km 2 (59 sq mi). [34] Exactly six years later, on June 16, 1956, more revisions to the city's territory were made by Republic Act No. 1575, which defined its area as 151.06 km 2 (58 sq mi). [ 35 ]
The Cry of Pugad Lawin (Filipino: Sigaw ng Pugad Lawin, Spanish: Grito de Pugad Lawin) negan the Philippine Revolution against the Spanish Empire. [1]In late August 1896, members of the Katipunan led by Andrés Bonifacio revolted somewhere around Caloocan, which included parts of the present-day Quezon City.
The Taft Commission, also known as the Second Philippine Commission ( Filipino: Ikalawang Komisyon ng Pilipinas ), was established by United States President William McKinley on March 16, 1900, following the recommendations of the First Philippine Commission, using presidential war powers while the U.S. was engaged in the Philippine–American ...
Payatas landslide. The Payatas landslide was a garbage dump collapse at Payatas, Quezon City, Philippines, on July 10, 2000. A large pile of garbage first collapsed and then went up in flames which resulted in the destruction of about 100 squatters ' houses. 218 people were killed, according to official data, and caused 300 missing persons.
The Legal Education Board, or known widely by its abbreviation LEB, is an independent government agency responsible for the regulation of the legal education in the Philippines. The agency was created on December 23, 1993 through the enactment of Republic Act No. 7662 or the Legal Education Act of 1993. [ 1] Currently, the Board is chaired by ...