2016 in the Philippines

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2016 in the Philippines details events that occurred in the Philippines in the year 2016.

Incumbents

Benigno S.
Aquino III

Jejomar C.
Binay, Sr.

Franklin M.
Drilon

Feliciano R.
Belmonte, Jr.

Maria Lourdes
P.A. Sereno

• President: Benigno S. Aquino III (Liberal) (until June 30)
• Vice President: Jejomar C. Binay, Sr. (UNA) (until June 30)
• Congress (16th):
  • Senate President: Franklin M. Drilon (Liberal)
  • House Speaker: Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr. (Liberal)
• Chief Justice: Maria Lourdes P.A. Sereno

Events

January

• January 1 – The Iglesia ni Cristo claims three new Guinness world records during the "Countdown to 2016" grand New Year event at the Ciudad de Victoria in Bocaue, Bulacan.^[1]
• January 8 – The Department of Foreign Affairs files a diplomatic protest against China's test flights in the Kagitingan Reef located across the disputed West Philippine Sea.^[2]
• January 12 – The Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and the United States signed in 2014.^[3]
• January 13 – Zamboanga City declared a state of calamity due to the onslaught of El Niño phenomenon and its negative effects to the farmlands.^[4]
• January 15 – Munap Saimaran, one of the bandits in the 2000 Sipadan kidnappings, is arrested in Sulu.^[5]
• January 19 – North Cotabato declares a state of calamity after damages due to the 2016 El Niño reached over ₱200 million, including damage due to drought and rats.^[6]
• January 22 – Justice Secretary Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa is appointed as the new Associate Justice of Supreme Court, replacing retired justice Martin Villarama, Jr.^[7]
• January 24–31 – The 51st International Eucharistic Congress is held in Cebu.^[8]

February

• February 5 – Maguindanao suffers from the effects of the 2014-2016 El Niño, destroying rice and corn crops on the drought caused, and the provincial government declares a state of calamity in response to residents experiencing food shortage.^[9]
• February 9 – The AFP and PNP operatives arrest Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) top leader Hassan Indal a.k.a. Abu Hazam in a joint operation in Cotabato City.^[10]
• February 10 – The National Mapping and Resource Information Authority announces that it has documented more than 400 additional islands, mostly in the Mindanao group, using the Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar. The islands were previously thought to be part of a bigger island.^[11] The previous official count was 7,107 by the Gazetteer of the Philippine Islands in 1945.^[12]
• February 16 – Six policemen killed and eight wounded in a clash with New People's Army members in Barangay Sta. Margarita, Baggao, Cagayan.^[13]
• February 18 – The Department of Transportation and Communications and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board launches the P2P or Point to Point Premium Bus, the first bus service in the country accessible for the Persons with Disabilities sector.^[14][15]
• February 26 – At least 60 are killed in a encounter in Butig, Lanao del Sur. Among them were suspected members of Maute Terrorist Group and three soldiers.^[16]
• February 29
  • The Philippines and Japan signs an agreement on the transfer of the Japanese defense and surveillance equipment to the country's military.^[17]
  • The remains of the late President Elpidio Quirino, the sixth president of the Philippines, are transferred from the Manila South Cemetery in Makati to the Heroes' Cemetery in Taguig to mark his 60th death anniversary.^[18]

March

• March 1 – Aid al-Qarni, a Islam preacher, and a diplomat from Saudi Arabian embassy was shot by a gunman after a lecture in the Western Mindanao State University in Zamboanga City.^[19]
• March 5 – The Philippine government orders to impound a cargo ship from North Korea in the Subic port, in response to tighter sanctions by United Nations against North Korea due to its nuclear and ballistic missile tests.^[20] On March 24, the North Korean freighter M/V Jin Teng has left the country, after no contraband was found onboard and the ship was cleared by the United Nations.^[21]
• March 8 – Voted 9-6, the Supreme Court has affirms Grace Poe's natural-born status and declares she is qualified to run based on her 10-year residency.^[22]
• March 21 – The UNESCO has added Albay in the Philippines as one of the 20 additions to its network of protected biosphere nature reserves.^[23]

Diwata-1

• March 23
  • Diwata-1 was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Cygnus spacecraft on a supply mission. Cygnus itself will be launched using the Atlas V rocket. The satellite was deployed into orbit from the ISS on April 27. Diwata-1 is the country's first micro-satellite and the first satellite to be built and designed by Filipinos.^[24]
  • The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (under the Memorandum Circular 94) that aimed at "achieving unified action" as part of efforts to find a resolution to the country's territorial dispute with China on the West Philippine Sea is created.^[25]
• March 25 – Customs at the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen destroyed 34.78 tons of "substandard bananas" imported from the Philippines due to excessive pesticide use.^[26]
• March 26 – A raging fire on the Philippines highest mountain, Mt. Apo, forced hundreds of people to flee from the peak by foot.^[27]
• March 27 – Anonymous Philippines has hacked the website of Commission on Elections to force them to place security features on Vote Counting Machines (VCMs).^[28] Soon, the LulzSec Pilipinas leaked sensitive information of voters all over the Philippines from the COMELEC website, and the incident has been called the "biggest government data breach in history".^[29] On April 21, one of the hackers involved in the recent defacement and supposed leak of data from the Commission on Elections' official website has been arrested in Sampaloc, Manila.^[30] On April 29, another hacker allegedly responsible for leaking the information of voters from the Comelec website was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation.^[31]
• March 28
  • None of the three pre-qualified bidders have submitted offers for the largest Private-Public Partnership (PPP) project to date, the Laguna Lakeshore Expressway estimated to cost around P123 billion.^[32]
  • Several piles of license plate sheets were stolen from the Quezon City central office of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) during the Holy Week break.^[33]
• March 29 – Ten Indonesian crew members on board a tugboat were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines.^[34] On May 1, ten Indonesian sailors who had been held hostage by Islamist militant group were released in Jolo.^[35]

April

• April 1
  • At least 3 are killed and several others were wounded when police dispersed a farmers' protest action in Kidapawan demanding relief from the provincial government due to a drought caused by El Nino affecting the province since November 2015.^[36]
  • The Department of Education in partnership with Stairway Foundation launches CyberSafe Project Manuals, which contain individual lesson plans targeting Grades 5 to 6 and junior high students to prevent Internet-related child abuse.^[37]
• April 2 – A power outage hits the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City causing a disruption in the processing of passengers.^[38]
• April 8
  • Italian national Rolando Del Torchio who was kidnapped at his pizza parlor in Dipolog City on October 7, 2015 has been released.^[39]
  • Bohol declares state of calamity due to the 2016 El Niño.^[40]
• April 9 – 18 soldiers and 5 Abu Sayyaf bandits including a suspected foreign terrorist, Moroccan national Mohammad Khattab, and Ubaida Hapilon, the son of senior leader Isnilon Hapilon are killed during a clash in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan.^[41]
• April 11
  • The groundbreaking rites for the Clark Green City, a sustainable city located in the Clark Freeport Zone in Angeles, Pampanga, is conducted and led by President Aquino.^[42]
  • Cebu province is placed under state of calamity due to the 2016 El Niño.^[43]
• April 17 – Presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte causes controversy when a video of him making a joke about the rape of a murdered Australian missionary goes viral.^[44]
• April 20 – The groundbreaking rites for the P69.3-billion Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) project, marking the start of the construction of the 23-kilo-meter elevated railway from North Avenue in Quezon City to San Jose del Monte in Bulacan, is conducted and led by President Aquino.^[45]
• April 22
  • President Aquino has appointed Lt. Gen. Glorioso Miranda as the new chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), replacing Gen. Hernando Iriberri who left the service upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 56.^[46]
  • Puerto Princesa City in Palawan has placed under state of calamity due to the effects of the El Niño phenomenon, which has been tormenting the country for months.^[47]
• April 25
  • Senator Grace Poe’s husband, Neil Llamanzares has formally renounced his American citizenship before a barangay chairman in San Juan City on April 7.^[48]
  • John Ridsdel, a Canadian taken hostage by the Abu Sayyaf in Samal Island, is beheaded on Jolo, Sulu.^[49]

May

• May 2 – Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and Atty. Sal Panelo, lawyer of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte showed up at the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Julia Vargas Branch in Pasig City, in a bid to settle the lawmaker's allegations of hidden wealth against the mayor.^[50]

Scheduled events

May

• May 9 – General elections will be held.^[51]

Date unknown

Planned events with no specific date:

• May – The Permanent Court of Arbitration will decide on the arbitration case filed by the Philippines regarding the legality of China's "nine-dotted line" claim over the South China Sea under the UNCLOS.^[52]

Holidays

On August 26, 2015, the government announced at least 19 Philippine holidays for 2016 as declared by virtue of Proclamation No. 1105, series of 2015.^[53] Note that in the list, holidays in italics are "special non-working holidays," those in bold are "regular holidays," and those in non-italics and non-bold are "special holidays for schools."

In addition, several other places observe local holidays, such as the foundation of their town. These are also "special days."

• January 1 – New Year's Day
• January 2 – Special non-working holiday
• February 8 – Chinese New Year
• February 25 – 1986 EDSA Revolution^[54]
• March 24 – Maundy Thursday
• March 25 – Good Friday
• March 26 – Black Saturday
• April 9 – Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor)
• May 1 – Labor Day
• May 9 – Election Day^[55]
• June 12 – Independence Day
• August 21 – Ninoy Aquino Day
• August 29 – National Heroes Day
• November 1 – All Saints Day
• November 30 – Bonifacio Day
• December 24 – Special non-working holiday (in observance of the Christmas season)
• December 25 – Christmas Day
• December 30 – Rizal Day
• December 31 – Last day of the year (in observance of New Year's celebrations)

Business and economy

• January 4 – The Philippine Stock Exchange is named the "Best Stock Exchange in Southeast Asia" by the Marquee Awards of the Alpha Southeast Asia magazine.^[56]
• January 28 – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) report states that the Philippine economic growth for the year 2015 grew to 5.8%.^[57]
• February 1 – Following complaints that the P100 and P1,000 bills seem to look alike, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has released new 100-peso bank notes with a stronger mauve or violet color.^[58]
• February 3 – The Philippines jumps to 70th place, leaped by six places from last year's 76th in the Index of Economic Freedom 2015 by the Heritage Foundation.^[59]
• February 4
  • President Aquino III signs Executive Order 198 on the merger between two government-owned banks, The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and The Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP).^[60]
  • Hackers transferred funds from the Bangladesh Bank's account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation which was later transferred to Philippine-based casinos. The money laundering case may potentially be the biggest documented case of money laundering the country if proven.^[61]
• February 18 – Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Inc. inaugurates its manufacturing plant for its snacks line including Cheetos, located in Cabuyao, Laguna.^[62]
• March 2 – SM Supermalls owner Henry Sy still holds the #1 position as the Philippine's richest billionaire in the country by Forbes Magazine.^[63]

Health

• March 3 – President Aquino signs the Rare Disease Act, that aims for the persons who have rare diseases to have access to better and comprehensive healthcare.^[64]
• March 6 – The Department of Health confirms that an American tourist was tested positive with Zika virus after staying for four weeks in the Philippines. A widespread Zika virus outbreak in the Americas was ongoing at the time.^[65]
• April 4 – The Department of Health has launched its school-based dengue immunization program.^[66] On April 25, over 200,000 students have been already received by the DOH, the first ever vaccine against dengue since the vaccination program started on April 4.^[67]

Sports

The San Miguel Beermen huddle after Game 6 of the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup Finals.

• February 3, Basketball – The San Miguel Beermen claim the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup title after beating the Alaska Aces in the finals. The Beermen is the first PBA team to comeback from a 0–3 deficit.^[68]
• February 13 – Filipino boxing champions Nonito Donaire and Donnie Nietes and golfer Miguel Tabuena receive the Athlete of the Year award in the 2015 PSA Annual Awards held in One Espanade, Pasay.^[69]
• March 7–11, Multisport – The Philippine National Games are held in Pangasinan.
• March 17–20, Cycling – Tagaytay hosts the World University Cycling Championship.
• April 9–16, Multisport – The Albay province hosted the 2016 Palarong Pambansa.^[70]

Manny Pacquiao

• April 10, Boxing – Filipino boxing champion and United Nationalist Alliance senatorial candidate Manny Pacquiao defeats Timothy Bradley for the third time. It was Pacquiao's last fight in his professional boxing career.^[71][72][73]
• April 16–17, Taekwondo – The Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament was hosted by Manila.
• April 23, Boxing – Nonito Donaire defeats Zsolt Bedak via a technical knockout in Cebu City.^[74]
• April 30, Volleyball – The La Salle Lady Spikers took home their ninth championship trophy of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) women’s volleyball tournament after getting the better of rivals the Ateneo Lady Eagles, 19-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-16, at the SMART Araneta Coliseum.^[75]

Scheduled

• July 4–10, Basketball – The Philippines will serve as one of the three host countries of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men.^[76]
• September 3–11, Volleyball – The Philippines will host the AVC Club Volleyball Championship.
• November 19–26, Football – The Philippines will host the group stage of the 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup along with Myanmar.^[77]
• November 25 – Philippine Olympic Committee elections will be held.^[78]

Entertainment and culture

• January 1 – Carlo Katigbak becomes the new President and CEO of the ABS-CBN Corporation, among the largest entertainment and media conglomerate in the country, replacing Charo Santos-Concio who stepped down from the post on December 31, 2015.^[79][80]
• January 11, 13 – The House Committee on Metro Manila Development conducts an investigation over the disqualification of the film Honor Thy Father in the Best Picture category of the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival and other irregularities.^[81][82]
• January 21 – Filipina grandmother Babylyn Decena-Newfield is crowned as the inaugural titleholder of the Ms. Grandma Universal.^[83]
• January 25 – President Aquino approves the privatization plans of the government-sequestered television network Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC-13) thru public bidding.^[84][85]
• February 1 – The ABS-CBN program On the Wings of Love apologizes to the Philippine National Police (PNP) on a complaint of using a police uniform on Clark (James Reid's character) in a striptease scene with Leah (Nadine Lustre's character) in the January 11 episode of the drama series.^[86]
• February 21 – Lav Diaz, director of the 8-hour length full feature film Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis, wins the Silver Bear: Alfred Bauer Prize for a feature film in the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.^[87]
• February 26 – Ten Filipinos, including singer Charice Pempengco, and photographer Xyza Cruz Bacani, are part of the inaugural "30 Under 30 Asia" list released by Forbes Magazine.^[88]
• February 29 – Nora Aunor, Philippine movie industry's "Superstar" recognizes as one of the 6 "Ani ng Dangal" awardees by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.^[89]
• March 6 – Felix Manalo, a bio-pic film of the life of the Iglesia ni Cristo's first executive minister Felix Manalo bags the Movie of the Year award of the 32nd PMPC Star Awards for Movies.^[90]
• April 17
  • Maria Mika Maxine Medina, a graduate of the Philippine School of Interior Design with experience in designing residential condominiums and a model is crowned Miss Universe-Philippines 2016 during the coronation night of the Binibining Pilipinas 2016 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.^[91]
  • The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) has released limited copies of the special commemorative stamps in honor of Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.^[92]
• April 23 – Yohan Hwang, a Korean Tourist based in Manila was bagged the first Grand Touristar title of I Love OPM at the Newport Performing Arts Theater of Resorts World Manila.^[93]

Law and politics

Deaths

January

• January 2 – Virginia Torres, former LTO chief (b. 1953)^[94]
• January 4 – Stephen W. Bosworth, United States Ambassador to the Philippines during the People Power Revolution (b. 1939)^[95][96]
• January 6 – Marnill "Kigoy" Abarico, reality show contestant (Pinoy Big Brother: Unlimited) (b. 1979)^[97]
• January 8 – German Moreno, TV host, actor, talent manager (b. 1933)^[98]
• January 9 – Cielito del Mundo, original host of Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko and Mahal, actress (b. 1935)^[99]
• January 11 – Napoleon Rama, former Manila Bulletin publisher (b. 1923)^[100]
• January 12 – Democrito Mendoza, co-founder of Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (b. 1943)^[101]
• January 23 – Tiger Mañalac, incumbent councilor of Malabon (b. 1970)^[102]
• January 27 – Carlos Loyzaga, former basketball player and coach (b. 1930)^[103]
• January 29
  • Cayetano Paderanga, Jr., former NEDA director-general (b. 1948)^[104]
  • Feliciano Salonga, former Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) chairman and father of Lea Salonga and Gerard Salonga (b. 1929)^[105]

February

• February 2 – Rogie Maglinas, former UP Fighting Maroons football scholar (b. 1996)^[106]
• February 4 – Uro dela Cruz, television director (Bubble Gang) (b. 1952)^[107]
• February 5 – Ciriaco Cañete, martial artist (Doce Pares Eskrima Club) (b. 1919)^[108]
• February 8 – Roy Señeres, OFW Family Club party-list representative (b. 1947)^[109]
• February 13 – Lauro Vizconde, Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption founding president and board of director, IBC-13 (b. 1938)^[110]
• February 16 – Vincent Navarro, artist (b. 1992)^[111]
• February 20 – Noel Perfecto, PTV-4 senior correspondent (b. 1947)^[112]
• February 26 – Thadeo Ouano, former Mayor of Mandaue (b. 1944)^[113]
• February 29 – Wenn Deramas, film and television director (b. 1966)^[114]

March

• March 4 – Peewee Trinidad, former Mayor of Pasay (b. 1934)^[115]
• March 5 – Nestor Mantaring, former NBI director (b. 1948)^[116]
• March 6 – Francis Xavier Pasion, film and television director (b. 1978)^[117]
• March 10
  • Jovito Salonga, former Senate of the Philippines president (b. 1920)^[118]
  • Andrew Gotianun, Filinvest Development Corporation chairman (b. 1927)^[119]
• March 11 – Antonio Cabangon Chua, former Philippine ambassador to Laos (b. 1934)^[120]
• March 16 – Ben Aniceto, former Vice President and General Manager, ABS-CBN (1986–87) (b. 1933)^[121]
• March 22 – Cecilio Hechanova, founding chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) (1990–92) (b. 1932)^[122]
• March 29 – Gabriel C. Singson, former Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (b. 1929)^[123]
• March 31
  • Leonardo Mayaen, Governor of Mountain Province (b. 1953)^[124]
  • Caitlin Soleil Lucas, leukemia fighter known as Courageous Caitie (b. 2012)^[125]

April

• April 8 – Jun Lingcoran, Radyo Patrol #24 and former Chief of Reporters, DZMM (b. 1970)^[126]
• April 13 – Ronnie Lucas, Vice Mayor of Jones, Isabela (b. 1975)^[127]
• April 14 – Rod Reyes, former Vice President and General Manager, GMA Radio Television Arts (b. 1935)^[128]
• April 19
  • Luis Katigbak, writer (b. 1974)^[129][130]
  • Leovic Dioneda, former Mayor of Sorsogon City (b. 1954)^[131]
  • Roberto Rivera, former Vice Mayor of Pandi, Bulacan (b. 1955)^[132]
• April 27 – Julio Labayen, Bishop Emeritus of the prelature of Infanta (b. 1926)^[133]
• April 29 – Renato Corona, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (2010–2012) (b. 1948)^[134]

May

• May 3 – Domingo Siazon, Jr., 18th Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1995–2001) and Philippine ambassador to Japan (2001–2005) (b. 1939)^[135]

See also

• Years in the Philippines
• Timeline of Philippine history

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