1952 in the Philippines

none February 2015 1952 1936 1952 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 1952. Incumbents thumb|120px|President Elpidio Quirino President: Elpidio Quirino (Liberal) Vice President: Fernando Lopez (Liberal) Chief Justice: Ricardo Paras Congress: 2nd Events January–March February 14 – The Gallego EDCOR farm in Buldon, Cotabato, the second EDCOR project, is opened.Ryan Allyn 2007 RM: A Biographical Novel of Ramon Magsaysay https://books.google.com/books?id=wragGAOkugYC&pg=PA128 United States Xlibris Corporation 978-1-4257-9161-2 January 26, 2025 Google Books April–June April 10 – Operation Four Roses, a counter-insurgency campaign whose main objective is to neutralize the four ranking leaders of the communist organization Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (HMB; commonly known as Huks)—Luis Taruc, Jesus Lava, Alfredo Saulo, and Jose de Leon (Kumander Dimasalang),Lanzona Vina 2009 Amazons of the Huk Rebellion https://books.google.com/books?id=WiN3Kl3COp8C&dq=philippine+operation+four+roses+of+1952&pg=PA328 Madison, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Press 978-0-299-23093-7 January 27, 2025 Google Books begins. The month-long operation by the Philippine Army will end with the deaths of 17 Huks and five soldiers, and the capture of nine Huks, although none of the main targets are among them. [Publication name missing] IV: The Rebirth of the Army https://www.oocities.org/afpmuseum/history/history_chapter04.htm January 26, 2025 Armed Forces of the Philippines Museum; Oocities April 11 – During the Operation Four Roses, two ranking Huk department members, William J. Pomeroy, an American and also the propaganda chief, and his wife Celia Mariano, along with up to 30 companions, are arrested by the army in a raid at a part of Sierra Madre in Papaya, Nueva Ecija, near its boundaries with the provinces of Bulacan and Quezon.Multiple citations (Pomeroy's arrest); with mentions of any of these: W. Pomeroy onlyApril 11, 1952 American Leader of Huks Captured https://books.google.com/books?id=CFYtAAAAIBAJ&dq=operation+four+roses&pg=PA20&article_id=2968,4175381 Associated Press Reading Eagle Reading, Pennsylvania January 26, 2025 1, 20 Google Books W. Pomeroy and C. MarianoApril 16, 1952 Captured Huk Chieftain Reports Rebel Disorder https://books.google.com/books?id=tpgcAAAAIBAJ&dq=operation+four+roses&pg=PA5&article_id=3546,2070729 United Press Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sarasota, Florida January 26, 2025 5 Google Books Companions: 15 (along with Pomeroy); two commanders and 28 followers (along with the two) June 6 – The province of Zamboanga is divided into two—Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur, the latter includes Basilan and Zamboanga cities for the purpose of district representation, by virtue of Republic Act No. 711 which is enacted at the same day.Creation of the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur RA 711 June 6, 1952 https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/11711 January 28, 2025 July–September July 31 – Moro bandit leader Hadji Kamlon, believed by the national government already dead, appears and formally surrenders at Lahing-Lahing Beach (then under the jurisdiction of Luuk, Sulu). August – The Philippine Army conducts an offensive against the Huks in the mountains of Zambales. The operation ends after 72 days with 72 of the estimated 200 guerrillas neutralized.Greenberg Lawrence 1986 The Hukbalahap Insurrection: A Case Study of a Successful Anti-Insurgency Operation in the Philippines, 1946-1955 VI: The Insurrection - Phase II (1950–1955) https://www.history.army.mil/books/coldwar/huk/ch6.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090225234042/http://www.history.army.mil/books/coldwar/huk/ch6.htm dead February 25, 2009 Washington, D.C. U.S. Army Center of Military History January 26, 2025 October–December October 21–22 – A typhoon hits southern Luzon, killing 443 (as of October 24). Albay was the worst-hit province with 118 deaths reported in Tabaco.October 25, 1952 Philippine disaster https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/150197249?searchTerm=philippine%20disaster Australian Associated Press The Maryborough Chronicle Maryborough, Queensland January 26, 2025 1 Trove December 15 – A river breaks through a gold mine in Paracale, Camarines Norte, causing it to collapse and engulfing 55 individuals in then the country's deadliest mining disaster.Citations (Camarines Norte incident): December 15, 1952 Forty-nine Die in Philippine Mine Disaster https://books.google.com/books?id=rFApAAAAIBAJ&dq=philippine+disaster&pg=PA1&article_id=5210,7368377 Associated Press Lewiston Evening Journal Lewiston, Maine January 26, 2025 1 Google Books December 18, 1952 Filipino mine disaster https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/42764863?searchTerm=philippine%20disaster Australian Associated Press The Cairns Post Cairns, Queensland January 26, 2025 1 Trove Holidays Public holidays in the Philippines As per Act No. 2711 section 29,AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1917/03/10/act-no-2711/ live February 21, 2022 Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines https://web.archive.org/web/20171025043316/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph:80/1917/03/10/act-no-2711/ October 25, 2017 issued on March 10, 1917, any legal holiday of fixed date falls on Sunday, the next succeeding day shall be observed as legal holiday. Sundays are also considered legal religious holidays. Bonifacio Day was added through Philippine Legislature Act No. 2946. It was signed by then-Governor General Francis Burton Harrison in 1921.Bonifacio Day in Philippines in 2022 https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/philippines/bonifacio-day live February 21, 2022 Official Holidays https://web.archive.org/web/20200705124615/https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/philippines/bonifacio-day July 5, 2020 On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day.Act No. 3827 https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1931/10/28/act-no-3827/ live February 22, 2022 Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines https://web.archive.org/web/20170828111303/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph:80/1931/10/28/act-no-3827/ August 28, 2017 January 1 – New Year's Day February 22 – Legal Holiday March 29 – Maundy Thursday March 30 – Good Friday May 1 – Labor Day July 4 – Philippine Republic Day August 13 – Legal Holiday August 26 – National Heroes Day November 22 – Thanksgiving Day November 30 – Bonifacio Day December 25 – Christmas Day December 30 – Rizal Day Births July 10 – Evelio Leonardia, politician Deaths Notes References 1952