1992 in the Philippines

none December 2020 1992 1986 1992 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1992. Incumbents center center Fidel Valdez Ramos Official Photo as President of the Philippines (1995) (cropped).jpg President Fidel V. Ramos Fidel V.Ramos 119 Vice President Joseph Estrada (cropped).jpg Vice-President Joseph Estrada Joseph E.Estrada 116 Neptali Gonzales.gif Senate President Neptali Gonzales Neptali A.Gonzales Sr. 116 Jose de Venecia Jr.jpg House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. Jose C.de Venecia Jr. 115 Andres Narvasa.jpg Chief Justice Andres Narvasa Andres D.Narvasa 102 President Corazon Aquino (PDP–Laban) (until June 30) Fidel V. Ramos (Lakas) (starting June 30) Vice President Salvador Laurel (Nacionalista) (until June 30) Joseph Estrada (NPC) (starting June 30) Senate President Jovito Salonga (until January 1) Neptali Gonzales, Sr. (starting January 1) House Speaker Ramon Mitra, Jr. (until June 30) Jose de Venecia, Jr. (starting July 27) Chief Justice: Andres Narvasa Philippine Congress 8th Congress of the Philippines (until June 17) 9th Congress of the Philippines (starting July 27) Events January January 2 – The tailings dam breaks at Number Two tailings storage facility of Philex Mining Corporation's Padcal mine in Benguet Province, releasing 80 million cubic metres of effluent, probably the largest tailings spill in history. January 7 – Former First Lady Imelda Marcos is arrested and later released on charges regarding her accounts in Switzerland. January 15 – Pag-asa is hatched in Davao City becoming the first Philippine eagle to be successfully bred and hatched in captivity. February February 15 – At least 41 are killed and 24 are wounded when New People's Army guerrillas ambush a large company of army troops in Marihatag, Surigao del Sur."Philippine rebels show violent signs of life" The Washington Post. February 26, 1994. Retrieved 04-29-2021. March Early March – The country begins to experience one of the worst post-war power crises, where blackouts, caused by power shortages, affects Metro Manila and southern Luzon and worsens by end of May; with the capital experiencing almost 60 blackouts since March 1.Drogin Bob Bob Drogin May 30, 1992 Shortages: Filipinos Steaming at Constant Power Crisis https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-30-mn-234-story.html Los Angeles Times May 9, 2026 limited March 5 – A massive power outage throughout Metro Manila begins at mid-afternoon, with more than half of the region having electricity restored by early evening. It is caused by the overloaded Dolores-Marikina line, as well as the tripping of two major supply lines in southern Luzon a day earlier.March 5, 1992 Manila power blackout sparks coup rumors https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/03/05/Manila-power-blackout-sparks-coup-rumors/5441699771600/ United Press International May 10, 2026 March 10 – Five students of PUP are found floating in the Pasig River after an altercation during a basketball game involving INC members.J. Davide August 28, 2000 PEOPLE VS. ABELLA https://www.digest.ph/decisions/people-vs-abella-4 live May 14, 2021 Digest Philippines Law Made Easy – Decisions, Laws, Case Digests, Reviewers, Bar Exams, Legal Dictionary https://web.archive.org/web/20210120122137/https://www.digest.ph/decisions/people-vs-abella-4 January 20, 2021 March 18 – Pre-dawn police raids on five suspected hide-outs of the Red Scorpion Group, a kidnapping group consisting of suspected communist guerrillas, across Metro Manila reportedly leaves 10–14 people killed, while at least two women are arrested and three police officers are injured. In Las Piñas, Michael Barnes of California is rescued during a shootout. Barnes, vice president and general manager of Philippine Geothermal, Inc., a Unocal Corporation subsidiary, has been kidnaped on January 17.Drogin Bob Bob Drogin March 19, 1992 Manila Commandos Free Kidnaped Californian https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-19-mn-5915-story.html Los Angeles Times February 15, 2021 limited May May 10 – Guerrillas of the New People's Army ambush a police patrol in Cagayan, killing fifteen policemen and injuring five others.Drogin Bob Bob Drogin May 10, 1993 Attack Mars Election Eve in Philippines https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-10-mn-2528-story.html Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026 limited May 11 – Synchronized national and local elections are held. May 25 – In PepsiCo's promotion Number Fever, the winning number "349" is announced with a million-peso prize; however, an error causes more than 600,000 winners; several violent incidents followed. By following year, about 22,000 people filed more than five thousand lawsuits against Pepsi, outnumbering those against former Pres. Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda Marcos. In 2006, a court would rule in favor of Pepsi.Drogin Bob Pepsi-Cola Uncaps A Lottery Nightmare – Bombings, Threats Follow Contest With Too Many Winners https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19930726/1712840/pepsi-cola-uncaps-a-lottery-nightmare October 9, 2015 Los Angeles Times Seattle Times Company July 26, 1993"Number Fever: The Pepsi Contest That Became a Deadly Fiasco" Bloomberg Businessweek. Aug. 4, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2022. June June 30 – Former defense secretary Fidel Ramos and former senator Joseph Estrada swear in as the 12th President and 11th Vice President of the Philippines, succeeding Corazon Aquino and Salvador Laurel. July July 3 – The Supreme Court upholds a ruling by the Court of Appeals which has favored the civil suits filed by residents of Norzagaray, Bulacan, against the National Power Corporation, in connection with the flooding of the municipality during Typhoon Kading in 1978, which was purportedly caused by the latter's release of water from Angat Dam.Marcelo Elizabeth November 16, 2020 Suing dam operator for flood damage has precedent https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/11/16/2057223/suing-dam-operator-flood-damage-has-precedent/ The Philippine Star May 10, 2026 September September 22 – Pres. Ramos signs Republic Act 7636, which repeals the Anti-Subversion Act of 1957.Lamchek Jayson S. Human Rights-Compliant Counterterrorism: Myth-making and Reality in the Philippines and Indonesia 20 December 2018 Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-49233-1 87 https://books.google.com/books?id=JlR-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA87 21 April 2021 enR.A. 7636 https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1992/ra_7636_1992.html 2025-03-05 lawphil.net September 30 – US forces leave Subic Bay Naval Base upon its turn over to the Philippines.Teves Oliver Americans Hand Over Most of Last Base on Philippine Soil https://apnews.com/article/02cc1dd478d09568a2f6d8ddfa8e152c 21 April 2021 AP News Associated Press 30 September 1992 https://web.archive.org/web/20210421093414/https://apnews.com/article/02cc1dd478d09568a2f6d8ddfa8e152c 21 April 2021 October October 1 – Nationwide power outages begin, continuing even in the first months of 1993.Drogin Bob Bob Drogin May 15, 1993 Power Outages Make for Dark Days in Sweltering Manila https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-15-mn-35584-story.html Los Angeles Times May 9, 2026 limited November November 24: Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority is formed by virtue of Republic Act 7227, known as the Bases Conversion and Development Act of 1992. Subic Bay Naval Base closes as it is turned over to the local government, with a last batch of American soldiers finally leaving Naval Air Station Cubi Point and returning to the US, ending its military presence in the country.Albor Teresa US Leaves Toxins At Subic Navy Base https://www.csmonitor.com/1992/1124/24012.html 21 April 2021 Christian Science Monitor 24 November 1992 https://web.archive.org/web/20150926102719/http://www.csmonitor.com/1992/1124/24012.html 26 September 2015 The 40,000-acre Subic Bay naval complex, which Washington will turn over to Manila today, had been operated by the US for almost a century until the Philippine Senate rejected a new agreement and then-President Corazon Aquino requested full US withdrawal by the end of December 1992. Holidays Public holidays in the Philippines As per Executive Order No. 292, chapter 7 section 26, the following are regular holidays and special days, approved last July 25, 1987.July 25, 1987 Executive Order No. 292 [BOOK I/Chapter 7-Regular Holidays and Nationwide Special Days] https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1987/07/25/executive-order-no-292-book-ichapter-7-regular-holidays-and-nationwide-special-days/ live February 22, 2022 Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines https://web.archive.org/web/20170903160004/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph:80/1987/07/25/executive-order-no-292-book-ichapter-7-regular-holidays-and-nationwide-special-days/ September 3, 2017 Note that in the list, holidays in bold are "regular holidays" and those in italics are "nationwide special days". January 1 – New Year's Day April 9 – Araw ng Kagitingan (Bataan and Corregidor Day) April 16 – Maundy Thursday April 17 – Good Friday May 1 – Labor Day June 12 – Independence Day August 30 – National Heroes Day November 1 – All Saints Day November 30 – Bonifacio Day December 25 – Christmas Day December 30 – Rizal Day December 31 – Last Day of the Year In addition, several other places observe local holidays, such as the foundation of their town. These are also "special days." Television 1992 in Philippine television February 21 – Associated Broadcasting Company (ABC 5) resumes its radio-television operations with their slogans for station ID Come Home to ABC until the last day of July and Catch Up with Today TV in the first day of August. May 30 – Southern Broadcasting Network, a local UHF TV station in Metro Manila is launched. It was then known as World TV 21 (now Solar Television Network as ETC). Films 18th Metro Manila Film Festival Boy Recto Bakit Labis Kitang Mahal Engkanto Takbo Talon Tili! Shake, Rattle & Roll IV Manila Boy Okey Ka Fairy Ko! Sports March 20 – 28 – Pasig and Manila host the 1992 ISF Men's World Championship in which 18 nations participated. July 25 – August 9 – The Philippines compete at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. At least 26 competitors, 24 men and 2 women, took part in 29 events in 9 sports.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PHI/summer/1992/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043809/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PHI/summer/1992/ dead April 17, 2020 Philippines at the 1992 Summer Games December 26, 2011 sports-reference.com Stephen Fernandez and Beatriz Lucero, both win a bronze medal in taekwondo, but their medals are not included in the official medal tally as taekwondo was only a demonstration event. August 24 – 29 – The team representing the Zamboanga City Little League wins the International Championship of the 1992 Little League World Series held in Pennsylvania. Later discovered that the team violated age and residency requirements and Little League stripped them of their title.https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/18/sports/baseball-little-league-strips-title-from-team-in-philippines.html BASEBALL; Little League Strips Title From Team In Philippines The New York Times September 18, 1992 January 23, 2017 Births January 2 – Alden Richards, actor and singer January 8 – Pamu Pamorada, actress January 20: Mark Hartmann, football player Troy Rosario, basketball player January 21 – Denden Lazaro, volleyball player February 4 – Francis Alcantara, tennis player February 7 – Kylie Verzosa, Miss International 2016 February 12 – Joseph Eriobu, basketball player March 1 – Reden Celda, basketball player March 8 – Mervin Guarte, middle-distance runner (d. 2025) March 9 – Samboy de Leon, basketball player March 11 – KZ Tandingan, singer and recording artist March 16 – Terrence Romeo, basketball player March 23 – Ria Atayde, actress March 28 – Lucho Ayala, actor March 30 – Enrique Gil, actor and singer April 10 – Marion Aunor, singer and recording artist April 11 – Nesthy Petecio, boxer April 16 – Brian Poe Llamanzares, journalist and politician April 17 – Mutya Johanna Datul, Miss Supranational 2013 April 19 – Ashley Rivera, actress April 28 – Dennis Villanueva, football player May 6 – Manuel Ott, football player May 8 – Vickie Rushton, actress, beauty pageant contestant and model May 9: Chris Gutierrez, actor Jiro Manio, actor May 10: Jake Zyrus, singer and actor Zia Marquez, actress May 20 – AJ Muhlach, singer and actor June 4 – Kiko Estrada, actor June 7 – Jordan Clarkson, basketball player June 16 – Roger Pogoy, basketball player June 30 – Alfred Labatos, actor July 4 – Carl Cari, politician July 9 – Jake Vargas, actor and singer July 27 – Mark L. Cruz, basketball player August 2 – Jio Jalalon, basketball player August 3 – Aljon Mariano, basketball player August 4 – Neil Coleta, actor August 6 – Victor Silayan, actor and model August 7 – Jeric Gonzales, actor August 9 – KaladKaren, actress and TV host August 28 – Max Collins, actress September 1 – Louise delos Reyes, actress September 2 – Michele Gumabao, beach and indoor volleyball player and beauty queen September 9 – Frencheska Farr, singer, model and actress September 24 – Coleen Garcia, actress September 29 – Baser Amer, basketball player October 17 – Sam Concepcion, singer, dancer, actor, host and model October 29 – Mon Abundo, basketball player November 10 – Samantha Bernardo, actress, beauty queen and model November 14 – Jaclyn Sawicki, football player November 20 – Yen Santos, actress November 25 – Martin del Rosario, actor Deaths February 3 – Jay Ilagan, actor (b. 1953) February 9 – Apeng Daldal, actor, comedian, vaudevillian, singer and writer (b. 1928) February 14 – Helen Vela, actress, broadcaster (b. 1946) March 9 – Isidro Rodriguez, 18th Governor of Rizal and softball sports official (b. 1915) March 22 – Joe Cantada, TV host, anchor and commentator (b. 1942) May 28 – Lorenzo Tañada, senator (b. 1898) August 17 – Tecla San Andres Ziga, senator (b. 1906) September 3 – César Bengzon, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1896) December 2 – Jaime de la Rosa, pre-war and postwar actor (b. 1921) References AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People, Center for Environmental Concerns (CEC), and Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) "Environmental Investigation Mission on the Impacts of the Philex Mining Corporation (PMC) Mine Tailings Pond 3 Failure TECHNICAL REPORT" https://web.archive.org/web/20160311195840/http://agham.org/sites/default/files/agham-downloadables/philex_full_report_2013.pdf March 11, 2016 , 2013. Page 2 (7/28). Accessed June 2018. Harvey Wood, 2012. Disasters and Minewater. IWA Publishing. Page 36. Accessed via EbscoHost e-book publisher. Wise Uranium, 2018. "Chronology of Major Tailings Dam Failures"   gives outflow as 80 million tonnes. 1992 in Category:1992 in Southeast Asia Philippines Category:1990s in the Philippines Category:Years of the 20th century in the Philippines