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[edit] 2006

• December 8: Due to Typhoon Seniang (pictured) threatening Cebu, the 12th ASEAN Summit was postponed. (BBC News)
• December 7: The House of Representatives passed a resolution calling for a Constituent Assembly, without a concurrent resolution of the Senate. (INQ7.net)
• December 6: President Arroyo appointed Reynato Puno as the new chief justice of the Supreme Court. (INQ7.net)
• December 4: The Makati City Regional Trial Court found U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith guilty on raping "Nicole" as three other U.S. marines were acquitted. (INQ7.net)
• December 3: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared a "state of national calamity" as 406 perished after Typhoon Reming caused several mudslides around Mayon Volcano. {BBC News)
• December 1: Albay declares a state of calamity has Typhoon Reming causes 198 deaths and counting. (AP via Yahoo! News)
• December 1: The 2006 Asian Games officially begins in Doha with the Philippines sending a 233-person contingent. (INQ7.net)
• November 30: Typhoon Reming changes course and won't hit Metro Manila but instead pass through Batangas and Quezon.

• November 29: Typhoon Reming (pictured) intensifies as it enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility; the government has suspended classes in affected areas for November 30. {INQ7.net)
• November 29: The House of Representatives loosened it rules on amending the Constitution. (INQ7.net)
• November 18: Boxer Manny Pacquiao knocked out Erik Morales at their boxing bout held at Las Vegas. (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
• November 15: Gregorio Honasan, the alleged coup plotter that led to the state of emergency earlier this year, is arrested at Quezon City. (BBC)
• November 12: Ronato Alcano defeats Ralf Souquet in the 2006 Men's World 9-Ball Championship in Pasay City, 17-11. (INQ7.net)
• November 11: Typhoon Queenie makes landfall in Casiguran, Aurora. The PAGASA weather bureau raised storm signals on much of northern Luzon. (ABS-CBN News)
• November 4: Avelino Cruz resigns as Secretary of National Defense. (INQ7.net)
• October 31: Voters in Maguindanao’s 29 municipalities have approved the creation of a new province to be composed of 10 towns, named Shariff Kabunsuan. It became the Philippines’ 80th province and the 6th in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (INQ7.net)
• October 29: The PAGASA weather bureau raised public storm signal number 4 as Typhoon Paeng (international name: Cimaron) approaches northern Luzon. (ABS-CBN News)
• October 25: The Supreme Court, voting 8-7, junks the petition of the Sigaw ng Bayan (Shout of the People) group for a people's initiative in the constitution. (INQ7.net)
• October 21: A 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits central Philippines. The quake struck at 10:30 p.m. with its epicenter some 35 kilometers south of Boac, Marinduque. The temblor was felt at intensity 4 in the capital Manila. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
• October 17: Supporters of opposition stalwart Mayor Jejomar C. Binay of Makati City barricade themselves at the front of city hall as the Department of Interior and Local Government hands out President Arroyo's suspension order against the Mayor, Vice Mayor and seven councilors. (INQ7.net)
• October 11: A bomb exploded at Cotabato City killing and hurting no one. North Cotabato officials blame the Moro Islamic Liberation Front as the perpetrators. (Reuters)
• October 10: At least six people were killed in a bombing at Makilala, Cotabato during the town fiesta. Earlier in the day, a blast wounded at least four people at Tacurong City. (BBC)
• October 10: Mayor Jose Catindig of Santa Rosa City, Laguna is suspended for six months by the Department of Interior and Local Government for alleged illegal transfer of two city hall employees, which led to tensions at the city hall. This comes after the suspension of Peewee Trinidad of Pasay City. (INQ7.net)
• October 2: The University of Santo Tomas defeated the Ateneo de Manila University, 76-74, in overtime, at the deciding third game of the 69th UAAP men's basketball tournament. Their women's counterpart won the Women's championship while the Ateneo juniors team won the Juniors championship. (INQ7.net)

• September 28: Typhoon Milenyo (pictured) causes widespread throughout Luzon, causing at least 70 deaths, destruction to property, suspension of classes and the LRT and MRT, closing down of government offices, suspension of trading at the Philippine Stock Exchange, the paralyzation of the South Luzon Expressway, cancellation of flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport and a Luzon-wide blackout. (INQ7.net)
• September 27: President Arroyo suspends classes in selected areas, including Metro Manila as Typhoon Milenyo (international codename: Xangsane) approached the western coast of Luzon. (INQ7.net)
• September 22: San Beda College win the 82nd NCAA seniors basketball tournament, beating Philippine Christian University, two games to one; the San Sebastian Recoletos High School are successful in defending their Juniors championship, at the expense of the Philippine Christian University Union High School, 2 games to none.
• September 11: Efren Reyes wins the World 8-Ball Open Championship at Reno, Nevada, beating Rodney Morris, 8-6. (INQ7.net)
• August 31: The petition of Sigaw ng Bayan group for a people's initiative for amendments in the constitution was trashed by the Commission on Elections on the basis that there was no enabling law. (Philstar.com)
• August 27: The pair of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante defeated the American tandem of Rodney Morris and Earl Strickland to win the first World Cup of Pool.
• August 24: The House of Representatives plenary junked the impeachment case against President Arroyo, voting 173-32.
• August 19: A Junior League softball team from Bacolod City was beaten by a team from Naples, Florida, 8-0, at the Junior League World Series held at Kirkland, Washington

• August 16: The administration block at the Judicial Committee of the House of Representatives junks the last impeachment case against President Arroyo.
• August 11: An oil spill off the coast of Guimaras occurs, causing widespread environmental damage.
• August 7: Mayon Volcano intensifies its volcanic activity, leading the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology to raise the alert level from level 3 to level 4, which prompted mandatory evacuation procedures.

• July 24: On her State of the Nation Address, President Arroyo proposed for the creation of 5 new super regions, pushed for constitutional change, among others.
• July 24: Senator Manuel Villar is elected as the new Senate President, replacing Franklin Drilon at the resumption of the regular session of Congress.

• July 21: The Purefoods Chunkee Giants defeated the Red Bull Barako at the Philippine Basketball Association Finals, 4-2 at the Araneta Coliseum.
• July 14: Mayon Volcano in Albay spews out lava and ash. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology raised the alert level from level 1 to level 3, prompting evacuations.

• July 13: Tropical storm Florita (international codename: Bilis) slams into Batanes, causing the deaths of fourteen people.
• July 8: The University Athletics Association of the Philippines opens its 69th season at the Araneta Coliseum.
• July 1: Five officials of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) were recommended by the Ombudsman to be dismissed and one, Resurreccion Borra, be impeached over alleged anomalies in the bidding process of the country's efforts to modernize the electoral system.
• July 1: Boxer Manny Pacquiao defeated his Mexican opponent Óscar Lários via unanimous decision at the Araneta Coliseum.
• June 24: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signs Republic Act No. 9346, which abolished the death penalty and replaced it with the penalties of life imprisonment and reclusion perpetua.
• June 24: The 82nd season of the National Collegiate Athletic Assocation commences at the Araneta Coliseum

• February 24: A state of emergency is declared in the Philippines after a coup against President Gloria Arroyo is foiled.
• February 22 Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales was elevated as cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church making him as the only active and third living cardinal of the Philippines.
• February 17: A mudslide in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte, Philippines has buried more than 300 homes and an elementary school. An estimated 300 people are killed, with more than 1500 missing.
• February 4: A stampede at a sports stadium in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, kills 73 and injures more than 320, mostly women. Tens of thousands of people had gathered to watch the anniversary presentation of the popular ABS-CBN early afternoon TV game show, Wowowee. Insert non-formatted text here

[edit] 2005

• November 27: The Philippines opens the 2005 Southeast Asian Games with extravangant opening ceremonies in Manila's Quirino Grandstand.
• September 6: President Arroyo survives an opposition attempt to impeach her in connection with the 2005 electoral crisis. (inq7.net)
• September 6: Former President Corazon Aquino leads the Bukluran Para Sa Katotohanan in a protest march for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. (inq7.net)
• September 1: The Supreme Court of the Philippines said that the expanded VAT is legal according to the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines. (inq7.net)
• August 31: The Committee on Justice of the House of Representatives dismisses the original impeachment complaint filed by Atty. Oliver Lozano against Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. (philstar.com)
• August 30: There were confusion and irritation, particularly among the business sector, regarding the declaration of August 29, 2005, the day after National Heroes Day, as a non-working holiday but Malacañang later declared it as a "working holiday". (Reuters).

• August 5: Raul Roco died of cardiac arrest, brought about by prostate cancer, at St Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City. His burial is scheduled in Naga City, Camarines Sur.
• August 1: Philippines will support Japan to have a permanent seat in UN Security Council. (mb.com.ph)
• July 30: Former President Joseph Estrada will request again the Sandiganbayan to approve his petition to bail.
• July 29: Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez is in favor of burying former President Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Cementery for Heroes) in Taguig. inq7.net
• July 27: Two independent sources confirmed that Virgilio Garcillano took a flight from Subic last July 14, to Singapore, contrary to denials by Philippine authorities. He spent a night in Singapore, and then flew for London.
• July 25: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo delivered her yearly State of the Nation Address, in which she advocated for institutional reforms. Earlier in the day, the main opposition filed for Arroyo's impeachment, with revisions from the previous impeachment charges.