1992 in the Philippines
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1992 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1992.
Incumbents
Events
- January 15 - Pag-asa was hatched in Davao City becoming the first Philippine eagle to be successfully bred and hatched in captivity.
- March 20-28 - Pasig and Manila hosts the 1992 ISF Men's World Championship which was participated by 18 nations.
- May 25 - As part of PepsiCo's local promotion titled Number Fever, it was announced that the person who possessed the Pepsi bottle cap with the number 349 is eligible to claim the 1 million peso prize. About 800,000 were eligible for the prize instead of an intended single winner. Several protests and bombings followed after Pepsi refused to award the 1 million prize to thousands of bottle cap holders and said that a computer glitch caused the incident. Protests and bombings followed and about 22,000 people filed at least 689 civil suits and 5,200 criminal complaints for fraud and deception against Pepsi outnumbering suits filed against Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda Marcos.[1]
- May 11 - Synchronized national and local elections were held.
- June 30 - Former Defense Secretary Fidel V. Ramos and Former Vice President Joseph Estrada and was sworn in as the 12th President and 11th Vice President of The Philippines, succeeding Corazon Aquino and Salvador Laurel.
- July 25 - August 9 - The Philippines competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 26 competitors, 24 men and 2 women, took part in 29 events in 9 sports.[2] Stephen Fernandez and Beatriz Lucero won a bronze medal each in taekwondo, but their medals were not included in the official medal tally because taekwondo was only a demonstration event.
Television
Films
Births
- January 2 - Alden Richards, actor
- January 8 - Pamu Pamorada
- January 20 – Mark Hartmann, football player
- February 4 - Francis Casey Alcantara, top-level tennis player
- March 30 - Enrique Gil, actor
- April 10 - Marion Aunor, singer and recording artist
- April 11 - Nesthy Petecio, boxer
- April 28 – Dennis Villanueva, football player
- May 6 – Manuel Ott, football player
- May 8 - Vickie Rushton
- May 9 - Jiro Manio, actor
- May 10 -
- June 30 - Alfred Labatos, actor
- July 9 - Jhake Vargas, actor and singer
- July 27 - Johansen Aguilar, swimmer
- August 7 - Jeric Gonzales, actor
- August 28 - Max Collins, Television and Films Actress
- September 1 - Louise delos Reyes, actress
- September 2 - Michele Gumabao, beach and indoor volleyball player
- September 9 - Frencheska Farr, singer, model and actress
- September 24 - Coleen Garcia, actress
- October 17 - Sam Concepcion, singer, dancer, actor, host and model
- November 1- Paulo Garcia, singer, actor, model and host
- November 22 - Yen Santos, actress
- November 25 - Martin del Rosario, actor
- December 3 - Jessy Mendiola, actress
- December 16 - Miho Nishida
Deaths
- February 9 - Apeng Daldal, 63, actor, comedian, vaudevillian, singer and writer (born October 12, 1928)
- February 14 - Helen Vela, 46, actress, broadcaster (born October 31, 1946)
- February 17 - Jay Ilagan, 38, actor (born March 6, 1953)
- March 9 - Isidro Rodriguez, 76, 18th Governor of Rizal and softball sports official (born 1919/1920)
- March 22 - Joe Cantada, 50, TV host, anchor and commentator (born March 15, 1942)
- December 2 - Jaime de la Rosa, 71, pre-war and postwar actor (born September 18, 1921)
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