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'''1987 in the Philippines''' details events of note that happened in the [[Philippines]] in the year [[1987]]. |
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==Incumbents== |
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===Fifth Republic (1987-Present)=== |
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*'''[[President of the Philippines|President]]''': [[Corazon Aquino]] ([[Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan|PDP-Laban]]) |
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*'''[[Vice President of the Philippines|Vice President]]''': [[Salvador Laurel]] ([[United Nationalists Democratic Organizations|UNIDO]]) |
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*'''[[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|Chief Justice]]''': [[Claudio Teehankee]] (1986-88) |
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* '''[[Philippine Congress]]''': [[8th Congress of the Philippines]] |
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* '''[[Senate of the Philippines|Senate President]]''': [[Jovito Salonga]] ([[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal]]) |
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* '''[[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House Speaker]]''': [[Ramon Mitra, Jr.|Ramon V. Mitra, Jr.]] ([[Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino|LDP]], [[Legislative districts of Palawan|2nd District Palawan]]) |
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==Events== |
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===January=== |
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*January 22 - [[Mendiola massacre]] takes place when peasant farmers rallied against President Aquino and for land reform, and ended in a bloody shooting killing 13 and 74 others injured. |
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*January 27-29 - Mutinous rebels seized [[GMA Network]] compound in [[Quezon City]], leaving its employees and the network's President and C.E.O. and his family as hostages which lasted for two days as a reward for Marcos's return. The two-day plot ended in a skirmish, killing a rebel soldier and 35 others were hurt. |
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===February=== |
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*February 2 - Aquino adopts a new constitution by separating the House of Representatives and the Senate from the [[Interim Batasang Pambansa]]. |
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*February 25 - 1st anniversary of the [[People Power Revolution]]. |
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===March=== |
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*March 1 - [[ABS-CBN]] launches the ''Star Network'' for the relaunch of channel 2. |
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===May=== |
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*May 11 - Local elections was held in the Philippines for the first time. |
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*May 14 - [[Metro Manila]]'s temperature rose to 38.5 degrees celsius, was brought by the 1986-87 El Niño. |
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===June=== |
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*June 27 - [[Philippine Airlines]] [[Philippine Airlines Flight 206|PR 206]] crashes into a mountain in [[Benguet]] with 50 passengers killed. The air crash made as the worst air disaster to date. |
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===August=== |
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*August 28-29 - Coup attempt takes place when rebel soldiers made a threatened reprisal against Aquino and ended in a gunfight with 50 people killed and 200 wounded as Government troops fizzled the plot. |
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===November=== |
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[[File:Nina87.JPG|thumb|right|Nina at peak intensity while approaching landfall in the [[Philippines]].]] |
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*November 25 - [[Typhoon Nina (1987)|Supertyphoon Sisang]] slammed into [[Luzon]], killing 1,063 people and what is believed as the worst typhoon to hit an area in the 20th century. |
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===December=== |
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*December 20 - The [[passenger ferry]] [[MV Doña Paz]] and the [[oil tanker]] [[MT Vector]] are collided and sank in [[Tablas Strait]], killing 4,341 passengers and crew. The collision made as the deadliest peace-time maritime disaster of the 20th century. |
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==National holidays== |
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* January 1: [[New Year's Day]] |
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* February 25: [[1986 EDSA Revolution]] |
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* April 9: [[Araw ng Kagitingan]] (Day of Valor) |
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* April 16: [[Maundy Thursday]] |
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* April 17: [[Good Friday]] |
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* April 19: [[Easter Sunday]] |
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* May 1: [[Labour Day|Labor Day]] |
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* June 12: [[Independence Day (Philippines)|Independence Day]] |
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* November 1: ''[[All Saints Day]]'' |
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* November 30: [[Andrés Bonifacio|Bonifacio Day]] |
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* December 25: [[Christmas]] |
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* December 30: [[José Rizal|Rizal Day]] |
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* December 31: ''[[New Year's Eve]]'' |
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==See also== |
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*[[1986–1987 Philippine coup attempts]] |
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*[[1987]] |
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*[[Philippines]] |
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[[Category:History of the Philippines by period]] |
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[[Category:1987 in the Philippines]] |
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