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2020 In The Philippines
2020 in the Philippines details events of note that have occurred in the Philippines in 2020. This year is largely defined by COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 pandemic that caused of the COVID-19 recession, national economic recession and continued until the state of public health emergency was lifted in the country on July 21, 2023. Incumbents * President of the Philippines, President: Rodrigo Duterte (PDP–Laban) * Vice President of the Philippines, Vice President: Leni Robredo (Liberal Party (Philippines), Liberal) * Philippine Congress, Congress (18th Congress of the Philippines, 18th): ** Senate of the Philippines, Senate President: Tito Sotto (Nationalist People's Coalition, NPC) ** House of Representatives of the Philippines, House Speaker: *** Alan Peter Cayetano (Nacionalista Party, Nacionalista) ''(until October 13)'' *** Lord Allan Velasco (PDP–Laban) ''(from October 13)'' * Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Chief Justice: D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In The Philippines
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). As of , there have been reported cases, and reported deaths, the fifth highest in Southeast Asia, behind Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. The first case in the Philippines was identified on January 30, 2020, and involved a 38-year-old Chinese woman who was confined at San Lazaro Hospital in Metro Manila. On February 1, 2020, a posthumous test result from a 44-year-old Chinese man turned out positive for the virus, making the Philippines the first country outside China to record a confirmed death from the disease. After over a month without recording any cases, the Philippines confirmed its first local transmission on March 7, 2020. Since then, the virus has spread to the country's 81 provinces. National and local governments have been imposing community quarantines since March 15, 2020, as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tito Sotto
Vicente Castelo Sotto, III (; born August 24, 1948), is a Filipino politician and television personality who is a Senate of the Philippines, senator-elect of the Philippines. He is the longest-serving senator in the history of the upper chamber, being the only one elected for five non-consecutive terms. Sotto served as the 23rd President of the Senate of the Philippines, president of the Senate from 2018 to 2022, which was preceded by two stints each as Majority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines, Senate Majority Leader and Minority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines, Senate Minority Leader. In between his Senate tenures, he led the Dangerous Drugs Board for a year. He served as the vice mayor of Quezon City from 1988 to 1992, and unsuccessfully ran for vice president in the 2022 Philippine presidential election, 2022 elections as Panfilo Lacson's running mate. Beyond politics, Sotto is a songwriter, known for founding the iconic musical group VST & Co. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 12
Events Pre-1600 * 475 – List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine Emperor Zeno (emperor), Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. *1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523. *1554 – Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the Toungoo dynasty, largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned List of Burmese monarchs, King of Burma. 1601–1900 *1616 – The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco. *1792 – Federalist Thomas Pinckney appointed first U.S. minister to Britain. *1808 – John Rennie the Elder, John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and Anglo-Saxon art, sculpture. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 8
Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Sima Chi becomes emperor of the Jin dynasty (266–420), Jin dynasty in succession to his brother, Emperor Hui of Jin, Sima Zhong, despite a challenge from his other brother, Sima Ying. * 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthelred I and Alfred the Great lead a Wessex, West Saxon army to Battle of Ashdown, repel an invasion by Danelaw Vikings. *1297 – François Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, leads his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing House of Grimaldi, his family as the rulers of Monaco. *1454 – The papal bull ''Romanus Pontifex'' awards the Kingdom of Portugal exclusive trade and colonization rights to all of Africa south of Cape Bojador. *1499 – Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany in accordance with a law set by his predecessor, Charles VIII of France, Charles VIII. *1547 – The first Lithuanian-language book, the ''Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masbate
Masbate, officially the Province of Masbate (Masbateño language, Masbateño: ''Probinsya san Masbate''; ), is an island Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located near the midsection of the nation's archipelago. Its provincial capital is Masbate City, the most populous in the province. The province consists of three major islands: Masbate Island, Masbate, Ticao Island, Ticao and Burias Island, Burias. Masbate is at the crossroads of two island groups: Visayas and Luzon. It is politically part of Bicol Region in the latter. However, from a bio-geographic and socio-ethno-linguistic perspective, Masbate is grouped in the former. History Early history Masbate is one of the oldest settlements in the Philippines. Archaeological records show that Batungan (in Mandaon) and Bagumbayan (in Palanas) were major settlement sites during the Bronze Age (4000-1000 BC). The development of bronze metallurgy in South-East Asia coincided with an increasingly hierarchical soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New People's Army
The New People's Army (; abbreviated NPA or BHB) is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). It acts as the CPP's principal organization, aiming to consolidate political power from what it sees as the present "bourgeois reactionary puppet government" and to aid in the " people's democratic revolution". Founded on March 29, 1969, by the collaboration of Jose Maria Sison and former members of the Hukbalahap led by Bernabe Buscayno, the NPA has since waged a guerrilla war based on the Maoist strategy of protracted people's war. The NPA is one of the key figures in the ongoing communist rebellion in the Philippines, the longest ongoing conflict in the country. The NPA operates and is based primarily in the Philippine countryside, where the CPP alleges it has established itself in 73 out of the country's 81 provinces, across over 110 guerrilla fronts. In guerrilla zones where the NPA has entrenched itself, the CPP–NPA has established a People's Demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Army
The Philippine Army (PA) () is the main, oldest and largest branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), responsible for ground warfare. , it had an estimated strength of 143,100 soldiers The service branch was established on December 21, 1935, as the Philippine Commonwealth Army. The Philippine Army has been engaged in numerous combat operations, including the ongoing Communist rebellion in the Philippines, the Moro conflict and, alongside other national military forces, in conflicts of international scope. The Commanding General of the Philippine Army is its professional and overall head. Its main Headquarters#Military, headquarters (Headquarters Philippine Army or HPA) is located at Fort Andres Bonifacio, Taguig City. Background Spanish Era Majority of the soldier that served the Captaincy General of the Philippines are Philippine natives, as opposed to their Native-American, Mestizo from the Americas or white counterparts who at first, are mostly Criollo people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 7
Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – The Senate of the Roman Republic, Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army, prompting the tribunes who support him to flee to where Caesar is waiting in Ravenna. *1325 – Afonso IV of Portugal, Afonso IV becomes List of Portuguese monarchs, King of Portugal. *1558 – French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, Siege of Calais (1558), take Calais, the last continental possession of Kingdom of England, England. 1601–1900 *1608 – Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia. *1610 – Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede (moon), Ganymede, Callisto (moon), Callisto, Io (moon), Io and Europa (moon), Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following night. *1708 – Battle of Zlatoust: Battle between Bashkir and Tatar rebels and the government troops of the Tsardom of Russia. It is one of the events of the Bash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taal Volcano - 12 January 2020 , t ...
Taal may refer to: *An early name for the Afrikaans language *The South African creole language Tsotsitaal Geography *Taal, Batangas, a municipality in the Philippines *Taal Lake, a freshwater lake in the Philippines *Taal Volcano, an active volcano in the Philippines Arts and fiction *Taal (instrument), Indian hand clash cymbals *Tala (music) or taal, the term used in Indian classical music to refer to musical meter * ''Taal'' (film), 1999 Indian Hindi film by Subhash Ghai *Taal, God of Beasts in the universe of ''Warhammer Fantasy'' See also *Ta'al (Arab Movement for Renewal), an Arab-Israeli political party founded by Ahmad Tibi *Ta'al is also an abbreviation for tat aluf, Israeli military rank *Talen (other) Talen may also refer to: * Talen (name) includes list of people with the name Talen * Talen, Rajgarh, village in Madhya Pradesh, India * Transcription activator-like effector nuclease Transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALEN) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diosdado Peralta
Diosdado "Dado" Madarang Peralta (born March 27, 1952) is a Filipino attorney and jurist who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from January 13, 2009, to October 22, 2019. He is the third Sandiganbayan presiding justice to be appointed to the high tribunal. Personal life and education Peralta finished his Bachelor of Science degree at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran in 1974 before pursuing law at the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law, where he graduated in 1979. He is married to Fernanda Lampas-Peralta, an associate justice of the Philippine Court of Appeals. Career Legal career Peralta worked in the private sector before joining government service as an assistant city prosecutor in Laoag City and Manila. Jurist On September 22, 1994, Peralta was appointed judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 95, Quezon City, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The Philippines
The chief justice of the Philippines () presides over the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Supreme Court and is the highest judicial officer of the government of the Philippines. As of April 5, 2021, the position is currently held by Alexander Gesmundo, who was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte following the Supreme Court of the Philippines#Composition and manner of appointment, early retirement of his predecessor, Diosdado Peralta, in March 2021. The chief justice, who was first named on June 11, 1901, in the person of Cayetano Arellano, is the oldest existing major governmental office continually held by a Filipino, preceding the presidency and vice presidency (1935), senators (1916, or as the Taft Commission, on September 1, 1901) and the members of the House of Representatives (1907 as the Philippine Assembly). Duties and powers The power to appoint the chief justice lies with the president of the Philippines, who makes the selection from a list of three nominees prep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Allan Velasco
Lord Allan Jay Quinto Velasco (born November 9, 1977) is a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from October 12, 2020 to June 2022. He is concurrently serving as the Representative of Marinduque's lone district since 2016, and previously from 2010 to 2013. He previously served as the Marinduque chapter president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, and Marinduque provincial administrator under Governor Jose Antonio Carrion. Personal life Early life and family Velasco was born on November 9, 1977. His father is lawyer Presbitero Velasco Jr., who would later serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 2006 to 2018 and governor of their home province Marinduque since 2019. His mother, Lorna Quinto Velasco, originally a nurse, ventured into politics: first as the Representative of Ang Mata'y Aalagaan (AMA or MATA) party-list from 2013 to 2016, and from 2016 onwards as mayor of Torrijos, Marinduque. His s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
