2016 in the Philippines

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2016 in the Philippines details events that occurred in the Philippines in the year 2016.

Incumbents

Rodrigo R.
Duterte

Leni G.
Robredo

Aquilino
M. Pimentel III

Pantaleon
D. Álvarez

Maria Lourdes
P.A. Sereno

• President:
  • Benigno S. Aquino III (Liberal) (until June 30)
  • Rodrigo R. Duterte (PDP–Laban) (from June 30)
• Vice President:
  • Jejomar C. Binay, Sr. (UNA) (until June 30)
  • Leni G. Robredo (Liberal) (from June 30)
• Congress:
  • Senate President:
    • 16th Congress: Franklin M. Drilon (Liberal) (until July 25)
    • 17th Congress: Aquilino M. Pimentel III (PDP–Laban) (from July 25)
  • House Speaker:
    • 16th Congress: Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr. (Liberal) (until July 25)
    • 17th Congress: Pantaleon D. Alvarez (PDP–Laban) (from July 25)
• Chief Justice: Maria Lourdes P.A. Sereno

Events

January

• January 4 – The Sandiganbayan Special Second Division orders Alfonso Lim Sr., a crony of the late president Ferdinand Marcos, to return to the government all properties he acquired.^[1]
• January 7 – The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division denies the bail petition of Senator Jinggoy Estrada in connection with his alleged involvement in the PDAF scam.^[2]

A satellite captured image of the Kagitingan Reef, internationally known as Fiery Cross Reef.

• January 8 – The Department of Foreign Affairs files a diplomatic protest against China's test flights in the Kagitingan Reef located across the disputed West Philippine Sea.^[3]
• January 12 – The Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and the United States signed in 2014.^[4]
• January 13 – Zamboanga City declares a state of calamity due to the onslaught of El Niño phenomenon and its negative effects to the farmlands.^[5]
• January 14 – President Aquino vetoes House Bill No. 5842, which intends to increase the pension of the members of Social Security System.^[6]
• January 15 – Munap Saimaran, one of the bandits in the 2000 Sipadan kidnappings, is arrested in Sulu.^[7]
• January 19
  • President Aquino approves Republic Act No. 10742 or the SK Reforms Act of 2016 that will enable reforms in strengthening the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) political system.^[8]
  • North Cotabato declares a state of calamity after damages due to the 2016 El Niño reached over ₱200 million, including damage due to drought and rats.^[9]
• January 20
  • Former Iglesia ni Cristo evangelical worker Lowell Menorca II is arrested by Manila Police District policemen in civil clothes without any warrant of arrest showed due to libel charges filed by SCAN International Lanao del Norte chapter while he trying to attend a hearing in Court of Appeals.^[10] The INC categorily denied the involvement in commotion between the policemen and Menorca.^[11] (see 2015 Iglesia ni Cristo leadership controversy)
  • The Office of the Ombudsman orders effectively the dismissal in service of Quezon City District 2 Councilor Roderick Paulate and District 1 Councilor Francisco Calalay and two city liaison officials on the hiring of "ghost employees" in 2010.^[12]
• January 21 – Lt. Col. Ferdinand Marcelino, a former official of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency's Special Enforcement Service, is arrested in a buy-bust operation at a shabu laboratory in Santa Cruz, Manila.^[13]
• January 24–31 – The 51st International Eucharistic Congress is held in Cebu.^[14]
• January 26 – The Senate Blue Ribbon subcommittee concludes its hearings on the corruption allegations against Vice President and UNA presidential candidate Jejomar Binay.^[15]
• January 27 – The Bangsamoro Basic Law fails to pass on its final reading in the House of Representatives before January.^[16] But due to no proper quorum in the Congress, the bill had no chances to pass in the House of Representatives in the 16th Congress.^[17] Aside from the BBL, Aquino administration's priority bills, the Anti-Dynasty, Anti-Discrimination and the Freedom of Information bills, "killed" in the 16th congress as the Session will temporarily adjourned in preparation for the 2016 elections.^[18]
• January 31 – In the latest report by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Philippines places second in the list of most dangerous places for journalists.^[19]

February

Senator Antonio F. Trillanes.

• February 1 – The Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 142 issues a warrant of arrest against Senator and Vice Presidential candidate Antonio Trillanes IV over the libel case filed by disqualified Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, Jr..^[20] On February 9, Trillanes posted bail.^[21]
• February 3 – The COMELEC 1st Division denied all the disqualification cases against PDP–Laban presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.^[22]
• February 5
  • The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) files the usurpation case against former PNP Chief Alan Purisima due to usurping his role in his involvement in the Mamasapano clash.^[23]
  • Maguindanao suffers from the effects of the 2014-2016 El Niño, destroying rice and corn crops on the drought caused, and the provincial government declares a state of calamity in response to residents experiencing food shortage.^[24]
• February 9 – The AFP and PNP operatives arrest Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) top leader Hassan Indal a.k.a. Abu Hazam in a joint operation in Cotabato City.^[25]
• February 10 – The National Mapping and Resource Information Authority announces that it has documented more than 400 additional islands, mostly in the Mindanao group, using the Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar. The islands were previously thought to be part of a bigger island.^[26] The previous official count was 7,107 by the Gazetteer of the Philippine Islands in 1945.^[27]
• February 16 – Six policemen killed and eight wounded in a clash with New People's Army members in Barangay Sta. Margarita, Baggao, Cagayan.^[28]
• February 18 – The Department of Transportation and Communications and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board launches the P2P or Point to Point Premium Bus, the first bus service in the country accessible for the Persons with Disabilities sector.^[29][30]
• February 19
  • President Aquino signs Executive Order 201 (under the proposed Salary Standardization Law of 2015) that increases the salaries of government agency workers and adding additional benefits to civilian and military uniformed personnel.^[31]
  • The Office of the Ombudsman files graft and documents falsification charges before the Sandiganbayan against former Makati City mayor Junjun Binay and 22 others over the alleged overpriced construction of the Makati City Hall Parking Building II.^[32]
• February 26 – At least 60 are killed in an encounter in Butig, Lanao del Sur. Among them were suspected members of Maute Terrorist Group and three soldiers.^[33]

Former President Elpidio R. Quirino.

• February 29
  • The Philippines and Japan signs an agreement on the transfer of the Japanese defense and surveillance equipment to the country's military.^[34]
  • The remains of the late President Elpidio Quirino, the sixth president of the Philippines, are transferred from the Manila South Cemetery in Makati to the Heroes' Cemetery in Taguig to mark his 60th death anniversary.^[35]

March

• March 1 – Aid al-Qarni, a Islam preacher, and a diplomat from Saudi Arabian embassy was shot by a gunman after a lecture in the Western Mindanao State University in Zamboanga City.^[36]
• March 3 – The Office of the Ombudsman files charges against five former Representatives including former Muntinlupa congressman Ruffy Biazon, in connection with the PDAF scam.^[37]
• March 5
  • The Ombudsman has ordered the dismissal of Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian and 6 others over the deadly blaze that hit footwear factory Kentex Manufacturing Corporation, killing at least 72 people in May last year.^[38] On March 15, The Ombudsman also ordered the filing of graft charges against Gatchalian and seven other individuals in connection with this case.^[39]
  • The Philippine government orders to impound a cargo ship from North Korea in the Subic port, in response to tighter sanctions by United Nations against North Korea due to its nuclear and ballistic missile tests.^[40] On March 24, the North Korean freighter M/V Jin Teng has left the country, after no contraband was found onboard and the ship was cleared by the United Nations.^[41]

Senator and Presidential candidate Grace Poe-Llamanzares was filed with disqualification cases due to allegations of not meeting the requirements provided by the Constitution.

• March 8 – Voted 9-6, the Supreme Court has affirms Grace Poe's natural-born status and declares she is qualified to run based on her 10-year residency.^[42]
• March 15
  • The Supreme Court dismisses several petitions by several party-list groups to issue a TRO to stop the implementation of the K+12 education program of the Department of Education.^[43]
  • The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has begin its inquiry into the alleged money laundering of $100 million that has dragged into this one of the country's leading financial institutions.^[44]
• March 16
  • BIR employee Rhodora Alvarez, who blew the whistle on the alleged anomalous deal, filed a plunder complaint against Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin over a P1.2 billion helicopter deal in 2013.^[45]
  • Disqualified Laguna Governor Emilio Ramon “ER” Ejercito and eight other individuals were charged with graft before the Sandiganbayan over an alleged anomalous insurance deal entered in 2008.^[46]
• March 18 – Former Camarines Norte Governor Roy Padilla Jr., is arrested over his failure to return a firearm issued to him in 1992.^[47]
• March 21 – The UNESCO has added Albay in the Philippines as one of the 20 additions to its network of protected biosphere nature reserves.^[48]
• March 22
  • The Sandiganbayan Second Division has dismissed the graft case against Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) former president and general manager Winston Garcia on the alleged anomalous awarding of a multimillion-peso electronic membership card (e-Card) project in 2004.^[49]
  • The Court of Appeals (CA) has junked dismissed Makati mayor Junjun Binay's contempt charges against former interior secretary Mar Roxas, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, former justice Secretary Leila de Lima, and 5 others.^[50]

Diwata-1, the first Philippine satellite built and designed by Filipino scientists.

• March 23
  • Diwata-1 was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Cygnus spacecraft on a supply mission. Cygnus itself will be launched using the Atlas V rocket. The satellite was deployed into orbit from the ISS on April 27. Diwata-1 is the country's first micro-satellite and the first satellite to be built and designed by Filipinos.^[51]
  • The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (under the Memorandum Circular 94) that aimed at "achieving unified action" as part of efforts to find a resolution to the country's territorial dispute with China on the West Philippine Sea is created.^[52]
• March 25 – Customs at the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen destroyed 34.78 tons of "substandard bananas" imported from the Philippines due to excessive pesticide use.^[53]
• March 26 – A raging fire on the Philippines highest mountain, Mt. Apo, forced hundreds of people to flee from the peak by foot.^[54]
• March 27 – Anonymous Philippines has hacked the website of Commission on Elections to force them to place security features on Vote Counting Machine (VCM).^[55] Soon, the LulzSec Pilipinas leaked sensitive information of voters all over the Philippines from the COMELEC website, and the incident has been called the "biggest government data breach in history".^[56] On April 21, one of the hackers involved in the recent defacement and supposed leak of data from the Commission on Elections' official website has been arrested in Sampaloc, Manila.^[57] On April 29, another hacker allegedly responsible for leaking the information of voters from the Comelec website was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation.^[58]
• March 28
  • Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) general manager Neric Acosta has been sentenced to a maximum of 10 years of imprisonment after being found guilty of one count of graft by the Sandiganbayan Fourth Division in connection with the misuse of his pork barrel funds as district representative of Bukidnon.^[59]
  • None of the three pre-qualified bidders have submitted offers for the largest Private-Public Partnership (PPP) project to date, the Laguna Lakeshore Expressway estimated to cost around P123 billion.^[60]
  • Several piles of license plate sheets were stolen from the Quezon City central office of the Land Transportation Office during the Holy Week break.^[61]
• March 29
  • Ten Indonesian crew members on board a tugboat were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines.^[62] On May 1, ten Indonesian sailors who had been held hostage by Islamist militant group were released in Jolo.^[63]
  • President Aquino has signed Republic Act No. 10754 into law a bill authored by Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez granting persons with disabilities (PWDs) exemption from the 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) on certain goods and services.^[64]
  • The Commission on Elections has decided not to stop the broadcast of senatorial candidate Manny Pacquiao's boxing match on April 9.^[65]
• March 30 – The Office of the Ombudsman filed graft and technical malversation cases against Sen. JV Ejercito, before the Sandiganbayan over the alleged anomalous purchase of high-powered firearms worth P2.1 million during his term as mayor of San Juan City.^[66]

Five transactions issued by hackers, worth $101 million and withdrawn from a Bangladesh Bank account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, succeeded, with $20M traced to Sri Lanka (since recovered) and $81M to the Philippines.

• March 31
  • The camp of businessman Kim Wong handed over to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the $4.6 million he volunteered to return to the Bangladesh government, supposedly after learning that the money was part of the $81-million money laundering scheme.^[67] On April 4, Wong turned over an additional P38.28 million to the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) office.^[68] On April 19, Eastern Hawaii Leisure Co. Ltd., has turned over P200 million to the AMLC.^[69]
  • Addong Salahuddin, suspect in the bombing incident at the Zamboanga City Airport on August 5, 2010, where two people were killed and 28 others injured, including former Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan has surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation.^[70]

April

• April 1
  • At least 3 are killed and several others were wounded when police dispersed a farmers' protest action in Kidapawan demanding relief from the provincial government due to a drought caused by El Niño affecting the province since November 2015.^[71]
  • The Department of Education in partnership with Stairway Foundation launches CyberSafe Project Manuals, which contain individual lesson plans targeting Grades 5 to 6 and junior high students to prevent internet-related child abuse.^[72]
• April 2 – A power outage hits the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City causing a disruption in the processing of passengers.^[73]
• April 4 – The Olongapo Regional Trial Court Branch 74 denies the petition of US Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton to reverse his conviction for his homicide case of Filipino transgender Jennifer Laude.^[74]

The Cebu International Convention Center was the subject of the graft charges filed by Third District of Cebu Representative Gwendolyn Garcia.

• April 5
  • The Office of the Ombudsman finds probable cause to file charges against former PNP chief Alan Purisima and former SAF director Getulio Napeñas for the Mamasapano operation that saw 44 SAF troopers killed, the biggest loss of the police in recent history.^[75]
  • The Ombudsman orders the filing of graft charges against re-electionist Cebu 3rd District Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia and 11 other former officials over the alleged anomalous construction of the P833-million Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) in 2006.^[76]
• April 6 – A group calling itself iBalik ang Bilyones ng Mamamayan (iBBM) filed a complaint for plunder against Senator Bongbong Marcos for his alleged involvement in the PDAF scam.^[77]
• April 8
  • Italian national Rolando Del Torchio is released after being kidnapped at his pizza parlor in Dipolog on October 7, 2015.^[78]
  • Memorandum Order No. 90 was signed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. directs the abolition of the 42-year-old Armed Forces of the Philippines–Retirement and Separation Benefits System (AFP–RSBS).^[79]
  • Bohol declares state of calamity due to the 2016 El Niño.^[80]
• April 9
  • The Supreme Court declares that their vote on Grace Poe's natural-born status and 10-year residency is final and executory and she is eligible to become president.^[81]
  • 18 soldiers and 5 Abu Sayyaf bandits including a suspected foreign terrorist, Moroccan national Mohammad Khattab, and Ubaida Hapilon, the son of senior leader Isnilon Hapilon are killed during a clash in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan.^[82]

President Aquino in the groundbreaking ceremony of Clark Green City.

• April 11
  • The groundbreaking rites for the Clark Green City, a sustainable city located in the Clark Freeport Zone in Angeles, Pampanga, is conducted and led by President Aquino.^[83]
  • Cebu province is placed under state of calamity due to the 2016 El Niño.^[84]
• April 13 – The Sandidganbayan Fifth Division grants the petitions for bail of former APEC party-list Representative Edgar Valdez, former Masbate Representative Rizalina Lanete and Janet Lim Napoles who were facing plunder charges in connection with the PDAF scam.^[85]
• April 17 – Presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte causes controversy when a video of him making a joke about the rape of a murdered Australian missionary goes viral.^[86]
• April 20
  • The Sandiganbayan Special Fourth Division acquits former Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) chairman Camilo Sabio from graft and malversation of public funds cases, which stemmed from his alleged misuse of almost P12 million worth of recovered ill-gotten wealth of the Marcoses.^[87]
  • The groundbreaking rites for the ₱69.3-billion Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) project, marking the start of the construction of the 23-kilo-meter elevated railway from North Avenue, Quezon City to San Jose del Monte in Bulacan, is conducted and led by President Aquino.^[88]

Glorioso Miranda

• April 25 – John Ridsdel, a Canadian taken hostage by the Abu Sayyaf in Samal Island, is beheaded on Jolo, Sulu.^[89]
• April 27 – Voted 4-3, the COMELEC en banc has officially cancelled the voting on the selected malls scheduled on May 9.^[90]

May

• May 2 – Vice presidential candidate and senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Atty. Sal Panelo, lawyer of presidential frontrunner and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, visits the Bank of the Philippine Islands branch along Julia Vargas Avenue in Pasig, in a bid to settle the lawmaker's allegations of hidden wealth against the mayor.^[91]
• May 5 – Both negative advertisements — paid by Antonio Trillanes IV, targets presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte using children and another one is about Duterte's alleged hidden wealth were aired on TV and radio stations, causing dismay among netizens.^[92] A 72-hour TRO was issued by Regional Trial Court in Taguig to stop any TV stations from airing the negative advertisement.^[93]
• May 6 – Mario Reyes, former mayor of Coron, Palawan and one of two brothers accused of masterminding the 2011 murder of journalist and good governance advocate Gerry Ortega is granted bail by the court trying the case.^[94]

Provincial and city breakdown of presidential race 2016.

• May 9 – The 2016 National and Local elections are held.^[95]
• May 11 – The Sandiganbayan absolves former Commission on Elections chairman Benjamin Abalos' graft charges over the botched $329-million ZTE-National Broadband Network (NBN) deal in 2007.^[96]
• May 14 – Special elections are held in select villages in Visayas and Mindanao, where the Commission on Elections declared failure of elections.^[97]
• May 18 – President Aquino signs Republic Act No. 10821 or the Children’s Emergency Relief and Protection Act which seeks to provide children with comprehensive relief and protection in the aftermath of disasters.^[98]
• May 23
  • The historic San Pedro bell is finally returned and displayed at the Bauang Church in La Union, more than a hundred years after it was taken by American soldiers as a war booty during the Philippine-American War.^[99]
  • President Aquino signs Republic Act No. 10844 into law, which creates the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).^[100][101]
• May 30 – The Congress proclaims Rodrigo Duterte and Leni Robredo as President-elect and Vice President-elect of the Philippines, respectively, based on the canvassing of votes by the National Board of Canvassers for President and Vice President from May 25 to 27.^[102]
• May 31
  • The Supreme Court dismisses the appeal of former MMDA Chairman and senatorial candidate Francis Tolentino to stop the proclamation of Win Gatchalian, Ralph Recto and Leila de Lima, the top 10, 11 and 12 senators in the Philippine Senate election, 2016 respectively.^[103]
  • President Aquino signs Republic Act No. 10863 or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) which amends some previsions of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 and to modernize the operations of the Bureau of Customs.^[104]

June

• June 1
  • The Office of the Ombudsman orders the filing of criminal charges against former Valenzuela representative and senator-elect Sherwin Gatchalian, former Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) chairman of the board Prospero Pichay Jr. and 24 other former government officials and private individuals for alleged anomalous acquisition of a thrift bank by in 2009.^[105]
  • The Philippine Navy commissions its brand new and largest ship, the BRP Tarlac together with three newly acquired landing craft heavy vessels, BRP Waray, BRP Iwak, and BRP Agta.^[106]
  • The Sandiganbayan Third Division dismisses the perjury and violation of the code of conduct cases against the late Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona.^[107]
  • The Antipolo Regional Trial Court dismisses the double-murder case against ex-Colonel Red Kapunan, in connection with the deaths of former Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) leader, Rolando Olalia and his driver, Leonor Alay-ay on November 13, 1986.^[108][109]
  • The Vatican’s doctrinal watchdog overrules Lipa Archbishop Ramon Arguelles and rejects his 2012 decree declaring that the alleged Marian apparitions in Batangas in 1948 were authentic.^[110]
• June 2 – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) officially starts phasing out school service vehicles 15 years old and up.^[111]
• June 7 – The Supreme Court dismisses the petition filed by Atty. Elly Pamatong, a presidential candidate classified as nuisance that seeks to null and void the votes of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte and to stop his proclamation by the National Board of Canvassers.^[112]
• June 8 – The Office of the Ombudsman upholds the decision of the Manila Prosecutor’s Office dismissing treason and inciting to sedition complaint filed last year against outgoing Presidential Peace Adviser Teresita Deles, peace negotiators Miriam Coronel-Ferrer and Mohagher Iqbal and members of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC).^[113]
• June 12 – Chinese Coast Guard bars Kalayaan Atin Ito Movement, a Filipino youth group, from sailing to the disputed Panatag Shoal to plant a Philippine flag there to celebrate the country's Independence Day.^[114]

UP Diliman Campus

• June 14
  • Robert Hall, the second Canadian taken hostage by the Abu Sayyaf in Samal Island, is beheaded on Jolo, Sulu.^[115]
  • The Supreme Court dismisses a petition that sought to stop the lease of 70,977 optical mark reader (OMR) machines for P6.286 billion that were used in the May 2016 elections.^[116]
  • The two Cessna aircraft sequestered from the late Alfonso Lim, an alleged crony of the Marcos family, is sold by the Sandiganbayan at a measly amount of P140,000.^[117]
  • The Supreme Court temporarily stops the Land Transportation Office (LTO) from issuing 700,000 license plates to motorists and from accepting more license plates from the Bureau of Customs.^[118]
  • Eight Philippine universities led by the University of the Philippines (UP) are included in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) University Rankings on the top 350 universities in Asia.^[119]
• June 15 – Informal talks between the incoming Duterte administration and representatives of the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front (CPP-NDF) commence in Oslo, Norway.^[120]
• June 16
  • President Aquino vetoes House Bill No. 6411 and Senate Bill No. 2720 that seeks to improve the nursing profession, including raising the minimum monthly salary of nurses to almost P25,000.^[121]
  • The Sandiganbayan First Division acquits former Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William Ramirez of graft in connection with the alleged anomalous procurement of cycling equipment in 2007.^[122]
  • The COMELEC en banc grants the Liberal Party's request and several similar petitions that they be allowed to file their Statement of Contributions and Expenses (SOCE) beyond the June 8 deadline long before the May 9 elections.^[123]
  • Malacañang temporarily stops the Department of Justice (DOJ) from filing criminal charges against newly elected 1-Pacman party-list Representative Mikee Romero, who was alleged to have committed qualified theft against Harbour Centre Port Terminal Inc. (HCPTI).^[124]
• June 17 – The Manila Metropolitan Trial Court (MTC) Branch 12, orders the two siblings of Iglesia ni Cristo executive minister Eduardo V. Manalo, expelled members Angel and Lottie, to vacant from a property of the religious sect in No. 36 Tandang Sora Street, Quezon City.^[125]
• June 21 – The Commission on Elections en banc accepts the resignation of senior Commissioner Christian Robert Lim as head of the Campaign Finance Office (CFO), following the extension of the filing of their statements of contributions and expenditures.^[126]
• June 23 – The Department of Justice dismisses criminal complaints filed by American missionary Lane Michael White, against airport employees, including four aviation police officers, in connection with the alleged bullet planting scheme at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.^[127]
• June 24 – Marites Flor, a Filipina taken hostage by the Abu Sayyaf in Samal Island, is released in Jolo, Sulu.^[128]
• June 25 – The Department of Science and Technology launches the very first Filipino-made hybrid electric train.^[129]
• June 27
  • President Aquino signs Republic Act No. 10868 into law a measure that will grant a P100,000 cash incentive and additional benefits and privileges to Filipino centenarians.^[130]
  • Merilyn and Stharra, the wife and daughter of retired PNP Chief Superintendent Ismael Rafanan, are killed from a fire that struck their home in Quezon City.^[131]
• June 28
  • President Aquino signs Republic Act No. 10867 into law, that mandating the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)’s reorganization and modernization, 69 years after the creation of its first charter.^[132]
  • The Supreme Court dismisses a petition filed by retired Army Col. Justino Padiernos and Atty. Manuelito Luna, questioning the Commission on Elections' decision to extend the filing of the statements of contributions and expenditures of candidates and political parties in the 2016 election.^[133]
  • The Supreme Court dismisses a petition filed by Greco Belgica and former Tarlac Governor Tingting Cojuangco that seeking the prosecution of all the authors, proponents and implementors of both the pork barrel system and the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP).^[134]

Rodrigo Duterte takes his oath of office as the 16th President of the Philippines.

• June 30 – Rodrigo Duterte is inaugurated as the 16th President of the Philippines with Leni Robredo being inaugurated as the 14th Vice President of the Philippines, marking the beginning of the Rodrigo Duterte administration.^{[135][136][137]}

July

• July 2 – Grade 6 student Nasif Cali from Denaig Elementary School in Poona Piagapo, Lanao del Norte wins the World Food Programme's (WFP) Children's Design Competition 2016 in Rome, Italy. Cali's design was chosen from 70 submissions and as a result of his victory, the WFP awarded him with $100 and his school, Denaig Elementary School, will receive $2,000 for school supplies.^[138]
• July 4
  • President Rodrigo Duterte signs his first executive order, entitled Reengineering the Office of the President Towards Greater Responsiveness to the Attainment of Development Goals, allowing his Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco, Jr. to oversee 12 national government agencies in coming up with a set of programs to reduce both the incidence and magnitude of poverty.^[139]
  • After almost two decades of having its gates shut in the past 18 years, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) office along Elliptical Road in Diliman, Quezon City, opens its doors to farmers and protesters alike.^[140]
• July 5 – President Rodrigo Duterte, in his speech during the 69th anniversary of the Philippine Air Force names five top police generals who were allegedly involved in illegal drug trade.^[141]
• July 6 – The PAGASA announces the end of the El Niño phenomenon.^[142]
• July 10 – Three Philippine islands, Palawan, Boracay and Cebu, are featured on the "World’s Best Islands" list for 2016 of the New York-based magazine Travel + Leisure.^[143]
• July 11 – The Office of the Ombudsman finds a probable cause to file graft charges against former Health Secretary Enrique Ona and two other officials of the Department of Health (DOH) for an alleged anomalous ₱392.2-million hospital modernization project in 2012.^[144]

China's nine-dotted line claim over the South China Sea, 1947

• July 12
  • The Philippines wins the arbitration case they filed at the Permanent Court of Arbitration regarding the legality of China's nine-dotted line claim over the South China Sea under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.^[145][146]
  • Philippine delegates Debby Sy, Hannah Joy Alcomendas and Camille Joy Buron are recognized for their contributions to the four-day Asia Pacific Youth Parliament for Water (APYPW) event by the Korea Water Forum at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology in Daegu, South Korea.^[147]
  • The provincial government of Basilan declares a state of emergency in the municipalities of Tipo-Tipo, Ungkaya Pukan and Al-Barka as the military continued its intensified offensive against the Abu Sayyaf Group.^[148]
• July 13 – A 12-year-old girl is killed while two soldiers were wounded in a firefight between government troops and members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Maguindanao.^[149]
• July 14 – The Office of the Ombudsman files graft, falsification and violation of the government procurement law charges against former Vice President Jejomar Binay in connection with the overpricing of the Makati City Hall Building II project.^[150]
• July 15 – President Rodrigo Duterte meets with Cebuano-Chinese businessman Peter Lim, one of the three alleged leaders of illegal drug trade in the Philippines.^[151]
• July 18 – The main runway of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport closed due to emergency pavement repairs that forced 10 international and domestic flights to be diverted to the Clark International Airport in Pampanga, resulting in delayed and cancelled flights all over the country.^[152]
• July 19 – The Supreme Court acquits former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of her plunder case regarding the alleged misuse of funds for the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PSCO) in an 11–4 ruling.^[153][154]
• July 20 – Around 320 Philippine National Police-Special Action Force's (PNP-SAF) elite personnel troopers were deployed to replace jail guards of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP), where irregularities like gun running and the illegal drug trade allegedly remain rampant.^[155][156]
• July 23 – President Rodrigo Duterte signs an executive order for the implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI).^{[157][158][159][160][161]}

Duterte delivers his first State of the Nation Address, July 25, 2016

• July 25 – President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his first State of the Nation Address (SONA).^[162][163]
• July 26 – The Supreme Court issues a temporary restraining order that halts the implementation of the curfew ordinances for minors in the cities of Manila, Quezon City and Navotas.^[164]
• July 30
  • The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) places the Luzon power grid under a red alert status due to low level operating reserves, as seven power plants are encountering problems.^[165]
  • President Rodrigo Duterte lifts the unilateral ceasefire and placed troops on high alert after the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) failed his deadline to make their own declaration.^[166]

August

• August 1 – The Duterte administration launches a 24-hour complaint office accessible to the public through a nationwide hotline, 8888, and changed the nationwide emergency telephone number from 117 to 911.^[167][168]
• August 2 – Mayor Rolando Espinosa of Albuera, Leyte, who is being linked to drug trafficking, surrenders to Philippine National Police chief director General Ronald dela Rosa. Espinosa and his son Kerwin were asked by President Rodrigo Duterte to voluntarily surrender within 24 hours or face a shoot-on-sight order by police.^[169]
• August 3 – Six aides of Mayor Rolando Espinosa and his son Kerwin are killed in a shootout with the police in Albuera, Leyte.^[170]
• August 4 – The Sandiganbayan grants the motion of the Office of the Ombudsman to amend the plunder case against former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante in connection with the ₱723-million fertilizer fund scam.^[171]
• August 5 – The Supreme Court grants the provisional liberty to Satur Ocampo and two others who were allied with the Communist Party of the Philippines to allow them to attend the peace talks with the government in Oslo, Norway.^[172]
• August 7 – President Duterte publicly named more than 150 government officials including mayors, judges, polices and lawmakers who are allegedly involved in an illegal drug trade.^{[173][174][175]}
• August 8 – 14 dead, 8 injured and 262,271 families were affected after heavy rains and floods due to southwest monsoon shuts down Metro Manila and nearby provinces.^[176]
• August 11 – Ten high-profile inmates are killed in the explosion incident inside the Parañaque City Jail.^[177]
• August 12 – The Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 32 grants the bail petition to communist leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon ahead of the scheduled peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines in Oslo.^[178]
• August 13 – The peace talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front reopens in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[179]
• August 14
  • About thousands of people gather at Rizal Park protesting the burial of the late former President Ferdinand Marcos scheduled for September 18.^[180][181]
  • A rare tornado hits Manila and nearby areas at around 4:30 pm PHT, which, according to a report by the PAGASA, originated from land.^{[182][183][184]}
• August 15 – The Department of Justice orders the filing of direct assault with murder charges in court against 88 people over the Mamasapano clash in 2015 that left 44 SAF commandos dead.^[185]
• August 16 – The Supreme Court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, dismisses the electoral protest filed by 2010 vice presidential candidate Mar Roxas against former Vice President Jejomar Binay in the May 10, 2010 elections.^[186][187]
• August 17
  • Mohammad Safyan, an Indonesian crew member of the tugboat Charles, who were abducted off the high seas near the Philippine border last June 23, along with six other crew members, escapes from his Abu Sayyaf captors in Luuk, Sulu.^[188]
  • Maia Deguito, the former branch manager of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation tagged in the $81-million money laundering scandal, is arrested at a supermarket in Makati for perjury.^[189]
• August 20–27 – The peace talks between the government and the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) took place in Oslo.^[190]
• August 22 – The Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights begins its hearing on the spate of summary executions in the Philippines.^[191]
• August 23
  • The Sandiganbayan founds NBN-ZTE deal whistleblower Jun Lozada, guilty of graft for granting separate leasehold rights over public lands to his brother and to a private company with ties to him under the Lupang Hinirang program of the Philippine Forest Corporation.^[192]
  • Rogelio Bato Jr., the lawyer of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa, and his 15-year-old companion, Angelica Bonita are killed in a shooting incident in Tacloban City.^[193]
  • The Supreme Court issues a 20-day status quo ante order on the issue of the planned interment of the remains of the late president Ferdinand Marcos at Heroes Cementery.^[194]
• August 25 – President Rodrigo Duterte releases the matrix showing the supposed links of Sen. Leila de Lima and other former and current government officials to the alleged illegal drug operations inside the New Bilibid Prison.^[195]
• August 26 – The Philippine government and the National Democratic Front signs an indefinite ceasefire agreement as part of efforts to end a conflict that has lasted almost five decades and killed at least 40,000 people.^[196]
• August 27 – 20 inmates were escaped after the Maute terrorist group armed with assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades, attack the Lanao del Sur provincial jail.^[197]
• August 29 – 15 soldiers and 30 Abu Sayyaf bandits are killed during a clash in Patikul, Sulu.^[198]
• August 31 – Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales is among this year's recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards.^[199][200]

September

• September 2 – An explosion rocks a night market in Davao City, where at least 15 people were killed and 70 were reported to have been injured.^[201] The Abu Sayyaf claimed responsibility for the attack.^[202]
• September 4 – President Rodrigo Duterte issued Proclamation No. 55 declaring a state of emergency in the Philippines on account of lawless violence following the Davao City bombing.^[203]
• September 5 – The Philippine National Police launches the Text Bato hotline 2286 and Itaga Mo sa Bato mobile app as the newest tools in its campaign against narcotics.^[204][205]
• September 8 – Joel Reyes, former governor of Palawan and one of two brothers accused of masterminding the 2011 murder of journalist and good governance advocate Gerry Ortega is denied bail by the court trying the case.^[206]
• September 9 – The fact-finding team of the Commission on Elections clears Smartmatic of liability in the controversial alteration of the script of the transparency server used for the quick counts in the May 9 polls.^[207]
• September 11 – The Official Gazette of the Philippines received criticism after posting a graphic commemorating the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos' 99th birth anniversary, with some social media users accusing the government outfit of historical revisionism.^[208]
• September 13 – The Supreme Court dismisses the bid of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) seeking to lift the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued in June 2015 enjoining the procurement, selling, distributing, dispensing and administering and promoting contraceptive implants.^[209]
• September 14 – The Sandiganbayan dismisses the graft case against former National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) chief Romulo Neri over the alleged overpriced national broadband network project with China’s ZTE Corp. in 2007.^[210]
• September 15 – Edgar Matobato, a former member of the Davao Death Squad, surfaces the Senate hearing on alleged extrajudicial killings during the current administration.^[211]
• September 16 – The Sandiganbayan dismisses the graft cases against Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo over the allegedly anomalous NBN-ZTE deal.^[212]
• September 17
  • Kjartan Sekkingstad, a Norwegian taken hostage by the Abu Sayyaf in Samal Island, is released in Jolo, Sulu.^[213]
  • The Provincial Government of Batanes declares a state of calamity due to the damage wrought by Typhoon Ferdie.^[214]
• September 19 – Voted 16–4–2, the Senate ousts Senator Leila de Lima as chairperson of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights after granting Senator Manny Pacquiao's motion to declare the chairmanship and membership of the committee vacant.^[215]
• September 20
  • The House Committee on Justice begins its hearing on the proliferation of drugs and narcotics syndicates in the New Bilibid Prison.^[216]
  • The Supreme Court upholds the decision of the Senate Electoral Tribunal on Senator Grace Poe's eligibility to run in the 2013 election and ruled that she is qualified to sit as a senator of the republic.^[217]
• September 28 — A riot occurred in New Bilibid Prison that killed one high-profile inmate, Tony Co, and three others wounded including convicted drug lord Jaybee Sebastian.^[218]

October

• October 13 – President Duterte signs Administrative Order #1 which forms the Presidential Task Force against violence and killing of journalists.^[219]
• October 19
  • Typhoon Haima (Lawin) hits northern Luzon, killing at least 4 people.^[220] Typhoon signal number 5 is raised for the first time before and after its landfall.^[221]
  • A violent protest rally occurs at Roxas Boulevard, in the front of the United States embassy in Manila. Three protesters are injured after being rammed by a police van during the dispersal.^[222][223] The Philippine National Police and Congress called an investigation to the violent police action that injured several protesters.^[224][225]

November

• November 8 – The Supreme Court votes 9–5–1 in favor of former President Ferdinand Marcos' remains to be transferred from the Ferdinand E. Marcos Presidential Center in Batac, Ilocos Norte to the Heroes' Cemetery in Taguig.^[226]
• November 18 – Ferdinand Marcos is buried at the Heroes' Cemetery with rites closed to the general public.
• November 26–ongoing – the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Maute Group clashes after the latter seized the town of Butig, Lanao del Sur.

Holidays

On August 26, 2015, the government announced at least 19 Philippine holidays for 2016 as declared by virtue of Proclamation No. 1105, series of 2015.^[227] Note that in the list, holidays in italics are "special non-working holidays," those in bold are "regular holidays," and those in non-italics and non-bold are "special holidays for schools."

In addition, several other places observe local holidays, such as the foundation of their town. These are also "special days."

• January 1 – New Year's Day
• January 2 – Special non-working holiday
• February 8 – Chinese New Year
• February 25 – 1986 EDSA Revolution^[228]
• March 24 – Maundy Thursday
• March 25 – Good Friday
• March 26 – Black Saturday
• April 9 – Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor)
• May 1 – Labor Day
• May 9 – Election Day^[229]
• June 12 – Independence Day
• July 6 – Eid'l Fitr (Feast of Ramadan)^[230]
• August 21 – Ninoy Aquino Day
• August 29 – National Heroes Day
• September 12 – Eid'l Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)^[231]
• November 1 – All Saints Day
• November 30 – Bonifacio Day
• December 24 – Special non-working holiday (in observance of the Christmas season)
• December 25 – Christmas Day
• December 30 – Rizal Day
• December 31 – Last day of the year (in observance of New Year's celebrations)

Business and economy

• January 4 – The Philippine Stock Exchange is named the Best Stock Exchange in Southeast Asia by the Marquee Awards of the Alpha Southeast Asia magazine.^[232]
• January 28 – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) report states that the Philippine economic growth for the year 2015 grew to 5.8%.^[233]
• February 1 – Following complaints that the ₱100 and ₱1,000 bills seem to look alike, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has released new 100-peso bank notes with a stronger mauve or violet color.^[234]
• February 3 – The Philippines jumps to 70th place, leaped by six places from last year's 76th in the Index of Economic Freedom 2015 by the Heritage Foundation.^[235]
• February 4
  • President Aquino III signs Executive Order 198 on the merger between two government-owned banks, The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and The Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP).^[236]
  • Hackers transferred funds from the Bangladesh Bank's account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation which was later transferred to Philippine-based casinos. The money laundering case may potentially be the biggest documented case of money laundering the country if proven.^[237]
• February 18 – Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Inc. inaugurates its manufacturing plant for its snacks line including Cheetos, located in Cabuyao, Laguna.^[238]
• March 2 – SM Supermalls owner Henry Sy still holds the #1 position as the Philippine's richest billionaire in the country by Forbes.^[239]
• May 25 – President Aquino III signed Republic Act No. 10846 amending the charter of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) or the deposit insurance law.^[240]
• May 30 – PLDT, Inc. and Globe Telecom announces the acquisition of telecommunications business and assets of San Miguel Corporation, following the SMC's failed partnership attempt with Australia-based telecom company Telstra.^[241]
• June 16 – President Aquino vetoes House Bill 3675 and Senate Bill 2518 that seeks removing conditions for the condonation of all unpaid income taxes of local water districts (LWDs).^[242]
• July 7 – Geronimo De Los Reyes Jr., the chairman emeritus of Gateway Property Holdings, and acclaimed veterinarian Anton Mari Lim were among on the list of Heroes of Philanthropy by Forbes Asia.^[243]
• July 14 – Andres C. Sarmiento, who serves on a concurrent position as Executive Vice President, is appointed President of the Land Bank of the Philippines.^[244]
• July 18 – Former Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor and current Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. is appointed to the board of directors of insurance company FWD Life Philippines.^[245]
• July 19 – The Court of Appeals voided an order issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) in November 2012, requiring telecommunications companies to cut their Short Message Service (SMS) rates and return the excess amount paid by subscribers.^[246]
• July 22
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disqualifies businessman Roberto Ongpin from serving as an officer or board member in any public company or publicly listed company after he allegedly engaged in insider trading in the sale of Philex mining shares in 2009.^[247]
  • The DOTr and LTFRB stops accepting applications for new ride-sharing vehicles of e-hailing companies Uber and Grab due to a backlog as the government reviews its policies on fare spikes.^[248]
• July 23 – The Court of Appeals denies Globe Telecom's petition to prevent the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) from reviewing its joint ₱69.1-billion acquisition with PLDT of San Miguel Corp’s telecom business.^[249]
• August 8 – The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation files a criminal complaint for syndicated estafa against the former directors, officers, employees and consultants of the closed Banco Filipino Savings and Mortgage Bank, estimating losses to the bank at P669.6 million.^[250]
• August 26 – SM Supermalls owner Henry Sy remains the richest Filipino with a net worth of $13.7 billion, occupying the top spot on Forbes Philippines Rich List for the ninth year running.^[251]
• August 29 – Three Philippine-listed companies, Jollibee Foods Corp., Puregold Price Club and Robinsons Retail Holdings were made to list of this year’s Forbes Asia Fabulous 50 List.^[252]

Health

• March 3 – President Aquino signs the Rare Disease Act, that aims for the persons who have rare diseases to have access to better and comprehensive healthcare.^[253]
• March 6 – The Department of Health confirms that an American tourist was tested positive with Zika virus after staying for four weeks in the Philippines. A widespread Zika virus outbreak in the Americas was ongoing at the time.^[254]
• April 4 – The Department of Health has launched its school-based dengue immunization program.^[255] On April 25, over 200,000 students have been already received by the DOH, the first ever vaccine against dengue since the vaccination program started on April 4.^[256]
• April 21 – A norovirus outbreak strikes Zamboanga City killing 4 people and 700 others, including children, were hospitalized.^[257]

The event at which five concertgoers collapsed and subsequently died took place at the SM Mall of Asia parking area.

• May 21 – Five concertgoers are found dead on the Close-Up Forever Summer concert at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay.^[258] Authorities suspect that the deaths are due to use of ecstasy.^[259] Then Presumptive president-elect Rodrigo Duterte blamed the concert deaths on lack of security to prevent illegal drugs from entering the concert.^[260]
• May 25 – Arianwen Rollan's research on Malunggay seed extract that may help hamper the growth of tumors, bagged the Qatar Foundation's First Award for Research and Development in Medical Science at year’s Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.^[261]
• June 2 – A diarrhea outbreak strikes Eastern Visayas, killing 13 people and hospitalizing 1,370 others on Samar and Leyte, as of June 3, 2016. The Department of Health (DOH) stated that lack of potable water in the region resulted to the outbreak.^[262]
• July 14 – The Department of Health's Epidemiology Bureau recorded 52 deaths among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in May this year.^[263]
• July 16 – The European Union (EU) and international donor agency Oxfam donate at least P4 million worth of medical equipment to Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).^[264]
• July 17 – The National Capital Region (NCR) remains at the top of the list of the country's regions with reported human immunodeficiency virus cases since 1984.^[265]
• July 21
  • A state of calamity has been declared in the municipality of Tupi in South Cotabato due to a sudden increase in dengue cases.^[266]
  • The Department of Social Welfare and Development released a total of P939,653,541.24 in assistance, mostly medical, to indigent clients for the first half of this year.^[267]

Sports

The San Miguel Beermen huddle after Game 6 of the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup Finals.

• February 3, Basketball – The San Miguel Beermen claim the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup title after beating the Alaska Aces in the finals. The Beermen is the first PBA team to come back from a 0–3 deficit.^[268]
• February 13 – Filipino boxing champions Nonito Donaire and Donnie Nietes and golfer Miguel Tabuena receive the Athlete of the Year award in the 2015 PSA Annual Awards held in One Espanade, Pasay.^[269]
• March 7–11, Multisport – The Philippine National Games are held in Pangasinan.^[270]
• March 17–20, Cycling – Tagaytay hosts the World University Cycling Championship.^[271]
• April 9–16, Multisport – The Albay province hosts the 2016 Palarong Pambansa.^[272]

Manny Pacquiao

• April 10, Boxing – Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao defeats Timothy Bradley for the third time.^{[273][274][275]}
• April 16–17, Taekwondo – The Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament is hosted by Manila.^[276]
• April 23, Boxing – Nonito Donaire defeats Zsolt Bedak via a technical knockout in Cebu City.^[277]
• April 30, Volleyball – The DLSU Lady Spikers claim their ninth championship trophy after winning the UAAP Season 78 women's volleyball tournaments against the Ateneo Lady Eagles, 19-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-16, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.^[278]
• May 25, Boxing – Johnriel Casimero defeats Thai boxer Amnat Ruenroeng to claim the International Boxing Federation's flyweight title in Beijing, China.^[279]
• May 28
  • Boxing – Donnie Nietes retains his light flyweight title from the World Boxing Organization, after defeating Mexican boxer Raúl García into submission after five rounds at the La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod.^[280]
  • Basketball – Philippines men's national basketball team won their second tournament title by defeating the host country Thailand in the championship match of 2016 SEABA Cup.^[281]
• June 25–26, Basketball – Retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant visits the Philippines for the Nike's Mamba Mentality Tour.^[282]
• June 25, Mixed Martial Arts – Actors Baron Geisler and Kiko Matos has faced each other in an exhibition match as part of the URCC: Fight Night at the Valkyrie at the Palace, Taguig, which was ended in a unanimous draw, scoring 19-19 by the match judges.^[283]
• July 5–10, Basketball – The Philippines co-hosts the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.^[284]
• July 7, Basketball – The Philippines men's national basketball team end their bid to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics after losing 80–89 to the New Zealand men's national basketball team in Group B of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.^[285]
• July 10, Boxing – Jason Pagara defeats Mexican boxer Abraham Alvarez, via knockout in the third round of their welterweight showdown in the co-main event of Pinoy Pride 37: Fists of the Future in San Mateo Events Center in San Mateo, California, but his younger brother Albert Pagara suffered the first defeat of his career after he was knocked out by Cesar Juarez at round 8.^{[286][287][288]}
• July 15, Basketball – Janine Nicandro, a PBA Developmental League former referee, is appointed as the first female referee of the PBA.^[289]
• July 17, Taekwondo – The Philippine taekwondo team bags five gold medals and five silver medals at the World Taekwondo Culture Exposition in Muju, South Korea.^[290]
• July 27, Boxing – Marlon Tapales of Lala, Lanao del Norte defeats Thai boxer Pungluang Sor Singyu via knockout in Thailand to claim the World Boxing Organization's bantamweight title.^[291]
• July 31, Basketball – The Philippines' Mighty Sports defeat Chinese Taipei B, 104–80, to win the 2016 William Jones Cup.^[292]
• August 6–22 – The Philippine delegation, consisting of 13 athletes in eight different sports, participates at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[293]
• August 7, Weightlifting – At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Hidilyn Diaz wins a silver medal at the women's 53 kg event for weightlifting. It is the Philippines' tenth Olympic medal overall and the country's first since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 20 years prior.^[294]
• September 3–11, Volleyball – The Philippines hosts the AVC Club Volleyball Championship.^[295]
• September 9, Wrestling – The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) returned to the Philippines for a one-night only event at the Mall of Asia Arena.^[296]
• September 10, Chess – Janelle Mae Frayna, a 20-year-old chess player from Legazpi City, officially became the first woman grandmaster of the Philippines after a stellar performance at the 42nd World Chess Olympiad at Baku Azerbaikan.^[297]
• September 12, Table tennis – At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Josephine Medina wins a bronze medal at the women's individual – Class 8 tournament for table tennis. It is the Philippines' second Paralympic medal overall after Adeline Dumapong won a bronze for powerlifting at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, 16 years prior.^[298]
• September 15, Wrestling – Filipino-American wrestler TJ Perkins was crowned as the winner of the WWE Cruiserweight Classic tournament. Perkins was also crowned as the inaugural WWE Cruiserweight Champion.^[299]
• November 6, Boxing – Manny Pacquiao defeats American boxer Jessie Vargas in Las Vegas to claim the World Boxing Organization's welterweight title.^[300]

Scheduled

• October 15, Mixed Martial Arts – The UFC will return to Manila for hosting the 2nd UFC Fight Night at the Mall of Asia Arena, featuring the main event bout between Ricardo Lamas and B.J. Penn.^[301][302]
• October 18–23, Volleyball – The Philippines will host the 10th FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.^[303]
• November 19–26, Football – The Philippines will host the group stage of the 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup along with Myanmar.^[304]
• November 25 – Philippine Olympic Committee elections will be held.^[305]

Entertainment and culture

Philippine Arena

• January 1
  • Carlo Katigbak becomes the new President and CEO of the ABS-CBN Corporation, among the largest entertainment and media conglomerate in the country, replacing Charo Santos-Concio who stepped down from the post on December 31, 2015.^[306][307]
  • The Iglesia ni Cristo claims three new Guinness world records namely for the Largest Fireworks Display, Longest Line of Sparklers Lit in A Relay, and the Most Sparklers Lit Simultaneously during the "Countdown to 2016" grand New Year event at the Ciudad de Victoria in Bocaue, Bulacan.^[308]
• January 11, 13 – The House Committee on Metro Manila Development conducts an investigation over the disqualification of the film Honor Thy Father in the Best Picture category of the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival and other irregularities.^[309][310]
• January 21 – Filipina grandmother Babylyn Decena-Newfield is crowned as the inaugural titleholder of the Ms. Grandma Universal.^[311]
• January 25 – President Aquino approves the privatization plans of the government-sequestered television network Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC-13) thru public bidding.^[312][313]
• February 1 – The ABS-CBN program On the Wings of Love apologizes to the Philippine National Police (PNP) on a complaint of using a police uniform on Clark (James Reid's character) in a striptease scene with Leah (Nadine Lustre's character) in the January 11 episode of the drama series.^[314]
• February 7 – Lucky Aces was named the first grand winner of Dance Kids held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater at Resorts World Manila.^[315]
• February 12 – The ABS-CBN program It's Showtime launched its all-female dance group known as the GirlTrends consisting of 21 talents from Star Magic, Pinoy Big Brother and other programs.^[316]
• February 21 – Lav Diaz, director of the 8-hour length full feature film Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis, wins the Silver Bear: Alfred Bauer Prize for a feature film in the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.^[317]
• February 26 – Ten Filipinos, including singer Charice Pempengco and photographer Xyza Cruz Bacani, are part of the inaugural "30 Under 30 Asia" list released by Forbes Magazine.^[318]

Nora Aunor

• February 29 – Nora Aunor is recognized as one of the 6 Ani ng Dangal awardees by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.^[319]
• March 6 – Felix Manalo, a bio-pic film of the life of the Iglesia ni Cristo's first executive minister Felix Manalo bags the Movie of the Year award of the 32nd PMPC Star Awards for Movies.^[320]
• April 17
  • Maxine Medina, a graduate of the Philippine School of Interior Design with experience in designing residential condominiums and a model, is crowned as Miss Universe Philippines 2016 during the coronation night of the Binibining Pilipinas 2016 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.^[321]
  • The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) releases limited copies of the special commemorative stamps in honor of Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.^[322]
• April 23 – Yohan Hwang, a Korean tourist based in Manila, bags the first Grand Touristar title of the reality competition show I Love OPM at the Newport Performing Arts Theater of Resorts World Manila in Pasay.^[323]
• May 22
  • Jaclyn Jose wins the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film Ma' Rosa, becoming the first Filipina to win the award.^[324]
  • Power Duo, composed of couple Anjanette and Gervin from Angono, Rizal, wins the fifth season of Pilipinas Got Talent, the grand finals of which were held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.^[325]
• June 11 – Imelda Schweighart of Puerto Princesa is crowned as Miss Philippines Earth 2016 during the coronation night held at the University of the Philippines Diliman Theater in Quezon City.^[326]
• June 12 – Filipino costume designer Clint Ramos wins the Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Play at the 70th Tony Awards in New York City for his work on the Broadway play Eclipsed.^[327][328]
• June 22 – John Lloyd Cruz and LJ Reyes win the Best Actor and Actress awards, respectively, at the 39th Gawad Urian.^[329]
• June 24 – Cristelle Tolentino, a Cum Laude graduated student from the University of Santo Tomas, is crowned as Miss Manila 2016 during the coronation night held at the Philippine International Convention Center.^[330]
• June 30 – Jessy Mendiola is crowned The Nation's Sexiest Woman in FHM Philippines' 2016 100 Sexiest List.^[331]
• July 2 – Young actress Teri Malvar earned more international recognition for her performance in the crime-drama Hamog (Haze), this time in the Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF).^[332]
• July 4 – John Lloyd Cruz has been recognized as one of 3 honorees of the Star Asia award at the 15th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) for his film Honor Thy Father, becoming the first Filipino and Southeast Asian actor to receive the honor in the other hand actress Teri Malvar receives a Screen International Rising Star Asia award after she appears in Ralston Jover's Hamog.^[333]
• July 11 – Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza, are declared as The Most Beautiful Stars of 2016 of YES! magazine.^[334][335]
• July 15 – President Rodrigo Duterte approves the proposal of Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon Teo, to host the forthcoming Miss Universe pageant in the Philippines.^[336]
• July 17
  • Filipino teen dance troupe Junior New System wins major awards at this year’s World Championship of Performing Arts (WCOPA).^[337]
  • The all-male group Tres Kantos, consisting of Bugoy Drilon, Jovit Baldivino, and former Tawag ng Tanghalan contestant Dominador Aviola, also known as Daddy D, mentored by Erik Santos, are named the first winner of the celebrity competition We Love OPM during the show's live finale at Resorts World Manila.^[338]
• July 20 – Gabby Cabalic wins the Best Actor award at the 1st ToFarm Film Festival, held at the Makati Shangri-La, Manila.^[339]
• July 23 – Di Na Muli, interpreted by Itchyworms, wins this year’s Philippine Popular Music Festival (PhilPop) held at the KIA Theater.^[340]
• July 30 – Ganiel Akrisha Krishnan, a sportscaster for ABS-CBN Sports & Action is crowned as Mutya ng Pilipinas-Asia Pacific during the coronation night held at the Resorts World Manila’s Newport Performing Arts Theater.^[341]
• July 31 – DZMM Radyo Patrol 630, ABS-CBN’s flagship AM radio station, celebrates its 30th anniversary with the Grand Kapamilya Day event held at San Andres Sports Complex in Malate, Manila.^[342]
• August 21 – Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza, collectively known as "AlDub", and Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla, collectively known as "KathNiel", and other Kapamilya and Kapuso personalities and programs are among the winners at the 2016 PEP List Awards night held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.^[343][344]
• August 27 – Joshua Oliveros, coached by Lea Salonga, wins the third season of The Voice Kids held at the Newport Performing Arts Theatre, Resorts World Manila.^[345]
• September 10 – Ang Babaeng Humayo, a revenge tale shot in black and white by director Lav Diaz, wins the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival.^[346]

Deaths

January

• January 2 – Virginia Torres, former LTO chief (b. 1953)^[347]
• January 4 – Stephen W. Bosworth, United States Ambassador to the Philippines during the People Power Revolution (b. 1939)^[348][349]
• January 6 – Marnill "Kigoy" Abarico, reality show contestant (Pinoy Big Brother: Unlimited) (b. 1979)^[350]
• January 8 – German Moreno, TV host, actor, talent manager (b. 1933)^[351]
• January 9 – Cielito del Mundo, original host of Kapwa Ko Mahal Ko and Mahal, actress (b. 1935)^[352]
• January 11 – Napoleon Rama, former Manila Bulletin publisher (b. 1923)^[353]
• January 12 – Democrito Mendoza, co-founder of Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (b. 1943)^[354]
• January 23 – Tiger Mañalac, incumbent councilor of Malabon (b. 1970)^[355]
• January 27 – Carlos Loyzaga, former basketball player and coach (b. 1930)^[356]
• January 29
  • Cayetano Paderanga, Jr., former NEDA director-general (b. 1948)^[357]
  • Feliciano Salonga, former Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) chairman and father of Lea Salonga and Gerard Salonga (b. 1929)^[358]

February

• February 4 – Uro dela Cruz, television director (Bubble Gang) (b. 1952)^[359]
• February 5 – Ciriaco Cañete, martial artist (Doce Pares Eskrima Club) (b. 1919)^[360]
• February 8 – Roy Señeres, OFW Family Club party-list representative (b. 1947)^[361]
• February 13 – Lauro Vizconde, Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption founding president and board of director, IBC-13 (b. 1938)^[362]
• February 16 – Vincent Navarro, artist (b. 1992)^[363]
• February 20 – Noel Perfecto, PTV-4 senior correspondent (b. 1947)^[364]
• February 26 – Thadeo Ouano, former Mayor of Mandaue (1998–2007) (b. 1944)^[365]
• February 29 – Wenn Deramas, film and television director (b. 1966)^[366]

March

• March 4 – Wenceslao "Peewee" Trinidad, former Mayor of Pasay (2001–06; 2007–10) (b. 1934)^[367]
• March 5 – Nestor Mantaring, former NBI director (b. 1948)^[368]
• March 6 – Francis Xavier Pasion, film and television director (b. 1978)^[369]
• March 10
  • Jovito Salonga, former Senate of the Philippines president (b. 1920)^[370]
  • Andrew Gotianun, Filinvest Development Corporation chairman (b. 1927)^[371]
• March 11 – Antonio Cabangon Chua, former Philippine ambassador to Laos (b. 1934)^[372]
• March 16 – Ben Aniceto, former Vice President and General Manager, ABS-CBN (1986–87) (b. 1933)^[373]
• March 22 – Cecilio Hechanova, founding chairman of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) (1990–92) (b. 1932)^[374]
• March 29 – Gabriel C. Singson, former Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (b. 1929)^[375]
• March 31 – Leonardo Mayaen, Governor of Mountain Province (b. 1953)^[376]

April

• April 8 – Jun Lingcoran, Radyo Patrol #24 and former Chief of Reporters, DZMM (b. 1970)^[377]
• April 13 – Ronnie Lucas, Vice Mayor of Jones, Isabela (b. 1975)^[378]
• April 14 – Rod Reyes, former Vice President and General Manager, GMA Radio Television Arts (b. 1935)^[379]
• April 19
  • Luis Katigbak, writer (b. 1974)^[380][381]
  • Leovic Dioneda, former Mayor of Sorsogon City (b. 1954)^[382]
  • Roberto Rivera, former Vice Mayor of Pandi, Bulacan (b. 1955)^[383]
• April 27 – Julio Labayen, Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Infanta (b. 1926)^[384]
• April 29 – Renato Corona, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (2010–12) (b. 1948)^[385]

May

• May 3 – Domingo Siazon, Jr., 18th Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1995–2001) and Philippine ambassador to Japan (2001–05) (b. 1939)^[386]
• May 18 – Eduardo Castrillo, sculptor (b. 1942)^[387]

June

• June 11 – Max Laurel, character actor (Zuma) (b. 1945)^[388]
• June 13 – Tet Garcia, elected Vice Governor of Bataan (b. 1940)^[389]
• June 16 – Magdalena Leones, former US Army Force Special Agent during World War II (b. 1921)^[390]
• June 20 – Ernesto Maceda, 18th President of the Senate (1996–98) and former Philippine ambassador to the United States (b. 1935)^[391]
• June 30 – Tupay Loong, Sulu first district representative (b. 1947)^[392]

July

• July 2 – Isaac Tolentino, former Mayor of Tagaytay (1954–80) and father of Francis Tolentino (b. 1923)^[393]
• July 3 – Gilbert Bulawan, PBA basketball player (Blackwater Elite) (b. 1986)^[394]
• July 7 – Erwin Dolera, one of the so-called Bangkang Papel boys during the administration of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (b. 1992)^[395]
• July 14
  • Helena Benitez, former Senator and administrator of the Philippine Women's University (b. 1914)^[396]
  • Bong Daza, former Makati councillor, estranged husband of Gloria Diaz and father of Isabelle Daza (b. 1951)^[397]
• July 24 – Emmanuel Dipotado, Mayor of Sibulan, Negros Oriental (b. 1968)^[398]

August

• August 4 – Snaffu Rigor, veteran composer (b. 1947)^[399]
• August 5 – Aaron Sampaga, Vice Mayor of Pamplona, Cagayan (b. 1977)^[400]
• August 17 – Baby Dalupan, former PBA coach and player (b. 1923)^[401]
• August 20 – Lilia Cuntapay, actress (b. 1935)^[402]

September

• September 10 – Joy Viado, comedian (b. 1959)^[403]
• September 29 – Miriam Defensor Santiago, politician (b. 1945)^[404]

October

• October 11 – Dick Israel, actor (b. 1947)^[405]

November

• November 5 – Rolando Espinosa, Mayor of Albuera, Leyte^[406]
• November 11
  • Jum Jainudin Akbar, Basilan lone district representative^[407]
  • Ronnie Nathanielsz, sports analyst and sportswriter (b. 1934 or 1935)^[408]

See also

• Years in the Philippines
• Timeline of Philippine history

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