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January. January 1 – Transition period for the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program begins. Non-consolidated PUVs, whose operation has been extended for a month, will be prohibited from operating in the country after January 31. However, on January 24, President Marcos extends the deadline for consolidation until April 30.
Several attempts to enact constitutional reform have taken place in the Philippines in 2024. This originated with President Bongbong Marcos and his allies ' efforts. [5] [6] [7] The political dispute has been characterized by the conflict between the upper and lower houses of the Congress of 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 May 31, 2024, there have been 4,140,383 [1] reported cases, and 66,864 [1] reported deaths, the fifth highest in Southeast Asia , behind Vietnam , Indonesia , Malaysia , and ...
Environmental issues in the Philippines. Today, environmental problems in the Philippines include pollution, mining and logging, deforestation, threats to environmental activists, dynamite fishing, landslides, coastal erosion, biodiversity loss, extinction, global warming and climate change. [1] [2] [3] Due to the paucity of extant documents, a ...
Ongoing events. COVID-19 pandemic (until July 22, 2023); Philippine sugar crisis; Events January. January 1 – 2023 Philippine airspace closure: The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines closes the country's airspace for nearly six hours due to a power outage in its air traffic management center that affected its communication systems, disrupting more than 280 commercial flights and ...
Climate change is having serious impacts in the Philippines such as increased frequency and severity of natural disasters, sea level rise, extreme rainfall, resource shortages, and environmental degradation. [1] All of these impacts together have greatly affected the Philippines' agriculture, water, infrastructure, human health, and coastal ...
The Philippines suspended all inbound commercial flight to its international airports for a week starting May 3. From May 11 to June 10, new regulations were imposed on inbound flights to Ninoy Aquino International Airport with charter flights allowed only on Mondays and Thursdays and commercial flights allowed in all the other five days. All ...
February 9 – The Japan International Cooperation Agency extends a ¥329-million grant to the Philippines aimed at further developing human resources in the country. March. March 31 – SpaceX announces that it would launch its Starlink satellite broadband service in the Philippines, a first in Southeast Asia.