On September 7, 1840, Regino Garcia, a renowned Filipino artist, botanist, and forester, was born in Manila.
On September 4, 1943, the Japanese-sponsored 1943 Constitution was signed and ratified in a general assembly and two days later by 117 members of the Kapisanan...
On August 30, 1896, prompted by the spread of rebellion led by Andres Bonifacio, Spanish Governor-General Ramon Blanco declared a "state of war" in the provinces...
On August 28, 1851, Nazaria Lagos, maker of the first Philippine flag in Iloilo, was born in in barrio Burongan (now Jaguimit) Dueñas, Iloilo.
On August 23, 2010, exactly 54 days before the Benigno Aquino III Administration completed its second month in office, the sorry state of the country’s corruption...
On August 22, 1977, President Ferdinand Marcos announced that he was lifting the nightly curfew and the travel ban as his first step towards relaxing the...
On August 21, 1983, former Senator Benigno "Ninoy" S. Aquino Jr. was assassinated at the Manila International Airport upon returning home from a three-year self-exile in...
On August 19, 1878, Manuel Luis Quezon was born in Baler, in the district of El Principe, Tayabas province (present day Baler, Aurora), to Spanish parents Lucio...
On August 18, 1926, Larry Alcala, well-known editorial cartoonist and illustrator, was born in Daraga, Albay. Alcala started his career while studying at the University of...
On August 16, 1956, Republic Act 1425, commonly known as the Rizal Act requiring the inclusion in school curricula of courses on Dr. Jose Rizal’s life and...
