This is an accepted version of this page ← → 2016 in the Philippines details events that occurred in the Philippines in 2016.
On August 26, 2015, the government announced at least 19 Philippine holidays for 2016 as declared by virtue of Proclamation No.
[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.
Senator and Presidential candidate Grace Poe-Llamanzares was filed with disqualification cases due to allegations of not meeting the requirements provided by the Constitution.
Diwata-1
, the first Philippine satellite built and designed by Filipino scientists.
Five transactions issued by hackers, worth $101 million and withdrawn from a Bangladesh Bank account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, succeeded, with $20M traced to Sri Lanka (since recovered) and $81M to the Philippines.
The Cebu International Convention Center was the subject of the graft charges filed by Third District of Cebu Representative Gwendolyn Garcia.
President Aquino in the groundbreaking ceremony of Clark Green City.
Provincial and city breakdown of presidential race 2016.
