In 1852, the Boletin Oficial de Filipinas was created by law and featured not only official government issuances but also local and international news and among others, serialized Spanish novels.

Enacted by the Philippine Commission on September 2, 1902, it provided that the Gazette be published weekly in both English and Spanish.

638, "An Act to provide for the uniform publication and distribution of the Official Gazette" on May 22, 1941, which was approved by President Manuel L. Quezon on June 10, 1941.

200 issued by President Corazon C. Aquino states "Laws shall take effect after fifteen days following the completion of their publication either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines".

4, signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III on July 30, 2010, placed editorial responsibilities for the Official Gazette under the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office.

[6] On July 3, 2018, the Official Gazette, along with around 116 government websites, became inaccessible due to hardware failure from six-year-old servers in need of upgrades.