February 12

February 12, 1998, a law was passed for the centennial of the proclamation of Philippine independence to change the color of the flag from Cuban blue to royal blue, after a furious debate among historians and members of the public.

-The law, Republic Act 8491, also specifies that:

SECTION 4. The flag of the Philippines shall be blue, white and red with an eight-rayed golden-yellow sun and three five-pointed stars, as consecrated and honored by the people.

SECTION 26. The period from May 28 to June 12 of each year is declared as Flag Days, during which period all offices, agencies and instrumentalities of government, business establishments, institutions of learning and private homes are enjoined to display the flag.

SECTION 27. The flag shall have the following proportions. The width of the flag, 1; the length of the flag, 2; and the sides of the white triangle, 1.

-Also, the National Coat-of-Arms shall also have paleways of two (2) pieces, azure and gules; a chief argent studded with three (3) mullets equidistant from each other; and, in point of honor, ovoid argent over all the sun rayonnant with eight minor lesser rays. Beneath shall be the scroll with the words "REPUBLIKA NG PILIPINAS," enscribed thereon.

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February 8, 2011 Retired Gen. Angelo Tomas Reyes (65) committed suicide at his mother's grave.
- Reyes, who headed the military from 2001 to 2003, was at the center of a congressional probe into one of the biggest corruption scandals to have hit the Philippine armed forces.

Former DILG Sec. Angelo Reyes

(http://www.dilg.gov.ph/news/Official-Statement-of-the-DILG-on-the-Demise-of-former-SEC-ANGELO-T-REYES/NC-2014-92)

- Reyes, who had also served as defense secretary and in other Cabinet-level posts, died from a single bullet fired into his chest, Health Secretary Enrique Ona said. Doctors at the Quirino Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City tried to revive him for 45 minutes but failed.
- "Sorry" was the last word that former Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff apparently uttered as his sons and aides frantically carried him and rushed him to the hospital.

February 7

February 7, 1986 The Snap Elections for the Presidential and Vice-Presidential position was held.
- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) conducted the elections with incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos and running mate, former Senate President and Foreign Minister Arturo M. Tolentino; versus the widow of Ninoy Aquino, Mrs. Corazon C. Aquino and former Senator Salvador H. Laurel.
- Batasang Pambansa proclaimed Marcos and Tolentino as winners in the presidential and vice-presidential race. The opposition called the result "fraudulent".

1986 Snap Elections

(http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/151417/aquino-edsa-is-still-unfinished-revolution)

- Mrs. Aquino and other opposition leaders called for nationwide protests and civil disobedience against Marcos. It followed the end of Martial Law and brought about the People Power Revolution, the downfall of President Ferdinand E. Marcos, and the accession of Corazon C. Aquino as President.

February 6

Pebrero 6, 2012 Dakong 11:49 AM, niyanig ng magnitude 6.9 na lindol ang Negros, Cebu at mga kalapit na isla sa epicenter ng silangang Negros Oriental, malapit sa munisipalidad ng Tayasan

2012 Visayas Earthquake

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/USGS_intensity_for_2012_Negros_quake.jpg)

- Sa loob ng 23 oras ay naitala ng PHIVOLCS seismic monitoring network ang 896 na mahihinang aftershocks

- Umabot sa 51 ang bilang ng mga nasawi sa pagguho ng ilang imprastraktura

February 5

February 5, 1999 Leo Echegaray was executed via lethal injection after being convicted of raping his stepdaughter, "Baby" Echegaray.

Leo Echegaray, 1999

(http://www.executedtoday.com/2014/02/05/1999-leo-echegaray-by-lethal-injection-in-the-philippines/)

- His case received widespread attention, it being the first time a Filipino had been executed by the state since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1993.

- Echegaray’s last words before he was executed:

Patawarin ninyo ako sambayanang Pilipino sa kasalanang ibinibintang ninyo sa akin. Pilipino, pinatay ng kapwa Pilipino.

February 4

Pebrero 4, 1954 In-appoint ni Pangulong Ramon Magsaysay si Mayor Norberto Amoranto bilang Mayor ng Quezon City.
- Siya rin ang unang nahalal na alkalde ng QC, taong 1976.

Amoranto Sports Complex

(http://directionsonweb.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-commute-to-amoranto-stadium-and.html)

- Sa kanyang panunungkulan ay sinimulang planuhin ang 14-storey Quezon City Hall sa Diliman; codification, city ordinances sa pagbubuwis; at ilang mga public works construction tulad ng mga paaralan, health centers, mga tulay at kalsada.

February 3

Febuary 3, 1927 Ipinanganak ang Pilipinong journalist at dating Senador Blas Ople sa Hagonoy, Bulacan.

2005, July 28.  Senator Blas F. Ople (http://www.philippinestamps.net/RP2005-Ople.htm)

- Dati rin siyang naging Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Senate President at Secretary of Labor.

- Nitong 2012 ay nilagdaan ni Pangulong Noynoy Aquino ang Proclamation 709 na nagdedeklara sa February 3 ng bawat taon bilang special non-working holiday sa lalawigan ng Bulacan bilang paggunita sa senador.

- Pumanaw siya noong December 14, 2003.

February 2

February 2, 1902 Isabelo delos Reyes founded the "first labor union in the Philippines" called the Union Obrera Democratica Filipina (Philippine Democratic labor Union), with himself as president and Hermenegildo Cruz as secretary.

Isabelo de los Reyes y Florentino (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelo_de_los_Reyes)

- Realizing the value of propaganda, he founded and edited the first labor newspaper in the country, La Redencion del Obrero (The Redemption of the laborer), which championed the rights of labor.

February 1

February 1, 1854 The first stamps in the Philippines were issued. The prices varies from four denominations the 5 quartos, the 10 quartos, the 1 real, and the 2 reales - depicting an effigy of Spanish Queen Isabela II.

PhilPost stamp (https://www.phlpost.gov.ph/stamp-releases.php?id=3117)

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January 30

January 30, 1911 The Taal Volcano in Taal, Batangas erupted.

- The Manila Observatory recorded 26 earthquakes that day, at the peak of the eruption.

-  Around 1,335 people died and 199 casualties were reported after the total wipe-out of 7 barangays at the foot of Taal Volcano.

January 29

January 29, 1991 The Philippine National Police or PNP was created by virtue of Republic Act 6975, known as the “Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990".

-The PNP came into Camp Crame, Quezon City, when the Philippine Constabulary and the Integrated National Police were merged and retired as mandated by law.
-The PNP’s motto is “To Serve and To Protect”. Its daily tasks are anchored on the values of Maka-Diyos (God-fearing), Makabayan (nationalistic), Makatao (humane), and Makakalikasan (environment-friendly).

January 28

January 28, 1959 President Carlos P. Garcia approved the National Plumbing Code of the Philippines prepared by "master plumbers" of the National Master Plumbers Association of the Philippines.

- The Plumbing Code of the Philippines states the guidelines of building a system of pipe and other installations in a building; for the proper distribution of clean and potable water.

January 27

January 27, 2013 One of the world's biggest fire in the history broke out.

- Around 2:30 in the morning, fire broke out at the Kiss Nightclub in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, causing the death of 242 victims and 168 casualties.

- According to the investigation, the firs started from a small pyrotechnics show after a band perfomance. The sound insulating material in the ceiling burned, thus, covering the nightclub with lots of people, with smoke and fire.

January 26

January 26, 1954 President Ramon Magsaysay issued Executive Order No. 8, prohibiting the slaughter of carabaos for 1 year, starting January 31, 1954.

- The decision came after President Magsaysay was informed by the Director of Animal Industry, Manuel G. Sumulong, that a total of 156,216 carabaos were slaughtered from 1947-1953 in Manila and suburbs; and that the indiscriminate slaughtering had resulted in the scarcity and rise in the price of carabaos to the extent that poor barrio farmers could not afford to buy animals for their farm work.

- He reiterated the Republic Act No. 11 which prohibits the slaughtering of male and female carabaos, horses, mares, and cows, unless authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

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January 24

January 24 ,1980 Secretary Jorge B. Vargas, the country's first Executive Secretary died.

- He serves under the Commonwealth government of President Manuel Luis Quezon.

- Before serving as an Executive Secretary, Vargas was first appointed as a Manila Mayor in 1941 and became a chairman of the Japanese-sponsored Philippine Executive Commission.

January 23

January 23, 1899 The Philippines' first President General Emilio Aguinaldo established the First Republic also known as the Malolos Republic in Barasoain Church, Malolos, Bulacan

- The Malolos Republic became the first independent Republic in Asia.

- But after a few years, the invasion of Americans ended the reign of First Republic.

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