The following events happened in the Philippines in the year 1994.
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March
- March 29 – The Philippines gets connected to the Internet. The Philippine Network Foundation (PHNet) connected the country to Sprint in the United States via a 64 kbit/s link.[2][3][4]
April
- April 8 – The Pasig Regional Trial Court (RTC) acquits eight individuals charged in 1992 of kidnapping three Taiwanese children; among them police chief inspectors, dismissed Maj. Timoteo Zarcal and Maj. Jose Pring.[5][6] The said police officers would be assassinated in separate incidents by the Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB), a unit of the New People's Army, later that year.[7][8][9]
- April 10:
- The massacre of Helen, Chelsea Liz and Anne Geleen Arandia in Lipa City, Batangas.
- Mandaluyong becomes a highly urbanized city through ratification of Republic Act 7675.
- April 19 – Fernando Galera, a fish vendor accused of robbery with rape in January, is convicted by the Quezon City RTC and sentenced to death for the first time since the restoration of the capital punishment in the country on January 1.[10][11][12] Soon before his supposed execution in 1997, Galera would be acquitted and ordered released by the Supreme Court after the judgement is reversed, following appeals for re-trial of the case.[13][14]
- April 25 – Actor Robin Padilla is convicted for illegal possession of firearms; he would begin to serve the prison sentence in 1995. He would be released after being given conditional pardon by then Pres. Ramos; would be given absolute pardon by Pres. Duterte in 2016.[15]
- April 26 – The Supreme Court votes, 7–6, to void a contract between the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office and a Malaysian firm to conduct an online lotto in the country, stating that it violates the law.[7]
July
- July – Former members of the MNLF's Bangsa Moro Army kidnap city sports official So Kim Cheng in Davao City; despite closed negotiations, captors did not release the victim and later killed him instead after they learned of a group of operatives conducting own rescue attempt.[1]
- July 6
- The municipality of Santiago in the province of Isabela becomes an independent component city through ratification of Republic Act No. 7720.
- Nancy Siscar, a 22-year-old elementary school teacher was raped and killed by brothers Jurry Andal, Ricardo Andal and Edwin Mendoza in Barangay Banoyo, San Luis, Batangas.[21]
August
- August 8 – Fr. Nacorda, having been turned over by ASG to the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) on July 26 as part of efforts for his freedom, is released unharmed, ending a hostage situation that has lasted for about two months.[1][7][18]
- August – The Supreme Court declares the controversial VAT (value-added tax) Law legal, and rules as well that the enacted law does not interfering human rights. In response, the Energy Regulatory Board (ERB) later orders a rollback of gasoline prices by ₱1, and also orders the National Power Corporation to lower fuel price cost adjustment charges covering a 17-day period in the first quarter of the year.[7]
- August 14 – A huge demonstration against birth control is held by hundreds of thousands of Filipinos led by Cardinal Sin, in Luneta Park, Manila.[7]
- August 27 – Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels hold 8 South Koreans and 30 Filipinos, all working at the construction site of a government's irrigation project in Mindanao, claiming that it intrudes on their territory; hostages are released, Sep 4, following negotiations.[1]
- August 29 – A coal mine explosion in Malangas, then part of Zamboanga del Sur, kills 119 people in what would be the country's deadliest mine disaster.[22]
October
- October – Rebel group MILF attack towns in North Cotabato, wherein they burn a church and 10 houses in Aleosan, and take hostage 26 civilians in Kabacan, which are freed later on. Within this month, series of terror attacks in the province result in the death of 50 people from both the rebel and government side and displace thousands from four municipalities; are prevented upon ceasefire by end of the month.[1]
December
- December 2 – Inter-island ship MV Cebu City and Singapore-registered freighter Kota Suria collide in Manila Bay, between Corregidor Island and Maragondon, Cavite, killing more than a hundred, with scores feared drowned.[7]
- December 8 – Dennis Venturina, a member of UP Sigma Rho fraternity was murdered by five members of the Scintilla Juris Fraternity inside the UP premises.
- December 11 – A bomb, allegedly planted by Ramzi Yousef, explodes aboard Philippine Airlines Flight 434 bound for Tokyo, killing a Japanese businessman. The bombing, with another one at a movie theater in Manila on Dec. 1, is part of a test run for Project Bojinka.[26]
- December 14 – Senate votes, 18–5, to ratify the Uruguay Round on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (UR-GATT), a trade treaty on liberalized worldwide trading system, to be imposed in the country on the first day of 1995.[7][27]
As per Executive Order No. 292, chapter 7 section 26, the following are regular holidays and special days, approved on July 25, 1987.[28] Note that in the list, holidays in bold are "regular holidays" and those in italics are "nationwide special days".
In addition, several other places observe local holidays, such as the foundation of their town. These are also "special days."
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- January 3 – Akiko Solon, singer and actress
- January 6 – Catriona Gray, Miss Universe 2018
- January 7 – Jessica Marasigan, member of Girltrends and Miss Philippines Water 2017
- January 11 – Ritz Azul, actress
- January 15 – Vince Gamad, actor
- February 1 – Anthony Rosaldo, actor and singer
- February 9 – Jo Berry, actress
- March 7 – Sandro Marcos, politician
- March 21 – Jeron Teng, basketball player
- April 5 – Mylene Paat, volleyball player
- April 6 – Jasmine Curtis-Smith, actress
- April 10 – Ingrid dela Paz, actress and model
- April 23 – Miko Manguba, actor and member of Top One Project (T.O.P.)
- April 27 – Elmo Magalona, actor and singer
- May 17 – Julie Anne San Jose, singer, actress and host
- May 27 – Nicole Kim Donesa, actress
- June 21 – Mika Aereen Reyes, volleyball player
- July 24 – Franki Russell, actress
- July 30 – Isabella de Leon, actress and singer
- August 14 – Kim Rodriguez, actress
- August 16 – Tippy Dos Santos, actress and singer
- September 9 – Ganiel Krishnan, beauty queen and courtside reporter
- September 20 – Daisuke Sato, football player
- September 22 – Avery Paraiso, actor
- September 23 – Frances Molina, volleyball player
- October 13 – Ian Lariba, table tennis player (d. 2018)
- October 31 – Jackie Gonzaga, TV personality
- November 2 – Denise Barbacena, singer and actress
- November 7 – Hiro Peralta, actor
- November 17 – Emmanuelle Vera, actress and singer
- November 20 – Kristofer Martin, actor
- November 23 – Monica Cuenco, actress and singer
- November 26:
- December 5 – Katrina Velarde
- December 7 – Myrtle Sarrosa, actress and cosplayer
- December 14 – Joshua Dionisio, actor
- December 17 – Darwin Ramos, street child, waste picker, and Servant of God (d. 2012)
- December 29 – Kristel Fulgar, actress
—"Philippines: assassination of attorney Eugene Tan" International Commission of Jurists. Nov. 22, 1994. Retrieved Mar. 13, 2020.
For the details of the case:
—"G.R. No. 131106" The LawPhil Project. Dec. 7, 2001. Retrieved Apr. 15, 2021.
—"G.R. NO. 142848" Chan Robles Virtual Law Library. Jun. 30, 2006. Retrieved Mar. 13, 2020.
—"TG-2395-94, TG-23595-94-A, TG-2396-94" Eugene A. Tan Justice for All Foundation website. Retrieved Mar. 13, 2020.
(1) Memorandum for the prosecution Mar. 18, 2008.
(2) RTC decision Jan. 10, 2011.
— (Video) Crime Klasik: Atty. Eugene Tan: The murdered lawyer Martin Andanar's YouTube channel. Retrieved Apr. 15, 2021.
—"New Devices May Foil Airline Security" The Washington Post. July 21, 1996.
—"Trial Opens in Alleged Airline Bomb Plot" Los Angeles Times. May 30, 1995.
—"Plane Bombing Is Described in Terror Trial" The New York Times. June 4, 1996.
—"Tribute to Captain Eduardo Reyes" US Government Publishing Office.
—"Mission Hall: Remembering the Past, Informing the Future" (PDF) Transportation Security Administration.
All aforementioned were retrieved June 29, 2022.
—"Thanks To Fire, Bojinka Plot Terrorism Plan Revealed, In History January 6, 1995" Archived July 20, 2022, at the Wayback Machine VOI - Waktunya Merevolusi Pemberitaan. Jan. 6, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
Biographies:
—"Book 21: Wear and Tear – Chapter VI: Eugene Tan" (pages 15 Archived August 31, 2020, at the Wayback Machine and 16 Archived August 31, 2020, at the Wayback Machine). Philippine Folio.
—Biography from Eugene A. Tan Justice for All Foundation website. Aug. 12, 2012.
All were retrieved Mar. 13, 2020.