1983 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in that year.
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- July 12–15 – Typhoon Bebeng, The monsoon spawns a tropical depression on July 12, east of the Philippines. It heads westward, strengthening to a tropical storm that night and a typhoon on the 13th. Vera makes landfall on the 14th as an 85 mph (137 km/h) typhoon in the Philippines, weakens over the islands, especially Luzon,[1] and strengthens over the South China Sea to a 100 mph (160 km/h) typhoon. Damages amounting to a total of US$9 million in the Philippines. The typhoon leaves 45[1] people dead.
As per Act No. 2711 section 29,[8] issued on March 10, 1917, any legal holiday of fixed date falls on Sunday, the next succeeding day shall be observed as legal holiday. Sundays are also considered legal religious holidays. Bonifacio Day was added through Philippine Legislature Act No. 2946. It was signed by then-Governor General Francis Burton Harrison in 1921.[9] On October 28, 1931, the Act No. 3827 was approved declaring the last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day.[10] As per Republic Act No. 3022,[11] April 9th was proclaimed as Bataan Day. Independence Day was changed from July 4 (Philippine Republic Day) to June 12 (Philippine Independence Day) on August 4, 1964.[12]
- January 3:
- January 13 – Jojo Duncil, basketball player
- January 20 – Angelica Jones, actress, singer, and politician
- February 11 – Jeff Chan, basketball player
- March 2 – Jerald Napoles, actor and comedian
- March 11 – Bianca Gonzalez, host
- March 12 – Sid Lucero, actor
- March 21 – Laura James, actress and commercial model
- April 22 – Boyet Bautista, basketball player
- May 27 – Ronjay Buenafe, basketball player
- June 14 – Yousif Aljamal, basketball player
- June 24 – John Lloyd Cruz, actor
- June 28 – Maui Taylor, actress, model, singer
- July 10 – Doug Kramer, basketball player
- July 12 – Marco Alcaraz, actor, commercial model, and basketball player
- July 23 – Ping Medina, actor
- July 27 – AJ Dee, Filipino actor
- July 29 – Chad Alonzo, basketball player
- August 10 – Mark Bautista, actor and singer
- September 6 – Aira Bermudez, dancer and actress
- September 9 – Kristine Hermosa, actress
- September 17 – Ice Seguerra, singer
- November 18 – JC Intal, basketball player
- November 22 – Eduard Folayang, mixed martial artist and former MMA World Champion
"Act No. 3827". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
"Brodkast". Ang Dating Daan. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2021.