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2020 in the Philippines details events of note that have occurred, or are scheduled to take place, in the Philippines in the year 2020.

Incumbents

• President: Rodrigo R. Duterte (PDP–Laban)
• Vice President: Leni G. Robredo (Liberal)
• Congress (18th):
  • Senate President: Vicente Sotto III (NPC)
  • House Speaker: Alan Peter Cayetano (Nacionalista)
• Chief Justice: Diosdado Peralta

Events

January

• January 7 – The Philippine Army has ordered the relief of Lieutenant Colonel Napoleon Pabon, the commanding officer of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, in connection with the release of a "manipulated" photo of 300 New People's Army rebels who surrendered in Masbate in December 2019.
• January 8 – President Rodrigo Duterte signs the Salary Standardization Law of 2019, a measure that would increase the salaries of more than 1.4 million government employees starting this year.
• January 12 – The Taal Volcano begins to erupt, bringing ash fall to surrounding areas, and prompting the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHILVOCS) to raise the alert level 4. Alert status lasted until January 26. The eruption is the first major eruption of the volcano since 1977. In response, President Rodrigo Duterte signs Proclamation No. 906 on February 21, declaring a state of calamity in the Calabarzon region which will last for one year unless lifted.
• January 15 – The Philippine government has imposed a total deployment ban to Kuwait after a National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) autopsy revealed the grim circumstances surrounding the death of Filipino worker Jeanelyn Villavende in the Gulf state in December 2019. On February 13, The ban was officially lifted, as the two governments reached an agreement for better working conditions of overseas Filipino workers.
• January 16 – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has found probable cause to charge former Philippine National Police chief Police General Oscar Albayalde and a dozen police officers over an allegedly anomalous anti-drug operation in Pampanga in November 2013.
• January 20 – Three Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) officials Ramoncito Roque, Maribel Bancil and Veronica Buño, were ordered dismissed from service by the Ombudsman in connection with the questionable implementation of the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA), a controversy that broke out in August 2019.
• January 21 – The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima and ex-PNP Special Action Force chief Getulio Napeñas of graft and usurpation charges for their involvement in the anti-terrorist operation that led to the deaths of 44 SAF commandos in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in January 25, 2015.
• January 22 – President Rodrigo Duterte signs Republic Act No. 11467, which hikes the excise taxes on alcohol and imposes new duties on heated tobacco and vapor products effective January 1, 2020.
• January 30 – The Nueva Ecija Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 88 founds Ma. Cristina Sergio and Julius Lacanilao, the recruiters of overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso guilty of illegal recruitment in a separate case filled by Lorna Valino, Ana Marie Gonzales, and Jenalyn Paraiso.
• January 31 – The Sandiganbayan has found former MRT General Manager Al Vitangcol III and PH Trams incorporator Arturo Soriano, guilty of graft and violation of Procurement Law, for awarding MRT3's maintenance contract to an unqualified joint venture, PH Trams and CB&T in 2012.

February

• February 3 – A state of calamity is declared by the provincial government of Davao Occidental, due to the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak. That has earlier confirmed in Don Marcelino and Malita towns. It is the first in the Davao Region.
• February 5 – The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, has recommended the filing of criminal charges against former Bureau of Corrections Director General Nicanor Faeldon, three BuCor officials and three New Bilibid Prison officials, who were involved in the Good Conduct Time Allowance controversy, including the near-release of former Calauan, Laguna mayor Antonio Sanchez, the mastermind in the June 1993 rape and murder of UPLB students Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez. On February 12, the Senate adopts the said recommendation.
• February 8 – A group of archaeologists led by the National Quincentennial Committee, unearthed the grave of Filipino World War II guerilla and scientist Maria Orosa at the Malate Catholic School compound in Manila, nearly 75 years since her martyrdom on February 13, 1945.
• February 10 – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has cleared Vice President Leni Robredo and several opposition figures of sedition but indicted former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and 10 others for "conspiracy to commit sedition" over an alleged ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte. On February 14, the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 138 has issued an arrest warrant against Trillanes and nine others for the said case. On February 18, Trillanes posts bail for the sedition case filed against him.
• February 11 – The Philippines has officially sent the notice to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement to the United States which was signed in 1998.
• February 12 – Lai Yu Cian, a Taiwanese woman who was rescued from illegal offshore gaming operations has revealed the abuses in the industry, adding that these companies evade arrest due to a "very powerful" backer in government.
• February 14 – Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has confirmed the inclusion of Police Lieutenant Colonel Jovie Espenido in the government's drug watchlist.
• February 15 – President Rodrigo Duterte leads the inauguration of the commercial operations at Sangley Airport in Cavite, 8 months after he ordered the start of its general aviation operations.
• February 17:
  • President Rodrigo Duterte signs Executive Order No. 104, or the Improving Access to Healthcare Through the Regulation of Prices in the Retail of Drugs and Medicines, that imposing a limit on the prices of several medicines and drugs.
  • Senator Risa Hontiveros has revealed the alleged "pastillas" modus operandi within the Bureau of Immigration (BI) that allows the entry of Chinese nationals to the country in exchange for ₱10,000 each. On February 20, President Rodrigo Duterte has relieved all Immigration officials and employees involved in the said bribery scheme that allegedly gives VIP treatment to Chinese visitors.
• February 18 – Former Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) chairman and New People's Army (NPA) commander Rodolfo Salas, more popularly known as "Kumander Bilog", was arrested in Angeles City, Pampanga.
• February 19 – Fredric Anthony Santos, a former official of BuCor, who testified in the Senate's inquiry into the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) law, was shot dead in Muntinlupa City.
• February 21:
  • The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed a complaint for murder and frustrated murder against Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board member Sandra Cam and six others over the killing of Batuan, Masbate vice mayor Charlie Yuson III on October 9, 2019.
  • The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has shut down the operations of Synchronization Anywhere For You Inc. (SAFYI), the first Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) to be given a license by the government after it failed to pay the five-percent franchise tax.
  • Pres. Duterte signs Proclamation No. 907, that designated the second week of February each year as the National Hazing Prevention Week.
  • Pres. Duterte signs Executive Order No. 106, that prohibits vaping in public and prohibited the sale and manufacture of unregistered e-cigarettes due to their potential health risks.
• February 24 – The Senate public services committee begins its hearing on the issues surrounding the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation. On February 26, President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted the apology of ABS-CBN over his unaired campaign ads during the 2016 presidential election.
• February 27 – The Philippine government has lifted the suspension on negotiations and signing of loan and grant agreements with countries that sponsored and voted in favor of a United Nations investigation on the country's human rights situation.
• February 28 – The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former PNP chief Alan Purisima of eight counts of perjury over his alleged failure to declare his wealth in full for 6 years.

March

• March 2 – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) confirms that suspected syndicates brought in an estimated $370 million into the Philippines on December 2019, with the help of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP) and airport police escorts.
• March 3 – Ombudsman Samuel Martires has filed graft and indirect bribery charges against former Nayong Pilipino Foundation, Inc. (NPFI) chairman of the board Patricia Ocampo-Desiongco and five other ex-NPFI officials for accepting free transportation to and accommodation in Jeju Island, South Korea from a private firm during negotiations on a lease contract involving the same firm.
• March 9 – President Duterte signs Proclamation No. 922, that declaring a public health emergency over the increasing number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in the country.
• March 12 – Code Red Sublevel 2 was declared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and issuing a partial lockdown on Metro Manila to prevent a nationwide spread of the said disease.
• March 16:
  • The Department of Agriculture (DA) has confirmed reports that bird flu or the H5N6 avian flu has been detected in Jaen, Nueva Ecija.
  • President Duterte signs Proclamation No. 929, placing the entire Philippines under a state of calamity amid the ongoing situation of COVID-19.
  • The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has issued Memorandum Order 01-03-2020, that all broadcast and communications companies would have the authority to stay on air with their permits automatically renewed while the entire Luzon is placed under enhanced community quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic.
• March 17 – Luzon is under enhanced community quarantine due to coronavirus pandemic in the country as announced by the President in his evening address last March 16, 2020. This expanded the community quarantine imposed in Metro Manila on March 15.
• March 22 – President Duterte signs Proclamation No. 934, that declared on Sunday the fourth week of March 2020 as the National Week of Prayer, in response to the crisis being faced by the nation due to the coronavirus disease 2019.
• March 23:
  • President Duterte signs Administrative Order No. 26, which grants a maximum of ₱500 daily hazard pay for government personnel who still report for work regardless of employment status during the month-long lockdown of Luzon to control the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
  • Voted 284-9-0, the House of Representatives approved HB No. 6616 or Bayanihan Act. This will empower President Duterte to handle COVID-19.
• March 24 – Voted 12-0-0 (plus 7-1-0 from non-attending senators), the Senate approved SB No. 1481 or We Heal As One Act. That will grant President Duterte additional powers to handle COVID-19.
• March 25 – President Rodrigo Duterte signs the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act of 2020 (Republic Act No. 11469), a measure that gives him additional powers to strengthen government's response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic after Congress urgently deliberated and passed the measure within a day.
• March 26 – Militant groups in the Philippines have agree to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres's call for a ceasefire as security forces focus on battling the COVID-19 virus. On March 28, Two people were killed when a Philippine Army Community Support Program (CSP) Team and communist insurgents clashed in Rodriguez, Rizal.
• March 29 – A Lion Air plane with 8 people on-board crashed and caught fire while taking off at Ninoy Aquino International Airport.
• March 30 – President Rodrigo Duterte has announced that his administration is allotting ₱200 billion to help low-income households affected by the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
• March 31 – The Supreme Court (SC) has issued Administrative Circular No. 33, that allowing the online filing of criminal complaints and bail posting in courts across the country as cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continued to rise.

April

• April 1:
  • Twenty-one protesters who were demanding food and other assistance were arrested in Quezon City for staging a rally without government permit.
  • The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has launched an investigation on Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto's alleged violation of the newly-enacted Bayanihan to Heal As One Act, the measure that gives Malacañang additional powers to address the coronavirus crisis.
• April 3 – President Rodrigo Duterte has publicly ordered the removal of Atty. Manuelito Luna, the commissioner of the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission for calling for a probe of Vice President Leni Robredo for "competing" with government for COVID-19 relief.
• April 5:
  • 12-member team of medical experts sent by China to help in the country's fight against the fast-spreading coronavirus disease 2019, were arrived in the Philippines to share their learnings in handling cases with Filipino medical professionals.
  • President Duterte signs Administrative Order No. 28, which giving of a one-time special risk allowance to government health workers who are at the front line of the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
• April 6 – Diwata-1, the Philippines’ first micro-satellite for scientific earth observation built by Filipino scientists, has been officially decommissioned after re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere.
• April 14:
  • The government has begin its mass testing processes on the persons suspected of having COVID-19.
  • President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the Small Business Relief Program to help some 1.6 million small businesses and their 3.4 million employees affected by the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon and other areas of the country.
• April 15:
  • The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has directed the Philippine National Police (PNP) as well as local government units to shut down non-essential business establishments while the enhanced community quarantine is being enforced.
  • Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra approves the Interim Rules on Parole and Executive Clemency resolution of the Board of Pardons and Parole (BPP), that removing some requirements for application for parole and clemency, and widening its coverage.
• April 17:
  • Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia has announced his resignation from his Cabinet post and from the helm of the state planning agency National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
  • 12 soldiers were killed while 13 other servicemen were wounded following an encounter between government troops and alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Patikul, Sulu.
  • The Supreme Court has conducted a special en banc session, the first-ever done online in its 119-year history as the judiciary seeks to deal with urgent matters amid a Luzon-wide lockdown imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). On May 11, the Supreme Court has conducted the first online retirement rites for SC Associate Justice Andres Reyes Jr., amid quarantine and physical distancing rules brought on by COVID-19.
• April 21 – Winston Ragos, a former Philippine Army corporal, was shot dead by police Master Sergeant Daniel Florendo Jr., for allegedly attempting to pull a gun on the cops at checkpoint in Quezon City.
• April 24 – The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines received criticism after releasing a music video about the relations of China and the Philippines amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), because of its message amid China's assertion of rights to the West Philippine Sea and the areas which the Philippines claims and occupies in the South China Sea.
• April 27:
  • 15 senators, files a resolution that seeks to amend the Senate rules to allow the conduct of plenary sessions and committee hearings via teleconference amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation. On May 4, the Senate has officially approved to hold "hybrid" sessions and hearings amid the COVID-19 situation in the Philippines after amending the rules of the chamber.
  • President Duterte signs Executive Order No. 111, which abolished the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO), which served as his chief message-crafting body.
• April 28 – Taiwan has rejected the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) moves to deport Elanel Egot Ordidor, an overseas Filipino worker over social media posts critical of President Rodrigo Duterte, saying the Philippines must first consult with Taiwan before taking any drastic action.
• April 30 – The Supreme Court has allowed reduced bail and release on own recognizance as modes of release for indigent detainees during the public health emergency brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

May

• May 1 – Pope Francis names former Manila Archbishop Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to the rank of Cardinal-Bishop, the highest title of a Cardinal in the Catholic Church.
• May 4:
  • The radio and television franchise for ABS-CBN has expired. Renewal of the franchise is uncertain due to tense relations of the network with the current administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
  • President Rodrigo Duterte has directed the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to make the payment of premiums voluntary for overseas Filipino workers in light of opposition against premium rate increases.
• May 5:
  • President Rodrigo Duterte has offered a ₱30,000 reward for every person who could give information on corrupt officials committing irregularities in the government's distribution of assistance in the middle of the COVID-19 crisis. This came following an incident in Hagonoy, Bulacan in which barangay official Danilo Flores of Barangay San Agustin allegedly took up to ₱3,500 from the ₱6,500 cash aid distributed to each beneficiary in the said barangay. On the same day, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has directed all units of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to probe alleged anomalies in the distribution of cash assistance under the government's Social Amelioration Program (SAP).
  • Most of ABS-CBN's broadcasting operations including signed off the air at 7:52 p.m. due to the order of the NTC to stop broadcast operations of ABS-CBN because of the expiration of its franchise granted on March 30, 1995. On the same day, the House Committee on Legislative Franchises has ordered officials of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to explain why they should not be cited in contempt for issuing a cease and desist order to stop the broadcast operations of ABS-CBN. On May 11, ABS-CBN Corporation's plea for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against its closure has been raffled off to a Supreme Court magistrate. On May 19, the Supreme Court has ordered the National Telecommunications Commission and Congress to comment on ABS-CBN's petition challenging the cease and desist order that forced it to go off the air earlier this month. On the same day, at least 13 senators has filed SB No. 1521, that will grant ABS-CBN Corporation a "provisional franchise" while Congress is still tackling the media giant's bid for a fresh 25-year license to operate. On the same day, the Senate has adopted Senate Resolution No. 395, that urging the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to reconsider the cease and desist order it issued against ABS-CBN Corporation on May 5. On May 18, Senate President Vicente Sotto III has rejected request of Atty. Larry Gadon for 9 senators to inhibit from ABS-CBN franchise hearings over their alleged connections to the network.
• May 6 – President Duterte signs Executive Order No. 114, that ordered the implementation of the "Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa" Program to decongest Metro Manila and promote countryside development.
• May 7 – Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has announced that he would extend the nationwide distribution of the cash aid from the government's Social Amelioration Program to May 10.
• May 8 – The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the petition filed by Atty. Dino de Leon, that seeking the disclosure of President Rodrigo Duterte's health records.
• May 12:
  • President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the recommendation of the government’s COVID-19 task force to add five million low-income families to the beneficiaries of the emergency subsidy program. On May 23, Malacañang has ordered the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to include an additional five million households as recipients of the emergency cash aid from the government.
  • The imposition of community quarantine has been lifted in 41 provinces and 11 cities across the country due to their being low risk for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However on May 13, the national government has reversed its earlier decision to lift the community quarantine in provinces and cities considered with low risk in the spread of COVID-19 and they will be placed under modified general community quarantine after May 15.
• May 13:
  • The National Bureau of Investigation has launched a probe into Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) deputy administrator Mocha Uson over a coronavirus-related fake news.
  • The House Committee of the Whole has approved House Bill No. 6732, that seeking to grant ABS-CBN a provisional franchise until October 31, 2020. On May 18, the House of Representatives has returned to the plenary the measure granting ABS-CBN a provisional franchise until October 31, 2020 to accommodate additional interpellations and amendments from lawmakers. On May 19, the House of Representatives has decided to forego the hearings on a bill seeking to grant ABS-CBN a provisional franchise until October 31, 2020. Instead, House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano announced that they will go straight to hearings on granting the media giant a fresh 25-year franchise.
• May 14 – The government has lifted the restrictions on Filipino departures for overseas employment as the country prepared to ease lockdown measures enforced because of the coronavirus pandemic.
• May 16 – Metro Manila, Laguna and five other provinces were under modified enhanced community quarantine due to coronavirus pandemic in the country as announced by the President in his morning address last May 12, 2020.
• May 23 – BRP Jose Rizal, the country's first missile-capable warship has arrived in Subic, Zambales, after a 5-day maiden journey from South Korea.
• May 26 – The House Committee on Legislative Franchises begins its hearing on the granting a fresh 25-year franchise of ABS-CBN Corporation.

Predicted and scheduled events

May

• May 31 – The modified enhanced community quarantine in Luzon will end after the President's morning address last May 12, 2020.

June

• June 1 – Metro Manila, Region 2, Region 3, Region 4-A, provinces of Pangasinan and Albay will be placed under general community after the President's evening address last May 28, 2020.
• June 15:
  • The general enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila, Region 2, Region 3, Region 4-A, provinces of Pangasinan and Albay will end after the President's evening address last May 28, 2020.
  • The Marco Polo Davao hotel will cease it's hotel operations.
• The Bicol International Airport in Daraga, Albay will open.

August

• August 9 – The official termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement, 180 days after notice was sent last February 11 to the United States.
• August 24 – The official start of the 2020-21 school year in public schools will begin almost a month late due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

October

• The mass registration for the national identification (ID) system will begin, with a target to register 10 million people.

TBA

• The 2020 Philippine Shopping Festival of the Department of Tourism will be launched.
• Residents of Palawan except Puerto Princesa will vote in a plebiscite to approve or disapprove a law partitioning Palawan into three separate provinces.

Holidays

On November 15, 2019, the government announced at least 18 Philippine holidays for 2020 as declared by virtue of Proclamation No. 845, series of 2019. 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. These are also "special days."

• January 1 – New Year's Day
• January 25 – Chinese New Year
• February 25 – 1986 EDSA Revolution
• April 9:
  • Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor)
  • Maundy Thursday
• April 10 – Good Friday
• April 11 – Black Saturday
• May 1 – Labor Day
• May 25 – Eid'l Fitr (Feast of Ramadan)
• June 12 – Independence Day
• July 31 – Eid'l Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)
• August 21 – Ninoy Aquino Day
• August 31 – National Heroes Day
• November 1 – All Saints Day
• November 2 – Special non-working holiday
• November 30 – Bonifacio Day
• December 8 – Feast of the Immaculate Conception
• December 24 – Special non-working holiday
• December 25 – Christmas Day
• December 30 – Rizal Day
• December 31 – Last day of the year (in observance of New Year's celebrations)

Health

• January 30 – The Philippines confirmed its first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
• February 1 – The first COVID-19 death outside China was reported in the Philippines. The victim was a Chinese tourist who recently arrived in the country.
• February 21 – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted former Health secretary Janette Garin and several other health officials over children's deaths allegedly linked to the dengue vaccine Dengvaxia.
• March 6 – The Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed that two Filipinos tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time in the Philippines. On March 7, the DOH and World Health Organization (WHO) confirms that the Philippines' fifth confirmed COVID-19 patient is the first case of local transmission.
• March 10 – The Food and Drug Administration approves the use of test kits developed by scientists at the University of the Philippines to confirm cases of the coronavirus disease or COVID-19 in the country. On April 3, the FDA approves the said test kits for COVID-19 developed by UP-National Institutes of Health and manufactured by Manila HealthTek, Inc. On May 20, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire has announced, that the University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) had recalled its locally-made coronavirus test kits over "very minor" defects.
• March 11 – The first Filipino COVID-19 patient death, was reported in the Philippines. The victim was a 67-year-old female who was confined at the Manila Doctors Hospital.
• March 17 – The Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed that community transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Philippines has already happened.
• March 31 – The Department of Health (DOH) has released the list of hospitals being eyed to conduct COVID-19 testing.
• April 14 – The Philippines has surpassed Malaysia this week as the Southeast Asian country with the most number of cumulative coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases.
• April 22 – Two people died and 42 others were being monitored after suffering from diarrhea on Bongo Island in Parang, Maguindanao.
• May 6 – The total number of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines has breached the 10,000 mark.
• May 22 – The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved the Department of Science and Technology's (DOST) recommendation that the Philippines participate in the clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines.

Business and economy

• March 9 – The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index lost 457.77 points or 6.76%, its steepest decline since the financial crisis of 2007–08.
• April 10 – The World Bank has approved a $500-million policy loan to boost the Philippines’ capacity to respond and recover from disasters such as the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis.
• April 23 – The World Bank approves a $100-million or ₱5.1 billion loan for the Philippines’ COVID-19 Emergency Response Project. On April 28, the Philippines and the World Bank has signed the said loan agreement for the country’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Project.
• April 28 – The Philippines and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed an agreement for a $200-million loan for additional funding for the government’s emergency cash assistance program to poor and vulnerable households hit by quarantine measures imposed to contain COVID-19 spread.
• May 2 – President Duterte signs Executive Order No. 113, that temporarily increased tariffs on imported crude oil and refined petroleum products to fund the country's COVID-19 response.
• May 7:
  • The Philippine economy has contracted by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2020, for the first time since 1998, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdown.
  • Fitch Ratings has downgraded its outlook on the Philippines to factor in the impact of the global health crisis brought about by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
• May 15 – The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered the Manila Electric Corporation (Meralco) to explain how it came up with consumers’ electricity bills during the three billing cycles covering the lockdown periods.
• May 16 – ABS-CBN Corporation has resume it's trading of shares after complying with the disclosure requirements of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).
• May 21 – The Philippines is experiencing a shortage of onion and garlic as local farmers are unable to "produce much" of the crops amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Entertainment and culture

• January 10–12 – The Philippines hosted the 24th Asian Television Awards.
• February 6 – Binibining Pilipinas has released the official list of the 40 candidates for the 2020 pageant.
• February 9 – Miss Philippines Katrina Llegado wins the title of 5th runner-up in the Reina Hispanoamericana 2019 pageant which was held in Bolivia.
• February 14 – The Miss Universe Philippines (MUP) organization has introduced the 51 official candidates for the 2020 pageant.
• February 18 – Dual-voiced Filipino singer Marcelito Pomoy was named as 3rd runner up for the well renowned US talent competition America's Got Talent: The Champions.
• February 22 – The coronation event of the Manhunt International 2020 pageant takes place at the New Frontier Theatre in Quezon City. For the second time that the Philippines hosted the event. Paul Luzineau of Netherlands was crowned as Manhunt International 2020.
• February 27 – Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, was recognized the world's second Trending Destination by TripAdvisor in its 2020 Travellers’ Choice Awards.
• March 5 – Former President Corazon Aquino and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa have been included in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential Women of the century.
• March 8 – Cristine Reyes has bagged the best actress award at the 40th edition of the Porto International Film Festival for her performance in the movie Untrue.
• March 16 – The acclaimed film Write About Love, about screenwriters who fall in love in the process of collaborating, was recognized at the 2020 Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF).
• April 2 – Five individuals who representing the Philippines were included in this year's Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Class of 2020, joining a list of the region's top young entrepreneurs and change-makers.
• April 8 – 26-year old Ryan Gersava of Sultan Kudarat has topped the World Summit Awards (WSA) Global Champion under the Young Innovators category for 2020 with his virtual school for persons with disabilities and other disadvantaged sectors.
• April 22 – Three ABS-CBN News documentaries and two GMA Public Affairs documentaries bagged medals in the prestigious 2020 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards.
• April 27 – Binibining Pilipinas candidate Vickie Rushton has finished three online courses from TESDA.
• April 28 – ABS-CBN stars Liza Soberano and Ivana Alawi are among the early nominees in the 2020 edition of 100 Most Beautiful Faces, an international list driven by social media.
• May 6:
  • Filipina fencer Maxine Esteban has finished nine online courses from Ivy League schools.
  • Cebu-based artist Maria Victoria "Bambi" Beltran was selected as one of 17 laureates of the 2020 Deutsche Welle (DW) Freedom of Speech Award.

Scheduled events

• July – The coronation event of the Miss Philippines Earth 2020 pageant will be held.
• October 25 – The first coronation event of the Miss Universe Philippines 2020 pageant will be held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.
• TBA – The coronation event of the Binibining Pilipinas 2020 pageant will be held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.

Sports

• January 17, Basketball – The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel were crowned as the 2019 PBA Governors' Cup champions after clinching a 105–93 against the Meralco Bolts in a Game 5 for the 12th straight title at the Mall of Asia Arena.
• January 28, Weightlifting – Hidilyn Diaz wins 3 gold medals in the 2020 Weightlifting World Cup in Rome, Italy.
• January 31, Tennis – Alexandra Eala has made history with her maiden juniors Grand Slam title with Indonesian partner Priska Nugroho in the 2020 Australian Open juniors doubles tournament in Melbourne Park.
• February 11–16, Badminton – Badminton Asia Team Championships
• February 29, Volleyball – The opening of the 8th season of PSL was held at the Filoil Flying V Centre.
• March 6 – 2020 PSA Annual Awards
• March 8:
  • Basketball – The opening of the 45th season of PBA was held at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
  • Boxing – Eumir Marcial has clinched a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by beating Byamba-Erdene Otgonbaatar of Mongolia in the Asia/Oceania qualifying tournament in Amman, Jordan.
• March 9, Basketball – The DENR Warriors claimed the first championship title of the UNTV Cup Season 8 after they won against the AFP Cavaliers in the Game 2 of the Finals series at Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City. ₱4 million cash prize for their chosen beneficiary.
• March 11, Boxing – Irish Magno has clinched a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by beating Sumaiva Oosimova of Tajikistan in the Asia and Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Amman, Jordan.
• March 12 – The major sports leagues across the country has announce a temporary suspension or termination of play in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
• March 19 – The NCAA has officially terminated Season 95, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
• April 7 – The UAAP Board has decided to cancel Season 82, following of the extension of the enhanced community quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic.
• April 29 – The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has announced the cancellation of all sporting events until December 2020, amid the threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
• May 5 – The Department of Education (DepEd) has announced the suspension of the annual interschool sports tournament Palarong Pambansa and other events that draw large crowds as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
• May 8 – The 10th ASEAN Para Games which was rescheduled to October 3–9 of this year, has been officially cancelled due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
• May 10, Taekwondo – Three-time UAAP poomsae champion Jocel Ninobla of University of Santo Tomas wins a gold medal in the Under-30 Female Division of the first Online Daedo Open European Poomsae Championships.
• May 11:
  • The Senate has ratified a bicameral conference committee report seeking to establish the National Academy of Sports where young Filipino athletes will be educated using a "special curriculum on sports".
  • Basketball – FIBA has announced that the 2023 FIBA World Cup will be held on August 25 to September 10, 2023 in Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines.
  • Basketball – Young Filipino shooter Kai Sotto will skip collegiate basketball as he decided to suit up for a new team in the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) development program G League. On May 14, Sotto confirms that he is teaming up with Jalen Green in the NBA G League Select Team.
• May 22, Chess – Sander Severino, a Filipino chess master wins second place in the first ever First FIDE Online Cup for People with Disabilities.

Scheduled events

• August – 2020 AFF Women's Championship
• November 7–17 – 2020 Asian Swimming Championships

Deaths

January

• January 3 – Ninez Cacho-Olivares (b. 1941), journalist (Daily Tribune)
• January 9:
  • Iñaki Vicente (b. 1955), football player
  • Edgar Mendoza, former congressman (2nd District of Batangas)
• January 10 – Augusto Syjuco, Jr. (b. 1942), former congressman (2nd District of Iloilo)
• January 11 – Gani Esmali, vice mayor of Baliguian, Zamboanga del Norte
• January 14 – Twink Macaraig (b. 1964), news anchor
• January 18 – Dennis Garcia (b. 1950), rock bassist (Hotdog)
• January 25 – Ben Hur Villanueva (b. 1938), sculptor

February

• February 4:
  • Gabino Tabuñar, Jr. (b. 1925), journalist and co-founder of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP)
  • Fernando Suarez (b. 1967), catholic priest
• February 10 – Abdulwahab Sabal, mayor of Sultan Sumagka, Maguindanao
• February 13 – Arturo Buena (b. 1931), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (1999–2002)
• February 19 – Fredric Anthony Santos, former chief of the legal division of the Bureau of Corrections
• February 21 – Reynaldo P. Cruz (b. 1955), Associate Justice of Sandiganbayan (2016–2020)

March

• March 10 – Dory Villanueva (b. 1946), International Vice President of Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide, wife of House Deputy Speaker and CIBAC Partylist Representative Bro. Eddie Villanueva and mother of Senator Joel Villanueva
• March 17 – Liberty Ilagan (b. 1943), movie actress
• March 19:
  • Necisto Sytengco (b. 1955), founder of SBS Philippines Corporation
  • Joey Bautista (b. 1963), rock lead singer (Mulatto)
• March 21 – Aileen Baviera (b. 1959), former dean of the University of the Philippines Asian Center
• March 23 – Alan Ortiz (b. 1953), former head of the National Transmission Corporation and SMC Global Power Holdings and current president of the Philippine Council for Foreign Relations
• March 24:
  • Dr. Raul Jara, former president of Philippine Heart Association
  • Dr. Marcelo Jaochico, provincial health chief of Pampanga
• March 25 – Aric del Rosario (b. 1940), former basketball coach, UST Growling Tigers Men's Basketball
• March 26:
  • Dr. Sally Gatchalian, current president of Philippine Pediatric Society, assistant director at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) and sister of television host Ruby Rodriguez
  • Menggie Cobarrubias (b. 1951), veteran actor
  • Ito Curata (b. 1959), fashion designer
• March 29 – Pablo Santos, Jr. (b. 1926), World War 2 veteran and local hero of Bamban, Tarlac
• March 30:
  • Arianne Caoili (b. 1986), Filipina chess player
  • Rolando Valdueza (b. 1960), Group Chief Financial Officer of ABS-CBN Corporation
• March 31:
  • Dr. Leandro L. Resurreccion III, head of Pediatric Surgery Division of the Philippine Children's Medical Center
  • Alonzo Gabriel (b. 1980), Multi-awarded food scientist and professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman

April

• April 2 – Bernardita Catalla (b. 1958), Philippine Ambassador to Lebanon
• April 5 – Fulgencio Factoran Jr. (b. 1944), former DENR secretary (1987–1992)
• April 9 – Leila Benitez-McCollum (b. 1930), former TV and radio personality
• April 11 – Jomar Ang (b. 1993), chief finance officer of RSA Motors and son of San Miguel Corp. president and sports patron Ramon S. Ang
• April 13 – Vicente Magsaysay (b. 1940), former Governor of Zambales
• April 15 – Alfonso Marquez (b. 1938), former basketball player
• April 20 – Heherson Alvarez (b. 1939), former Senator (1987–1998)
• April 21 – Winston Ragos (b. 1987), former Philippine Army colonel
• April 27 – Ramon Jimenez Jr. (b. 1955), former DOT secretary (2011–2016)

May

• May 3 – Laura Elorde (b. 1927), widow of Filipino boxing legend Gabriel "Flash" Elorde
• May 4 – Babajie (b. 1984), comedian
• May 5 – Rex Cornelio (b. 1971), radio reporter
• May 6 – Roberto Verzola (b. 1952), Philippine Internet pioneer, renewable energy advocate, social activist, author and Martial Law victim
• May 7 – Peque Gallaga (b. 1943), film director and actor
• May 10 – Sonny Parsons (b. 1958), actor and singer (Hagibis)
• May 14 – Teresa Aquino-Oreta, (b. 1944), former Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Lone District of Malabon City-Navotas (1987–1998) and Senator (1998–2004)
• May 26 – Celestina Beatrice Luna, (b. 2003), player and member of the Philippines national football team for girls
• May 28 – Eleanor J. Villanueva-Tugna, (b. 1977) Mayor of Bocaue, Bulacan

See also

Country overviews

• Philippines
• History of Philippines
• History of modern Philippines
• Outline of Philippines
• Government of Philippines
• Politics of Philippines
• Years in the Philippines
• Timeline of Philippine history

Related timelines for current period

• 2020
• 2020 in politics and government
• 2020s

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