1994 in the Philippines

1994 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1994.

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Events

February

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 – Dismissed police chief inspector Maj. Timoteo Zarcal and police inspector Maj. Jose Pring, charged in 1992 for their involvement in a kidnapping case,[5] are among those acquitted by the Pasig Regional Trial Court. The said police officers would be killed in separate ambush incidents, perpetrated by Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB), later that year.[6][7][8]
  • April 10 – The massacre of Helen, Chelsea Liz and Anne Geleen Arandia in Lipa City, Batangas.
  • April 19 – Fernando Galera, a 26-year-old fish vendor who was accused of rape and robbery was sentenced to death for the first time a death sentence has been imposed since the country restored the capital punishment on January 1994.
  • 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]

May

June
  • June 5 – A conference on Indonesia's annexation of East Timor is held.[7]
  • June 8 – Abu Sayyaf Group extremists kidnap 36 Christian civilians in Basilan; fifteen of them shot dead and the rest are held, 20 of them, except Lamitan Roman Catholic priest Rev. Cirilo Nacorda, are freed then following a rescue mission.[1][7]
  • June 10 – Bomb attacks in Zamboanga City, perpetrated by the Abu Sayyaf Group, kill 71 people.[10]
  • June 22 – Awarding ceremony of the annual Manila Film Festival is held in Manila Midtown (Ramada) Hotel, wherein a scandal would break out during the event, the case in which the recipients of the Best Actress and Best Actor awards are said to be rigged through conspiracy.[7][11]

July
  • July 6 – Nancy Siscar, a 22-year-old elementary school teacher was raped and killed by brothers Jurry and Ricardo Andal and Edwin Mendoza in Barangay Banoyo, San Luis, Batangas.
  • 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]

August
  • August 7 – Fr. Nacorda is released after being turned over by the Abu Sayyaf Group to the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), ending a hostage situation that lasted for about two months.[1][7]
  • 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]

September

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]

November
  • November – Graft charges are filed against dismissed Bureau of Immigration and Deportation chief Zafiro Respicio and 2 others regarding anomalous deportation of 11 Indians facing drug charges in court.[7]
  • November 15 – An earthquake (Magnitude: 7.1 Mw) followed by huge waves ravages Mindoro, killing at least 65 people and injuring more than 130 others.[7]

December

Sports
  • October 2–16 – The Philippines participated in the 1994 Asian Games held in Hiroshima, Japan from October 2 to 16, 1994. Ranked 14th with 3 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 8 bronze medals with a total of 13 over-all medals.[12]

Television
Main article: 1994 in Philippine television

Premieres

Births

Deaths

References
  1. #Journeyto30" by Epi Fabonan III, Philstar.com: (1994) "Southern discomfort" May 14, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. Miguel A. L. Paraz: Developing a Viable Framework for Commercial Internet Operations in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Philippine Experience. ISOC, INET 1997
  3. Jim Ayson (February 29, 2012). "The Philippine Internet turns 18: Is anyone still counting". GMA News. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  4. Jose Bimbo F. Santos (March 20, 2014). "20PHNET – Philippine Internet connection turns 20 years old this month". InterAksyon.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  5. –"Anti-Kidnapping Squad Leaders Charged with Running Hostage Ring" AP. Aug 17, 1992. –"Matinee idol takes real-life role" Chicago Tribune. June 9, 1992.
    Retrieved Mar 13, 2020.
  6. –(Opinion) "The dirty war against illegal drugs" Cebu Daily News. July 7, 2016.
    –"Jailed But Not Jaded" Task Force Detainees of the Philippines. December 1, 2012.
    Retrieved Mar 13, 2020.
  7. Cable, Honor Blanco. (1995, Jan 1) "'94, The Year That Was." Manila Standard, pp.4–5. Retrieved on March 12, 2020.
  8. Romero, Paolo (April 29, 2000). "ABB man in Pring, Zarcal slays falls". The Philippine Star. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  9. Branigin, William (May 27, 1994). "Manila captures head of communist rebels". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  10. "More Massacres in Mindanao than other parts of the country". The Manila Times (via PressReader). December 13, 2009. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  11. "Filipino Actress Steals The Show". Chicago Tribune. June 27, 1994. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  12. 1994 Asian Games medal tally Archived February 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  13. –"Communist guerrillas are believed to have carried out" UPI. April 4, 1994. –"Murder as Politics" Spectrezine.
    –"The CPP-NPA-NDF "Hit List" – a preliminary report" International Viewpoint. Mar 15, 2005.
    Retrieved Mar 13, 2020.
  14. –"Philippine police major ambushed, killed" UPI. July 5, 1994. –"Death squad victim's family seeks justice" ABS-CBN News. February 11, 2011.
    Retrieved Mar 13, 2020.
  15. –"Philippines: assassination of attorney Eugene Tan" ICJ. Nov 22, 1994. –"G.R. NO. 142848" Jun 30, 2006
    Biographies:
    –"Book 21: Wear and Tear – Chapter VI: Eugene Tan" (pages 15 and 16). Philippine Folio.
    –Biography from Eugene A. Tan Justice for All Foundation website. August 12, 2012.
    Retrieved Mar 13, 2020.
  16. "Gunmen assassinate senior Filipino policeman" Reuters (via Jawawa, Indonesia). Dec 16, 1994.Retrieved Mar 13, 2020.
  17. "Joyce Pring and the father she never knew" The FilAm. December 11, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
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