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General Info 1
General Info 1
3. Executive Order No. 26- ordered a nationwide smoking BAN. Implemented in July 23
5. Republic Act No. 10666, or the "Children on Motorcycle Safety Act of 2015",
12. Republic Act No. 10969 or the Free Irrigation Service Act
14. RA 10963 Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act (TRAIN) Law
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Important Events:
3. Philippines ranked 6th in the 29th sea games. (Malaysia: host country)
4. 6.4 bilyon shipment of drugs from china, nakalusot Sa Customs under Sec. Nicanor
Faeldon
6. November 10–12 – The Philippines hosted the 31st ASEAN Summit Clark Freeport
7. November 13–14 – The hosted the Twelfth East Asia Summit at the Clark Freeport
8. December 19 — President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Tax Reform for Acceleration
and Inclusion Act (TRAIN) Act January 1, 2018 took effect- Tax Reform for Acceleration
9. Isnilon Hapilon of Abu Sayyaf and Omar Maute of Maute Group, leaders of ISILlinked militants fighting
the government in the Battle of Marawi were reportedly killed
on October 16
10. October 23 – the Battle of Marawi was declared officially over by the military
11. January 22 – The Mayon Volcano’s alert status was raised to Alert Level 4 due to
12. The Office of the President has ordered a 90-day preventive suspension order
against Overall Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang for alleged grave
misconduct and grave dishonesty for the unauthorized disclosures of the alleged bank
13. February 28 – President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Paris Agreement on Climate
Change
14. May 23, 2017 – Martial Law was declared on the islands of Mindanao –
18. August 8, 2017 - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Celebrates 50th
19. Sept 21- Proclamation No. 319 Duterte declared “National Day of Protest”
20. January 31: A total lunar eclipse coinciding with a super moon and blue moon
country.[8
22. 29th of March 1969.- 49th anniversary of New People’s Army. (NPA)
23. Sept 21, 2017- National Day of Protest
24. . February 12: -The Philippine Government has signed the administrative order to
25. . March 1 – President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Republic Act No. 10973, that
restored the power of select officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to issue
26. March 14 – President Rodrigo Duterte has announced that the Philippines is
IMPORTANT NAMES:
Committee on Justice has found probable cause in the impeachment complaint against
2. HORACIO "ATIO" CASTILLO III – Killed by Aegis Juris fraternity over the fatal hazing
of University of Santo Tomas (UST) law freshman student in September last year.
3. BONGBONG” MARCOS, JR. AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT LENI ROBREDO. The Supreme
Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) has for the election
4. KERWIN ESPINOSA, PETER LIM- The Department of Justice has cleared alleged drug
5. MAUTE GROUP – rebel group who seized Marawi City, they are not ISIS, but only
ISIS-affiliated
7. REYNALDO PAROJINOG SR. – Mayor who was killed in the drug ops in Ozamiz City.
9. KIAN LOYD DELOS SANTOS - A 17-year-old who was killed in drug ops in Caloocan.
rejected by C.A,
13. Mike Taguba- Customs Broker who testified before the Senate about the shabu
which smuggled
RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA - PNP Chief/will be retiring on Nov.8, 2019, when he turns
56.
DIVORCE BILL - March 19, 2018, HOR has approved, 134 congressmen approving it, 57