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2024 in the Philippines details notable events that have occurred, or are scheduled to take place, in the Philippines in 2024. Incumbents President: Bongbong Marcos (PFP) Vice President: Sara Duterte (Independent) Congress (19th): Senate President: Migz Zubiri (Independent) House Speaker: Martin Romualdez (Lakas-CMD) Chief Justice: Alexander Gesmundo Ongoing events 2024 constitutional reform attempts in the Philippines Events January January 1 – Transition period for the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program begins. Non-consolidated PUVs, whose operation has been extended for a month, will be prohibited from operating in the country after January 31. However, on January 24, President Marcos extends the deadline for consolidation until April 30. January 2–5 – A massive power outage occurs in the entire Western Visayas following the tripping of multiple power plants in Panay. January 4 – PIRMA, the group behind a charter change campaign in 1997, renews its attempts at constitutional reform through the People's Initiative. January 5 – President Marcos signs into law Republic Act No. 11976, allowing digitalization for simplified tax compliance. January 10 – The Sandiganbayan dismisses the ill-gotten wealth case against ten members of the Nieto group, alleged associates of former president Ferdinand Marcos and First Lady Imelda Marcos involving the Eastern Telecommunications Philippines shares, citing lack of evidence. January 15–20 – Heavy rains brought by a shear line affect Caraga, Davao Region, Northern Mindanao and parts of the Visayas; causing declarations of a state of calamity in Davao del Norte, Davao de Oro, Davao Oriental, and parts of Agusan del Sur. January 15 – Full implementation of the Anti-Terrorism Act (RA No. 11479), whose procedural rules had been approved by the Supreme Court through an en banc resolution on December 5, 2023, begins. January 17 – The Ombudsman orders the dismissal of Jo Mark Libre as a commissioner in the Commission on Higher Education due to nepotism and grave misconduct. January 18: The Supreme Court releases its October 2022 decision, dismissing the petition of property developer Ortigas & Company Limited Partnership for the recovery of the 18.4-hectare land allegedly forcibly donated to then president Ferdinand Marcos and later sequestered by the Presidential Commission on Good Government, thus affirming the 2020 Sandiganbayan ruling. A landslide in Mount Diwata in Monkayo, Davao de Oro, leaves 11 people dead and one person injured. January 19 – The Sandiganbayan acquits Senator Jinggoy Estrada and Janet Lim-Napoles of plunder in relation to the pork barrel scam. However, the court convicts Estrada of bribery with a prison sentence of 10–12 years in total, and Napoles of corruption of public officials. January 22 – The Sandiganbayan acquits former Makati mayor Elenita Binay of graft and malversation charges filed over the anomalous purchase of ₱9.9 million in medical equipment for the Ospital ng Makati in 2001. January 23: The National Telecommunications Commission orders the indefinite suspension of the broadcast operations of Sonshine Media Network International citing the network's failure to comply with an earlier suspension order. The Senate committee on women conducts a public hearing regarding the alleged abuses within the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. Three women, two Ukrainian nationals and one Filipino, accuse church leader Apollo Quiboloy of sexually abusing them. January 24 – The province of Nueva Vizcaya is declared "insurgency-cleared" by the government. January 25 – Nine suspected Dawlah Islamiyah–Maute group members, including their leader who was the alleged mastermind in the Mindanao State University bombing, are killed in an encounter between the Philippine Army and around 15 militants in Piagapo, Lanao del Sur. January 26 – The Antipolo Cathedral is officially declared as the first international shrine in Southeast Asia. January 28–February 3 – Floods and landslide caused by torrential rain, brought by the northeast monsoon and the trough of a low pressure area, hit Mindanao, with damages reaching ₱3.62 billion; Davao and Caraga regions are the worst-hit; Agusan del Sur, Butuan, and the municipalities of Las Nieves in Agusan del Norte, Lingig in Surigao del Sur and Maco in Davao de Oro, are placed under a state of calamity. January 28: President Marcos formally launches Bagong Pilipinas, the official campaign of his administration, at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila. Former President Rodrigo Duterte, accompanied by Vice President Sara Duterte, presides over a prayer rally titled One Nation, One Opposition at San Pedro Square in Davao City, advocating for a halt to attempts to amend the Constitution. January 29: The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) halts the implementation of Resolution No. 10650, which serves as the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Initiative and Referendum Act (RA No. 6735). This action thereby suspends all proceedings regarding the People's Initiative to amend the Constitution of the Philippines. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines officially designates the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila, as a national shrine. January 30 – Former president Duterte announces the establishment of a new movement led by former Speaker and Davao del Norte representative Pantaleon Alvarez calling for the secession of Mindanao. On February 27 however, Duterte retracts his call for secession, saying that it was a bluff and a "joke" to get the attention of "Manila". February February 6 – A landslide near a gold mine in Maco, Davao de Oro, kills 98 people and injures 32; eight others remain missing. February 9 – The Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) orders the cancellation of the passport of former Negros Oriental representative Arnolfo Teves Jr., the alleged mastermind behind the March 2023 killing of governor Roel Degamo. February 14 – One person is killed and 55 others are injured after a church balcony in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan collapses during an Ash Wednesday Mass. February 15 – Myrna Mabanza, an alleged financier of Al-Qaeda and a supporter of Islamic State is arrested in Indanan, Sulu. February 16 – The Supreme Court convicts former Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) director Leocadio Santiago Jr. of serious dishonesty over the anomalous purchase of used helicopters in 2008. February 18 – Six soldiers and three militants are killed during a encounter with Dawlah Islamiyah–Maute group members in Munai, Lanao del Norte. February 20 – The Philippines becomes the first Asian country to ratify the Violence and Harassment Convention (C190) of the International Labour Organization. February 21: A truck carrying passengers falls into a ravine in Mabinay, Negros Oriental, killing 15 people and injuring two. Murder of Jullebee Ranara: A Kuwaiti court upholds the conviction of Ranara's killer. February 22 – COMELEC awards a ₱17.9 .... Discover the Mike Sundy Jonathan Sundy popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Mike Sundy Jonathan Sundy books.