GENERAL

INFORMATION
2018-2019
 Key Positions
 President : Rodrigo Roa Duterte
V. Pres : Leni G. Robredo
Senate Pres : Vicente Sotto III
House Speaker : Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Chief Justice : Lucas Bersamin
Ombudsman : Samuel Martires
Presidential spokeperson : Salvador Panelo
PNP Chief : Oscar Albayalde
AFP Chief of Staff : Benjamin Rasco Madrigal
Presidential Communications Office : Martin
Andanar
 Important People
 Gold Medallist Asian Games 2018 – Jakarta, Indonesia
Weightlifting – Hidilyn F. Diaz
Golf- Yuka Saso
Skate Boarding – Margielyn Didal
Melchor Arthur Carandang- Deputy Ombudsman which
was suspended for grave misconduct and dishonesty
misconduct
Rafael Baylosis – NDFP peace consultant arrested
Gwendolyn Garcia- dismissed mayor in cebu due to grave
misconduct
Maria Lourdes Sereno – 8-6 quo warranto petition
 Wanda Tulfo Teo- former DOT secretary replaced by Bernadette Romulo-
Puyat
PET Presidential Electoral Tribunal-
Fr. Richmond Nilo- first priest who was gunned down in Zaragosa, Nueva
Ecija
Mayor Antonio Halili- assassinated in Tanauan, Batangas
Maya-1 – the first Filipino nanosatellite deployed from International
Space
Jovito Palparan- convicted of kidnapping of Jareb Enoebi abd Sherlyn
Capadan
Sophia Sonoron- first Miss Multinational 2018 at New Delhi, India FEB
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Cynthia Tomalla- first Miss Eco International 2018 in Cairo, Egypt
Patricia Javier – Mrs. Universe 2019
 Zara Carbonell- Ms. Tourism Worlwide 2018 in Indonesia
Sharifa Akeel- Miss Asia Pacific International 2018
Manuel Mogato- 2018 Pulitzer Prize for International report
Awardee
Eagle Broadcasting Corporation – 50th Golden Anniversary
Kelsey Meritt – first filipina model to Victoria Secret’s Fashion
Show
Xi Jinping- Chinese President who held a state visit on nov 20-
21, 2018
Imelda Marcos- guilty of seven counts of graft by
Sandiganbayan
Balangiga Bells- was returned to Villamor Air Base in Pasay
after 117 years
 2019
 Catriona Elisa Magnayon Gray – 4th Filipina (Filipino-
Australian) Miss Universe 2018 coronation at THAILAND
on Dec. 17, 2018
Karen Gallman – 1st Filipina who won Miss Intercontinental
pageant
Maria Ressa- controversial RAPPLER CEO arrested because
of cyber libel and anti-dummy law
Christine Silawan- murdered whose face was skinned in
Lapu-lapu City, Cebu
Adrien Broner – american boxer defeated by Manny
Pacquiao in Las Vegas Nevada last January 19, 2019
Benjamin Diokno- new governor Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas
 Important Dates
 April 26-Oct 26, 2018 - closure of Boracay
May 6- Worldwide Walk against poverty by Iglesia ni Cristo
May 14, 2018 – Baranggay and SK Elections (18-24) (18-
30)
June 25, 2018- 6 policemen were killed in PNP/AFP
misencounter in Villareal, Samar
July 5, - leptospirosis outbreak in 18 barangays in Metro
Manila
July 15, 2018 Lucas Mathysse vs. Pacquiao Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
July 23, 2018 – 3rd SONA of Pres. Duterte
July 31, 2018- Explosion in Lamitan City, Basilan
 August 16- Xiamen Airline flight 8667 crashed at NAIA
August 31- Proclamation No. 572 declaring amnesty of
Antonio Trillanes III as void
September 25, 2018 - Bagyong Ompong- Supertyphoon
landed on Cagayan
2019- Philippines will host the ASEAN Games which will be
held in Clark New City
Sept 20- landslide in Naga, Cebu
September 21, 2018- National Day of Protest
October 4, 2018 – 50th Golden Anniversary of Tau Gamma
Phi.
November 29- 21 people died after drinking lambanog in
Laguna
December 31, 2018 – end/expiration of martial law in
Mindanao
 January 27, 2019 – clean up at MANILA BAY
January 27, 2019- Jolo, Sulu BOMBING in front of
Cathedral of our Lady of Mount Carmel
January 30, 2019- Zamboanga mosque bombing
February 6, 2019- measles outbreak declared in
Metro Manila and Central Luzon
February 26, 2019- Bangsamoro Autonomous
Region was formally established
March 17, 2019- Philippines formally withdraws at
International Criminal Court
May 13, 2019 – Senatorial elections
 New Laws 2018
 1.Proclamation No. 124 – January as “National
Bible Month”
2. Executive Order No. 25-renamed Benham Rise to
Philippine Rise.
3. Executive Order No. 26- ordered a nationwide
smoking BAN. Implemented in July 23
4. Republic Act No. 10913 - Anti-Distracted Driving
Act
5. Republic Act No. 10666, or the "Children on
Motorcycle Safety Act of 2015",
 6. Republic Act No. 10931 Free tuition in state
universities
7. R.A. 10932 No Enhanced Anti-Hospital Deposit
Law
8. R,A 10928 Extending Passport Validity to 10
years
9. 10929 Establishing FREE INTERNET ACCESS
in public places
10. 10930 Extending Driver’s License Validity for
Five Years
 11. Ra 8049 Anti Hazing Law
12. Republic Act No. 10969 or the Free Irrigation Service Act
13. RA 10742- SK REFORM
14. RA 10963 Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act
(TRAIN) Law
15. Proclamation No. 469 – National Food Month 16.
Proclamation 572- revokes amnesty of Sen. Trillanes
17. RA 10963- TRAIN LAW- Tax Reform Acceleration
INclusion Law
18. RA 11055 – Philippine Identification Act – Aug 6, 2018
19. RA 10969- Free Irrigation Act
20. RA 11053 Anti-Hazing Act of 2018
 21. Ra 11036- integrating mental health in
general health care system
 22. EO No. 51 – Prohibits illegal contracting
and subcontracting
 23. RA 11054- Bangsamoro Organic Law
creating Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao
 2019
 24. RA 11210 Expanded Maternity Leave
 25. RA 11223 Universal Health Care Law
 26. RA 11200 New PNP Rank Classification
 27. RA 11201 law consolidating the Housing and
Urban Development Coordinating Council
(HUDCC) and the Housing and Land Use
Regulatory Board (HLURB).
 28. RA 11202 Mobile Number Portability Act
 29. RA 11203 Rice Tarrification Law
 Department Heads
 Department of Agriculture - Emmanuel Piñol
 Department of Agrarian Reform - John Rualo
Castriciones
 Department of Budget and Management – Janet
Braganza Abuel
 Department of Education – Leonor Magtolis- Briones
 Department of Energy – Carlos Dominguez III
 Department of Foreign Affairs- Teodoro Lopez
Locsin Jr.
 Department of Health - Francisco Duque
 Department of Information and Communications
Technology – Eliseo Rio Jr.
 Department of Interior and Local Government –
Eduardo Ano
 Department of Justice – Menardo Guevarra
 Department of Labor and Employment – Silvestre
Bello III
 Department of National Defense – Delfin Lorenzana
 Department of Science and Technology – Fortunato
Dela Pena
 Department of Social Welfare and Development –
Rolando Joselito Bautista
 Department of Tourism – Bernadette Fatima
Romulo-Puyat
 Department of Trade and Indusrty – Ramon Lopez
 Department of Transportation – Arthur Tugade
 Note
 BONGBONG” MARCOS, JR. AGAINST VICE
PRESIDENT LENI ROBREDO. The Supreme
Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral
Tribunal (PET) has for the election protest of former
Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr
(counting started on Apr. 2 for Camarines Sur,
Iloilo, and Negros Oriental)

 * Laws passed under Duterte Admininstration