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What happened from October 18, 2006 to October 30, 2008?

Posted on October 30, 2008 by thyra-snow05.
Categories: Uncategorized.

It’s been two years, since the last time I posted a blog here. I didn’t realize how busy I was from the time when I work as call center agent. There are so many things happened during that period, now I am not certain whether I can still manage to share something about myself or experiences in life. When I review my old post entitled Book of “FAITH”, brought me a deeper faith…, I realized that it was a different me then. Dati wala kong self confidence sa pagaapply para sa call center job, but now eto nag bi-build ng rapport sa mga American customer while troubleshooting a technical problem as per my friend and co agent, Mitch. For two years, I’ve been a loyal employee of NCO because they are the ones who had given me a chance to learn, share and grow. I think it’s not a good idea to say specifically what happened to me in two years. All I can say is I improved as a better person.

Therefore, I’ll just share some events happened here in the Philippines from October 2006 to October 2008. (Excerpt from Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_in_the_Philippines;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_in_the_Philippines;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_in_the_Philippines)

October 2006

October 21:
- The WWE SmackDown! Survivor Series Tour makes it stop at the Araneta Coliseum. (ended October 22)
- A 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits central Philippines. The quake struck at 10:30 p.m. with its epicenter some 35 kilometers south of Boac, Marinduque. The temblor was felt at intensity 4 in the capital Manila. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
October 25: The Supreme Court, voting 8-7, junks the petition of the Sigaw ng Bayan (Shout of the People) group for a people’s initiative in the constitution. (INQ7)

October 29: Typhoon Paeng (international name Cimaron) makes landfall on Luzon at about 9:00 p.m., killing at least 13 people. (BBC)

November 2006

November 11: Typhoon Queenie makes landfall in Casiguran, Aurora. The PAGASA weather bureau raised storm signals on much of northern Luzon. (ABS-CBN News)
November 18: Boxer Manny Pacquiao knocked out Erik Morales at their boxing bout held at the Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas. (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

Marianne Puglia (Miss Earth Fire 2006), Hil Hernández (Miss Earth 2006), Amruta Patki (Miss Earth Air 2006), Catherine Untalan (Miss Earth Water 2006)

November 26: Miss Earth 2006 beauty pageant was hosted by the Philippines at the National Museum Grounds at Manila. Miss Chile won the pageant.

December 2006

December 1:
- Albay declares a state of calamity has Typhoon Reming causes 198 deaths and counting. (AP via Yahoo! News)
- The 2006 Asian Games officially begins in Doha with the Philippines sending a 233-person contingent. (INQ7.net)

Sports				Total
Boxing	2	0	2	4
Cue sports	1	2	0	3
Wushu	1	1	0	2
Taekwondo	0	2	3	5
Karate	0	1	1	2
Tennis	0	0	2	2
Golf	0	0	1	1
Total	4	6	9	19

December 3: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared a “state of national calamity” as 406 perished after Typhoon Reming caused several mudslides around Mayon Volcano. {BBC News)
December 4: U.S. Marine Daniel Smith found guilty in the Subic rape case; 3 other U.S. Marines acquitted.
December 10: Mau Marcelo was declared the first Philippine Idol at the final results show was held in the Araneta Coliseum. (INQ7.net)

December 25:
- Opening of the 32nd Metro Manila Film Festival.
- A department store blaze killed 24 persons in Ormoc City. (BBC News)

January 2007

Francis Escudero

January 30: Sorsogon Congressman Francis Escudero files his candidacy for the Senate. (Daily Inquirer)
January 31: Solicitor-General Antonio Eduardo Nachura is chosen by the President as the new Supreme Court associate justice. (GMA News)

February 2007

February 11: The United Opposition, subsequently renamed Genuine Opposition, completes its 12 candidates for the upcoming elections. (GMA News)
February 12: Eight administration politicians filed their certificates of candidacy for the 2007 senatorial elections, calling themselves “TEAM Unity“. (ABS-CBN News)
February 14: Campaign period for national positions (Senate and Party-list) begins for the 2007 elections.
February 21: The International Basketball Federation lifts the national team’s suspension as it recognizes the new basketball federation. (FIBA.com)
February 24: Basketball team Barangay Ginebra Kings defeated the San Miguel Beermen in the Philippine Cup Finals. (Daily Inquirer)

March 2007

March 3: Anna Theresa Licaros is crowned as Binibining Pilipinas-Universe at the pageant held at the Araneta Coliseum.
March 14: Police have stormed a courtroom in Taguig City, killing a gunman to end a day-long hostage drama. Hostage-taker Almario Villegas was shot dead during the operation inside the Taguig Hall of Justice. Villegas seized the hostages in a dispute over land ownership. {BBC News); Campaign period for local positions begins.
March 25: In StarStruck‘s Final Judgment, Aljur Abrenica was named as “ultimate hunk,” Jewel Mische as “ultimate sweetheart”, and the tandem of Kris Bernal and Mart Escudero as the “ultimate love team” at the Marikina Sports Park.

Wikinews has related news:

School children and teachers taken hostage in Philippines

March 28: Armed gunmen led by Jun Ducat took 32 children and two teachers hostage near Manila City Hall. The gunmen later surrendered and released the hostages after their demands of free education for the children and land for their families was met. (BBC News)

April 2007

April 15: Manny Pacquiao knocked out Jorge Solis on the eighth round to retain the WBC International Superfeatherweight championship at the Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas.

May 2007

May 14 - Synchronized national and local elections were held.
May 21: Genuine Opposition candidates lead in the Senatorial elections notching 8 seats in the unofficial NAMFREL tally. (GMA News)
May 21: A teacher from Maguindanao claims votes from that province were fraudulent. (PDI)

June 2007

June 6: Genuine Opposition candidates win the most number of seats in the Senate while TEAM Unity retains control of the House and local positions at general elections in the Philippines even though failure of elections were declared in the province of Maguindanao.

Wikinews has related news:

5 killed, 255 rescued as ferry catches fire in Philippines

June 30: Proclaimed winners in the elections begin their term which will end on June 30, 2007.

July 2007

July 7: In a pair of world championship bouts, Florante Condes beats IBF minimumweight champion Muhammad Rachman in a bout a Jakarta and Nonito Donaire beat the IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States to become only the two current Filipino world champions.
July 11: The chief suspect in the Nida Blanca murder case, her husband Rod Strunk, committed suicide on Tracy, California. (Tracy Press)
July 11: Fourteen members of the Philippine Marines were found beheaded after an encounter against Islamic rebels in the province of Basilan. (BBC)
July 14: Two months after the elections, Juan Miguel Zubiri of TEAM Unity was proclaimed senator nosing out Koko Pimentel of the Genuine Opposition. (Inquirer)
July 20: The Alaska Aces defeated the Talk N Text Phone Pals to win their 12th Philippine Basketball Association championship in the 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference. (Inquirer)
July 27: The Department of Agriculture declares an outbreak of hog cholera at the provinces of Pampanga and Bulacan.

August 2007

August 8: Continuous rains the preceding three days broke the ongoing dry spell as Typhoon Chedeng passed through the northern limits of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands. (Inquirer)
August 9: Tropical Storm Dodong caused 3 deaths and 17 injuries.
August 11: Boxer Gerry Peñalosa knocked out Jhonny González of Mexico to win the WBO Bantamweight Championship at the ARCO Arena, Sacramento, California.
August 15: Heavy rains from Super Typhoon Egay caused the suspension of classes and the closure of government offices in Northern Luzon and Metro Manila. (Inquirer)
August 18: Baseball players from Makati City were beaten by players from Pearl City, Hawaii to lose in the Junior League World Series at Taylor, Michigan. (City of Taylor)

August 28: Exiled Communist Party of the Philippines founding chairman Jose Maria Sison was arrested at Utrecht, Netherlands. (Inquirer)
August 30: The government announced that the economy grew 7.5 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, topping market estimates, as private and government consumption boosted growth to its strongest level in two decades, President Arroyo announced in a press conference at Malacañang Palace. (ABS-CBN News)

September 2007

Wikinews has related news:

Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada found guilty of plunder

September 12: The Sandiganbayan convicted former president Joseph Estrada for plunder and sentenced him to reclusion perpetua while acquitting him and his co-accused on other charges.
September 29: The De La Salle Junior Archers and the Ateneo Lady Eagles won their respective divisional championships against the Ateneo Blue Eaglets and the UP Lady Maroons.
September 30: Tropical Storm Hanna causes the deaths of nine people in Ifugao in a landslide and Quezon City. (GMA News)

October 2007

Wikinews has related news:

Blasts kills 8, injures 126 at a mall in Manila, The Philippines

October 6: Boxer Manny Pacquiao defeats Mexican Marco Antonio Barrera via unanimous decision at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas to retain the WBC international super featherweight title. (ESPN)
October 7: Basketball team De La Salle Green Archers swept the UE Red Warriors 2-0 in their final series to win their seventh men’s title in the UAAP.
October 19: The Glorietta mall in Makati City was allegedly bombed by unknown assailants. (BBC News)
October 26: Former President Joseph Estrada was pardoned and free from jail after his trial.

November 11: Miss Earth 2007 beauty pageant was hosted by the Philippines at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City. Miss Canada won the pageant.
November 13: An explosion at the Philippine House of Representatives building in Quezon City kills four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar.
November 27: At 8 am PST, Typhoon Lando returns to the Philippines.
November 28: 2 boats were sunken at Taal Lake due to the waves. Three were confirmed dead and six are still missing.
November 29: The Armed Forces of the Philippines lays siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV stage a mutiny.

December 2007

December 12: One of Enchanted Kingdom’s attracions, the Space Shuttle roller coaster, stalled between the tracks, where schoolchildren from Bulacan, Laguna, and Batangas were included.

Television

These are TV programs that premiered and had their finales this year; new seasons and miniseries are excluded.

Premieres

January 8: Sana Maulit Muli (ABS-CBN)
January 15: Asian Treasures (GMA)
January 29: Princess Charming (GMA)
February 3: Sine Totoo (GMA)
February 10: Little Big Superstar (ABS-CBN)
February 12: Maria Flordeluna (ABS-CBN), Muli (GMA), Super Twins (GMA)
March 12: i-Watch News (RPN)
March 13: Philippines’ Next Top Model (RPN)
April 9: Lupin (GMA)
April 14: Fantastic Man (GMA)
April 16: Rounin (ABS-CBN)
April 23: Walang Kapalit (ABS-CBN)
April 29: Showbiz Central (GMA)
May 26: Tok! Tok! Tok! Isang Milyon Pasok! (GMA)
July 2: Mga Mata ni Anghelita (GMA)
June 4: Impostora (GMA)
June 19: Mommy Elvie’s Problematic Show (ABC)
June 25: Ysabella (ABS-CBN)
July 29: That’s My Doc (ABS-CBN), Be Bench/ The Model Search (ABS-CBN)
August 5: Ful Haus (GMA)
August 13: MariMar (GMA)
August 25: 1 vs. 100 (ABS-CBN)
August 27: Kabarkada, Break the Bank (Studio 23)
September 3: Pangarap na Bituin (ABS-CBN)
September 24: Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan (GMA), Lastikman (ABS-CBN)
October 8: The Sobrang Gud Nite Show with Jojo A All the Way! (Q)
October 29: La Vendetta (GMA)
November 12: Princess Sarah (ABS-CBN)
November 19: Kamandag (GMA)

Finales

February 9: Atlantika (GMA)
March 9: NewsWatch (RPN)
March 25: StarStruck: The Next Level (GMA)
March 30: Bakekang (GMA)
April 20: Sana Maulit Muli (ABS-CBN)
April 22: S-Files (GMA)
April 27: Princess Charming (GMA)
May 12: Little Big Superstar (ABS-CBN)
May 18: Muli (GMA)
May 25: Maging Sino Ka Man (ABS-CBN)
June 1: Super Twins (GMA)
June 12: Philippines’ Next Top Model (RPN)
June 22: Maria Flordeluna (ABS-CBN)
June 29: Asian Treasures (GMA)
July 26: Rounin (ABS-CBN)
July 30: Daddy Di Do Du (GMA)
August 17: Lupin (GMA)
August 31: Walang Kapalit (ABS-CBN)
September 21: Impostora (GMA)
September 26: Be Bench/ The Model Search (ABS-CBN)
October 5: Mga Mata ni Anghelita (GMA)
December 7: Pangarap na Bituin (ABS-CBN)
December 21: Princess Sarah (ABS-CBN)
December 28: Kabarkada, Break the Bank (Studio 23)

Film

January 17: Agent X44 (Star Cinema)
February 14: The Promise (GMA Films/Regal Films), Troika (Daven Productions International)
February 21: Faces of Love
February 28: You Got Me (Star Cinema)
March 13: Siquijor: Mystic Island (Centerstage Productions)
March 14: Happy Hearts (Regal Films)
March 20: Pantasya (Centerstage Productions)
March 21: M.O.N.A.Y (Misteyks obda neyson adres Yata) ni Mr. Shooli (Onabru Productions)
April 7: Ang Cute Ng Ina Mo (Star Cinema/Viva Films)
May 23: Baliw (Redd5Luke Productions)
May 30: Paano Kita Iibigin (Star Cinema)
June 13: Angels (Eagle Eye Productions)
July 4: Tiyanaks (Regal Films)
July 13: Kadin (Cinemalaya Productions)
July 27: Ouija (GMA Films)
August 29: My Kuya’s Wedding (Regal Films)
September 26: I’ve Fallen for You (Star Cinema)
October 3: Mona, Singapore Escort (Bandit Films)
October 10: Apat Dapat, Dapat Apat: Friends 4 Lyf and Death (Viva Films)
November 14: One More Chance (Star Cinema)
December 25: 2007 Metro Manila Film Festival:
- Bahay Kubo (Regal Films)
- Enteng Kabisote 4: Okay Ka, Fairy Ko: The Beginning of the Legend (M-Zet Productions)
- Katas ng Saudi (Maverick Films)
- Resiklo (Ignite Media)
- Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo (Star Cinema)
- Shake, Rattle & Roll 9 {Regal Films)

January 2008

January 9: Two people died and several others injured as over 2 million Filipinos celebrate the feast of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila.^[3]
January 31: The National Economic and Development Authority announced that the country’s 2007 full year gross domestic product indicated a growth of 7.3%, and a growth of 7.8% for the gross national product,^[4] the highest such figures since 1977.^[5]

February 2008

February 4 to February 5: The House of Representatives voted to replace House Speaker Jose de Venecia with Prospero Nograles.^[6] Shortly before his removal, de Venecia criticized the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and announced to the media that he was joining the political opposition.^[7]
February 8: Jun Lozada, an official with the DENR, testified before the Philippine Senate that former COMELEC Chairman Benjamin Abalos offered a 200 million peso bribe to then-NEDA Chairman Romulo Neri in connection with the National Broadband Network contract, ^[8] and that Neri had instructed him not to implicate the husband of President Arroyo in the controversy.^[9]
February 15: The Supreme Court nullified warnings issued in 2006 by the Secretary of Justice and the NTC against the airing of the so-called “Hello Garci” tapes.^[10]

March 2008

March 6: Several members of Congress call for an investigation into a 2004 joint oil exploration agreement between the Philippines, China and Vietnam over the disputed Spratly Islands, claiming that the agreement was unconstitutional and infringed on national sovereignty.^[11]
March 6: Filipino authorities announce the arrest of three men from Jordan and Indonesia in connection with an alleged plot to bomb the United States embassy and three other foreign missions in Manila. Two other suspects in the plot were later arrested in Boracay.^[12]
March 11: A Manila trial court acquitted former First Lady Imelda Marcos of 32 counts of illegal money transfers.^[13]
March 16: In a split decision, Manny Pacquiao defeated Juan Manuel Márquez and claimed the WBC Super Featherweight boxing championship.^[14]
March 17: The Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments on a certiorari petition filed by the Philippine government, which invoked sovereign immunity in connection with the enforcement of an American civil judgment against the estate of former President Ferdinand Marcos in favor of 9,500 human rights victims.^[16]
March 24: The family of Corazon Aquino announces that the former President is suffering from colon cancer.^[17]

April 2008

April 1: Social Welfare and Development Secretary Esperanza Cabral calls for a ban on foreigners availing of Philippine kidney transplants, after reports of destitute Filipinos selling their kidneys for paltry sums.^[19]
April 3: Departing Manila after a state visit to the Philippines, Palau President Tommy Remengesau is denied passage onto a Continental Airlines aircraft after he refuses to be frisked; the flight is forced to return to Manila after a bomb threat is phoned in.^[20]
April 7: Amidst growing concerns over a feared shortage of rice in the Philippines, President Macapagal-Arroyo lifts quotas on the importation of rice by private traders.^[21]
April 8: Police seize hundreds of bomb components in Alaminos, Laguna, following a raid that targeted a Filipino with alleged links to Jemaah Islamiyah.^[22]
April 8: Nine military officers receive prison sentences from a Makati City trial court for their role in the 2003 Oakwood mutiny.^[23]

May 2008

May 11: Miss Philippines Earth 2008, the 8th edition of Miss Philippines Earth pageant, was held at Crowne Plaza Galleria, Ortigas Center, Manila, Philippines. Miss Karla Paula Henry of Cebu won the pageant.
May 16: Eight employees and a security guard of a Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation branch in Cabuyao, Laguna were killed in a bank robbery. ^[24] The bank manager of the said branch, who was also shot during the massacre, died of gunshot wounds on May 18. ^[25]
May 19: The Manila Police District said that the bank robbers responsible for the murders in Paco, Manila and in Cabuyao, Laguna are the same. They also believed that the bank robbers are former members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.^[26]

June 2008

June 8 Ces Orena-Drilon, news anchor of ABS-CBN’s late night television program Bandila, together with her crew and a Mindanao university professor, was initially reported to have been kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf in Maimbung, Sulu, by the rebel group Abu Sayyaf.
June 10 ABS-CBN management issued an official statement, saying that Drilon and her crew are missing in Sulu.^[29]
June 11 ABS-CBN management confirmed that Drilon and her crew have been kidnapped for ransom in Sulu but declared that it “will abide by its policy not to pay ransom because this would embolden kidnap for ransom groups to abduct other journalists…”^[30]
June 12 Angelo Valderama, the assistant cameraman from Drilon’s crew, was released. The abductors named Indanan, Sulu mayor Alvarez S. Isnaji as their emissary in the ongoing negotiations for the other captives’ release.
June 16 The kidnappers Abu Sayyaf issued an ultimatum. The rebel group demanded for ransom amounting to P15 million by noontime of June 17, in exchange for the release of Drilon, Encarnacion and Dinampo.
June 17 The Abu Sayyaf extended their deadline for the ransom payment. Later during the day, PNP Chief Avelino Razon said that Drilon and the other hostages are expected to be released within the next few hours. Drilon and the hostages were freed shortly before midnight.
June 18 Ces Drilon and her crew were taken to Jolo, Sulu. Afterwards, they were brought by the Philippine army to Zamboanga city for a press conference. Philippine Senator Loren Legarda joined the released hostages and was reported to be the negotiator to the Abu Sayyaf. Legarda and the released hostages flew afterwards to Manila for another press conferences, and were brought to The Medical City afterwards for medication.
June 19 PNP declared the Isnajis as suspects in the kidnapping of Drilon, her crew, and Dinampo.

June 19: Typhoon Frank made landfall in eastern Samar in the central Philippines and travelled northwest over the islands. ^[31] Fengshen was initially forecast to go through Bicol Region but later on shifted its course further westward, eventually going towards the direction of Mindoro Province. However, before even reaching Mindoro it again shifted its direction northward towards the direction of Metro Manila, mainly because of the weakening of the High Pressure area system in the northern part of the Philippines.^[32]
June 21: The ship MV Princess of the Stars, owned by Sulpicio Lines that carried 626 passengers and 121 crew members, stalled in rough seas near Sibuyan Island in the central Philippines. The ship left Manila Saturday morning. Typhoon Frank caused the ship to sink, though it was previously reported that the ship experienced engine failure.^[33]
June 22: Typhoon Frank crossed Metro Manila between 5 am and 6 am Sunday.

June 24: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and US President George W. Bush had a meeting at the Oval Palace in White House as part of the Philippine President’s 10-day working visit in the USA. Issues on oil and food prices and terrorism were reportedly discussed in their meeting.^[34]
June 29: President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo met with Republican White House Presidential candidate John McCain. The President expressed her gratefulness to the latter’s support for the approval of the Veterans Equity bill. Other issues like terrorism in Mindanao were also discussed.^[35]
June 29: Manny Pacquiao won against David Diaz via knockout in the ninth round to win the WBC lightweight title.^[36]

July 2008

July 24: President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appointed former Senator Ralph Recto as the socioeconomic planning secretary and director general of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).^[37]