Significant daily events in June in Philippine History

June 1, 1649, Miguel Ponce Barberan was killed by Sumuroy marking the
beginning of the Palapag rebellion

On Tuesday, June 1, 1649, Father Miguel Ponce Barberan was killed by Sumuroy by
hurling a javelin (lance) at him, killing the priest instantly. This event marked the beginning of
the uprising of the men of Palapag (in the present day province of Northern Samar).

Sumuroy was a skilled pilot of the sea and because of this account he was favored by the
father and had enjoyed immunity from tribute and personal services.

Earlier, due to loses of

galleons, it was necessary to
maintain a shipyard in Cavite.
Through a decree issued by
Governor-general Diego Fajardo,
carpenters from Manila were
drafted and additional carpenters
and laborers from each province
were demanded. Provinces away
from Manila resented the decree
and immediately made
demonstration of displeasure.

The men of Palapag

declared themselves against the
order due to the distance that would result in leaving their families for a long time. The eventual
killing of the priest was followed by the burning of most churches of the neighboring villages in
the Ibabao (in Samar Island) coast, which now also rose in revolt.

Other provinces proceeded to follow the boldness of the men of Palapag. It was said (by
the Spaniards) that these provinces was in communication with the Dutch who had promised to
support them in their rebellion. Camarines declared itself against the Spaniards, the Father
guardian of the Franciscans banished from Sorsogon. In Masbate the alferez was put to death.
The peace in Cebu was disturbed, the natives defied the authority. In the province of Caraga, the
men of Linao (Lanao) revolted. In the province of Iligan, which borders on Caraga, the
Manobos, seized the peaceable village of Cagayan. The entire coast of northern Mindanao, and
the adjacent island of Camigin, followed their example.

Consequently, seeing that the revolt is continually gathering strength, the Manila
authorities dispatched an armada from Zamboanga to subdue the Sumuroy rebellion. One of the
captains of the fleet was Juan de Ulloa. He commanded Lutao soldiers along with his sargento-
mayor Francisco Macombo. The Lutaos - who lived in Basilan, Jolo, and other islands south of
Mindanao aided the Spaniards to quell this insurrection
 Meanwhile, upon the death of Father Barberan, Father Vicente Damian, was appointed to
replace him. However, Don Pedro Caamug, who was one of the leaders of the uprising,
descended from the mountain called Palapag Mesa (Table of Palapag, the locals calls it
"Bubuyaon") where they have fortified themselves, along with about 200 of his men, and killed
Father Damian and two of his aides and again burned the newly built church on October 11,
1649.

On May 1650, the area around the church was fortified by the Lutao soldiers. During the
fortification Macombo made his famous speech of protest as recorded by a Jesuit chronicler,
Francisco Combes:

"Why are you wearing us out with profitless labor? You weary yourself and keep your men
exhausted on fortifications that are wholly unnecessary."

"We Lutaos came here from Zamboanga not to haul logs but to fight. If there is to be no fighting,
then permit us to return to our homes."

"For the coxcombs and foppish adventurers from Manila, an assault may seem too dangerous an
enterprise. But we are veterans and eagerly await the chance to distinguish ourselves."

"If you think us boasters, please assign to us the brunt of the battle that we may employ our
courage in carrying out our own advice."

On the rainy evening of July 2, 1650, Macombo lead the assault on the fortification of
Palapag Mesa, which eventually ended the Sumuroy rebellion.

The victorious Don Gines de Rojas ascended the hill with his whole army, and destroyed
the insurgent quarters by setting fire to them. Having published a general pardon, those who had
been insurgents before, presented themselves in peace including Don Pedro Caamug. Sumuroy
and his father survived the battle but refused to give up. The Dutch who were headquartered in
Formosa (present day Taiwan) never came.

Sumuroy was beheaded by his own men as demanded by Don Gines de Roxas. At first
this demand was not taken seriously by the men of Sumuroy who would send a pig's head instead
Sumuroy's head. Later as a token of obedience, his head was presented by his men, without
anyone asking for it.

June 2, 1899, the Malolos Congress declared war on the United States
On June 2, 1899, the Malolos Congress declared war on the United States, with its
President, Pedro Paterno, issuing a Proclamation of War.
 Prior to this proclamation, several
battles had already occurred between the
Filipino and American forces

Accordingly, this phase of the

Philippine–American War, also known as
the Philippine War of Independence or the
Philippine Insurrection (1899– 1902) was
an armed military conflict between the
Philippines and the United States which
arose from the struggle of the First
Philippine Republic to gain independence
following annexation by the United States.

(Opening of the Malolos Congress on September 15, 1898)

June 3, 1863, a strong earthquake rocked Manila

On June 3, 1863, at thirty-one

minutes past seven in the evening, after a
day of tremendous heat while all Manila
was busy in its preparations for the festival
of Corpus Christi, the ground suddenly
rocked to and fro with great violence. The
firmest buildings reeled visibly, walls
crumbled, and beams snapped in two. The
dreadful shock lasted half a minute; but this
little interval was enough to change the
whole town into a mass of ruins, and to
bury alive hundreds of its inhabitants.

Dr. Pedro Pablo Pelaez, in

temporary charge of the diocese and dying
in the cathedral, was the foremost Filipino
victim. Pelaez and several others were celebrating the rites of Corpus Christi at the Cathedral
when the earthquake destroyed the roof of the edifice and buried them under the debris which
took days to clear. Pelaez' corps was found later beside a friend under the debris of the Cathedral.

A letter of the governor-general, states that the cathedral, the government-house, the barracks,
and all the public buildings of Manila were entirely destroyed, and that the few private houses
which remained standing threatened to fall in.

The meizoseismic area comprised the Provinces of Manila, Bulacan, Morong (Rizal), Laguna,
and eastern Cavite. Fissures in the ground were reported from Bulacan. In Manila the greatest
damage to private houses occurred along and near the river. The axis of the meizoseismic area
followed the direction of the eastern cordillera.

Later accounts speak of four hundred killed and two thousand injured, and estimate the loss at
eight millions of dollars. Forty six public and five hundred and seventy private buildings were
thrown down; twenty-eight public and five hundred twenty-eight private buildings were nearly
destroyed, and all the houses left standing were more or less injured.

June 3, 1568, Andres de Urdaneta, pilot of the Legazpi expedition and prelate
of the Filipinas died in Mexico
On June 3, 1568, Andres de Urdaneta who accompanied Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in
the expedition to the Filipinas died in the City of Mexico, Mexico at the age of 70. Urdaneta
acted as pilot of this expedition and was later appointed prelate of the Filipinas islands with the
title "Protector of the Indians".

Andres de Urdaneta was born in 1498, at

Villafranca de Oria, Spain. He received a liberal
education, but his parents dying, he chose a
military career and won distinction in the wars of
Germany and Italy, attaining the rank of captain.
Returning to Spain, he devoted himself to the
study of mathematics and astronomy, and became
proficient in navigation.

Joining the Loaisa's expedition in 1525,

he was one of the survivors of this failed
expedition. He remained in the Moluccas
contending with the Portuguese there as prisoner.
In 1535 he managed to return back to Spain.
Going thence to Mexico in about 1540, he was
offered command of the expedition then fitting
out for the Moluccas, "but on terms which he could not accept", Ruy Lopez de Villalobos was
given command of the fleet in his stead.

In 1552 Urdaneta became a friar, entering the Augustinian order, in which he made his
profession on March 20, 1553 in the City of Mexico. There he remained until the fleet of
Legazpi departed on November 21, 1564 from La Navidad, Mexico, for the Philippine Islands.
Urdaneta accompanied this expedition, with four other friars of his order. In the following year
he was dispatched back to Spain, to give an account to the government of what Legazpi had
accomplished. This mission fulfilled, he desired to return to the Filipinas , but was dissuaded by
his friends where he returned to Mexico and lived there until his death.
 Urdaneta was endowed with a keen intellect, and held to his opinions and convictions
with great tenacity. To his abilities and sagacity are ascribed much of Legazpi's success in the
conquest of the Filipinas.

June 4, 1565, the Peace Treaty of Cebu was signed

On June 4, 1565, the peace treaty of Cebu between Miguel Lopez de Legazpi,
representing King Philip II of Spain, and Rajah Tupas of Cebu was signed. It is the first
Philippine peace treaty which effectively created Spain's suzerain over Cebu.

Rajah Tupaz was the son

of Sri Parang the Limp, and the
nephew of Rajah Humabon (also
known as Sri Hamabar). He is
known to have been baptized on
March 21, 1568 at age 70, placing
his birthdate at about 1497.

He ruled Cebu with his

peers until he was defeated by
Miguel Lopez de Legazpi's soldiers
on April 27, 1565.

Following the signing of the

treaty, in the same year, the church
and convent of Santo Niño, the first Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines, was built by
Father Andres de Urdaneta. This marked the beginning of Roman catholicism in the Philippines
as Spanish priests from other religious orders followed.

June 5, 1899, General Antonio Luna was killed by Aguinaldo's men in

Cabanatuan
On June 5, 1899, General Antonio Luna was killed in the plaza of a rectory in
Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija. Luna was to attend a council of war called by General Emilio
Aguinaldo.

Luna arrived with two aides-de camp and a mounted escort of twelve men. After
dismounting and dismissing his escort, he proceeded alone to the rectory where Aguinaldo had
his headquarters. On mounting the stairs, he was met by a junior officer, who informed him that
Aguinaldo had left with his command. Luna felt slighted and expressed himself very strongly on
the matter and prepared to take his departure. As he turned to leave the room, a sergeant of one
of the two companies that Aguinaldo had left at Cabanatuan, sprang from behind the door, where
he had been concealed, and attacked Luna from behind, inflicting a severe wound with a bolo.

(General Antonio Luna (left), and General Emilio Aguinaldo)

General Luna, seeing himself surrounded and realizing that he was practically in the same
strait as Andres Bonifacio had been at Naic, some three years previously, drew his revolver to
defend himself. Not wishing to be overcomed by numbers in a hand to hand struggle in the
rectory, he forced his way through his assailants and rushed down stairs into the plaza to
summon his escort to his assistance. On arriving in the plaza, he was confronted by one of the
companies that Aguinaldo had left in Cabanatuan to arrest him at all costs. The officer in
command, judging that Luna, if arrested alive, would only be a source of embarassment to
Aguinaldo, ordered his men to fire a volley. Luna fell at the first discharge but did not die before
he wounded a number of assailants with his revolver.

Earlier, on about March or April, 1899, there were some overtures between Emilio
Aguinaldo, Felipe Buencamino, and Pedro Paterno on the one hand and the American authorities
on the other, towards a compromise on the basis of an autonomous government. It is unknown
with whom these overtures originated, but Aguinaldo was disposed to listen to them. General
Antonio Luna heard of this and, at a cabinet meeting at Cabanatuan, reproached the dictator with
wishing to betray the "extreme" party. It was this party, according to Luna, which represented the
people at large. It certainly did represent the majority of the Filipino leaders and Katipuneros
who had gone into the field to fight for complete independence. They would be satisfied by no
such half measure as autonomy.

The conversation became heated. Luna, who had a violent temper, threatened to kill
Aguinaldo. The latter, however, managed to avoid an encounter just then. But Luna followed up
and struck Buencarnino in the face. Buencamino then made his escape with Pedro Paterno and
both took refuge in a stable.
June 3, 1876, Jose Palma was born in Tondo, Manila

On June 3, 1876, Jose Palma, famous poet who wrote the lyrics of the Philippine
national anthem, was born in Tondo, Manila. He was the youngest child of Don Hermogenes
Palma and Hilaria Velasquez.

Palma continued his studies at the Ateneo Municipal

after he finished his primera enseñanza in Tondo. It was
while in Ateneo when he started composing verses. One of
his earliest works was "La cruz de Sampaguitas" which he
composed in 1893, the same year when he fell in love with
Florentina Arellano. Their relationship, however, was cut
short by the girl's parents who did not approve of him.

Palma busied himself with his literary pursuits. In

1894, he joined the Katipunan but did not join his comrades
in the battlefield when the revolution broke out.

June 5, 1754, a Real Cedula providing compulsory teaching of Spanish was

received in the Philippines

On June 5, 1754, a Real Cedula (Royal Decree) of King Ferdinand VI of Spain,

providing for the Compulsory teaching of Spanish in all schools for boys and girls, was received
in the Philippines. Spanish language is among the lasting legacies of Spain to the Filipinos,
which linguistic authorities said has enriched the national language called Pilipino with at least
5,000 Spanish loan-words.

The Filipino people have become closer to the Western World with knowledge of Latin
alphabet and Spanish language (and later the English language). Through linguistical media,
Filipinos have been able to imbibe the wisdom of the West as well as to learn the ideas of
Western philosophers and teachers.BThe Filipinos, before the arrival of the Spaniards, had a
syllabary, probably of Sanskrit or Arabic origin.

June 6, 1875, Norberto Romualdez Sr. was born

On June 6, 1875, Norberto Romualdez Sr., Leyte's favorite
son and delegate to the first constitutional convention, was born in
Burauen, Leyte. He was the brother of Vicente Orestes Romualdez, the
father of Imelda Romualdez Marcos. Romualdez was one of
the "Seven Wise Men" who drafted the 1935 Constitution for the
Philippine Commonwealth. He finished his Bachelor of Arts with
honors at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila in 1895 and earned his title
of Maestro de Segunda Ensenanza (high school teacher) at the
University of Santo Tomas before the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution. He studied law
during the American Occupation and passed the Bar in 1903.

The Americans took notice of his qualifications and appointed him assistant city attorney
of Manila in 1910, judge of the Court of Land Registration in 1911, judge of the Court of First
Instance for the 22nd District (Capiz, Iloilo, Antique, and Negros Occidental) in 1914, and
associate justice of the Supreme Court in 1921.

Notably, when he attended the Postal Convention in Barcelona, Spain, in 1920, he

worked for the adoption of the Philippine peso as the postal monetary unit of the country, and
also performed other significant services while in Spain. He initiated moves for the return of
the Spolarium, the famous painting of Juan Luna. He was also commissioned to bring home the
remains of Marcelo H. Del Pilar, which he accomplished on December 3, 1920.

In the Commonwealth National Assembly, he was chairman of the Committee on

National Language. He sponsored Act No. 184 which provided for the adoption of the National
Language and the creation of the National Language Institute. Romualdez was the author
of Philippine Orthography where he proposed how to systematically write in the native
language. While growing up in his native Leyte province, he first achieved status as a writer in
the Waray-Waray language. He published his Bisayan Grammar which was intended to be for
American soldiers stationed in Tacloban, Leyte who wanted to learn the language.

Leytenos respected him as an educator when he taught at the family's Colegio de San
Jose. Until his death, he was president of Sanghiran San Binisaya, a group which he founded and
initiated projects to cultivate and enrich the Waray-waray language. Norberto died in Palapag,
Samar (present day Northern Samar) on November 4, 1941.

June 7, 1907, Arturo Belleza Rotor was born

On June 7, 1907, Arturo Belleza Rotor, considered as among the best Filipino short
story writers of the twentieth century, was born. Rotor was also
a Medical Doctor. He attended the University of the
Philippines (UP), graduating from the Conservatory of Music
and the College of Medicine.

An esteemed writer of both fiction and non-fiction in

English, Rotor was the recipient of the Republic Cultural
Heritage Award in 1966 in recognition of his literary
accomplishments. His best-known literary works are
"Confidentially, Doctor" published in 1965, "Selected Stories
from the Wound and The Scar," published in 1973, and "The
Men Who Play God" published in 1983.
 Rotor discovered a rare form of jaundice known as "Rotor Syndrome", a non-itching
jaundice. He published the paper on the said disease in 1948.

He served as director of the UP's Postgraduate School of Medicine, and worked as a

practicing internist until the early 1980s. During World War II, Rotor served as Executive
Secretary of the Philippine Commonwealth government-in-exile. Immediately after the war, he
was appointed Secretary of the Department of Health and Welfare. He died on April 9, 1988 at
the age of 80. He was married to Emma Unson.

June 8, 1625, the revolt of Nueva Segovia took place

On June 8, 1625, the revolt

Nueva Segovia (present day
Cagayan province) took place in a
village called Abulag led by Don
Miguel Lanab and a person only
known as Alababan. The rebellion
started with the killing of Fray
Alonso Garcia and Fray Onofre
Palao by Lanab and Alababan,
followed by burning a church.

The following is the account

of this event extracted from Chapter
XXVIII of Aduarte's Historia, The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803, Vol. 1, no. 32, Emma Helen
Blair, et. al.

On the eighth of June, the first Sunday after the most Holy Trinity, a great misfortune
occurred in the revolt of some Indians of the province of Nueva Segovia. Turning their backs on
the faith, they gave it up and fled to the mountains - a thing which caused great grief to the
ministers of the holy gospel.

June 9, 1975, the Philippines and China established diplomatic relations

On June 9, 1975, the Republic of the Philippines and the People's Republic of China
signed a Joint Communique in Beijing formally establishing diplomatic relations between the
two countries at the ambassadorial level. Related to this, Presidential Proclamation No. 148 was
issued by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on January 22, 2002 declaring June 9 of every
year as Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day.
June 9, 1904, Artemio Ricarte was accused of conspiracy, rebellion and
insurrection against the Americans
On June 9, 1904, noted Filipino General, Artemio Ricarte was accused of illegal
possession of firearms, conspiracy, rebellion and insurrection against the Americans.

Dubbed as the "Father of the Philippine

Army", Ricarte was the Chief of Operations of the
Philippine forces during the Philippine-American War
which started in 1899.

Ricarte was captured in Manila in 1900 and

deported to Guam along with other leaders of the
insurrection. General Ricarte, Apolinario Mabini and
others were eventually pardoned and were allowed to
return home in 1903. Mabini pledged his allegiance to
the Americans but died few weeks later of cholera.
Ricarte who refused to take the oath was not allowed
(General Artemio Ricarte)
to set foot in the Philippines and was instead shipped
to Hong Kong. He secretely returned shortly after and raised a revolt in the Rizal province area.

June 10, 1988, Corazon Aquino signed into law the Comprehensive Agrarian
Reform act
On June 10, 1988, President Corazon C. Aquino signed into law Republic Act No.
6657, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law. This law provides for the
creation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) to promote and ensure the
welfare of landless farmers and farm workers, as well as social justice and equity among people
in the rural areas.

Among those to be given due consideration in the distribution and ownership of land and
representation in decision-making bodies are subsistence fishermen, veterans and retirees,
agriculture graduates, and rural women.

June 11, 1978, the Pag-IBIG Fund was established

On June 11, 1978, by virtue of Presidential Decree No.

1530, the Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), more
popularly known as the Pag-IBIG Fund was established to
answer to the need for a national savings program and an
affordable shelter financing for the Filipino worker. Pag-IBIG is
an acronym which stands for Pagtutulungan sa Kinabukasan: Ikaw, Bangko, Industria at
Gobyerno.

Under the said law, there were two agencies that administered the Fund. The Social
Security System (SSS) which handled the funds of private employees and the Government
Service Insurance System (GSIS) handled the savings of government workers. Less than a year
after on March 1, 1979, Executive Order No. 527 was signed directing the transfer of the
administration of the Fund to the National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation, which was one
of the operating agencies of the then Ministry of Human Settlements.

June 12, 1898, Aguinaldo formally proclaimed the Philippine Independence in

Kawit, Cavite
On June 12, 1898, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, head of the Philippine Revolutionary
Republic, formally proclaimed Philippine Independence from the central second-story window
of the Aguinaldo ancestral house in Kawit, Cavite. This grand occasion was highlighted by the
playing, for the first time, of the Philippine national anthem, the unfurling of the national flag,
and the reading of the proclamation of independence.

(The original Flag raised by Emilio Aguinaldo in declaring the independence in 1898)

The Philippine national anthem, which embodies the struggles and the glory of Filipino
people in search of freedom from foreign denomination, was composed by Julian Felipe and
played by the San Francisco de Malabon Band. The Spanish lyrics were written by Jose Palma a
year later.

The Philippine national flag had been made in Hong Kong by Marcela Agoncillo,
assisted by Lorenza Agoncillo and Delfina Herbosa. It featured a blue band on top, a red band
below, and a white triangle on the side.

At the corners of the white triangle were sewn yellow stars symbolizing the three
Philippine island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. At the center of the triangle was a
sun with eight rays, representing the first provinces that rose in arms against Spain.
 The Aguinaldo house has been declared a national historical site, a Freedom Shrine. The
architectural and interior design of the house bears the stamp of Aguinaldo.

June 13, 1896, Casimiro del Rosario was born in Bantayan, Cebu

On June 13, 1896, Casimiro V. del Rosario, who was recognized in 1984 as National
Scientist in Physics, Astronomy and Meteorology, was born in
Bantayan, Cebu.

Dr. Del Rosario is known for his researches on

ultraviolet light of different wavelengths, effect of radioactive
radiation on euglena (a genus of unicellular organisms), high
voltage electrical discharges in a vacuum, and many other
accomplishments.

He finished BS in Civil Engineering with honors at the

University of the Philippines in 1918; MS in Physics at Yale
University in the United States in 1924; and PhD in Physics at
the University of Pennsylvania in 1932.

Notably, Del Rosario was the co-founder of the Bartol

Research Foundation (Franklin Institute) in Philadelphia, an
institution which did pioneering researches in physics.

Del Rosario also headed the Philippine Weather Bureau (now Philippine Atmospheric
Geophysical and Astronomical Services Adminstration (PAGASA)) for 11 years. He was vice
chair for the National Science Development Board in 1958.

He was given the Presidential Award in 1965 for his outstanding works in physics, meteorology
and astronomy. He died on September 15, 1982 at the age of 86.

June 14, 1960, Dwight Eisenhower arrived in Manila for state visit

On June 14, 1960, US President Dwight D.

Eisenhower arrived in Manila on a plane from Clark
Air Field late in the afternoon for a 3-day state visit.
His visit marked the first ever made by any US
President to the country. He was met by President
Carlos Garcia and other Filipino and American
officials at the airport. President Garcia in his
welcoming statement said that he is welcoming the US
President home. Eisenhower also stated that this is indeed for him, a homecoming.

President Eisenhower came as an old friend. He was in the country for some 4 years from
1936 to the end of 1939 as senior assistant to the Military Adviser to the Commonwealth,
General Douglas MacArthur. It was he who principally drafted Commonwealth Act No. 1 which
created the Philippine Army. Upon his leaving the Philippines in 1939, President Quezon
bestowed on him the Distinguished Service Star of the Philippines "for services of extraordinary
value to the Commonwealth". Within the next few years he became "the single most important
military figure of World War II" as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces. In May 1946, as
successor to General Marshall as Chief of Staff of the US Army, he visited the Philippines
briefly while on his way to Tokyo, Japan.

June 15, 1945, Miriam Defensor Santiago was born in the city of Iloilo
On June 15, 1945, Miriam Defensor Santiago, a public servant, a judge and legal
scholar, and an outstanding Philippine senator, was born in the city of Iloilo.

Miriam learned to take charge early in

life. As a precocious child and the eldest of
seven, she was running the household well
before she was out of grade school. Her
mother was a career woman who eschewed
housework, so responsibility for the daily
marketing, for supervising the family's
untrained village maids, and for organizing her
younger brothers and sisters to do their chores
devolved upon her.

She also saw to it that the Defensor

brood arrived promptly and well-scrubbed for
(Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago) weekly catechism classes and Catholic mass.
Discipline was her mother's watchword, and
young Miriam came to accept her authoritarian, achievement-oriented environment as "the
natural working of the universe".

June 16, 1980, the Commission on Filipinos Overseas was established

On June 16, 1980, the Philippine government established the Commission on Filipinos
Overseas (CFO), an agency tasked to promote and uphold the interests of Filipino emigrants and
permanent residents abroad, and preserve and strengthen ties with Filipino communities
overseas. Through the enactment of Batas Pambansa (Republic Act) 79, it replaced the Office of
Emigrant Affairs (OEA) but retained its mandate and extended its functions to formulate
policies.

The CFO primarily registers and provides pre-departure orientation seminars to emigrants. It
promotes, among other functions, the transfer of technology and material and financial
contributions from overseas to development activities in underserved communities all over the
Philippines.

June 17, 1863, Rafael del Pan was born in Intramuros, Manila

On June 17, 1863, Rafael del Pan, a lawyer, nationalist, and reformist, was born in
Intramuros, Manila to Don Jose Felipe del Pan, a Spaniard, and Amalia Garcia Fontela, a
Filipina.

Del Pan was sent to Spain when he was seven years old to study. He returned to Manila and
studied at the Ateneo Municipal. After obtaining his Bachiller en Artes at the Colegio de San
Juan de Letran in 1880, he pursued Law studies at the University of Santo Tomas but did not
finish the course. It was in the Central University of Madrid in Spain where he completed his
studies in law and obtained the Licenciado en Jurisprudencia on January 28, 1886.

Del Pan returned to Manila with a Doctorate degree in Law. and started serving the
government as substitute juez de paz for the district of Intramuros for two terms, and from July 4
to October 31, 1891, served as substitute fiscal. The Spanish government named him Solicitor
General of the Philippine Islands with concurrent post as lawyer for the Sociedad Economia de
los Amigos del Pais from 1891 to 1893. From February 4, 1895 to April 1, 1897, he was
named Diputado Primero of the Junta de Gobierno.

He sailed to Hong Kong towards the end of the Spanish-American War. Known in the
revolutionary circle, del Pan was named Plenipotentiary to the USA in 1899. There, he
campaigned for recognition of Philippine Independence by presenting to the US Senate the
petition of two thousand Filipinos for independence. He found an ally in US Senator Teller who
addressed his colleagues and advised immediate independence of the Philippines from the
Americans.
Del Pan collaborated with foreign writers in their studies of Philippine languages. He also
translated Balagtas' Florante at Laura to Spanish. According to writer, Francisco Villanueva, Jr.,
del Pan translated into English Rizal's Ultimo Adios and gave it to Congressman Henry Allen
Cooper. The American representative edited and recited it during the House deliberation of the
Cooper Bill that was later enacted into Law on July 1, 1902.
On April 16, 1903, he took his oath as a lawyer after passing an examination in criminal
procedure given by the Supreme Court. A consistent nationalist, he joined the Anti-Annexation
group of Dominador Gomez, Pascual Poblete and Antonio Montenegro. He became the president
of the Colegio de Abogados de Filipinas in 1904; was named examinador de titulos of the friar
lands; was designated member of the Comite Codificador de Leyes (Code Committee of Penal
Laws) in 1908 and was made a member of the Board of Bar Examiners on December 13, 1914.
As one of the initiators of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce, Del Pan became its president.

June 18, 1908, the University of the Philippines was established

On June 18, 1908, the Philippine Legislature enacted a

law for the establishment of the University of the Philippines.
Preliminary organization of this institution was begun during
the latter part of the same year.

The American occupation of the Philippines was

followed rapidly by the establishment of a large number of
elementary schools and at least one high school in every
province. It was soon felt that the nation ought to have a
university as the capstone of this public-school system to
produce leaders for the nation and prepare men for service in
professional and technical fields.

Moreover, in order to retain the students in the high schools, assurance had to be given
that the Government intended to provide advanced and professional courses in
English. Otherwise they preferred to attend the Spanish schools.

The College of Medicine was, chronologically considered, the first unit of the University.
It was originally known as the Philippine Medical School created by a special act on December
1, 1905, and opened to students for purposes of instruction on June 10, 1907. It became a
university college on the 8th of December, 1910. The Schools of Pharmacy and Dentistry were
some time later added to the College of Medicine but as yet have not been made separate
colleges.

June 19, 1943 the KALIBAPI elected twenty members of the Preparatory
Commission for Philippine independence
On June 19, 1943, The KALIBAPI after declaring quorum,
and adopting resolutions of gratitude to, and of cooperation with
Japan, elected twenty members of the Preparatory Commission for
Philippine independence. This body, on orders from the Japanese
Imperial Government through the Japanese Imperial Army in the
Philippines, was charged with the task of framing a constitution for
the Japanese-sponsored Republic headed by Jose P. Laurel.
 The very next day the members were formally inducted by Lieutenant General Kuroda.
Kuroda made it a great point of the membership of Manuel Roxas in this Commission. It was to
be known later however, that the Japanese included Roxas without consulting him. It was
believed that Roxas have been avoiding such entanglements by feigning to be more ill than he
actually was.

The Commission immediately set to work on the drafting of a constitution, and this
"remarkable document", said to have been drafted principally by Laurel, was signed on
September 4 and unanimously ratified by a General Assembly of 117 KALIBAPI delegates on
the 7th, three days later.

The KALIBAPI

It was announced in December 1942 that all existing political parties had dissolved
themselves and that, in their stead, to unify the people and to promote the Oriental virtues, an
organization was to be formed called the KALIBAPI, a shortening of Kapisanan sa
Paglilingkod sa Bagong Filipinas (Association for Service to the New Philippines).

June 19, 1861, Dr. Jose P. Rizal, was born in Calamba, Laguna

On June 19, 1861, Jose Protacio Rizal

Mercado y Alonzo Realonda, Philippines National
Hero, was born in Calamba, Laguna to Francisco
Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandro and Teodora
Morales Alonzo Realonda y Quintos both of Chinese
descent. Jose was the seventh of eleven children, Jose
was baptized by Father Rufino Collantes on June 22,
1861, with Father Pedro Casanas as his godfather.
Jose’s siblings were: Saturnina, Paciano, Narcisa,
Olimpia, Lucia, Maria, Concepcion, Josefa, Trinidad
and Soledad.

Early on, Jose manifested exceptional

intelligence. He learned the alphabet at the age of three
from his mother and was trained to do outdoor activities like riding horses. Father Leoncio Lopez
influenced him to exude character that held high respect for the rights of others. At the age of
nine, his parents sent him to study Biñan in the school of Don Justiniano Aquino Cruz, who, after
a few months, reported to his parents that he had nothing more to learn in school. Jose excelled
in academics and in physical activities.
June 20, 1899, Nonubiki Maru leaves Nagasaki for the Philippines loaded with
rifles and ammunition

On June 20, 1899, the Japanese vessel

Nonubiki Maru left Nagasaki for the Philippines loaded
with 10,000 rifles, 6,000,000 rounds of ammunition,
and other war supplies purchased by Mariano Ponce.

Ponce with the aid of the Chinese revolutionary

leader Dr. Sun Yat-sen, in his mission to Japan,
obtained sufficient support from the Japanese military
and a few Japanese politicians to enter into agreement to
purchase arms and ammunition in the Spring of 1899.
At the same time, arrangements were made for "retired"
Japanese officers to go to the Philippines as advisors to
the Filipino army against the Americans. These officers
actually served with the Filipino forces but the attempt
to ship arms to the islands was a complete failure.

The Nunobiki Maru carrying the rifles and ammunition, and other military supplies was
sunk in a typhoon, and a second attempt was stymied by the threat of the effective American
blockade.

June 21, 1913, Luis Taruc was born in Santa Monica, San Luis, Pampanga
On June 21, 1913, Luis Taruc, son of a corn farmer and fish vendor, a political figure,
peasant leader during the agrarian unrest of the 1930s, and leader of the Hukbong Bayan Laban
sa Hapon or HUKBALAHAP, was born in Santa Monica, San Luis, Pampanga.

Luis attended primary school at age 8 in a public school in San Miguel, Bulacan. At
fifteen, he attended high school in Tarlac City. He attended the University of Manila for two
years, studying medicine and law, but no longer able to afford the expenses, returned home
without getting a degree to set up a tailor shop with his brother.
 As a teen he was inspired by the stories of the Katipuneros who had fought for
independence and for agrarian reform against Spain. Certain people within his home village and
province came to regard him as the incarnation of the prominent Katipunan leader Felipe
Salvador. He was influenced by Pedro Abad Santos, a Marxist, whom Luis regarded as a true
socialist. In 1935, Taruc joined the Filipino Socialist Party led by Abad Santos in 1935.

June 21, 1574, Felipe II bestowed upon Luzon the title of "Nuevo Reino de
Castilla" (New Kingdom of Castilla)
On June 21, 1574, King Felipe II of Spain,
bestowed upon Luzon the title of "Nuevo Reino de
Castilla" (New Kingdom of Castilla), and on Manila that
of "Insigne y siempre leal Ciudad" (Distinguished and
Ever Loyal City) and permitted the establishment of a new
municipal office. This royal decree confirmed these
designations given to Luzon and Manila by the then
Governor Miguel Lopez de Legazpi.

On this very same day Fray Martin de Rada, Father

Provincial of the Augustinians in the Philippines, gave his written opinion regarding the exaction
by the Spaniards of tributes from the natives. He declared that he and all his brethren regard the
conquests made in these islands as unjust; and denounced the acts of injustice, oppression, and
extortion committed against the helpless natives.

Rada asserted that the rate of tribute is three times as high as it ought to be, considering
the poverty of the natives and urged the Governor to reduce the amount levied to one-third of the
present exaction, and to protect the natives from oppression. Guido de Lavezaris and other
officials at Manila defended themselves from Rada's accusations, writing a letter to the King to
state their side of the contention. They denied some of Rada's statements, and excused their
action in other matters, casting the blame for many evils on the treachery of the natives.

June 22, 1976, President Marcos approved the "open skies policy"

On June 22, 1976, President Ferdinand Marcos approved the "open skies policy"
liberalizing the country's aviation policy and allowing the increase of frequency of flights and
entry of foreign airlines into the Philippines. Over the years, liberalization of international air
transport continued to evolve at various levels since the 1980s. One of the notable developments
is the considerable increase of bilateral open skies service agreements signed by the Philippines
with other countries.

June 22, 1920, Jovito Salonga was born in Pasig

On June 22, 1920, Jovito Salonga, a lawyer and
legal scholar, educator and a distinguesed senator, was born
in poverty in the present day Pasig City to a Presbyterian
pastor, Esteban Salonga and Bernardita Reyes a market
vendor. Jovito Salonga, the youngest of five brothers,
worked his way through college and law school as a
proofreader in the publishing firm of his eldest brother,
Isayas.

Jovito Salonga's long life began after the onset of

American rule in the Philippines. His youth was a time of
national hope and longing for independence. These things shaped him, alongside his family's
deep Christian convictions and the hardships of their daily life. When he was twelve, a speech by
the then House Speaker Manuel Roxas in his hometown stirred him to dream of a life in law and
in public life.

June 23, 1935, Juan Flavier was born in the slums of Manila
On June 23, 1935, Juan M. Flavier, a "Doctor to the Barrios", former Secretary of
Health and Senator, was born in the slums of Manila. He spend his youth in the Mountain
Province where his father, a labor organizer, was employed as a mechanic at the Balatoc Mining
Company. He excelled in school, and by his talent and determination, and his mother's
enterprise, she sold used clothing to help pay for his education, he achieved his dream of
becoming a doctor, receiving his degree in Medicine from
the University of the Philippines in 1960.

After a year of teaching, and much to his mother's

dismay, he left a comfortable academic and medical
career to join the Philippine Rural Reconstruction
Movement (PRRM), an organization dedicated to serving
the common folks through education, training and
empowerment. In April 1961 Flavier became, as he likes
to say, "a doctor to the barrios".

In the years that followed, working with PRRM and the newly formed International
Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Flavier combined medical service to the villages with
the design and supervision of community health projects. He became chief of PRRM's Division
of Health and in 1967 its acting president. In that year he was recognized as one of the Ten
Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines.

June 23, 1869, Carlos Maria de la Torre started his term as the new
Governor-General

On June 23, 1869, Carlos Maria de la

Torre y Nava Cerrada started his term as the
new Spanish Governor-General of the
Philippines.

On September 1868 the people of Spain

who were tired of the autocratic rule of queen
Isabella II, rose in revolution and succeeded in
setting up a government which guaranteed the
basic human freedom. This government under
President Serrano sent Don Carlos de la Torre as
Governor and Captain General of the
Philippines. His arrival in Manila was most
welcome by the liberal minded Spaniards,
mestizos and Filipinos, all of whom hailed him
as their liberator from the supposed tyrannies of
the conservative and reactionary elements here.

During his term he posed and acted as a true democrat. Some of the innovations that he
introduced shocked the aristocratic and haughty Spanish residents of the city who thought that
the Governor had gone crazy.
June 24, 1571 Manila was proclamed as the capital of the Spanish colonial
administration in the Philippines
On June 24, 1571,
Manila was proclaimed as the
capital of the Spanish colonial
administration in the Philippines

Earlier in Cebu, Spanish

colonizer Miguel Lopez de
Legazpi, having heard of the rich
resources of Manila, dispatched
two of his lieutena nt-
commanders, Martín de Goiti and
Juan de Salcedo, to explore the
northern region.

On May 8, 1570, they

arrived in Manila and were welcomed by natives and formed an alliance with Rajah Sulayman, a
Muslim king who ruled the place at that time. However, the local sensed the true objectives of
the Spaniards and a battle between the troops of Sulayman and the Spaniards erupted. As the
Spaniards were heavily armed, they were able to conquer Manila.

June 24, 1859, Marcela Agoncillo was born in Taal, Batangas

On June 24, 1859, Marcela Agoncillo, the maker of

the Filipino flag, was born in Taal, Batangas to Francisco
Mariño and Eugenia Coronel.

Marcela was reputed to be the prettiest in Batangas so

she w as fondly called "Roselang Bubog" and like any
daughter of a rich couple, a maid or an elderly relative always
accompanied her. She was sent to study at the Sta. Catalina
College run by the Dominican nuns in Intramuros, Manila. It
was in this school that she was trained well. She learned
Spanish, music, crafts, and social graces expected from a
Filipina of social stature.

A noted singer and one who occasionally appeared

in zarzuelas in Batangas, Marcela attracted many suitors but
it was the rich young lawyer, Don Felipe Agoncillo, who won
her heart. The two got married and had six daughters:
Lorenza, Gregoria, Eugenia, Marcela, Adela (who died at the
age of 3), and Maria. Their daughters were trained to be respectable women, always reminding
them to live honestly and well and to work hard without depending on the family wealth.

June 25, 1865, the old Bilibid Prison was established in Manila

On June 25, 1865, the Old Bilibid Prison, the first national penitentiary in the country,
was established in Manila under a Spanish royal decree. It was divided into two sections,
the "carcel" section housing 600 inmates, and
the "presidio" accommodating 527 prisoners.

About seven decades later, due to

increasing population and crime rate,
Commonwealth Act No. 67 was enacted and
the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) was constructed
in Muntinlupa, Rizal in 1936 with a budget of
P1 million and initial land area of 551
hectares.

The old prison's equipment and facilities were

transferred to the NBP in 1940.

The remnants of the old facility was used by (Old Bilibid Prison, taken c. 1900)
the City of Manila as its detention center,
known today as the Manila City Jail.

June 25, 1881, a Royal decree was issued abolishing the tobacco monopoly in
the Philippines
On June 25, 1881, a Royal decree was issued abolishing the tobacco monopoly in the
Philippines. The order was applied in the islands in 1882, and the suppression of the monopoly
was completed in 1884.

The tobacco monopoly was arranged by Governor Basco y Vargas in pursuance of a

royal order of February 9, 1780. Although opposed by certain classes, especially the friars, the
monopoly was organized by March 1, 1782, and approved by royal order May 15, 1784. With
the monopoly in place, no man might raise or sell a single leaf of tobacco without first having
permission from the government.

Before the monopoly, anybody who wished to do

so might raise as much tobacco as he could, and might
sell it when a nd as he pleased. All this was changed. The
farmers who had good tobacco land were compelled to raise this crop, or else forfeit the use of
their land and its products for a term of years. If a man refused to plant tobacco, his land was
taken from him for three years, and another man might cultivate it. A law was also passed
compelling the tobacco planters and laborers to work on the crop whenever labor was needed.

June 25, 1864, Galicano Apacible was born in Balayan, Batangas

On June 25, 1864, Galicano Apacible, a patriot and

propagandist, was born in Balayan, Batangas. He was the
youngest of the three children of Don Vicente Apacible and
Catalina Castillo.

Apacible had his early education at the town’s public

school and then transferred to the private school of a licensed
teacher. Kanoy, as he was fondly called, was eight years old
when he completed his preparatory course. There was no high
school in Balayan and so he went to Manila where he enrolled
at the private school of Benedicto Luna. From there he
enrolled at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran.

Kanoy and his elder brother Leon, lived in a boarding

house at 15 Anda Street in Intramuros with their relative, Jose
Rizal, and then moved to the boarding house of Antonio
Rivera on Santo Tomas Street. The Apacibles would follow Rivera when he moved his boarding
house later to Postigo Street also in Intramuros In Rivera's boarding house, they organized a
student orchestra called Estudiantina, where Kanoy was a flute player. Under the leadership of
Rizal, the group also organized a secret society called El Companerismo, whose main objectives
were mutual protection, and civic and patriotic education. Although El Companerismo faded out,
the ideas that Rizal inculcated remained in the hearts and minds of the members.

June 26, 1875, a Royal decree was issued authorizing the preparation of a
general plan for a railroad in Luzon
On June 26, 1875, a Royal decree was issued by the King of Spain authorizing the
preparation of a general plan for a railroad in the island of Luzon. The Inspector of Public Works
was then instructed to form the plan of the railway system with Eduardo Lopez Navarro
undertaking the task on November 11 of the same year.
The projected system

1. A line running north from Manila

through the Provinces of Bulacan,
Pampanga and Pangasinan.
2. A line running south from Manila and
then along the Laguna de Bay shore
eastwards through Tayabas, Camarines
and Albay Provinces.
3. A branch from line (2) on the Laguna
de Bay shore to run almost due south to
Batangas.

June 27, 1974, Filipino Chess Master Eugene Torre became Asia's first
Grandmaster

On June 27, 1974, Filipino Chess Master Eugene Torre became Asia's first grandmaster
by drawing with American Grandmaster Robert Byrne at the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice,
France.

Born on November 4, 1951 in Iloilo City, Torre is considered the best chess player the
Philippines ever produced. The former Business Administration undergraduate from Mapua
Institute of Technology also has the distinction of being the first Asian player to earn the much-
coveted title of International Grandmaster.

June 27, 1863, Ladislao Diwa, co-founder of the Katipunan, was born in San
Roque, Cavite
On June 27, 1863, Ladislao Diwa, co-founder of the Katipunan,
was born in San Roque, Cavite to Mariano Diwa and Cecilia Nocon,
who both hailed from San Francisco de Malabon (present day General
Trias), Cavite.

Diwa studied under the supervision of Father Francisco

Mañalac, who later recommended him at the Colegio de San Juan de
Letran as capista. After he finished his Bachelor of Arts degree from
Letran, he enrolled in Theology but abandoned the idea of becoming a priest when his father
disapproved it. Thus, he opted to become a lawyer so he enrolled Law at the University of Santo
Tomas (UST).
June 27, 1914, Helena Benitez was born in Manila

On June 27, 1914, Helena Zoila Benitez, Senator, founder of the Bayanihan Philippine
Dance Company, pioneer environmentalist, educator, advocate of culture and civil society
leader, was born in Manila to Conrado Benitez and Francisca Tirona.

Benitez served in the Philippine Senate from 1968 to 1972. As senator she authored and
co-authored significant legislation on education, manpower and youth development, family,
housing and environment. In the Martial Law era, she represented Region IV (Southern Tagalog
Region) at the Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984, and the province of Cavite at the
Regular Batasang Pambansa from 1984 to 1986.

(Senator Helena Zoila Benitez, front center, is honored at the Philippine Senate in 2012)

Among the laws she helped pass includes Republic Act 5752 or The Municipal Forests
and Watersheds Act, RA 6147- The Philippine Eagle Protection Act; Republic Act 6148 – The
Tamaraw Sanctuaries Act;. Republic Act 6239 – The Forestry Profession Law; and Republic Act
6541 – The National Building Code.

June 28, 1848, Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso got married

On June 28, 1848, Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso, the parents of Dr. Jose Rizal, got
married. Francisco was from Biñan, Laguna while Teodora was from Meisik, Tondo. They had
11 children, 2 boys and 9 girls.

1. Saturnina (1850-1913) was the eldest child.

She married Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo of
Tanauan, Batangas.
2. Paciano (1851-1930), the only brother of Jose
Rizal and the second child. Studied at San Jose
 College in Manila, became a farmer and later a general of the Philippine Revolution.
3. Narcisa (1852-1939), the third child, married to Antonio Lopez of Morong, Rizal. She
was a teacher and musician.
4. Olympia (1855-1887), the fourth child married Silvestre Ubaldo. She died in 1887 from
childbirth.
5. Lucia (1857-1919), the fifth child, she married Matriano Herbosa.
6. Maria (1859-1945), the sixth child, married to Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna.
7. Jose (1861-1896), the second son and the seventh child. He was executed by the
Spaniards on December 30, 1896.
8. Concepcion (1862-1865), the eight child. She died at the age of three.
9. Josefa (1865-1945), the ninth child. She was an epileptic, died a spinster.
10. Trinidad (1868-1951), the tenth child. She died a spinster and the last of the family to die.
11. Soledad (1870-1929), the youngest child, she was married to Pantaleon Quintero.

June 29, 1626, Juan Niño de Tabora arrived in Manila to serve as Governor-
General of the Philippines
On June 29, 1626, Juan Niño de Tabora, the
Spanish general and colonial official, arrived in Manila to
serve as Governor-General of the Philippines. De Tabora
brought the wooden statue of the Virgin Mary known
as Nuestra Señora de la Paz y Buen Viaje (Our Lady of
Peace and Good Voyage), now placed in Antipolo
Church.

Appointed Governor and Captain-General of the

Philippines and president of the Royal Audiencia of
Manila, De Tabora left New Spain (Mexico) for the
Philippines on March 25, 1626 aboard the galleon El
Almirante, bringing with him the wooden statue of the
Virgin Mary. The statue was said to have protected the
ship from storms and a shipboard fire during his 3-month
voyage.

The statue became the patron of the Manila-Acapulco

galleons.

De Tabora's term ended with his death on July 22, 1632.

June 30, 2010, Senator Benigno Aquino III is inaugurated as the 15th
President of the Philippines
 On June 30, 2010, Senator Benigno
Aquino III was inaugurated as the 15th
President of the Philippines at the Quirino
Grandstand in Rizal Park, Manila. He was
elected in the country's first automated polls on
May 10, 2010.

As mandated by the 1987 Constitution,

the new president is be to inaugurated at noon
of June 30, in the past, there were different
dates for the inauguration of the incoming
president.

Among the former presidents who also

took their oaths of office on this day (under the 1987 constitution) were Presidents Fidel V.
Ramos, Joseph Ejercito Estrada and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. General Emilio Aguinaldo, who
was the first President of the Philippines, was inaugurated officially on January 23, 1899.

The presidents who were inaugurated at noon of December 30 under the 1935
Constitution were Manuel L. Quezon (first inaugurated as Philippine Commonwealth on
November 15, 1935, and inaugurated for a second term on December 30, 1941), Elpidio Quirino
(1949), Ramon Magsaysay (1953), Carlos P. Garcia (1957), Diosdado Macapagal (1961) and
Ferdinand E. Marcos (1965, 1969).

Only two presidents under the 1935 Constitution were not inaugurated on December 30,
namely Sergio Osmeña (1944 after Quezon's death) and Manuel Roxas (May 28, 1946 last
president of the commonwealth, July 4, 1946 first President of third republic).

June 2017

 June 1 – Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announces the deaths of ten soldiers
in Marawi as a result of a "friendly fire" airstrike.
 June 2 – A gunman attacked Resorts World Manila in Pasay around midnight, caused a
major panic within the complex. Around 38 people were dead, due to smoke inhalation from
the fire while injuring 70 people.
 June 4:
o In Marawi, Philippines, a ceasefire organised by Moro separatists is broken, leaving
locals hungry for nearly two weeks.
o Philippine police identified the attacker at Resorts World Manila as Jessie Javier Carlos,
an ex-employee of the Department of Finance who was deeply in debt.
June 2018

 June 23 – Diwata-2, the second microsatellite under the Philippine Scientific Earth
Observation Microsatellite program, is deployed to space.[40]
 June 29 – President Rodrigo Duterte signs Republic Act No. 11053 or the Anti-Hazing Act
of 2018, that bans hazing in all forms and imposing higher penalties for those who will be
proved guilty of hazing.

June 2019
 June 8 – Religious corporation Kapa-Community Ministry International was shut down by
the authorities under the orders of President Rodrigo Duterte over the allegations of Ponzi
scheme
 June 9 – A fishing boat F/B Gem-Ver sank at Reed Bank after the Chinese vessel rammed
the boat.
 June 10 – Dr. Brian Sy, owner of the WellMed Dialysis Center in Quezon City who were
accused of making "ghost" claims with the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) is
arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for the charges of estafa, falsification
of public documents, and violation of the PhilHealth law.
 June 17 – The Manila Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 14 has found John Paul Solano, a
member of the Aegis Juris Fraternity, guilty of obstruction of justice in connection with the
Atio Castillo hazing case.
 June 21 – Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario has been denied entry
to Hong Kong due to known reasons even if he carried a valid diplomatic passport
 June 27 – Several opposition groups began to file the impeachment complaints against
Rodrigo Duterte due to Reed Bank incident and his subsequent policy of "allowing China to
fish in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea".
 June 28 – Two suicide bombers detonate their devices in Indanan, Sulu, killing four soldiers
and two civilians. ISIL claims responsibility.
 June 29 – Tons of Canadian garbage left in the Philippines in 2013 and 2014, has finally
docked in a port on the outskirts of Vancouver and putting an end to a festering diplomatic
row that highlighted how Asian nations have grown tired of being the world's trash dump.