Events Archive

EVENTS ARCHIVE

Women with Disabilities Day

March 25, 2024

The 1987 Philippine Constitution enshrined a State policy for the total development and empowerment of women which specifically provides that “The State recognizes the role of women in nation-building and shall ensure the fundamental equality before the law of women and men” (Section 14, Article II).

Women with disabilities are also part of society and deserve equal rights in the...

Girl Child Week

March 25, 2024 to March 31, 2024

Proclamation No. 759 issued on March 6, 1996, has declared every fourth week of March as the Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week. This underscores the need to provide every girl who is below 18 years of age with equal opportunities and adequate protection to prepare her for role in community development.

World Tuberculosis Day

March 24, 2024

Each year, we commemorate World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic. The date marks the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB, which opened the way towards diagnosing and curing this disease.

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International World Water Day

March 22, 2024

World Water Day, held on 22 March every year since 1993, is an annual United Nations Observance focusing on the importance of freshwater. ?

World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. A core focus of World Water Day is to support the achievement of Sustainable...

Rabies Awareness Month

March 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024

Executive Order No.84, series of 1999 declares the month of March every year as Rabies Awareness Month. Rabies is a human infection that occurs after a transdermal bite or scratch by an infected animal, like dogs and cats. It can be transmitted when infectious material, usually saliva, comes into direct contact with a victim’s fresh skin lesions. Rabies may also occur, though in very...

Women's Month

March 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024

The National Women’s Month Celebration has its roots? in the recognition? of International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8th, a historical? events stemming? from the organizing efforts? of women? in the early? 20th? Century. Between? 1909 and 1911, working women in the United States, united under the National Women’s Trade Union League and other groups, protested against low...

Fire Prevention Month

March 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024

By virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 115-A, the month of March was declared as Fire Prevention Month because of the alarming increase of fire incidents happening across the country during this particular period.

The Bureau of Fire Protection, as the government agency mandated to prevent and suppress all kinds of destructive fires, investigate its causes, enforce fire-related laws and...

Goiter Awareness Week

January 22, 2024 to January 28, 2024

By virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 1188 on December 11, 2016, Goiter Awareness Week is observed every fourth week of January.

The lack of iodine in the body may result to Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD) that has different signs and symptoms. Pregnant mothers who lack iodine in their body may experience miscarriage or give birth to a stillborn baby. Adult with iodine deficiency may...

National Cancer Consciousness Week

January 15, 2024 to January 21, 2024

National Cancer Consciousness Week is observed every third week of January by virtue of Proclamation No. 1348

Cancer is a major public health threat worldwide. It is a killer disease when not detected early and poses burden on patient, families, communities, sectors of the society and the national development of the country.

The observance of the National Cancer Consciousness Week focuses on...

Best Dives Philippines Week

January 8, 2024 to January 14, 2024

Per Presidential Proclamation No. 758, Second week of January and every year thereafter is declared as Best Dives Philippines Week promoting scuba diving with an emphasis on protection and conservation of the country's underwater marine resources.

Global March Against Child Labor

January 17, 2024

To mobilise worldwide efforts to protect and promote the rights of all children, especially the right to receive a free and meaningful education and the right to be free from economic exploitation and from performing any work that is likely to be harmful to the child's physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development.

Global March seeks to eliminate child labour by questioning,...

Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week

November 12, 2023 to November 18, 2023

Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 124, dated November 26, 2001. The third week of November of every year has been declared as Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week to promote public awareness against the evil effects of illegal drug use as well as public cooperation in the government's anti-drug campaign.

Deaf Awareness Week

November 10, 2023 to November 16, 2023

Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 829 on November 8, 1991, declaring the period from November 10 to 16 of every year as “Deaf Awareness Week.”

The observance of this event hopes to create an environment that will allow person with deaf disability to enjoy productive lives by raising the awareness of the people throughout the society and to inform the public that the causes...

Malaria Awareness Month

November 1, 2023 to November 30, 2023

Per Proclamation No. 1168 the month of November of every year is declared as Malaria Awareness Month.

Malaria is a disease caused by protozoan parasites called Plasmodium. It is usually transmitted through the bite of an infected female Anopheles mosquito.

Most malaria cases in the country occur in rural areas and especially in forested, swampy, hilly and mountainous regions.

The typical...

Traditional and Alternative Health Care Month

November 1, 2023 to November 30, 2023

Recognizing the importance of traditional and alternative medicines in providing essential health care to Filipinos, Presidential Proclamation No. 698 has declared November as Traditional and Alternative Health Care (TAHC) Month. The proclamation is in support of the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act of 1997 (Republic Act No. 8423), which recognizes the value of traditional medicine for...

Libraries and Information Services (LIS) Month

November 1, 2023 to November 30, 2023

By virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 837 series of 1991, November is the Library and Information Services (LIS) month. The celebration focuses on engendering public awareness to the invaluable service that libraries and information centers render.

This year’s commemoration theme is “LETS Libraries: Learning, Empowering, and Transforming Society through Libraries.”

The...

National Children's Month

November 1, 2023 to November 30, 2023

Pursuant to Republic Act No. 10661, the National Children’s Month (NCM) or also known as the “Buwan ng mga Bata” in the Philippines is annually celebrated every November to commemorate the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on 20 November 1989. It seeks to instill its significance in the Filipino consciousness and to sustain the...

World Hepatitis Day

July 28, 2023

“We’re not waiting” is call to action for World Hepatitis Day 2023. It’s a call to accelerate elimination efforts of viral hepatitis? now and the urgent need for testing and treatment for the real people who need it. Individuals and? communities around the world are making change happen in their own lives and in world around them. We celebrate them while demanding? more...

45th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week

July 17, 2023 to July 23, 2023

Proclamation No. 361, declaring the third week of July as the National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week which shall culminate on the birthdate of the sublime paralytic: Apolinario Mabini on July 23 each year.

Pursuant to Article 28 of the UNCRPD, paragraph 1 “States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to an adequate standard of living for themselves and...

Police Community Relations Month

July 1, 2023 to July 31, 2023

Presidential Proclamation No. 764 signed on January 24, 2005 declares the month of July every year as Police Community Relations Month. PCR Month celebration aims to develop closer interaction between the police and the community in handling peace and order concerns.

The PCR Month celebration is an opportune time to strengthen community participation in crime prevention It also forges stronger...

National Disaster Resilience Month

July 1, 2023 to July 31, 2023

In observance of the National Disaster Resilience Month this July, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) calls on all stakeholders to support government programs geared towards attaining disaster resilience.

Executive Order Number 29 signed on June 28, 2017 mandates the observance of National Disaster Resilience Month (NDRM) "throughout the country through the...

Nutrition Month

July 1, 2023 to July 31, 2023

Presidential Decree 491 in 1974 declared that Nutrition Month shall be held every July to create greater awareness on the importance of nutrition among Filipinos. The law mandates the National Nutrition Council (NNC) to coordinate and lead the nationwide campaign.

The theme for this year's celebration, “Healthy Diet Gawing (Make It) Affordable For All,” centers on making healthy...

National Blood Donor's Month

July 1, 2023 to July 31, 2023

July has been designated National Blood Donor’s Month pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 1021, dated July 9, 1997, and the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the National Blood Service Act of 1994. The observance aims to build public awareness of the need for quality and safe blood, honor and recognize blood donors, and encourage regular blood donation.

Arbor Day

June 25, 2023

Arbor Day in the Philippines has been institutionalized to be observed every June 25 throughout the nation by planting trees and ornamental plants and other forms of relevant activities. The necessity to promote a healthier ecosystem for the people through the rehabilitation and re-greening of the environment was stressed in Proclamation No. 643 that amended Proclamation No. 396, s. 2003....

Desertification and Drought Day

June 17, 2023

Women hold a vital stake in the health of the land, yet often don't have control over it. Across the world, women face significant barriers in securing land rights, limiting their ability to thrive and prosper. And when land becomes degraded and water is scarce, women?are often the worst affected.

The global focus of the 2023 Desertification and Drought Day is on women’s land...

Depositor Protection and Awareness Week

June 16, 2023 to June 22, 2023

Presidential Proclamation No.358 s 2003 declared? June 16-22 of every year as Depositor Protection and Awareness Week (DPAW, which aims to further? strengthen? depositor confidence in the country’s banking system to complement the government’s thrust of sustaining economic growth.

This year’s celebration theme is, “Maniguro, Magbangko, Umasenso.”

World Blood Donor Day

June 14, 2023

The first World Blood Donor Day was observed in 2004, which was followed by its designation as an annual global event by the fifty-eighth World Health Assembly in 2005. World Blood Donor Day is now celebrated each year throughout the world on 14 June to raise awareness of the importance of blood donation and to recognize the contribution of voluntary unpaid blood donors in saving lives and...

125th Philippine Independence Day

June 12, 2023

Republic Act No. 4166 ( An Act Changing the Date of Philippine Independence Day from July 4 to June 12, and Declaring July 4 as Philippine Republic Day, Further Amending for the Purpose, Section 29 of the Revised Administrative Code), proclaimed the 12th day of June as the Philippine Independence Day.

This year’s observance carries the theme, “Kalayaan, Kinabukasan,...

Philippine Eagle Week

June 1, 2023 to June 7, 2023

Through Presidential Proclamation no. 79 of 1999, the Philippine Eagle Week is celebrated every year from June 4 to 10 to enjoin the different sectors of society to take action on the protection and conservation of the Philippine Eagle.

It aims specifically i) to strengthen public awareness on the significant role of the Philippine Eagle in the forest ecosystem, and its importance as a...

National Dengue Awareness Month

June 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023

National Dengue Awareness Month is observed every June by virtue of Proclamation No. 1204 on April 21, 1998 by then President Fidel V. Ramos.

Dengue has been considered by the DOH as an all-year round disease which rises in incidence during the rainy season due to presence of more breeding places for disease-causing aedes aegypti type of mosquitoes.