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1992 in the Philippines

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Philippines 1992
in
the Philippines

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1992 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1992.

Incumbents

Events

  • January 15Pag-asa was hatched in Davao City becoming the first Philippine eagle to be successfully bred and hatched in captivity.
  • May 25 – As part of PepsiCo's local promotion titled Number Fever, it was announced that the person who possessed the Pepsi bottle cap with the Number 349 scandal is eligible to claim the 1 million peso prize. About 800,000 were eligible for the prize instead of an intended single winner. Several protests and bombings followed after Pepsi refused to award the 1 million prize to thousands of bottle cap holders and said that a computer glitch caused the incident. Protests and bombings followed and about 22,000 people filed at least 689 civil suits and 5,200 criminal complaints for fraud and deception against Pepsi outnumbering suits filed against Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda Marcos.[1]
  • May 11Synchronized national and local elections were held.
  • June 30 – Former Defense Secretary Fidel V. Ramos and Former Senator Joseph Estrada and was sworn in as the 12th President and 11th Vice President of The Philippines, succeeding Corazon Aquino and Salvador Laurel.
  • August 2429 – The team representing the Zamboanga City Little League won the International Championship of the 1992 Little League World Series held in Pennsylvania. However, it was discovered that the Filipino team violated age and residency rules and Little League stripped them of their title.

Television

Films

Sports

Births

Deaths

  • February 9 - Apeng Daldal, 63, actor, comedian, vaudevillian, singer and writer (born October 12, 1928)
  • February 14 - Helen Vela, 46, actress, broadcaster (born October 31, 1946)
  • February 17 - Jay Ilagan, 38, actor (born March 6, 1953)
  • March 9 - Isidro Rodriguez, 76, 18th Governor of Rizal and softball sports official (born 1919/1920)
  • March 22 - Joe Cantada, 50, TV host, anchor and commentator (born March 15, 1942)
  • May 28 - Lorenzo Tañada, 93, First Philippine Senate (born August 10, 1898)
  • December 2 - Jaime de la Rosa, 71, pre-war and postwar actor (born September 18, 1921)

References

  1. ^ Drogin, Bob (26 July 1993). "Pepsi-Cola Uncaps A Lottery Nightmare -- Bombings, Threats Follow Contest With Too Many Winners". Los Angeles Times. Seattle Times Company. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Philippines at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-12-26.