1994 in the Philippines
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1994 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1994.
Incumbents
- President: Fidel Ramos (Lakas)
- Vice President: Joseph Estrada (NPC)
- Senate President: Edgardo Angara
- House Speaker: Jose de Venecia, Jr.
- Chief Justice: Andres Narvasa
- Philippine Congress: 9th Congress of the Philippines
Events
- March 29 – The Philippines gets connected to the Internet. The Philippine Network Foundation (PHNet) connected the country to Sprint in the United States via a 64 kbit/s link.[1][2][3]
- May 21 – Miss Universe 1994, the 43rd Miss Universe pageant, was held in Manila. Outgoing Miss Universe Dayanara Torres of Puerto Rico crowned the pageant winner, Sushmita Sen of India.
- November 15 – Mindoro earthquake (Magnitude: 7.1 Mw)
- December 11 – A small bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, killing a Japanese businessman. The bombing was a field test done by Ramzi Yousef to test explosives that would have been used in Project Bojinka.
Sports
- October 2–16 – The Philippines participated in the 1994 Asian Games held in Hiroshima, Japan from October 2 to October 16, 1994. Ranked 14th with 3 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 8 bronze medals with a total of 13 over-all medals.[4]
Television
Premieres
- Kousoku Sentai Turboranger on IBC-13 - June 25; Saturday 6:00pm
- Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman on IBC-13 - June 25; Saturday 6:30pm
- Sailor Moon on ABC-5 (now on TV5) - July 2; Saturday 6:00pm
- Yaiba on ABC-5 (now on TV5) - July 3; Sunday 6:30pm
- Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future - July 3; Sunday 6:00pm
- UAAP - UAAP Season 57 on New Vision 9 (later RPN-9 and now CNN Philippines) - July 9
- NCAA - NCAA Season 70 on PTV-4 - June 25
Finales
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Births
- January 7 - Jessica Marasigan
- January 11 -Ritz Azul, actress
- March 21 - Jeron Teng, basketball player
- April 7 - Jasmine Curtis-Smith, actress
- April 27 - Elmo Magalona, actor and singer
- May 17 - Julie Anne San Jose, actress and singer
- June 13 - Hopia Legaspi, actress
- June 21 - Mika Aereen Reyes, volleyball player
- July 30 - Isabella de Leon, actress and singer
- August 14 - Kim Rodriguez, actress
- August 16 - Tippy Dos Santos, actress and singer
- August 23 - Mark Neumann, actor
- September 6 - Klarisse de Guzman, singer
- September 20 - Daisuke Sato , football player
- November 2 - Denise Barbacena, singer and actress
- November 20 - Kristofer Martin, actor
- November 23 - Monica Cuenco, actress and singer
- December 7 - Myrtle Sarrosa, actress and Former Courtside Reporter of National Collegiate Athletic Association on ABS-CBN Sports + Action
- December 14 - Joshua Dionisio, actor
- December 29 - Kristel Fulgar, actress
Deaths
- April 7 - Cesar Legaspi - art director, National Artist of the Philippines (b. 1917)
- September 6 - Louie Beltran - journalist, columnist (b. 1936)
- November 15 - Leandro Locsin - architect, National Artist of the Philippines (b. 1928)
References
- ^ Miguel A. L. Paraz: Developing a Viable Framework for Commercial Internet Operations in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Philippine Experience. ISOC, INET 1997
- ^ Jim Ayson (29 February 2012). "The Philippine Internet turns 18: Is anyone still counting". GMA News. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ Jose Bimbo F. Santos (20 March 2014). "20PHNET - Philippine Internet connection turns 20 years old this month". InterAksyon.com. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ 1994 Asian Games medal tally
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