April 7 – Following the Ipil raid, battles between combined government forces and ASG gunmen in
Siocon and
Roseller T. Lim reportedly kill 12 extremists in both encounters, as well as three militiamen and 5 civilian hostages in Siocon.[20]
April 30 –
President Ramos inaugurates the opening of the 722-million-peso Subic International Airport (formerly a United States military base). This indicates growth after the removal of military bases in the country.
Majority of voters in
Kalinga-Apayao ratified in a plebiscite RA 7878, signed on Feb. 14, converting the sub-provinces into new provinces of
Kalinga (its capital will be
Tabuk) and
Apayao (new capital will be
Kabugao).[24][25]
Muntinlupa becomes a highly urbanized city in
Metro Manila through ratification of RA 7926 which was approved last March 1.
May 16 – Overloaded inter-island ferry M/V Viva Antipolo VII catches fire and sinks in
Tayabas Bay while approaching the port of
Lucena; as of May 20, seventy passengers are killed, 52 others are reported missing.[7][26][27][28]
June 7 – Intercountry Adoption Act (RA 8043) is enacted, allowing Filipino children to be adopted by foreigners if cannot be adopted by qualified
Filipinos; strengthening protection against the sale and trafficking abroad.[14][30]
June 20 – Majority of voters reject in a plebiscite RA 7891, which has signed on Feb. 20, seeking division of
the province of Isabela into proposed Isabela del Norte and Isabela del Sur.[31]
June 27 –
Supreme Court orders permanent cease of operations of
jai alai frontons in the country.[citation needed] It has decided with finality that the sport is illegal following opposition from the government.[32]
August 3 – The
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrests a
Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) member, former Sgt. Filomeno Maligaya, a co-conspirator in the 1986 killing of trade union leader
Rolando Olalia and his driver. The RAM will be later cleared by the NBI shortly after the case is reopened. By late 2021, Maligaya is among the nine of 13 RAM members, charged in 1998 with the double murders, still at large.[14][36]
August 25 – Movie star
Robin Padilla surrenders to police in
Camarines Norte after four weeks in hiding as the
Court of Appeals has upheld in July the 1994 conviction by a RTC for illegal possession of firearms, ordering him to begin serving the prison sentence. He would be released after being given conditional pardon by then Pres.
Ramos; would be given absolute pardon by Pres.
Duterte in 2016.[14][39]
September 6 – Apparent explosions trigger collapse of crater wall of
Mt. Parker in
T'boli, South Cotabato, overflowing Lake Maughan atop, causing what would be the worst floods in central
Mindanao area affecting mostly tribal communities; by Sept. 12, reported deaths are at least 70 while 125 are missing, with damages worth
₱346-million.[41]
September 16 – An
Emirates Islamic court sentences to death
Sarah Balabagan,
a household worker who has convicted of murder by another court in June 26 for killing her employer in self-defense in 1994, reversing the earlier imposed prison sentence. Following protests, in the third trial in October, an appeal court will reduce the punishment. She would return in the country in 1996.[7][42]
September – Nationwide
inflation rate increases to 11.8%, the highest in 45 months, which has caused by rice and sugar crises.[7]
October
October 1 – In what will be the
Mt. Pinatubo's worst
lahar calamity since
its eruption, rainfall during Tropical Storm Mameng causes lahars washing down from the volcano's slopes to the Pasig-Potrero River and its tributaries including the Gugu Creek, quickly burying the entire
barangay Cabalantian in
Bacolor, Pampanga. As of Oct. 7, 100 are reported dead and 252 missing, although fatalities are claimed to be probably more than a thousand. Thousands of houses in the area and 4 other barangays are buried into deposits about 9 meters deep; lahar flows also bury parts of
San Fernando.[47]
November 27 – The construction of the $1.15-billion Skyway project was initiated, the biggest infrastructure project in the country that was intended to ease the flow of traffic in
Metro Manila.
December
December 11 – Communist hit squad
Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB) perpetrates three separate ambushes targeting prominent
Chinese-Filipino businessmen, killing four people including industrialist Leonardo Ty and his driver in
Quezon City, as well as a
Singaporean child. In 2004, two suspected ABB members masterminding the murder of Ty would be convicted by a city
RTC.[14][54]
December 29–
30 – Fifteen individuals said to be part of
Pakistan-based radical group Mahajar Qumi Movement are arrested in separate police raids in their safehouses in
Manila. By year-end, 29 suspected foreign terrorists have been arrested in the country.[5][57][58]
As per Executive Order No. 292, chapter 7 section 26, the following are regular holidays and special days, approved on July 25, 1987.[59] Note that in the list, holidays in bold are "regular holidays" and those in italics are "nationwide special days".
^News articles from
Manila Standard covering various itineraries and activities in the 5-day visit of Pope John Paul II, including: —Jan. 11: Events a day prior to his arrival. (
01-12-1995, p. 3) —Jan. 12: His arrival. (
01-13-1995, pp. 2–3, 7) —Jan. 13: Mass in
UST. (
01-14-1995, pp. 2–3, 28) —Jan. 14: Mass in
PICC complex. (01-15-1995, pp. 2–3; see link for the issue of 01-14-1995) —Jan. 15: Final public Mass in
Luneta, conclusion of World Youth Day. (01-16-1995, pp. 2–3; see link for the issue of 01-14-1995) —Jan. 16: His departure. (01-17-1995, pp. 2–3; see link for the issue of 01-14-1995)
Event is also mentioned: —"Convict and former Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez is dead, says prisons bureau"Coconuts Manila (
Link) via
Yahoo! News (
Link). Mar. 27, 2021.
Unless otherwise stated, all were retrieved June 30, 2022.
^News articles from
Manila Standard: —"Bandits torch Zambo town; 100 killed"
(04-05-1995) p. 3. —"Troops scour bandits lairs" (04-06-1995) pp. 2–3. (See link for the issue of 04-05-1995)
—Saavedra, Rudy.
(Apr. 18, 1995) "Abu Sayyaf men execute 14 hostages" Manila Standard, p. 3. —For related stories: "Ipil, April 4, 1995" Steven WarRan Research. All aforementioned were retrieved June 27, 2022.
^News articles from
Manila Standard: —"Breakthrough in Vizconde massacre bared; new witness names six suspects"
(June 18, 1995) p. 6. Retrieved July 7, 2022. —"NBI clamps news blackout on new Vizconde inquiry"
(June 22, 1995) p. 3. Retrieved July 4, 2022. —"Charges filed vs. Webb, 7 others"
(Aug. 11, 1995) p. 3. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
April 7 – Following the Ipil raid, battles between combined government forces and ASG gunmen in
Siocon and
Roseller T. Lim reportedly kill 12 extremists in both encounters, as well as three militiamen and 5 civilian hostages in Siocon.[20]
April 30 –
President Ramos inaugurates the opening of the 722-million-peso Subic International Airport (formerly a United States military base). This indicates growth after the removal of military bases in the country.
Majority of voters in
Kalinga-Apayao ratified in a plebiscite RA 7878, signed on Feb. 14, converting the sub-provinces into new provinces of
Kalinga (its capital will be
Tabuk) and
Apayao (new capital will be
Kabugao).[24][25]
Muntinlupa becomes a highly urbanized city in
Metro Manila through ratification of RA 7926 which was approved last March 1.
May 16 – Overloaded inter-island ferry M/V Viva Antipolo VII catches fire and sinks in
Tayabas Bay while approaching the port of
Lucena; as of May 20, seventy passengers are killed, 52 others are reported missing.[7][26][27][28]
June 7 – Intercountry Adoption Act (RA 8043) is enacted, allowing Filipino children to be adopted by foreigners if cannot be adopted by qualified
Filipinos; strengthening protection against the sale and trafficking abroad.[14][30]
June 20 – Majority of voters reject in a plebiscite RA 7891, which has signed on Feb. 20, seeking division of
the province of Isabela into proposed Isabela del Norte and Isabela del Sur.[31]
June 27 –
Supreme Court orders permanent cease of operations of
jai alai frontons in the country.[citation needed] It has decided with finality that the sport is illegal following opposition from the government.[32]
August 3 – The
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrests a
Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) member, former Sgt. Filomeno Maligaya, a co-conspirator in the 1986 killing of trade union leader
Rolando Olalia and his driver. The RAM will be later cleared by the NBI shortly after the case is reopened. By late 2021, Maligaya is among the nine of 13 RAM members, charged in 1998 with the double murders, still at large.[14][36]
August 25 – Movie star
Robin Padilla surrenders to police in
Camarines Norte after four weeks in hiding as the
Court of Appeals has upheld in July the 1994 conviction by a RTC for illegal possession of firearms, ordering him to begin serving the prison sentence. He would be released after being given conditional pardon by then Pres.
Ramos; would be given absolute pardon by Pres.
Duterte in 2016.[14][39]
September 6 – Apparent explosions trigger collapse of crater wall of
Mt. Parker in
T'boli, South Cotabato, overflowing Lake Maughan atop, causing what would be the worst floods in central
Mindanao area affecting mostly tribal communities; by Sept. 12, reported deaths are at least 70 while 125 are missing, with damages worth
₱346-million.[41]
September 16 – An
Emirates Islamic court sentences to death
Sarah Balabagan,
a household worker who has convicted of murder by another court in June 26 for killing her employer in self-defense in 1994, reversing the earlier imposed prison sentence. Following protests, in the third trial in October, an appeal court will reduce the punishment. She would return in the country in 1996.[7][42]
September – Nationwide
inflation rate increases to 11.8%, the highest in 45 months, which has caused by rice and sugar crises.[7]
October
October 1 – In what will be the
Mt. Pinatubo's worst
lahar calamity since
its eruption, rainfall during Tropical Storm Mameng causes lahars washing down from the volcano's slopes to the Pasig-Potrero River and its tributaries including the Gugu Creek, quickly burying the entire
barangay Cabalantian in
Bacolor, Pampanga. As of Oct. 7, 100 are reported dead and 252 missing, although fatalities are claimed to be probably more than a thousand. Thousands of houses in the area and 4 other barangays are buried into deposits about 9 meters deep; lahar flows also bury parts of
San Fernando.[47]
November 27 – The construction of the $1.15-billion Skyway project was initiated, the biggest infrastructure project in the country that was intended to ease the flow of traffic in
Metro Manila.
December
December 11 – Communist hit squad
Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB) perpetrates three separate ambushes targeting prominent
Chinese-Filipino businessmen, killing four people including industrialist Leonardo Ty and his driver in
Quezon City, as well as a
Singaporean child. In 2004, two suspected ABB members masterminding the murder of Ty would be convicted by a city
RTC.[14][54]
December 29–
30 – Fifteen individuals said to be part of
Pakistan-based radical group Mahajar Qumi Movement are arrested in separate police raids in their safehouses in
Manila. By year-end, 29 suspected foreign terrorists have been arrested in the country.[5][57][58]
As per Executive Order No. 292, chapter 7 section 26, the following are regular holidays and special days, approved on July 25, 1987.[59] Note that in the list, holidays in bold are "regular holidays" and those in italics are "nationwide special days".
^News articles from
Manila Standard covering various itineraries and activities in the 5-day visit of Pope John Paul II, including: —Jan. 11: Events a day prior to his arrival. (
01-12-1995, p. 3) —Jan. 12: His arrival. (
01-13-1995, pp. 2–3, 7) —Jan. 13: Mass in
UST. (
01-14-1995, pp. 2–3, 28) —Jan. 14: Mass in
PICC complex. (01-15-1995, pp. 2–3; see link for the issue of 01-14-1995) —Jan. 15: Final public Mass in
Luneta, conclusion of World Youth Day. (01-16-1995, pp. 2–3; see link for the issue of 01-14-1995) —Jan. 16: His departure. (01-17-1995, pp. 2–3; see link for the issue of 01-14-1995)
Event is also mentioned: —"Convict and former Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez is dead, says prisons bureau"Coconuts Manila (
Link) via
Yahoo! News (
Link). Mar. 27, 2021.
Unless otherwise stated, all were retrieved June 30, 2022.
^News articles from
Manila Standard: —"Bandits torch Zambo town; 100 killed"
(04-05-1995) p. 3. —"Troops scour bandits lairs" (04-06-1995) pp. 2–3. (See link for the issue of 04-05-1995)
—Saavedra, Rudy.
(Apr. 18, 1995) "Abu Sayyaf men execute 14 hostages" Manila Standard, p. 3. —For related stories: "Ipil, April 4, 1995" Steven WarRan Research. All aforementioned were retrieved June 27, 2022.
^News articles from
Manila Standard: —"Breakthrough in Vizconde massacre bared; new witness names six suspects"
(June 18, 1995) p. 6. Retrieved July 7, 2022. —"NBI clamps news blackout on new Vizconde inquiry"
(June 22, 1995) p. 3. Retrieved July 4, 2022. —"Charges filed vs. Webb, 7 others"
(Aug. 11, 1995) p. 3. Retrieved July 7, 2022.