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Life expectancy in the Philippines, 1938–2021. Health care in the Philippines is provided by the national and local governments, although private payments account for most healthcare spending. [435]: 25–27 [436] Per-capita health expenditure in 2022 was ₱10,059.49 and health expenditures were 5.5 percent of the country's GDP. [437]
March 28 - In Manila, a hostage crisis took place in front of Manila City Hall where an armed civil engineer Armando 'Jun' Ducat and an accomplice, Cesar Carbone took hostage of 26 day-care students and 4 teachers from Musmos Daycare Center (owned by the hostage-taker), who demanded the government to provide free education to daycare students and housing for their families in Parola Compound ...
2023 in the Philippines details notable events that occurred in the Philippines in 2023. On July 21, 2023, President Bongbong Marcos announced that the government will formally lift the COVID-19 state of public health emergency, marking the end of the three years of the pandemic. The emergency was officially lifted the following day.
1928 – Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli, Islamic philosopher, theologian, mathematician and mystic (d. 2021) 1928 – Nathaniel Tarn, American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator; 1929 – Yang Ti-liang, Chinese judge (d. 2023) 1930 – Ben Atchley, American politician (d. 2018) 1930 – Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabian politician (d. 2021)
18 June – The Senate votes 130-4 to legalise same-sex marriage, making Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia to approve the measure. [35] Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is indicted on charges of lèse-majesté. [36] 26 June – Final/National round of the 2024 Thai Senate election [37]
All official holidays in Finland are established by acts of Parliament. The official holidays can be divided into Christian and non-Christian holidays. [1] The main Christian holidays are Christmas, New Year's Day, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension day, Pentecost, Midsummer Day, and All Saints' Day.
1514 – Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard in England, is dedicated. [ 4 ] 1525 – Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora , against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.
In addition to New Year's Day (Новый год, Novy god) on 1 January, 2–5 January are public holidays as well, [1] [2] called New Year holiday (новогодние каникулы, novogodniye kanikuly). The holiday includes 6 and 8 January, with Christmas being 7 January, declared as non-working days by law. Until 2005, only 1 and 2 ...