* Araw ng Kagitingan, also known as " Bataan Day " ( Philippines ) – April 9

In the Philippines, Labour Day or Araw ng mga Manggagawa is a national holiday observed on May 1.

In the Philippines, the holiday is called Todos los Santos ( All Saints Day ), Undas ( from Spanish andas, or possibly honra ), or Araw ng mga Patay ( Day of the Dead ), and has more of a family-reunion atmosphere.

The valor of the Filipino and American soldiers is celebrated yearly on 9 April in the Philippines, Valor Day or Araw ng Kagitingan.

( This day is commemorated in the Philippines as Araw ng Kagitingan " Day of Valor ").

The Iglesia ni Cristo called their Central House of Worship as Central Temple, the Largest Ecclesiastical Edifice of Iglesia ni Cristo located at INC Central Complex, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.

Iglesia ni Cristo began in the Philippines and was incorporated by Felix Y. Manalo on July 27, 1914.

Other major religions include the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Aglipay, Iglesia ni Cristo, United Pentecostal Church, Born Again and the United Church of Christ in the Philippines.

Iglesia ni Cristo ( Tagalog for Church of Christ ) also known as INC, is the largest entirely indigenous Christian church in the Philippines, and the largest religious organization that originated from the Philippine Islands and the largest independent Christian Church in Asia.

* The Tagalog term " Anak ni Padre Dámaso " (" child of Padre Dámaso " has become a stereotype or cliché in the Philippines to refer to a white or half-white ( Spanish: mestizo ) child whose father is unknown.

During the First Regular Season of the 14th Congress of the Philippines, Senator Richard Gordon introduced a bill proposing to declare April 27 as an official Philippine national holiday to be known as Adlaw ni Lapu-Lapu, ( Cebuano, " Day of Lapu-Lapu ").

* Iglesia ni Cristo ( Filipino translation for " Church of Christ "), an independent church originating in the Philippines

* Iglesia ni Cristo, an indigenous Christian religious organization originating in the Philippines

Other Christians faith that have found their way in the town are Iglesia ni Kristo, United Methodist Church, United Church of Christ in the Philippines, and many others.

In the Philippines, when the dance craze became a huge hit, one of the country's Christian sects, Iglesia ni Cristo, banned their followers from listening to the song as they said that it is a form of Theistic Satanism.

A party-list in the Philippines which is the electoral wing of the Iglesia ni Cristo is named Alagad.

Other religious groups include the United Church of Christ in the Philippines ( UCCP ), Baptist and Bible Fundamental churches, Seventh Day Adventist Churches, Iglesia ni Kristo, and other denominations.

His major achievements included the first award in art criticism from the Art Association of the Philippines in 1954, the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan award from the city government of Manila in 1981, and the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas for English fiction from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipino ( UMPIL ) in 1988.

Felix Ysagun Manalo ( born Félix Ysagun y Manalo May 10, 1886-April 12, 1963 ), also known as Ka Félix, was the first Executive Minister ( Tagalog: Tagapamahalang Pangkalahatan ) of the Philippines '- based religious organization Iglesia ni Cristo, and incorporated it with the Philippine Government on July 27, 1914.

Biag ni Lam-ang () is an epic poem of the Ilokano people from the Ilocos region of the Philippines.

* The Philippines and India-Dhirendra Nath Roy, Manila 1929 and India and The World-By Buddha Prakesh p. 119-120

For example, closedowns in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates generally include a fifteen-minute reading from the Qur ' an and a call for the midnight salah ; stations in Thailand, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong typically have a quote from Buddha, while many stations in the Philippines, Lebanon, South Korea and in the Southern United States include a Christian prayer or hymn of some type.

For example sign-ons in Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Vietnam typically include a quote from Buddha, and those in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Kazakhstan and Malaysia generally include an Islamic reading from the Quran, a Muslim quote, or a call for Azan and Fajr Prayer and those in the Philippines, Russia, Canada and the United States of America include a Christian prayer or hymn of some type.

* Second Prize: " Isang Araw sa Buhay ni Juan Lazaro " by Jose Reyes Munsayac