* The Philippines celebrates National Heroes Day in commemoration of the First Cry of the Philippine Revolution on August 23, 1896.

Other examples in Asia include Seoul Metropolitan Subway which has suburban lines operated by Korail in South Korea, KTM Komuter in Malaysia, The Philippine National Railways orange line in Metro Manila, Philippines and, KRL Jabotabek in Jakarta Metropolitan area, Indonesia.

In the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary-PCGA, each of the directors in command of the 10 Coast Guard Auxiliary districts are commodores, as well as most of the Deputy National Directors ( some may be rear admirals ).

When Marcos was overthrown in the People Power Revolution, other parties appeared, such as Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas, Lakas ng Bansa, National Union of Christian Democrats, and Philippine Democratic Socialist Party.

During the rescue efforts after Typhoon Ondoy ( Ketsana ) in 2009, Hormel Foods donated over 30, 000 pounds of Spam to the Philippine National Red Cross.

* May 1 – Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer, Father of Philippine National Language and Grammar ( b. 1879 )

Although decentralization is the current trend in Philippine local governance, the country remains a unitary state and the National Government continues to have strong influence over local government units.

In 2003, decided to move the Pride March from June to the December Human Rights Week to coincide with related human rights activities such as World AIDS Day ( December 1 ), Philippine National Lesbian Day ( December 8 ), and International Human Rights Day ( December 10 ).

* Philippines – Philippine Eagle ( National bird )

In September 2012, Philippine President Benigno Aquino III signed Administrative Order No. 29, mandating that all government agencies use the name " West Philippine Sea " to refer to the parts of the South China Sea within the Philippines ' exclusive economic zone, and tasked the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority ( NAMRIA ) to use the name in official maps to bolster the Philippines ' claims to the Spratly Islands and Scarborough Shoal .< ref >

Fife may have been named for William J. Fife, a prominent Tacoma lawyer, Yukon prospector, once head of the Washington National Guard, and a Lieutenant Colonel in the field during the Philippine Insurrection.

San Juan de Dios Hospital, Philippine Children ’ s Medical Center, San Lazaro Hospital, Ospital ng Muntinlupa, Lung Center of the Philippines, the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, Manila Adventist Medical Center and Las Piñas Hospital also made steps to ban the toxic chemical.

In 1917 the Philippine Assembly created the Philippine National Guard with the intent to join the American Expeditionary Force.

* Philippine National Police

It was later integrated with the municipal police force, Integrated National Police into the current Philippine National Police on January 29, 1991.

Under the National Defense Act of 1935, promulgated by General Douglas MacArthur ( then newly appointed as commander in chief of the Philippine Commonwealth military ), the PC became the backbone of the Philippine Regular Army, later re-established after World War II and was known as both the Philippine Constabulary and as the Military Police Command.

President Quezon himself recommended to the National Assembly that the State Police be abolished and in its place the PC was to be reconstituted into a separate organization, distinct and divorced from the Philippine Commonwealth Army, which was for " national defense ".

* 4th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Constabulary-Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Mindoro ( now Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro and Romblon ) and Palawan, and including the areas of the Metro Manila of today, the National Capital Region.

In 1991, it was determined that a new Philippine National Police was to be formed by merging the Integrated National Police into the Philippine Constabulary, with the PC forming the basis as it had the more developed infrastructure.

The Commandant of the Philippine Constabulary was also the Chief of the Integrated National Police ( the municipal police force for the larger towns and cities ).

* PC History page at Philippine National Police

* Philippine Constabulary and the Philippine National Police ( archived from the original on 2008-06-17 )

* Philippine National Police, the national police force of the Republic of the Philippines

The Philippines also received a limited number and is used by the Philippine National Police Special Action Force.

*: Philippine National Police.

Threatened with their impending imprisonment, Enrile and his fellow coup plotters decided to ask for help from then AFP Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen Fidel Ramos, who was also the chief of the Philippine Constabulary ( now the Philippine National Police ).

A third controlled explosion was detonated by elements of the Philippine National Police Bomb Squad a few meters from the Isabela City Hall.

Lapu-Lapu also appears on the official seal of the Philippine National Police and as the main design on the defunct 1-centavo coin circulated in the Philippines from 1967 to 1974.

File: Philippine National Police seal. svg | Lapu-Lapu is a central figure in the seal of the Philippine National Police

Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile, Chief of Staff of the Philippine Constabulary Fidel Ramos, and Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Fabian Ver were the chief administrators of martial law from 1972 to 1981, and the three remained President Marcos ' closest advisers until he was ousted in 1986.

Captain Henry T. Allen of the 6th U. S. Cavalry, a Kentucky-born graduate of West Point ( Class 1882 ), was named as the chief of the force, and was later dubbed as the " Father of the Philippine Constabulary ".

Actual command of the operational forces ( the 4th Composite Group ) resided with the group commander, who reported through the chief of staff to the commanding general of the Philippine Department, and also through the Air Officer to the Chief of the Air Corps.

Headed the Philippine Constabulary and Integrated National Police on 1972 when then President Ferdinand Marcos, his cousin, who was elected on 1965 imposed martial law to combat communism and to establish and preserve peace in the country, Ramos, Philippine Constabulary chief and the martial law implementor, was responsible for the arrest of political personalities, communists, media and activists etc., Nine years later, martial law would be lifted on 1981 but Ramos ' second cousin still retains strong absolute powers in governing the Philippines.

Col. Charles Evans Kilbourne, Jr., who received the Medal of Honor in the Philippine Insurrection, was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross as chief of staff of the 89th Division.

Martial law was lifted in 1981, and Ver was appointed as chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines over a cousin, Gen. Fidel Valdez Ramos, then the chief of the Philippine Constabulary.

He was a Representative from New Mexico ; born on Greenwood plantation, near Bayou Sara, Louisiana., April 3, 1861 ; attended the public schools ; moved to the Territory of New Mexico in 1879 and worked on a cattle ranch until 1881 ; acted as post trader at Fort Stanton ; engaged in the mercantile and stock business until 1886 ; deputy treasurer of Lincoln County in 1886 and 1887 ; elected county clerk in 1888, county assessor in 1890, and sheriff in 1892 ; member of the Territorial senate in 1894 and 1896, serving as president the latter year ; lieutenant of the First Volunteer Cavalry, known as “ Roosevelt ’ s Rough Riders ,” in the Spanish-American War ; sheriff of Otero County in 1899 ; resigned to join the Eleventh Volunteer Cavalry ; lieutenant, provost marshal, and provost judge, with service in the Philippine Islands from December 16, 1899, to March 20, 1901 ; Governor of the Province of Camarines, Philippine Islands, in 1901 ; chief of police of the city of Manila, 1901 ; Governor of the Province of Isabela 1903-1905 ; Governor of the Province of Samar from 1905 to 1907, when he resigned ; Governor of the Territory of New Mexico 1907-1911 ; upon the admission of New Mexico as a State into the Union was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress and served from January 8, 1912, to March 3, 1913 ; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1912 ; engaged in the hotel business in Socorro, N. Mex.

Mabini was most active during the Spanish – American War when he served as the chief adviser for General Aguinaldo after the Philippine Declaration of Independence on June 12.

He was an instructor in weapons and tactics at the Infantry School, 1927 – 1931 ; was promoted to major, August 1932 ; was executive officer of the 23rd Brigade, Manila, and assistant chief of staff, G-2, Philippine Division, 1933 – 1934.

* Panfilo Lacson, senator, former Philippine National Police chief

The scion of the first Philippine president has twice ( 2007 and 2010 ) beaten Federico " Hit " Poblete, another descendant of Emilio Aguinaldo ( youngest son of Maria Aguinaldo y Poblete: one of General Emilio Aguinaldo's daughters ), Poblete served a total of five terms as its chief executive.

In January 2008, Avelino Razon, Philippine National Police chief stated that the New People's Army ( NPA ) rebels have only 5, 700 members as of 2007 due to military destruction of 13 guerrilla bases ( lowest level in 20 years ).

Hilario Jr., became chief justice and is now the Philippine Ambassador to the United Nations.

* Oscar Calderón, chief of Philippine National Police

* Dr. Manuel V. Pangilinan ( GS, HS, Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa )-Chairman, Philippine Long Distance Company ; chief executive officer, Metro Pacific Corporation and chairman of the Board of Trustees of San Beda College-Mendiola, Manila

Vicente Lukbán y Rilles or Vicente Lucbán Rilles ( February 11, 1860 – November 16, 1916 ), was a Filipino officer in Emilio Aguinaldo's staff during the Philippine Revolution and the politico-military chief of Samar and Leyte during the Philippine-American War.