1977 in the Philippines
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1977 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1977.
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Incumbents
Events
- October 10 - Patikul massacre leaves 35 Philippine Army officers and men dead.
- November 10 - Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) Chairman Jose Maria Sison was arrested.
- November 25 - Benigno Aquino Jr. was found guilty of charges and sentence him to death by firing squad, but the death sentence was postponed.
- December 16–17 – National referendum was called where the majority of the voters voted that President Ferdinand Marcos should continue in office as incumbent President and Prime Minister after the organization of the Interim Batasang Pambansa.
Births
- January 12 – Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor
- February 14 – Donna Cruz
- February 25 – Niña Corpuz
- May 12 – Onemig Bondoc, Filipino actor
- July 28 – Sunshine Cruz, Filipino actress
Deaths
- April 30 – Eddie Peregrina (b. 1945)
- August - Eulogio Balao, Filipino soldier and politician (b. 1907)
- September 8 - George J. Willmann, Naturalized Filipino missionary from the United States. (b. 1897)
- November 11 – Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist and political activist (b. 1950)
