2000 in the Philippines
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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in the Philippines.
Contents
Incumbents
- President - Joseph Estrada (NPC)
- Vice President - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Lakas)
- Senate President - Blas Ople
- House Speaker - Manuel Villar
- Chief Justice - Hilario Davide
- Philippine Congress: 11th Congress of the Philippines
Events
January
March
- March 15 – July 12 – All-out war in Mindanao happened when Government troops clashed against MILF rebels as a warning to the separation of an Islamic state.
April
- April 19 – Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes into a coconut plantation in Island Garden City of Samal, Killing 131 passengers and crew.
May
- May 3 – Abu Sayyaf terrorists hostaged 21 people including 10 tourists and 11 resort workers in a resort island of Sipadan, Malaysia. The hostage crisis lasts four months.
- May 4 - After originating in the Philippines, the ILOVEYOU computer virus spreads quickly throughout the world.
- May 17 – Terrorists bombed Glorietta Mall in Makati, injuring 12 persons mostly teenagers.
- May 21 – Terrorists bombed SM Megamall in Mandaluyong, killing 1 person and 17 others injured.
June
- June 21 - The PBCom Tower, the tallest building in the country upon its completion, opens.
July
- July 16 – The Central total lunar eclipse of July 16 becomes the longest lunar eclipse in the century which lasted for 108 minutes; it was witnessed by many amateur astronomers and eclipse watchers throughout the country since the one happened in 1953.
September
- September 15 – October 1 – The Philippines participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia by sending a delegation of 20 members. But all of the athletes lost in the said event and did not home their medals.
November
- November 13 – January 17, 2001 – The impeachment trial against Estrada begins.
December
- December 30 – The infamous Rizal Day bombings rocked the peaceful celebration in Metro Manila, killing 22 people and more than 100 others injured.
Television
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Births
- February 26 - Alexa Ilacad, actress
- March 1 - Nikki Samonte, model and singer
- March 2 - Bianca Umali, actress
- May 2 - Angel Sy, actress
- May 4 - Razelle Bayno, singer
- August 11 - Nathaniel Britt, actor
- November 28 - Jacob Rica, actor and model
Deaths
- January 22 - Teddy Boy Locsin, journalist. (born 1914)
- March 20 - Ramon Mitra, Jr., Filipino statesman, diplomat, and a pro-democracy activist. (born 1928)
- April 8 - Alfredo Alcala, Filipino comic book artist (born 1925)
- April 11 - Salvador Lazo Lazo, Filipino prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. (born 1918)
- May - Francisco Vestil, Filipino basketball player (born 1914).
- May 3 - Rhoel Gallardo, C.M.F., Catholic priest (born 1965)
- May 12 - Cipriano Bautista, Filipino politician (born 1929)
- June 11 - Sarah Jane Salazar, Filipino AIDS activist and educator (born 1975)
- September 27 - Pablo Cuneta, Filipino politician, Mayor of the Manila suburb Pasay City.(born 1910)
- September 29 – Maningning Miclat, Filipino poet and painter (born 1972).
- November 24 — Bubby Dacer, Publicist (born 1934)
- December 4 - Tito Arévalo, Filipino actor and musician (born 1914).
Deaths unknowned
- Valeriano Abello (born 1913)
- Jun Aristorenas, Filipino actor, director, dancer, producer and writer (born 1933)
