Philippine Independence Day is a monumental occasion commemorating the country's liberation from centuries of colonial rule.

To mark the 127th Independence Day of the Philippines today, June 12, we are republishing a 2024 Associated Press article ...

ON THE eve of the 127th Independence Day on Thursday, June 12, 2025, a few students in Cebu were still unsure what the ...

But the Philippines only celebrated July 4 as its Independence Day until 1962. That year, President Diosdado Macapagal changed the country’s official Independence Day to June 12, to mark the day ...

Filipinos are celebrating the 127th Philippine Independence Day on June 12, Thursday, with parades and job fairs all over the ...

I REMEMBER during my elementary and high school days that the Filipino nation celebrated Philippine independence every July 4, a non-working holiday. In 1962, then-President Diosdado Macapagal moved ...

Independence Day was celebrated on July 4 from 1946 to 1961 when, with the stroke of Diosdado Macapagal’s pen, Philippine Independence Day was moved to June 12, with July 4 rebranded as Republic ...

In 1962, President Diosdado Macapagal issued Proclamation No. 28, effectively moving back our Independence Day to June 12, with the original date described as “the culmination of many acts of ...

People participate in the Philippine Independence Day parade in New ... of July was the traditional holiday until President Diosdado Macapagal changed it in 1964 to June 12. As a child in the ...