2004 in The Philippines - Events

Events

  • March 12 - Frontpage: Ulat ni Mel Tiangco, the early-evening national solo-anchored newscast, ended its two-year run as an early-evening national newscast.
  • March 15 - 24 Oras, the fourth early-evening national newscast in Filipino of GMA Network, was launched with "Frontpage" anchor Mel Tiangco and Saksi anchor Mike Enriquez. A brand-new Saksi with Emergency host Arnold Clavio and re-titled as "Saksi: Liga ng Katotohanan".
  • May 5 - Total lunar eclipse witnessed in the Philippines at dawn.
  • May 14 - Synchronized national and local elections were held. This was the first election participated by Overseas Filipinos under the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003
  • June 8 - The Venus transit of June 8, 2004 was the first of two Venus transits of the 21st century, it was witnessed by amateur astronomers and sky watchers throughout the country.
  • June 24 - Philippine Congress officially declared the winners (for the presidency and the vice-presidency) of the 2004 Philippine general election.
  • June 30 - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is inaugurated in Cebu City, along with Noli de Castro as President and Vice-President, respectively.
  • August 23: ETC was launched by Solar Entertainment Corporation On January 1, 2008, began to lease airtime on SBN choosing to broadcast programming from its entertainment channel on UHF free-to-air television channel 21. until March 1, 2011 ETC This partnership ended in March 2, 2011, as Solar transferred ETC to RPN on VHF free-to-air television channel 9.
  • November 18 - Asia's longest-running noontime show Eat Bulaga! celebrated its 25th silver anniversary with a grand celebration held at the Expo Filipino in Clark Air Base, Angeles City, Pampanga, it's presentation title is Eat Bulaga Silver Special.

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