page_title: 2014 in the Philippines
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 in the Philippines / Events / January
caption_attribution_description: English: The bus of 2010 Manila hostage crisis with a Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Bus unit was imported from Japan.
context_page_description: 2014 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 2014.
context_section_description: January 10–20 – The low pressure area that was affecting Visayas and Mindanao since January 10 was upgraded into Tropical Depression Agaton by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), becoming the first storm to hit the Philippines in 2014. Prior to Agaton intensified into a tropical depression, it first developed into an area of low pressure and has caused floodings, deaths, and displaced thousand of people in Mindanao since January 10. As of January 30, Agaton has killed at least 68 people with 4 reported missing. It has displaced an estimate of 160,000 people and caused a total damage of 313.78 million pesos to infrastructure and agriculture.
  January 13 – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested alleged rice smuggler David Tan, also known as Davidson Tan Bangayan or David Lim.
  January 25 – The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have finally signed the fourth and last annex of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro, an agreement between the two parties that calls for the creation of the autonomous political entity named Bangsamoro replacing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
  January 27 – February 2 – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) led an offensive, codenamed Operation Darkhorse, against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) to arrest various members of the militant group, including its leader Umbra Kato, for various criminal charges. By January 27, the AFP overran a BIFF camp in Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao, Mindanao. The clash took place barely after the signing of the Framework Agreement between the government and the MILF. As of January 29, 37 people were killed during the armed conflict, 36 of which are members of the BIFF and 1 soldier from the AFP.
  January 28 – Ten Philippine National Police (PNP) officers have been sacked following revelations from the Commission on Human Rights that they played a so-called "wheel of torture" game at a secret detention facility to extract information from criminal suspects and for their own amusement.
  January 29 – The Government of Hong Kong scrapped all Philippine diplomatic and official passport holders' 14-day visa free access after the Philippine government failed to issue an apology for the Manila hostage crisis in 2010.
caption: The bus of the 2010 Manila hostage crisis.
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