page_title: 2020 in the Philippines
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 2020 in the Philippines / Events / July
caption_attribution_description: English: Candles were lighted outside the gate of ABS-CBN's headquarters in Quezon City after the network lost its bid for its franchise renewal in the Congress
context_page_description: 2020 in the Philippines details events of note that have occurred, or are scheduled to take place, in the Philippines in 2020.
context_section_description: July 3 – President Rodrigo Duterte signs the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 (Republic Act No. 11479), a measure that giving the government more powers to act against persons or groups falling under what critics say is a dangerous and vague definition of terrorism.
  July 8 – Pope Francis names former Manila Archbishop Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as a member of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, the Catholic Church's central office on the promotion of understanding among religions.
  July 10 – After 12 hearings which started last May 26, the House of Representatives, particularly on the Committee on Legislative Franchises, voted 70–11 to deny the franchise application of ABS-CBN.
  July 16 – Kabataan party-list Rep. Sarah Elago, was chosen among the One Young World politicians for "using their positions to create change for young people in their communities and countries".
  July 17 – President Rodrigo Duterte signs Republic Act No. 11480, which allows the president to move or reschedule the start of the school year in an event of a state of emergency or state of calamity.
  July 21 – Joel Apolinario, the founder of the Kapa Community Ministry International and 23 others were arrested in Surigao del Sur.
  July 23 – Four soldiers died and another was injured after a Philippine Air Force (PAF) helicopter crashed while taking off at the Cauayan Air Station in Isabela.
  July 27:
  President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA).
  Dr. Roland Cortez, the chief of the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH), who was critized over its handling of COVID-19 cases in the said facility in April 2020, was shot dead in Quezon City. On August 25, the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) has filed murder complaints against seven suspects who were allegedly involved in the killing of Dr. Cortez.
  July 29 – The Department of Agriculture through the Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI) has confirmed the detection of the avian influenza A(H5N6) virus in an egg-producing farm in San Luis, Pampanga.
  July 30:
  After 9 years of hiding, former Dinagat Islands congressman Ruben Ecleo Jr., who was accused in the case of murder of Alona Bacolod-Ecleo in 2002 and anomalous 3 construction projects which undertaken between 1991 to 1994, during his term as mayor of San Jose, Dinagat Islands, was arrested in San Fernando, Pampanga.
  Wesley Barayuga, the board secretary of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), was shot dead in Mandaluyong City.
caption: Supporters conducting a nightly noise barrage in front of the ABS-CBN headquarters, with ABS-CBN artist Angel Locsin speaking in front on July 10, 2020
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