2003 in the Philippines

Incumbents

• President: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
• Vice President: Teofisto Guingona
• Senate President: Franklin Drilon
• House Speaker: Jose de Venecia
• Chief Justice: Hilario Davide, Jr.

Events

• January 2003 4th World Meeting of Families was held at the Quirino Grandstand Luneta Park, Manila
• July 27: Oakwood mutiny
• September 24, 2003: In an interview on TV Patrol, Kris Aquino, revealed that she incurred a sexually transmitted disease and that she feared for her life when she had a heated argument with her former lover Joey Marquez.^[1]

Births

• March 16: Francheska Salcedo, actress
• March 31: Carl Alexander Acosta, actor and dancer
• October 21: Amy Nobleza, singer and actress

Deaths

• June 24: Rene Cayetano, former Senator and father of Senator Pia and Alan Peter Cayetano (born December 12, 1934)
• July 18: César Ramírez, former actor and father of the late Ace Vergel (born 1929)
• July 19: Oscar Moreno, former actor and father of Boots Anson-Roa (born 1921)
• July 19: Vic Vargas, former actor (born 1939)
• September 10: Tata Esteban, 48, former film director (born September 28, 1954)
• September 26: Inday Badiday, Filipino host and journalist who was known as Philippine television's "queen of showbiz talk shows" and "queen of intrigues" (born 1944)
• November 14: Carding Castro, former singer-comedian and singing comic duo Reycard Duet (born 1935)
• November 17: Betty Chua-Sy, former finance executive for the Coca-Cola Export Corp. (born 1972)
• November 20: AR Santiago, son of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago (born 1980)
• December 14: Blas Ople, former Senator and former Secretary of Department of Foreign Affairs (born 1927)
• December 29: Miko Sotto, former young actor and son of actress Ali Sotto (born 1982)

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