1998 in the Philippines (English Wikipedia)

According to Aviation Safety Network database (Link), the said aviation accident was the worst at that time and currently the 2nd. The worst before was the one which occurred in May 1964, now the 3nd deadliest, with 80 fatalities (including 1 on the ground). (See the details of May 1964 and Feb. 1998 accidents. Retrieved 02-11-2021.)

bbc.co.uk

news.bbc.co.uk

—"2 Die in Philippines Typhoon" AP News. 10-22-1998.
—"Philippines: Typhoon Babs aftermath" AP Archive. 10-24-1998.
—"Typhoon Babs downgraded" BBC News. 10-26-1998.
—"Monthly global tropical cyclone summary, October 1998" Typhoon2000. 1998.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

cbsnews.com

—"Fire Ravages Manila Orphanage" CBS News. 12-03-1998.
—"Fire kills 28 in Manila orphanage" AP (via Deseret News). 12-03-1998.
—"Philippines Orphanage Fire Probed" AP. 12-04-1998.

For the list of related disasters:
—"The 7 Deadliest Fires in the Philippines in the Last 50 Years" Esquire Philippines. 03-27-2018.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

cnn.com

edition.cnn.com

For this event:
—"INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; Island Nation Loses a Bridge As Philippine Airlines Fails" The New York Times. 09-25-1998.
—"Philippine Airline Jet Seized at LAX" Los Angeles Times. 09-25-1998.
—"BUSINESS: Bad News Bird" Time Asia issue of 10-05-1998.

Related events:
—"SC upholds dismissal of PAL pilots in 1998 strike" Philstar.com. 02-05-2016.
—"1998 PAL retrenchment of 1,400 cabin crew legal" Philippine News Agency. 03-26-2018.
—"PAL's labor woes: then and now" Newsbreak via ABS-CBN News. 08-05-2010.

For the details of the case:
—"G.R. No. 178083" (10-02-2009) Official Gazette.
—"G.R. No. 200088" (02-26-2018) supreme Court E-Library.

Timeline:
—"History and Milestones" Philippine Airlines website.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.
—"Arturo Enrile, Philippine transportation secretary" The Journal of Commerce. 01-14-1998.
—"Passage" Asiaweek. Jan. 1998.
—"Gen Arturo Tiongson Enrile" Ancestry.com.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

deseret.com

—"Fire Ravages Manila Orphanage" CBS News. 12-03-1998.
—"Fire kills 28 in Manila orphanage" AP (via Deseret News). 12-03-1998.
—"Philippines Orphanage Fire Probed" AP. 12-04-1998.

For the list of related disasters:
—"The 7 Deadliest Fires in the Philippines in the Last 50 Years" Esquire Philippines. 03-27-2018.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

esquiremag.ph

—"Fire Ravages Manila Orphanage" CBS News. 12-03-1998.
—"Fire kills 28 in Manila orphanage" AP (via Deseret News). 12-03-1998.
—"Philippines Orphanage Fire Probed" AP. 12-04-1998.

For the list of related disasters:
—"The 7 Deadliest Fires in the Philippines in the Last 50 Years" Esquire Philippines. 03-27-2018.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

hartford-hwp.com

—"Proclamation No. 1171, s. 1998" Official Gazette. 03-04-1998.
—"Militants seek real autonomy for Cordillera" Philippine Daily Inquirer via Hartford Web Publishing. 03-12-1998.
—(Editorial) "Cordillera turns back on autonomy" The Manila Times (Internet Edition); republished in the website of the NEDA–CAR, same day. 09-06-2008.
—"Gauge views on autonomy, Cordillera leaders asked" Inquirer.net. 02-12-2019.
—"Chronology for Igorots in the Philippines" Minorities at Risk Project via UNHCR–Refrworld. 2004.

All were retrieved 03-27-2022.

inquirer.net

newsinfo.inquirer.net

—"Proclamation No. 1171, s. 1998" Official Gazette. 03-04-1998.
—"Militants seek real autonomy for Cordillera" Philippine Daily Inquirer via Hartford Web Publishing. 03-12-1998.
—(Editorial) "Cordillera turns back on autonomy" The Manila Times (Internet Edition); republished in the website of the NEDA–CAR, same day. 09-06-2008.
—"Gauge views on autonomy, Cordillera leaders asked" Inquirer.net. 02-12-2019.
—"Chronology for Igorots in the Philippines" Minorities at Risk Project via UNHCR–Refrworld. 2004.

All were retrieved 03-27-2022.

interaksyon.com

"TODAY IN HISTORY: In 1913, the Association de Damas Filipinas was established". InterAksyon. September 26, 2011. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2011.

joc.com

—"Arturo Enrile, Philippine transportation secretary" The Journal of Commerce. 01-14-1998.
—"Passage" Asiaweek. Jan. 1998.
—"Gen Arturo Tiongson Enrile" Ancestry.com.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

judiciary.gov.ph

elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph

For this event:
—"INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; Island Nation Loses a Bridge As Philippine Airlines Fails" The New York Times. 09-25-1998.
—"Philippine Airline Jet Seized at LAX" Los Angeles Times. 09-25-1998.
—"BUSINESS: Bad News Bird" Time Asia issue of 10-05-1998.

Related events:
—"SC upholds dismissal of PAL pilots in 1998 strike" Philstar.com. 02-05-2016.
—"1998 PAL retrenchment of 1,400 cabin crew legal" Philippine News Agency. 03-26-2018.
—"PAL's labor woes: then and now" Newsbreak via ABS-CBN News. 08-05-2010.

For the details of the case:
—"G.R. No. 178083" (10-02-2009) Official Gazette.
—"G.R. No. 200088" (02-26-2018) supreme Court E-Library.

Timeline:
—"History and Milestones" Philippine Airlines website.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

kahimyang.com

—"Philippines: Manila: 8 patients die in hospital fire" AP Archive. 05-16-1998.
—"Philippine Hospital Fire Kills 10" AP (via Los Angeles Times). 05-17-1998.
—"May 16, 1998: a fire swept through the Lung Center of the Philippines killing 25 people" The Kahimyang Project.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

kidapawancity.gov.ph

"Historical Origin". City of Kidapawan. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

latimes.com

—"Philippines: Manila: 8 patients die in hospital fire" AP Archive. 05-16-1998.
—"Philippine Hospital Fire Kills 10" AP (via Los Angeles Times). 05-17-1998.
—"May 16, 1998: a fire swept through the Lung Center of the Philippines killing 25 people" The Kahimyang Project.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.
For this event:
—"INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; Island Nation Loses a Bridge As Philippine Airlines Fails" The New York Times. 09-25-1998.
—"Philippine Airline Jet Seized at LAX" Los Angeles Times. 09-25-1998.
—"BUSINESS: Bad News Bird" Time Asia issue of 10-05-1998.

Related events:
—"SC upholds dismissal of PAL pilots in 1998 strike" Philstar.com. 02-05-2016.
—"1998 PAL retrenchment of 1,400 cabin crew legal" Philippine News Agency. 03-26-2018.
—"PAL's labor woes: then and now" Newsbreak via ABS-CBN News. 08-05-2010.

For the details of the case:
—"G.R. No. 178083" (10-02-2009) Official Gazette.
—"G.R. No. 200088" (02-26-2018) supreme Court E-Library.

Timeline:
—"History and Milestones" Philippine Airlines website.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

malaybalaycity.gov.ph

"HISTORICAL BACKGROUND". THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF MALAYBALAY | OFFICIAL WEBSITE. Archived from the original on 2020-07-13. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

neda.gov.ph

car.neda.gov.ph

—"Proclamation No. 1171, s. 1998" Official Gazette. 03-04-1998.
—"Militants seek real autonomy for Cordillera" Philippine Daily Inquirer via Hartford Web Publishing. 03-12-1998.
—(Editorial) "Cordillera turns back on autonomy" The Manila Times (Internet Edition); republished in the website of the NEDA–CAR, same day. 09-06-2008.
—"Gauge views on autonomy, Cordillera leaders asked" Inquirer.net. 02-12-2019.
—"Chronology for Igorots in the Philippines" Minorities at Risk Project via UNHCR–Refrworld. 2004.

All were retrieved 03-27-2022.

news.google.com

"RP's worst air accidents" (April 20, 2000). Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. 13. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
—"No survivors in Cebu Pacific crash" PHNO. 02-05-1998.

News articles from Manila Standard:
—Silva, M., Rivera-Acosta, L., & MS wires (02-03-1998). "Cebu Pacific plane, 106 aboard, missing." pp. 1–2.
—Silva, M., Rivera-Acosta, L., AP & Reuters. (02-04-1998). "Wreckage sighted; no sign of survivors." pp. 1, 4.
—Silva, M., Maragay, F. V., AP & Reuters. (02-05-1998). "Dense jungle snags trek to site of crash." pp. 1–2.
—Silva, M., AP & Reuters. (02-06-1998). "No survivors." pp. 1–2.

All were retrieved 04-02-2022.

newsflash.org

"NEWSFLASH: 7-hour power outage darkens Luzon" PHNO. 01-04-1998. Retrieved 03-31-2022.
—"No survivors in Cebu Pacific crash" PHNO. 02-05-1998.

News articles from Manila Standard:
—Silva, M., Rivera-Acosta, L., & MS wires (02-03-1998). "Cebu Pacific plane, 106 aboard, missing." pp. 1–2.
—Silva, M., Rivera-Acosta, L., AP & Reuters. (02-04-1998). "Wreckage sighted; no sign of survivors." pp. 1, 4.
—Silva, M., Maragay, F. V., AP & Reuters. (02-05-1998). "Dense jungle snags trek to site of crash." pp. 1–2.
—Silva, M., AP & Reuters. (02-06-1998). "No survivors." pp. 1–2.

All were retrieved 04-02-2022.
—"149 dead in Sulu malaria outbreak" PHNO. 03-01-1998.
—"Malaria death toll hits 140, measles next" PHNO. 03-04-1998.

All were retrieved 03-31-2022.
"22 perish in Lung Center fire, arson suspected" PHNO. 05-17-1998. Retrieved 04-01-2022.
"After drought: flood, deaths in Mindanao" PHNO. 07-09-1998. Retrieved 03-31-2022.
—"NEWSFLASH: Cebu-bound ship sinks, passengers missing" PHNO. 09-19-1998.
—"54 dead, 75 still missing in Sulpicio disaster" PHNO. 09-21-1998.

All were retrieved 03-31-2022.
—(PHNO FIRST SCOOP) "PAL strike over, pickets lifted" PHNO. 07-26-1998.
—"NEWSFLASH: Philippine Airlines closed for good next week" PHNO. 09-17-1998.
—"NEWSFLASH: Solved! PAL re-opening Oct. 7" PHNO. 09-28-1998.

All were retrieved 03-31-2022.
—"NEWSFLASH: Imelda acquitted!" PHNO. 10-06-1998.
—"Supreme Court acquits Imelda on 3 grounds" PHNO. 10-07-1998.

All were retrieved 03-31-2022.
—"Iliang toll: 33 dead, highways closed, towns flooded" Archived 2015-06-06 at the Wayback Machine PHNO. 10-16-1998.
—"Typhoon Zeb: Hundred feared feared dead, Luzon devastated" PHNO. 10-17-1998.

All were retrieved 03-31-2022.
—"Typhoon damage: P200-M calamity funds released" Archived 2022-04-01 at the Wayback Machine PHNO. 10-23-1998.
—"Babs' death toll 145 and climbing, destruction massive" Archived 2022-04-01 at the Wayback Machine PHNO. 10-24-1998.
—"Erap inspects Bicol damage, grants P50-M for Catanduanes rehab" Archived 2022-04-01 at the Wayback Machine PHNO. 10-25-1998.

All were retrieved 03-31-2022.
"Manila orphanage fire: 29 dead, 9 missing" PHNO. 12-04-1998. Retrieved 03-31-2022.
"Abu Sayyaf chief, public enemy no. 1, killed" PHNO. 12-19-1998. Retrieved 03-31-2022.
"Charito Solis dead at 62" PHNO. 01-11-1998. Retrieved 03-31-2022.
"Viral attack kills Secretary Enrile" PHNO. 01-16-1998. Retrieved 03-31-2022.
"NEWSFLASH: General Ver is dead" Archived 2010-07-05 at the Wayback Machine PHNO. 11-21-1998. Retrieved 03-31-2022.

nytimes.com

—"23 Dead, Many Missing in Manila Ferry Sinking" AP (via The New York Times). 09-20-1998.
—"Princess of the Orient: Erroneous maneuvering leads to deadly sinking" Safety4Sea. 12-10-2019.

For the timeline of related accidents:
—"TIMELINE: Deadliest ferry disasters in the Philippines" Reuters. 06-23-2008.
All were retrieved 04-01-2022.
For this event:
—"INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; Island Nation Loses a Bridge As Philippine Airlines Fails" The New York Times. 09-25-1998.
—"Philippine Airline Jet Seized at LAX" Los Angeles Times. 09-25-1998.
—"BUSINESS: Bad News Bird" Time Asia issue of 10-05-1998.

Related events:
—"SC upholds dismissal of PAL pilots in 1998 strike" Philstar.com. 02-05-2016.
—"1998 PAL retrenchment of 1,400 cabin crew legal" Philippine News Agency. 03-26-2018.
—"PAL's labor woes: then and now" Newsbreak via ABS-CBN News. 08-05-2010.

For the details of the case:
—"G.R. No. 178083" (10-02-2009) Official Gazette.
—"G.R. No. 200088" (02-26-2018) supreme Court E-Library.

Timeline:
—"History and Milestones" Philippine Airlines website.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

ocasia.org

1998 Asian Games medal tally Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine

officialgazette.gov.ph

—"Proclamation No. 1171, s. 1998" Official Gazette. 03-04-1998.
—"Militants seek real autonomy for Cordillera" Philippine Daily Inquirer via Hartford Web Publishing. 03-12-1998.
—(Editorial) "Cordillera turns back on autonomy" The Manila Times (Internet Edition); republished in the website of the NEDA–CAR, same day. 09-06-2008.
—"Gauge views on autonomy, Cordillera leaders asked" Inquirer.net. 02-12-2019.
—"Chronology for Igorots in the Philippines" Minorities at Risk Project via UNHCR–Refrworld. 2004.

All were retrieved 03-27-2022.
"Executive Order No. 292 [BOOK I/Chapter 7-Regular Holidays and Nationwide Special Days]". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. July 25, 1987. Archived from the original on 2017-09-03. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

mirror.officialgazette.gov.ph

For this event:
—"INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; Island Nation Loses a Bridge As Philippine Airlines Fails" The New York Times. 09-25-1998.
—"Philippine Airline Jet Seized at LAX" Los Angeles Times. 09-25-1998.
—"BUSINESS: Bad News Bird" Time Asia issue of 10-05-1998.

Related events:
—"SC upholds dismissal of PAL pilots in 1998 strike" Philstar.com. 02-05-2016.
—"1998 PAL retrenchment of 1,400 cabin crew legal" Philippine News Agency. 03-26-2018.
—"PAL's labor woes: then and now" Newsbreak via ABS-CBN News. 08-05-2010.

For the details of the case:
—"G.R. No. 178083" (10-02-2009) Official Gazette.
—"G.R. No. 200088" (02-26-2018) supreme Court E-Library.

Timeline:
—"History and Milestones" Philippine Airlines website.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

philippineairlines.com

For this event:
—"INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; Island Nation Loses a Bridge As Philippine Airlines Fails" The New York Times. 09-25-1998.
—"Philippine Airline Jet Seized at LAX" Los Angeles Times. 09-25-1998.
—"BUSINESS: Bad News Bird" Time Asia issue of 10-05-1998.

Related events:
—"SC upholds dismissal of PAL pilots in 1998 strike" Philstar.com. 02-05-2016.
—"1998 PAL retrenchment of 1,400 cabin crew legal" Philippine News Agency. 03-26-2018.
—"PAL's labor woes: then and now" Newsbreak via ABS-CBN News. 08-05-2010.

For the details of the case:
—"G.R. No. 178083" (10-02-2009) Official Gazette.
—"G.R. No. 200088" (02-26-2018) supreme Court E-Library.

Timeline:
—"History and Milestones" Philippine Airlines website.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

philstar.com

For this event:
—"INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; Island Nation Loses a Bridge As Philippine Airlines Fails" The New York Times. 09-25-1998.
—"Philippine Airline Jet Seized at LAX" Los Angeles Times. 09-25-1998.
—"BUSINESS: Bad News Bird" Time Asia issue of 10-05-1998.

Related events:
—"SC upholds dismissal of PAL pilots in 1998 strike" Philstar.com. 02-05-2016.
—"1998 PAL retrenchment of 1,400 cabin crew legal" Philippine News Agency. 03-26-2018.
—"PAL's labor woes: then and now" Newsbreak via ABS-CBN News. 08-05-2010.

For the details of the case:
—"G.R. No. 178083" (10-02-2009) Official Gazette.
—"G.R. No. 200088" (02-26-2018) supreme Court E-Library.

Timeline:
—"History and Milestones" Philippine Airlines website.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

pna.gov.ph

Samonte, Severino (September 12, 2020). "Rise in number of PH cities from 60 in 1987 to 146 in 2020 traced". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
For this event:
—"INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; Island Nation Loses a Bridge As Philippine Airlines Fails" The New York Times. 09-25-1998.
—"Philippine Airline Jet Seized at LAX" Los Angeles Times. 09-25-1998.
—"BUSINESS: Bad News Bird" Time Asia issue of 10-05-1998.

Related events:
—"SC upholds dismissal of PAL pilots in 1998 strike" Philstar.com. 02-05-2016.
—"1998 PAL retrenchment of 1,400 cabin crew legal" Philippine News Agency. 03-26-2018.
—"PAL's labor woes: then and now" Newsbreak via ABS-CBN News. 08-05-2010.

For the details of the case:
—"G.R. No. 178083" (10-02-2009) Official Gazette.
—"G.R. No. 200088" (02-26-2018) supreme Court E-Library.

Timeline:
—"History and Milestones" Philippine Airlines website.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

refworld.org

—"Proclamation No. 1171, s. 1998" Official Gazette. 03-04-1998.
—"Militants seek real autonomy for Cordillera" Philippine Daily Inquirer via Hartford Web Publishing. 03-12-1998.
—(Editorial) "Cordillera turns back on autonomy" The Manila Times (Internet Edition); republished in the website of the NEDA–CAR, same day. 09-06-2008.
—"Gauge views on autonomy, Cordillera leaders asked" Inquirer.net. 02-12-2019.
—"Chronology for Igorots in the Philippines" Minorities at Risk Project via UNHCR–Refrworld. 2004.

All were retrieved 03-27-2022.

reuters.com

mobile.reuters.com

—"23 Dead, Many Missing in Manila Ferry Sinking" AP (via The New York Times). 09-20-1998.
—"Princess of the Orient: Erroneous maneuvering leads to deadly sinking" Safety4Sea. 12-10-2019.

For the timeline of related accidents:
—"TIMELINE: Deadliest ferry disasters in the Philippines" Reuters. 06-23-2008.
All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

safety4sea.com

—"23 Dead, Many Missing in Manila Ferry Sinking" AP (via The New York Times). 09-20-1998.
—"Princess of the Orient: Erroneous maneuvering leads to deadly sinking" Safety4Sea. 12-10-2019.

For the timeline of related accidents:
—"TIMELINE: Deadliest ferry disasters in the Philippines" Reuters. 06-23-2008.
All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

samalcity.gov.ph

"Brief History". Island Garden City of Samal. Archived from the original on 2022-02-14. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

sunstar.com.ph

Ciar, Troy (August 23, 2023). "Ciar: 8 pinoy celebrity nga namatay sa trahedya sa dalan" [Ciar: 8 Pinoy celebrities who died in road tragedies]. SunStar (in Cebuano). Cebu City. Retrieved November 21, 2023.

typhoon2000.ph

—"2 Die in Philippines Typhoon" AP News. 10-22-1998.
—"Philippines: Typhoon Babs aftermath" AP Archive. 10-24-1998.
—"Typhoon Babs downgraded" BBC News. 10-26-1998.
—"Monthly global tropical cyclone summary, October 1998" Typhoon2000. 1998.

All were retrieved 04-01-2022.

urdaneta-city.gov.ph

"History of Urdaneta City". Urdaneta City. Archived from the original on 2001-04-17. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

valenzuela.gov.ph

"Modern History". Tayo na, Valenzuela!. Archived from the original on 2017-01-27. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

web.archive.org

"Brief History". Island Garden City of Samal. Archived from the original on 2022-02-14. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
"History of Urdaneta City". Urdaneta City. Archived from the original on 2001-04-17. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
"Historical Origin". City of Kidapawan. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
"HISTORICAL BACKGROUND". THE CITY GOVERNMENT OF MALAYBALAY | OFFICIAL WEBSITE. Archived from the original on 2020-07-13. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
—"Iliang toll: 33 dead, highways closed, towns flooded" Archived 2015-06-06 at the Wayback Machine PHNO. 10-16-1998.
—"Typhoon Zeb: Hundred feared feared dead, Luzon devastated" PHNO. 10-17-1998.

All were retrieved 03-31-2022.
—"Typhoon damage: P200-M calamity funds released" Archived 2022-04-01 at the Wayback Machine PHNO. 10-23-1998.
—"Babs' death toll 145 and climbing, destruction massive" Archived 2022-04-01 at the Wayback Machine PHNO. 10-24-1998.
—"Erap inspects Bicol damage, grants P50-M for Catanduanes rehab" Archived 2022-04-01 at the Wayback Machine PHNO. 10-25-1998.

All were retrieved 03-31-2022.
"TODAY IN HISTORY: In 1913, the Association de Damas Filipinas was established". InterAksyon. September 26, 2011. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
"Modern History". Tayo na, Valenzuela!. Archived from the original on 2017-01-27. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
"Executive Order No. 292 [BOOK I/Chapter 7-Regular Holidays and Nationwide Special Days]". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. July 25, 1987. Archived from the original on 2017-09-03. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
1998 Asian Games medal tally Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
"NEWSFLASH: General Ver is dead" Archived 2010-07-05 at the Wayback Machine PHNO. 11-21-1998. Retrieved 03-31-2022.

wrecksite.eu

See the details of this accident from Wrecksite database. Retrieved 04-01-2022.