1984 in the Philippines

Incumbents

• President: Ferdinand Marcos
• Prime Minister: Cesar Virata
• House Speaker: Nicanor Yñiguez
• Chief Justice: Enrique Fernando

  Events

• January 27 – National plebiscite and local plebiscites for the approval of the proposed constitutional amendments and local bills made by the Interim Batasang Pambansa was held.
• May 14 – Parliamentary elections were held. The opposition ran for the Regular Batasang Pambansa under the United Nationalist Democratic Organization and the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan against the ruling Kilusang Bagong Lipunan of Ferdinand Marcos. The KBL won a majority with 114 seats, but markedly down from 163 seats last election.
• July 28-August 2 – The Philippines participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.
• September 1 – Typhoon Nitang struck the Philippines. It killed 1,492 people and 1,856 more were injured. Roughly 1.6 million people were affected in the country. A total of 108,219 homes were destroyed and 142,653 more were damaged. However, President Ferdinand Marcos declared a state of calamity only after Nitang's onslaught.
• December 1 – Manila LRT Line 1 opened as the Southeast Asia's first rail line.

  Births

• January 20 – Toni Gonzaga, Filipina singer, television host and actress
• January 21 – Richard Gutierrez, Filipino actor and commercial model and his twin brother Raymond Gutierrez, actor and television host
• February 11 - Jeff Chan, basketball player
• March 6 - Joseph Christian Rubin, Knights of the Altar President
• March 10 - Paolo Contis, actor and comedian
• March 11 - Bernard Cardona, television host and actor
• April 22 - Raymond "Emong" Quodala Vallarta, Philanthropist
• May 23 – Sam Milby, Filipino-American actor, commercial model, and recording artist
• June - Angela Lagunzad, Filipina journalist, TV host
• July 9 - LA Tenorio, basketball player
• July 16 – Ginger Conejero
• July 19 – Alessandra De Rossi, actress
• July 24 -
• * Pia Gutierrez, news reporter
• * Boy 2 Quizon, comedian and actor
• August 10 – Mariel Rodriguez, Filipina commercial model, television host and actress
• August 12 – Marian Rivera, Filipina commercial model and actress
• September 22 - Marcelito Pomoy, singer
• September 27 - Macky Escalona, former basketball player
• November 19 – Janus del Prado, actor
• November 28 – Joross Gamboa, Filipino actor
• November 29 – Sitti Navarro, Filipina bossa nova singer
• December 10 – Krista Ranillo, Filipina actress
• December 20 – Liezel Garcia, Filipina singer-songwriter and actress
• December 30 – Rico Barrera

  Deaths

• February 10 - Claudia Zobel, Filipino actress
• February 18 – Alejo Santos, Filipino soldier and World War II hero
• May 24 – Gen. Tomas B. Karingal, Former chief of Quezon City Police Department.
• November 14 – Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician

  Deaths Unknown

• Ading Fernando
• Cipriano P. Sandoval