1994 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1994. Incumbents President: Fidel Ramos (Lakas) Vice President: Joseph Estrada (NPC) Senate President: Edgardo Angara House Speaker: Jose de Venecia, Jr. Chief Justice: Andres Narvasa Philippine Congress: 9th Congress of the Philippines Events February February 19 – Separate grenade attacks in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat and Davao City kill 11 people and injure 22. March March 29 – The Philippines gets connected to the Internet. The Philippine Network Foundation (PHNet) connected the country to Sprint in the United States via a 64 kbit/s link. April April 8 – The Pasig Regional Trial Court (RTC) acquits eight individuals charged in 1992 of kidnapping three Taiwanese children; among them police chief inspectors, dismissed Maj. Timoteo Zarcal and Maj. Jose Pring. The said police officers would be assassinated in separate incidents by the Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB), a unit of the New People's Army, later that year. April 10: The massacre of Helen, Chelsea Liz and Anne Geleen Arandia in Lipa City, Batangas. Mandaluyong becomes a city through ratification of Republic Act 7675 which was approved on February 9. April 19 – Fernando Galera, a fish vendor accused of robbery with rape in January, is convicted by the Quezon City RTC and sentenced to death for the first time since the restoration of the capital punishment in the country on January 1. Soon before his supposed execution in 1997, Galera would be acquitted and ordered released by the Supreme Court after the judgement is reversed, following appeals for re-trial of the case. April 25 – Actor Robin Padilla is convicted for illegal possession of firearms; he would begin to serve the prison sentence in 1995. He would be released after being given conditional pardon by then Pres. Ramos; would be given absolute pardon by Pres. Duterte in 2016. April 26 – The Supreme Court votes, 7–6, to void a contract between the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office and a Malaysian firm to conduct an online lotto in the country, stating that it violates the law. May May – A scam, involving undelivered treasury bills, perpetrated by some people in Bancapital Development Corp., is discovered by the authorities. It costs close to a billion peso potential losses in the banking system. May 21 – Miss Universe 1994, the 43rd Miss Universe pageant, was held in Manila. Outgoing Miss Universe Dayanara