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 (UNIDO) and the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN) against the ruling Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) of Ferdinand Marcos. The KBL won a majority with 114 seats, but markedly down from 163 seats last election.
- July 28 to August 2 - The Philippines participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.
- August 20 - Bro. Mike Velarde establishes El Shaddai DWXI Prayer Partners Foundation.
- 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 Yellow Line opened as the southeast Asia's first rail line.
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