Events
- March 5 - The sixth most powerful earthquake of the year, the Mindanao earthquake struck near the Cotabato Trench and registered a magnitude of 7.5.
- July 15 - Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections were held for the first time in the Philippines upon effect of Republic Act No. 9164 which was approved on March 19, 2002 by the 12th Congress of the Philippines.
- September 29 to October 14 - The Philippines participated in the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. It ranked 18th with 3 gold medals, 7 silver medals and 16 bronze medals with a total of 26 over-all medals.
- October 2 - A bomb blast in front of a Malagutay district karaoke bar near a military arms depot in Zamboanga City killed an American Green Beret commando and three Filipino civilians. At least 25 other people, one of them another American trooper, were wounded in the blast.
- October 17 - Two TNT bombs exploded around noon inside a shopping centre in the commercial district of Zamboanga City, when the mall was most busy, killing at least seven and wounding about 150 people. Two department stores were destroyed in the attack.
- October 21 - A Philippine Marine guarding the church was killed and 18 others were wounded after a bomb, placed in bag left at a candle store, exploded at Fort Pilar, a Catholic shrine in Zamboanga City.
- October 27 - GMA Network launches the "Kapuso" branding.
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