The Philippine Postal Corporation will issue a set of stamps and a souvenir sheet to publicize the opening of the XXVIII Olympic Games in Athens, Greece on August 13, 2004.
The Philippines is hosting the 3rd ASEAN Para Games, a biennial multi-sports championship for the differently abled on December 14-21, 2005 with over 1,200 athletes from eleven (11) countries seeing action. It follows the Southeast Asian Games and is hosted by the same country where the SEA Games take place.