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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Sugo ng Reyno Unido ng Dakilang Britanya at Hilagang Irlanda sa Republika ng Pilipinas) is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of the Philippines, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there.
Time offset from GMT/UTC. Name of time. Saturday, March 16, 1521 (Julian Calendar) – Monday, December 30, 1844 (Gregorian Calendar) GMT−15:56 (in Manila) local mean time. GMT−16:12 (in Balabac, the westernmost island) GMT−15:34 (in Davao Oriental, the easternmost area) Tuesday, December 31, 1844.
The British Embassy, Manila ( Pasuguan ng Britanya, Maynila) is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in the Philippines, with the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Philippines being the chief of mission. The embassy compound measures about 12,000 m 2, located at 120 Upper McKinley Hill, Taguig, Metro Manila, near the Manila ...
The United Kingdom is currently the largest European investor in the Philippines. Likewise, most European tourists who visit the Philippines come from the United Kingdom, with about 90,000 visitors yearly. [1] [9] The UK government spends in the region of £2 million per year of funding to facilitate scientific collaboration with the Philippines.
The Embassy of the Philippines in London is the diplomatic mission of the Philippines in the United Kingdom. [ 1 ] It is located on a cul-de-sac near Trafalgar Square. [ 2 ] The Philippines also maintains a Trade Section at 1a Cumberland House, Kensington Court, South Kensington. [ 3 ]
The British occupation of Manila was an episode in the colonial history of the Philippines when the Kingdom of Great Britain occupied the Spanish colonial capital of Manila and the nearby port of Cavite for eighteen months, from the 6th October 1762 to the first week of April 1764. The occupation was an extension of the larger Seven Years' War ...
The 2011 census recorded 117,457 people born in the Philippines resident in England, 5,168 in Wales, [7] 4,264 in Scotland [8] and 2,947 in Northern Ireland, [9] making a total of 129,836. The Office for National Statistics estimates that, in 2015, the equivalent figure was 132,000. [10] According to The Manila Times, there were approximately ...
The Philippines was a Spanish colony administered under the Viceroyalty of New Spain and the Governor-General of the Philippines who ruled from Manila was sub-ordinate to the Viceroy in Mexico City. [34] The Manila-Acapulco Galleon trade route between the Philippines and Mexico flourished from 1571 until 1815. [35]