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On May 10, 1973, the first Philippine Center was established in New York by the then President Ferdinand Marcos on the Presidential Decree No. 188 with the aim of integrating and coordinating activities of the Philippine government offices in the United States.
FPH's manufacturing subsidiary, First Philippine Electric Corporation (First Philec), operates the country's first large-scale silicon wafer-slicing facility called First Philec Solar Corporation (FPSC), which supplies some of the world's photovoltaic companies. FPSC is a joint venture of First Philec and SunPower Corporation, in the solar ...
Elizalde Building – This bahay na bato--styled edifice now houses the Museum of Philippine Economic History, the first museum dedicated to economic history in the Philippines. Hoskyn's Department Store – It is the first department store in the Philippines, established in 1877. [9]
The Cultural Center owns and operates several performance venues in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex located in the reclaimed area shared between Pasay and Manila known as Bay City. Its flagship venue is the Tanghalang Pambansa (National Theater) which also houses its principal offices. The building contains three performing arts ...
It is a covered proscenium amphitheater owned by the Cultural Center of the Philippines that was a popular venue for concerts during the 1980s and 1990s. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The theater, named after Filipino poet Francisco Balagtas , has a seating capacity of 8,458 in 10 sections and features a broad fascia with a single column-to-column span of 80 ...
The Philippine Heart Center was established through Presidential Decree No. 673 issued by president Ferdinand E. Marcos on February 14, 1975. [3] The building is identified with what is referred to as the Marcoses' "edifice complex," [9] [10] defined by architect Gerard Lico as "an obsession and compulsion to build edifices as a hallmark of greatness."
First labor union in the Philippines: Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina – established on February 2, 1902 [105] First aircraft to fly in the Philippines: Shriver's Skylark biplane of James "Bud" Mars – February 21, 1911 [106] First labor day in the Philippines: throughout the establishment of Congreso Obrero de Filipinas on May 1, 1913 [107]
In 1967, she was the first and sole Philippine Representative to the United Nations (UN) Population Commission. [2] In addition, Concepcion was the first Woman to chair this UN Population Commission from 1969 to 1977, and the first Asian woman to be elected President of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population in 1981-1985 ...