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Morong was converted to a regular province of Rizal in 1901; Manila Province (except the City of Manila) was transferred to Rizal in the same year. Romblon became a regular province in 1901, but was created as a sub-province of Capiz once again in 1907 and reestablished as a separate province in 1918. In 1908, Abra was annexed into Ilocos Sur ...
Mindoro being equated to Ma-i or Mait was first mentioned in Spanish records, when Chapter 36 of Juan Francisco de San Antonio's "Chronicas de N.S.P. Francisco en las Islas Filipinas, China y Japon 1738" is called "De la Provincia y Isla de Mait o Mindoro" (The Province of the Island of Mait or Mindoro), showing that the term 'Mait' and ...
As a consequence of former American and, also earlier for a short period, British sovereignty over the islands that are now the Philippines, there are many places in the country with English names. English has been one of the country's two official languages since independence from the United States in 1946. As a result, many place names have ...
First- and second-class provinces are provided ten regular SP members; third- and fourth-class provinces have eight, while fifth- and sixth-class provinces have six. Exceptions are provinces with more than five congressional districts, such as Cavite with 16 regularly elected SP members, and Cebu , Negros Occidental and Pangasinan which have ...
Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [31] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...
Martial law monument in Mehan Garden. Martial law in the Philippines (Filipino: Batas Militar sa Pilipinas) refers to the various historical instances in which the Philippine head of state placed all or part of the country under military control [1] —most prominently [2]: 111 during the administration of Ferdinand Marcos, [3] [4] but also during the Philippines' colonial period, during the ...
dinagat, Cebuano for "of the sea," [45] referring to the island on which most of the province is situated, or the town which was the first municipality established in the area. Guimaras. Hispanicized corruption of himal-us, [46] the indigenous name for the province's main island, of unknown etymology.
Bataan (/ b ɑː t ɑː ˈ ʔ ɑː n /, / b ɑː ˈ t ɑː n /), officially the Province of Bataan (Filipino: Lalawigan ng Bataan, Kapampangan: Lalawigan ning Bataan, Ilocano: Probinsia ti Bataan, Pangasinan: Luyag/Probinsia na Bataan, IPA: [bɐtɐˈʔan]), is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines.