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The Game of the Generals, also called GG or GOG or simply The Generals, is an educational war game invented in the Philippines by Sofronio H. Pasola Jr. in 1970. Its Filipino name is "Salpakan." It can be played in twenty to thirty minutes.
Traditional Philippine games, such as luksong baka, patintero, [8] piko, and tumbang preso [9] are played primarily as children's games. [10] [11] [3] The yo-yo, a popular toy in the Philippines, was introduced in its modern form by Pedro Flores [12] with its name coming from the Ilocano language. [13]
In 1913, Elwood Brown, president of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Association and Manila Carnival Games, proposed the creation of the "Far Eastern Olympic Games" to China and Japan. It was at that time that Governor-General William Cameron Forbes was the president of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation from 1911-1913. Governor-General ...
The 1st Far Eastern Championship Games were held in 1–9 February 1913 in Manila, Philippines. [1] The inaugural tournament was officially opened by Governor General William Cameron Forbes at the Carnival Grounds in Malate, Manila. Six countries participated at the tournament. [2]
Sa'-ro is a dice game played by the Negritos of the Zambales region of the Philippines. [1] Two small wooden cubes are used as dice, each marked with lines incised on its sides. One set recorded by William Allan Reed in his 1904 book Negritos of Zambales had faces of I, II, III, X, + and #. The player has five chances to throw the two dice.
A petition seeking the impeachment of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte, the daughter of the country's former president, received the required support on Wednesday of more than a third of ...
The Philippines and United States, which are bound by a seven-decades-old Mutual Defence Treaty, have been holding joint exercises for decades. (Reporting by Karen Lema; Editing by Ros Russell ...
The Philippine National Games officially known as the POC-PSC Games is a national multi-sport tournament in the Philippines.It was created as a means to determine the possible composition of national pool athletes that will compete in international tournaments such as the Southeast Asian Games, Asian Games and the Olympics.