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The Philippines has participated in the Special Olympics World Games in every edition since the 1991 edition. [1] The team won nine gold medals in the 2007 games, the most it ever had at that time. They have since surpassed that total during the 2015 games, when the team won a total of 64 medals, including 24 gold.
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Teófilo Yldefonso, the first athlete to win an Olympic medal for the Philippines Hidilyn Diaz, the first athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for the Philippines. The Philippines made its Olympic debut during the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France [1] [2] with David Nepomuceno as the sole participant, competing in the men's 100 metres and 200 metres athletic events.
The recognition was a year after swimmer Teofilo Yldefonso won the Philippines' first Olympic medal—a bronze in the 200 meters breaststroke event at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. In 1975 the PAAF was renamed to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) after the establishment of the Department of Youth and Sports Development which ...
In 1909, in the case of Cariño vs. Insular Government, [1] the court has recognized long occupancy of land by an Indigenous member of the cultural communities as one of private ownership (which, in legal concept, is termed "native title"). This case paved the way for the government to review the so-called "native title" or "private right."
Declaring Every September 2 as Special Nonworking Holiday in Ifugao Province in Commemoration of the Surrender of the Japanese Imperial Army in the Philippines in World War II 2018-10-30: 11121: Declaring Every November 2 as Special Nonworking Holiday in Misamis Occidental Province in Commemoration of its Foundation 2018-10-30: 11122
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