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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The arrival of the first Homo species to the early Chibanian. [1] 400,000 People belonging to the species Homo erectus set foot on the Philippines. 250,000 Human habitation is said to be began. [2] [clarification needed] 55,000 The first Homo sapiens in the Philippines. [citation needed] 50,000 Early humans made stone tools in the Tabon Caves ...
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.
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 ...
Sunday’s “60 Minutes” broadcast on CBS will feature a segment about the “battle to ban 97 books” in Beaufort County schools, according to the Paramount website.
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