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The Philippines, [f] officially the Republic of the Philippines, [g] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
Image credits: astarisaslave #8. TIL in South Korea, only blind people can get a masseur's license. This law was established in 1912, to help visually impaired people earn a living.
These include the use of Live-Pack and a virtual news set, the first news FM station (105.9 True FM) and, prior to December 2013, the first and only 24-hour Filipino language free TV news channel along with the first English-language business news channel (Bloomberg TV Philippines) since October 5, 2015, prior to its launching in full broadcast ...
Today, their descendants still comprise a significant part of the Philippine population especially its bourgeois, [130] who during the late Spanish Colonial Era in the late 19th century, produced a major part of the ilustrado intelligentsia of the late Spanish Colonial Philippines, that were very influential with the creation of Filipino ...
In 1958, Burma-Shave offered a "free trip to Mars" for sending in 900 empty jars. A grocery store manager, Arliss French, took it literally and collected all 900.
What parts of Philippines are affected by typhoon Mawar. 06:47, Stuti Mishra. Typhoon Mawar, locally referred to as 'typhoon Betty', is at its closest point to the Philippines today before it is ...
Dateline Philippines is the flagship midday newscast of the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) covering the day's most important headlines in politics, business, sports, and entertainment. It concentrates on news from the more than 7,000 islands of the Philippines as reported by ABS-CBN News , the largest news organization in the country.
The storm is a Category 5, but is not expected to make significant landfall in the Philippines at its current strength. Mawar 9th typhoon since 1950 to reach Category 5 equivalent status in May 18 ...