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A balikbayan box (lit. ' repatriate box ') is a corrugated box containing items sent by overseas Filipinos (known as balikbayan literally "returnee to the country/nation"). Though often shipped by freight forwarders specializing in sending balikbayan boxes by sea, such boxes are also commonly brought by Filipinos returning to the Philippines ...
LBC Express, Inc. (previously known as Luzon Brokerage Corporation) (PSE: LBC) is a courier company based in the Philippines. It operates scheduled commercial vehicle cargo services in currently and planned cargo airline services begin on May 31, 2014.
LBC Remittance Service (LBC Express) Aspac: A child participates in a spelling bee competition. The contestant host, portrayed by Edu Manzano, asked for the correct spelling for "remittance" and the child answered "L-B-C" after the initials of the courier company LBC Express. The answer was declared to be "correct".
A box of unpopped corn kernels will likely be charged by gross weight; a box of popcorn will probably be charged by its dimensional weight. This is because the large box of popcorn takes up a lot of space but does not fill up a vehicle's capacity in terms of weight, making it an inefficient use of space.
LBC (originally the London Broadcasting Company) is a British phone-in and talk radio station owned and operated by Global and based in its headquarters in London. It was the UK's first licensed commercial radio station , and began to broadcast on Monday 8 October 1973, [ 1 ] a week ahead of Capital Radio .
One source says that after 1973 a cavan of rough rice weighed 44 kg and a cavan of milled rice weighed 56 kg (the significance of the 1973 date is unclear). [ 6 ] Usage example: "At present, owing to the late scarcity of rice in Camarines and Leyte , the price of paddy at Iloilo has risen to 10 rials per province cavan, which is equal to one ...
A number of units of measurement were used in the Philippines to measure various quantities including mass, area, and capacity. The metric system has been compulsory in the country since 1860, during the late Spanish colonial period. [1]
Dr. Juan C. Angara Airport (Filipino: Paliparang Dr. Juan C. Angara, Ilocano: Pagtayaban ti Dr. Juan C. Angara), [1] also known as Baler Airport (IATA: BQA, ICAO: RPUR), is an airport serving the general area of Baler, the capital of the province of Aurora, located in the province of Aurora in the Philippines.