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On April 21, 1970, Flight 215 was en route from Cauayan Airport to Manila Airport when, at 10,500 feet (3,200 m), an explosion occurred in the aircraft's lavatory. The tail section separated from the aircraft and the aircraft crashed. [1]
January to March – The First Quarter Storm [1] was a period of leftist unrest in the Philippines, composed of a series of heavy demonstrations, protests, and marches against the government. January 26 – Pres. Marcos delivers his State of the Nation Address at the Legislative Building, Manila.
The theme park itself, beside Manila International Airport (now Ninoy Aquino International Airport) was opened in 1970. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The theme park proper covered an area of 22.3 hectares (55 acres) while the whole property associated with the facility measures 45.9 hectares (113 acres).
On May 21, 1976, the BAC One-Eleven operating as Flight 116 took off from Davao City to Manila International Airport at 2:30 p.m. (local time) when six armed passengers from Makati and the Moro Liberation Front announced that they would be hijacking the plane, only 10 minutes after departure. Three hijackers were armed with grenades, while two ...
While the period from January to March 1970 was one of significant social unrest in the Philippines and there is no definitive record of all protests or demonstrations in the country, seven protests in the area of Metropolitan Manila have come to be considered the historically notable demonstrations of the time, even being branded the "7 deadly ...
LVN Pictures was formed by the De Leon ["L"], Villongco ["V"], and Navoa ["N"] families before the onset of World War II in 1938. [1] At that time, the American-occupied Philippines was a ready market for American films, which further influenced various filmmakers like Jose Nepomuceno (the Father of Philippine Movies) to set up various film production companies to produce Tagalog movies.
Manila in the Claws of Light: Lino Brocka: Rafael Roco, Hilda Koronel: Drama: Released in The Criterion Collection: Ang Nobya Kong Sexy: Cesar 'Chat' Gallardo: Joseph Estrada, Gloria Diaz, Paquito Diaz, Nympha Bonifacio, Subas Herrero, Mary Walter, Ruben Rustia, Jun Mariano, Marian Samson, Pedro Faustino: Romantic comedy: Postcards from China ...
Manila Carnival Queen-Queen of the Orient 1920. Gloria Diaz Miss Universe 1969. ... Miss Philippines Earth 2006. Kylie Verzosa Miss International 2016. Margaret Wilson