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Banana cue — A Philippine snack made by coating a deep-fried banana in caramelized brown sugar, served on a skewer. Banca [1] — A dug-out canoe. bangkal [11] — A Philippine tree; Baon [16] [5] — packed lunch or money taken to school, work, or a journey. [13] From Tagalog. Barangay [5] — The smallest local government unit in the ...
In the Spanish colonial era, Philip II of Spain decreed that the nobility in the Philippine islands should retain their pre-hispanic honours and privileges. [ b ] In the modern times, these are retained on a traditional basis as the 1987 Constitution explicitly reaffirms the abolition of royal and noble titles in the republic.
This is a list of acronyms in the Philippines. [1] They are widely used in different sectors of Philippine society. Often acronyms are utilized to shorten the name of an institution or a company.
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List of initialisms, acronyms ("a word made from parts of the full name's words, pronounceable"), and other abbreviations used by the government and the military of the Philippines. Note that this list is intended to be specific to the Philippine government and military—other nations will have their own acronyms.
Born right smack on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z years (ahem, 1996), I grew up both enjoying the wonders of a digital-free world—collecting snail shells in my pocket and scraping knees on my ...
Coco Martin – "Prince of Philippine Independent Films", [119] "Teleserye King", [119] "Kapamilya Primetime King" Albert Martinez – "King of Philippine Teleseryes" [ 120 ] Aiko Melendez – "Ultimate Star in Her Generation" [ 121 ]
Philippine kinship uses the generational system in kinship terminology to define family. It is one of the most simple classificatory systems of kinship. One's genetic relationship or bloodline is often overridden by the desire to show proper respect that is due in the Philippine culture to age and the nature of the relationship, which are considered more important.