Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 21:00:14 +0000
The Northern Negros Forest Reserve, a wildlife sanctuary and the largest watershed of Negros Occidental province, was declared a protected area and became a natural park through Proclamation No. 895 signed by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2019 21:02:14 +0000
July 2, 1967 The town of Canlaon in Negros Oriental province formally became a city through Proclamation No. 193 signed by then President Ferdinand Marcos. Republic Act No. 3445, the city’s charter, lapsed into law on June 18, 1961, and took effect six years later. Canlaon was established as a municipality in October 1946 through […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: racosta| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 23:21:58 +0000
The Philippines is undoubtedly a country of solid ties and kinship. Even during the earliest recorded periods in history, the solidarity of Filipino communities allowed them to resist foreign rule, with leaders fiercely standing by and with their people.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2019 21:00:40 +0000
An unnamed leader of Macabebe town in Pampanga province was proclaimed the hero and martyr in the Battle of Bangkusay
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 21:02:05 +0000
April 16, 1902 Revolutionary Gen. Miguel Malvar surrendered to Franklin Bell, head of the American forces in Batangas province. Severe exhaustion, dwindling men and lack of resources took a toll on revolutionary forces’ struggle. Malvar was one of the last generals to surrender to the Americans. He took command of Filipino forces after the capture […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2019 23:23:35 +0000
CLARK FREEPORT — What happened in various parts of the Philippines during World War II?
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 21:27:02 +0000
The P773-million Lullutan Bridge at Ilagan City in Isabela province was inaugurated to boost agricultural productivity and economic activity in the province.
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 21:19:03 +0000
The Department of Agriculture and its attached agency, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), organized the country’s first National Hybrid Rice Congress at the PhilRice headquarters at Science City of Muñoz in Nueva Ecija province.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:17:11 +0000
BAGUIO CITY — Letters kept by the family of the country’s first president, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, revealed that he quietly endured the scorn and malice while he lived, after establishing the Philippine Republic while fighting two superpowers toward the end of the 19th century.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 21:06:22 +0000
The Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) was signed by then government chief negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, former Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal and Malaysian facilitator Ab Ghafar Mohamed.
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