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A burial detail of American and Filipino prisoners of war uses improvised litters to carry fallen comrades at Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, 1942, following the Bataan Death March. Date. December 8, 1941 – May 8, 1942. Location. Commonwealth of the Philippines. Result.
Person of Criollo (pure or almost pure Spanish ), Castizo (3/4 Spanish, 1/4 Native American) or Mestizo (1/2 Spanish, 1/2 Native American) descent born in Spanish America (" from the Americas "). Filipinos / Insulares. Person of pure Spanish descent born in the Philippines (" from the Philippine Islands ").
Lupang Hinirang. " Lupang Hinirang " ("Chosen Land"), originally titled in Spanish as " Marcha Nacional Filipina " ("Philippine National March"), and commonly and informally known by its incipit " Bayang Magiliw " ("Beloved Country"), is the national anthem of the Philippines. Its music was composed in 1898 by Julián Felipe, and the lyrics ...
Military history of the Philippines during World War II. The Commonwealth of the Philippines was attacked by the Empire of Japan on 8 December 1941, nine hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor (the Philippines is on the Asian side of the international date line). Although it was governed by a semi-independent commonwealth government, the United ...
The first season of Survivor Philippines premiered on September 15, 2008, and ended its run on December 14 of the same year, when John Carlo "JC" Tiuseco, defeating Robert Vincent "Rob" Sy in a vote of 7–2. Auditions for this season were held in six Philippine cities in May 2008. [2] From these auditions, 18 contestants were selected to ...
Oriental Pearl Tower, a radio and TV tower in Shanghai, China. Pearl of the Orient Tower, a residential skyscraper located in Manila, Philippines. "Pearl of the Orient" (song), 1991 song written by Lo Ta-yu. Glittering Days, or Pearl of the Orient in Chinese, 2006 Hong Kong TV programme. Pearl of the Orient (Christopher Nicole), series of books ...
January 19 – Pearl Hung finishes as third runner-up at Miss Global 2023 in Vietnam. January 27: Hanna Therese Cruz finishes as first runner-up at Miss Global Asian 2024 in Malaysia. The Pope Pius XII Catholic Center in Manila is officially declared an important cultural property by the National Museum of the Philippines.
