While we have a relatively clear picture of when many of the major island groups were colonized, there is still considerable debate as to precisely where these settlers originated and the strategies and trajectories they used as they voyaged.
The caption accompanying the photo of Cebu in the Conde Nast website described the island as "the most densely populated" in The Philippines and "famous for its beaches on the mainland as well as across many of the surrounding islands." It is further ...
The Philippines should define its service aspiration by island group, since the country's fragmented geography will have significant implications on the investments needed.
In exchange, he said, the Chinese will give access to Filipino fishermen in the Scarborough Shoal and give The Philippines guarantee that they will not tighten the noose around its reconnaissance and supply activities in the Kalayaan Group of Islands ...
MANILA, Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte said early on Saturday (Oct 22) he was not severing diplomatic ties with the United States, backpedalling on a brash declaration he made in China about cutting military and economic relations with his ...
On January 26, 1970, National Union of students of The Philippines president Edgar Jopson and University of the Philippines Student Council chairman Fernando Barican organized a demonstration that coincided with the State of the Nation Address of the ...
2 along with Calayan Group of Islands, La Union, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, part of Aurora and Tarlac. Dagupan has reactivated its Incident Command Post at City Museum manned round-the-clock and put on alert its Quick Response Teams inÃÂ ...
Lawin's strength reached maximum sustained winds of up to 225 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 315 kph, prompting the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to raise the highest tropical ...
2 was raised in Batanes Group of Islands, Pangasinan, rest of Aurora, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Northern Zambales and Northern Quezon, including Polillo Islands.
Signal number 4 or 5 might be raised in Cagayan (including the Calayan Group of Islands), Apayao, Ilocos Norte, and northern Isabela on Wednesday night, October 19.
MANILA, Philippines - Brace for devastation as Typhoon Lawin (international name Haima) is expected to intensify into a super typhoon as strong as Yolanda before hitting Northern Luzon tomorrow morning.
MANILA, Philippines - The state weather bureau warned yesterday residents of Northern Luzon to brace by midweek for heavy rains and strong winds from Typhoon Lawin, which is expected to intensify into a super typhoon.
The Spratly Islands issue is an ongoing territorial dispute between Brunei, China, Malaysia, The Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam, concerning ownership of a group of islands and associated "maritime features" located in the South China Sea. In July ...
Duterte and Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay have announced new policy positions on The Philippines' maritime rights disputes with China that are much more in line with China's view of these disputes.
In exchange, he said, the Chinese will give access to Filipino fishermen in the Scarborough Shoal and give The Philippines guarantee that they will not tighten the noose around its reconnaissance and supply activities in the Kalayaan Group of Islands ...
MANILA, Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte said early on Saturday (Oct 22) he was not severing diplomatic ties with the United States, backpedalling on a brash declaration he made in China about cutting military and economic relations with his ...
First, they believe that both island groups are Chinese territory that were stolen by Japan in a long and brutal war just months before Japan invaded Hainan Island in 1939.
On January 26, 1970, National Union of students of The Philippines president Edgar Jopson and University of the Philippines Student Council chairman Fernando Barican organized a demonstration that coincided with the State of the Nation Address of the ...
The starting point for Duterte's foreign policy should be the PhilippineConstitution, which he and every other president before him have sworn to uphold and protect.
Lawin's strength reached maximum sustained winds of up to 225 kilometers per hour (kph) and gustiness of up to 315 kph, prompting the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to raise the highest tropical ...
2 was raised in Batanes Group of Islands, Pangasinan, rest of Aurora, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Northern Zambales and Northern Quezon, including Polillo Islands.
2 along with Calayan Group of Islands, La Union, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Ecija, part of Aurora and Tarlac. Dagupan has reactivated its Incident Command Post at City Museum manned round-the-clock and put on alert its Quick Response Teams inÃÂ ...
Signal number 4 or 5 might be raised in Cagayan (including the Calayan Group of Islands), Apayao, Ilocos Norte, and northern Isabela on Wednesday night, October 19.
MANILA, Philippines - Brace for devastation as Typhoon Lawin (international name Haima) is expected to intensify into a super typhoon as strong as Yolanda before hitting Northern Luzon tomorrow morning.
The Philippine flag comprises 3 distinct colors, red, blue and white. It also sports 3 stars (representing the 3 major island groups Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao) around a stylized sun (8 rays representing 8 regions that started revolting against Spain ...
MANILA, Philippines - Supreme Court senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio recalled why the Philippinegovernment refused to sign a deal with China after the 2012 standoff on Scarborough Shoal.
Loiz said PAGASA might raise tropical cyclone warning signal no. 1 over Northern Aurora, Isabela, Cagayan, including Calayan and Babuyan Group of Islands and Batanes today. He said the outer spiral rainbands of the typhoon will start affecting the ...
The Spratly Islands issue is an ongoing territorial dispute between Brunei, China, Malaysia, The Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam, concerning ownership of a group of islands and associated "maritime features" located in the South China Sea. In July ...
The same applied for travel packages to The Philippines, where none of the agencies indicated in their promotional materials that certain regions in the Mindanao island group (Zamboanga, Sulu, Basilan, Tawi-Tawi) had received Black travel alerts from ...
Duterte and Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay have announced new policy positions on The Philippines' maritime rights disputes with China that are much more in line with China's view of these disputes.
Based on the DoE data, all three island groups have coal as the dominant power source for new projects. In Luzon, coal-fired power plants are expected to deliver 2,720 MW, while plants in Visayas and Mindanao will deliver 285 MW and 1,510 MW,ÃÂ ...
An international tribunal in the Hague ruled in July that China had no historic title over the waters and had breached The Philippines' sovereign rights there. That decision infuriated Beijing, which dismissed the court's authority. We "hope that ...
Duterte and Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay have announced new policy positions on The Philippines' maritime rights and territorial disputes with China that are much more in line with China's own view of these disputes.
He had also said he wanted US Special Forces out of the southern region of Mindanao, where they have been helping to quell Islamic militants, and threatened to scrap a 2014 agreement granting American troops increased access to Philippine bases.
Mr Duterte was outraged that the US would help a criminal flee The Philippines. He also fanned speculation that Meiring was involved in covert operations to create instability in the war-torn southern island group of Mindanao to get the government to ...
After crossing Batanes and Babuyan group of islands early Thursday, tropical storm "Julian" (international name: Aere) has left the country's area of responsibility by noon time yesterday.
Tuguegarao City - The Office of Civil Defense Region 2 (OCD-2) on Wednesday advised residents in the northern part of Cagayan to take precautionary measures in anticipation of the onslaught of tropical depression Julian.
The administration of President Duterte has set a 100 percent electrification target for the entire Philippine archipelago in four years' time as part of its program to spread the benefits of economic growth to stakeholders at the grassroots level ...
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