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Ackermans began in 1916 when Gus Ackerman opened the very first store in Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa. [6] In 1960, Ackermans was sold to Greatermans. [7] in 1970, Ackermans was sold to Edgars who maintained its successful price discounter position. [8] In 1984, Pepkor acquired Ackermans. At the time, there were 34 stores across the country.
Quinta Market in 2011. In 2015, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada had the old market buildings demolished to make way for the new Quinta Market and Fishport.. In 2014, the Manila City Council passed Ordinance No. 8346, allowing for the city government of Manila to enter into joint venture agreements with private companies and paving the way for the demolition and rehabilitation of several of the ...
The Manila Standard is a broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines which, as of 2017, is owned by the Romualdez family. The Romualdezes, through incumbent speaker of the House Martin Romualdez , also own Journal Publications, Inc., the owner of tabloid papers People's Journal and People's Tonight .
The Philippines ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on August 21, 1990. It also ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict on August 26, 2003, and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution, and child pornography on ...
Housed within the stunning architecture of the College of Saint Benilde's School of Design and Arts (SDA) Campus, designed by local architect Ed Calma, the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) is the only space in Manila and the Philippines that approximates an international contemporary art museum and gallery space.
Casa Manila is a museum in Intramuros depicting colonial lifestyle during Spanish colonization of the Philippines.. The museum is the imposing stone-and-wood structure c. 1850, one of the grand houses in Barrio San Luis (one of the four original villages of Intramuros) is located across historic San Agustin church and bounded by Calle Real, General Luna, Cabildo and Urdaneta streets.
Prior to the Pacific War, Escolta Street was also home to the city's first standalone department stores, including H.E. Heacock, until then the largest department store in the Philippines, opening in 1900, and the Aguinaldo Department Store, the most premium store in the Philippines opening in 1921. Other notable stores in the 1920s and 1930s ...
The Apostolic Nunciature in the Philippines is a top-level diplomatic mission assigned by the Holy See to the Philippines, located at 2140 Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila. Diplomatically, an apostolic nuncio may be equivalent to an ambassador , and often carries the ecclesial title of archbishop .