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  2. Raid on Manila - Wikipedia

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    The raid on Manila of January 1798 was a Royal Navy false flag military operation during the French Revolutionary Wars intended to scout the strength of the defences of Manila, capital of the Spanish Philippines, capture a Manila galleon and assess the condition of the Spanish Navy squadron maintained in the port.

  3. PLDT Communication and Energy Ventures - Wikipedia

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    It started its business by providing landline services in eight cities and municipalities in the Philippines: Baguio City, General Santos, Olongapo, Subic, Puerto Princesa, Digos, Boac and Masbate. In March 1991, Piltel started offering cellular phone services branded Mobiline, using the AMPS standard.

  4. Bureau of Customs - Wikipedia

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    The Bureau of Customs (abbreviated BoC or BOC; Filipino: Kawanihan ng Adwana) is a Filipino government agency that is responsible for the collecting of customs duties, excise duties, and other indirect taxes in the Philippines.

  5. Advertising and marketing controversies in the Philippines

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    Napoleon Quince (Destileria Limtuaco) Singson Lascano Group: An advertisement with an image of the alcoholic beverage Napoleon Quince accompanied by the copy "Nakatikim ka na ba ng kinse años" (lit. ' Have you tasted a 15 year old ') The advertisement was criticized for the perceived double entendre of its tagline suggesting child abuse ...

  6. List of political families in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of notable political families of the Philippines and their areas of influence. Names in bold indicate the individual was/is a president of the Philippines . The Philippine political arena is mainly arranged and operated by families or alliances of families, rather than being organized around political parties.

  7. Karl Hermann Heinrich Benda - Wikipedia

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    After the death of his first wife, Karl Benda married the daughter of Freytag, a renowned cloth maker from Potsdam, with whom he had a son Friedrich August Benda (1786–1854). The latter also pursued a career in higher civil service and was a committed patron of music on the board of several societies, including the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin .

  8. Yaw-Yan - Wikipedia

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    Yaw-Yan, also called Sayaw ng Kamatayan (English: Dance of Death), [1] is a Filipino martial art developed by Napoleon A. Fernandez and based on older Filipino martial arts. [2] Since its inception in the 1970s, it has dominated the kickboxing scene in the Philippines and has proven very effective against other stand-up fighting arts [ citation ...

  9. Timeline of Philippine history - Wikipedia

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    Year Date Event Source c.200 AD The Maitum Jars are anthropomorphic jars that were depicting children (head is the lead of the jar with ears and the body was the jar itself with hands and feet as the handle) with perforations in red and black colors, had been used as a secondary burial jars in Ayub Cave, Pinol, Maitum Sarangani province, each of the jars had a "facial expression".