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Some customers in residential areas tend to use their own cups, and the vendors price their product accordingly (usually at around twenty Philippine pesos, or US$0.42 for a standard-sized mug). Using a wide, shallow metal watch glass -shaped scoop , they skim the surface of the bean curd and toss out any excess water, before scooping the bean ...
The history of the Philippines from 1565 to 1898 is known as the Spanish colonial period, during which the Philippine Islands were ruled as the Captaincy General of the Philippines within the Spanish East Indies, initially under the Viceroyalty of New Spain, based in Mexico City, until the independence of the Mexican Empire from Spain in 1821.
Name Language Type Area reporting covers ABS-CBN News: English/Filipino: Daily: National Bulatlat [5]: English: Daily: National Cebu Daily News (CDN Digital) English
American investors were discouraged by the Filipino economic elite who disliked the corruption. [50] [page needed] By 1982, the Philippines’ debt had reached $24.4 billion. [1] [14] In 1984 and 1985 the Philippines saw the worst recession in its history: the economy contracted by 7.3% for two successive years. [1]
According to World Bank data, the Philippines' gross domestic product (GDP) quadrupled from $8 billion in 1972 to $32.45 billion in 1980, for an inflation-adjusted average growth rate of 6% per year. [40] Indeed, according to the U.S.-based Heritage Foundation, the Philippines enjoyed its best economic development since 1945 between 1972 and 1980.
Filipino forces under Gen. Gregorio del Pilar defeated the Americans in an encounter in Quingua (now Plaridel), Bulacan. [24] May 6 Aguinaldo creates a new cabinet The country's first municipal election is held in Baliuag, Bulacan. [24] May 12 Filipino troops, led by Emilio Aguinaldo, recapture the Calumpit and Baliwag towns from the Americans ...
Lee Greenwood, known for his song "God Bless the U.S.A.," is set to take the stage at the swearing-in. "I am humbled and honored to be asked to perform for our 47th President Donald J. Trump ...
February 9 – Joaquín Miguel Elizalde, Filipino diplomat and businessman (b.1896) March 22 – Daniel Z. Romualdez, Filipino politician (b. 1907) May 14 – Francisco Alonso Liongson, Filipino writer and lawyer (b. 1896) May 16 – Pablo Angeles y David, Filipino magistrate and statesman. (b. 1889)