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The game's telecast was also the most-watched primetime program in Mega Manila that night, setting another PBA record then. [105] Purefoods legends Jerry Codiñera and Rey Evangelista had their jersey numbers retired before a Manila Clasico game on November 9, 2014. [106] The teams played their first ever Christmas Day matchup on December 25 ...
Templates relating to Metro Manila, including the city of Manila, on Luzon in the northern Philippines. The pages listed in this category are templates.
Parols and Christmas lights on display at night. The parol is regarded as one of the most iconic and important symbols of the Filipino Christmas season. [1] [2]In the Philippines, Christmas (Filipino: Pasko; ⓘ) [a] is a major annual celebration, as in most countries of the Christian world.
This became the template for commercial electric parols called Parul Sampernandu sold from 1964 onward. [19] [4] The farolitos (or luminarias) of New Mexico, which are paper lanterns that have the same function during the Las Posadas, are derived from the Filipino parol via the Manila galleons. [20] [21] [22] [23]
The first commercial league was the basketball tournament of the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) which was established in 1938. [ 1 ] The Philippines became an independent country in 1946, and in the 1950s, the national team did well in international tournaments.
Manila-Cebu - Seen as a rivalry of two basketball hotbeds in the Philippines. Both teams played the first MBA game on March 7, 1998, in Pangasinan with Metrostars defeating the Gems. Manila and Cebu also entangled in a regular season match in August 1999 which saw Manila escape with a nail-biting win that preserved their record 23-game winning ...
Quiapo, Manila: Commemorates the translation of the image of the Black Nazarene to Quiapo Church in 1789. Coconut Festival: 1st to 2nd week San Pablo City, Laguna [9] Honors St. Paul the first hermit, town patron. Also highlights the coconut, the primary crop of the city. Festival usually lasts a week. Minasa Festival [10] 2nd week Bustos, Bulacan
37th Metro Manila Film Festival Parade of the Stars (December 24, 2011) 23 Gifts for Christmas: A Studio 23 Christmas Special (December 2009) ABS-CBN Independence Day Flag Raising Ceremony (2008–2013) ABS-CBN News Yearender Reports (2007–2011) Academy Awards "The Oscars" (2007–2013) Celebr8: Globe Get Together Special (November–December ...