Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
January 22 – 1 soldier was killed in a shootout with rebels in Lamag village, Quirino, Ilocos Sur. [121] January 28 – Shots were fired at the Sison police station in Surigao del Norte, 2 hours later a group of rebels in the same area ambushed a patrol, a military officer sustained head injuries. [122]
Ilocano people. The Ilocanos (Ilocano: Tattao nga Ilokano, Kailukuan / Kailukoan), also known as Ilokanos or Iloko, are the third largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group. Originally from the Ilocos Region on the northwestern coast of Luzon, Philippines, they later expanded throughout Northern Luzon. Their native language is called Iloco.
This is a timeline of Philippine history, ... The Late Neolithic period in the Philippines, ... Ilocos Norte Revolt (1788). April 2
During the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines (1565–1898), there were several revolts against the Spanish colonial government by indigenous Moro, Lumad, Indios, Chinese (Sangleys), and Insulares (Filipinos of full or near full Spanish descent), often with the goal of re-establishing the rights and powers that had traditionally belonged to Lumad communities, Maginoo rajah, and Moro datus.
The New People's Army rebellion (often shortened to NPA rebellion, among other acronym-based names) is an ongoing conflict between the government of the Philippines and the New People's Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Marxist–Leninist–Maoist [3][9] Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). It is the world's longest ongoing communist ...
Ilocos Norte's 2nd congressional district is one of the two congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Ilocos Norte. It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1916 and earlier in the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1916. [ 3 ]
Zambales, officially the Province of Zambales (Sambal: Probinsya nin Zambales; Ilocano: Probinsia ti Zambales; Pangasinan: Luyag/Probinsia na Zambales; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Zambales), is a province in the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Iba, which is located in the middle of the province.
Malacañang Palace in Manila is the official residence of the president. [note 1] Built in 1750, it has become a prominent symbol of and metonym for the office.Under the Constitution of the Philippines, the president of the Philippines (Filipino: Pangulo ng Pilipinas) is both the head of state and government, and serves as the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces.