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The Dutch and English enclaves at Amboyna (top) and Banda-Neira (bottom). 1655 engraving. The Amboyna massacre [1] (also known as the Amboyna trial) [2] was the 1623 torture and execution on Ambon Island (present-day Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia) of twenty-one men, including ten in the service of the English East India Company, as well as Japanese and Portuguese traders and a Portuguese man, [3 ...
Amboyna Cay, also known as Vietnamese: Đảo An Bang; Malay: Pulau Amboyna Kecil; Datu Kalantiaw Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Datu Kalantiaw, lit. 'Island of Datu Kalantiaw'); Mandarin Chinese: 安波沙洲; pinyin: Ānbō Shāzhōu, [1] and other names, is an island of the Spratly Islands group in the South China Sea located just outside (SW) of the southwest of Dangerous Ground. [2]
Pterocarpus indicus (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra [3] (from Tagalog [4]) and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species of Pterocarpus of the Sweet Pea Family (Papilionaceae) native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in ...
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Poverty incidence of San Fernando 10 20 30 40 50 60 2006 53.10 2009 47.38 2012 35.41 2015 37.74 2018 29.28 2021 37.70 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The municipality has various establishments including general merchandise stores, construction and welding shops, furniture outlets, funeral homes, rice mills, bakeshops, catering services, and one cable TV station. Fishing and ...
Poverty incidence of Infanta 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 26.40 2009 15.04 2012 13.68 2015 11.92 2018 7.57 2021 27.34 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Education Mount Carmel School of Infanta Infanta is the center of educative learning, with four colleges that attract many students to study from nearby towns of Real, General Nakar, Polillo, Panukulan, Burdeos, Patnanungan and Jomalig. Here are ...
After a rapid intensification, Typhoon Mawar has become the most powerful storm of 2023 globally, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre (JTWC). Mawar’s peak winds have surged to 175 mph ...
Poverty incidence of New Washington 10 20 30 40 50 2006 28.30 2009 42.04 2012 14.65 2015 17.39 2018 11.35 2021 13.44 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority As New Washington is surrounded by bodies of water such as Sibuyan Sea and Lagatik River. Fishing has been the leading livelihood among the people, alongside rice farming. The town has the largest area of ricefields among the ...