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Based on the type of ship, 47,782 Filipino seamen were on board passenger-type vessels; 42,356 were on bulk carriers; 31,983 were on container ships; 25,011 were on tankers; 14, 462 were on oil or product tankers; 10,754 were on general cargo ships; 7,502 were on chemical tankers; 6,610 were on tugboats; 5,742 were on pure car carriers; and ...
He used the pen name “Langgam” (Ant) and was the founder of Pilar Lodge No. 15 of the Free Masonry of the Philippines; Tagalog Republic as headed by General Miguel Malvar; First Philippine Republic; Katipunan; Imus, Cavite: 33. Arsenio Climaco: Brigadier General Federated States of Visayas; First Philippine Republic; Katipunan in Cebu; Cebu ...
This category is for pages about names used by more than one ship of the Philippine Navy. Only shipindex pages should be included in this category. Individual ships (including those that are the only one to bear the name) should instead be categorised in Category:Ships of the Philippine Navy, or the relevant subcategory for the type of vessel.
At the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution, the Filipino members of the Spanish Army and Navy mutinied and switched allegiance from Spain to the Philippines. The Republic's need for a naval force was first provided for by Filipino revolutionaries when they included a provision in the Biák-na-Bató Constitution. This authorised the government ...
The ships making up this class actually came from different classes of former US Navy ships using a common hull: Admirable-class minesweepers, PCE-842-class patrol craft escorts, and PCE(R)-842-class rescue patrol craft escorts. The ships were handed over by the US government as part of Military Assistance, either directly to the Philippines ...
The word polo refers to community work, and the laborer was called polista. [4] The community activities that polistas have to perform may include cutting of trees for timber, and building Galleon trade ships, [5] churches, government buildings, roads, and bridges. [6] Polo y servicio required males from 16 to 60 years old for a 40-day period ...
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Nicomedes "Nick" Marquez Joaquin (Tagalog:; May 4, 1917 – April 29, 2004) was a Filipino writer and journalist best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila. Joaquin was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines for Literature.