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The network consists of two lines: the original Line 1 or Green Line, and the more modern Line 2, or Blue Line. Line 1 is aligned in a general north–south direction along over 25.9 kilometers (16.1 mi) of fully elevated track.
Light Reaction Sniper Task Group (LRR-STG) - Also known as “Maligno Sa Tulay” (Filipino: Boogeyman on the Bridge) it is or was a 16-Man ad-hoc unit that wrecked havoc to the ranks of IS-Affiliated Insurgents that attacked Marawi in 2017.
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.In the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
LRTA Class 1000 being built in Bruges in 1982. The Metro Manila Transport, Land Use, and Development Planning Project (MMETROPLAN), a fourteen-month study conducted by Freeman Fox and Associates and funded by the World Bank, recommended the construction of a street-level (at-grade) light rail line in Manila and the proposed four lines that were included in the study that would run along Rizal ...
A soldier of the 1st Scout Ranger Regiment of the Philippine Army instructs an ROTC cadet officer on the finer points of the M16 rifle. Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) in the Philippines is one of three components of the National Service Training Program, the civic education and defense preparedness program for Filipino college students. [1]
Maynila, also known commonly as Manila, was a major Islamic Tagalog bayan ("country" or "city-state") [6] [1] situated along the modern-day district of Intramuros in the city of Manila, at the southern bank of the Pasig River.
Constituted in March 1942, [28] the 1st Filipino Infantry Battalion was activated in April at Camp San Luis Obispo, [23] to liberate the Philippines. [1] Colonel Robert Offley was selected as the unit's commanding officer , as he spoke Tagalog and had spent time on Mindoro in his youth. [ 10 ]
The Calvo Building is a historic building along no. 266 Escolta corner Soda Streets, Binondo, Manila, Philippines.Built in 1938, owned by Doña Emiliana Mortera vda. De Calvo and Angel Calvo, it is an outstanding mix of Beaux-Arts and Neoclassical architecture, designed by Fernando H. Ocampo.