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2. Balintang Channel - Wikipedia

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   The 2013 Guang Da Xing No. 28 incident, also known as the Balintang Channel incident, was a fatal shooting incident that occurred on 9 May 2013 involving the Taiwanese fishing boat Guang Da Xing No. 28 and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) patrol boat Maritime Control Surveillance 3001, which led to the death of Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-cheng (洪石成) by gunfire from the Philippine ...

3. Balintang Islands - Wikipedia

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   The westernmost island, Balintang Island, is the largest with about 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 km) in length in a north and south direction. It is much larger than the others with three peaks, the tallest of which is about 360 feet (110 m); [1] a hole is seen through it from southwestward. Three of the other islets lies east, about 1 mile (1.6 km) off ...

4. Luzon Strait - Wikipedia

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   The strait is divided into a number of smaller channels. The Babuyan Channel separates Luzon from the Babuyan Islands, which is separated from Batanes by the Balintang Channel [ tl ] . Batanes is separated from Taiwan by the Bashi Channel .

5. Babuyan Islands - Wikipedia

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   Babuyan Islands satellite image captured by Sentinel-2 in 2016 Smith Volcano on Babuyan Island. The eastern islands of the archipelago are part of the Luzon Volcanic Arc.Three volcanoes from two of the islands have erupted in historical times - Camiguin de Babuyanes on Camiguin Island, [5] Babuyan Claro Volcano and Smith Volcano (also known as Mount Babuyan) on Babuyan Island.

6. Batan Island - Wikipedia

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   Batan is a dumbbell-shaped volcanic island, part of the Luzon Volcanic Arc.The northern part of the island is dominated by the 1,009-meter (3,310 ft) high active volcano, Mount Iraya, which last erupted in 1454. [2]

7. Head Start programs are still unable to access federal money ...

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   Dozens of Head Start programs, which provide child care and preschool education to low-income children, have been unable to access previously approved federal funding, putting some programs at ...

8. Batanes - Wikipedia

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   Poverty incidence of Batanes 10 20 30 40 2000 6.94 2003 9.00 2006 16.56 2009 14.40 2012 33.33 2015 13.68 2018 9.56 2021 2.60 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority About 75% of the Ivatans are farmers and fishermen. The rest are employed in the government and services sector. Garlic and cattle are major cash crops. Ivatans plant camote (sweet potato), cassava, gabi or tuber and a unique ...

9. Bashi Channel - Wikipedia

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   The Bashi Channel (Chinese: 巴士海峽; pinyin: Bā shì hǎi xiá) [1] is a waterway between Mavulis Island of the Batanes Islands, Philippines and Orchid Island of Taiwan. It is a part of the Luzon Strait , with the Pacific Ocean to the east, and is between the East China Sea and the South China Sea .