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Philippine Standard Time (PST[1][2] or PhST; [3][4] Filipino: Pamantayang Oras ng Pilipinas), also known as Philippine Time (PHT), [citation needed] is the official name for the time zone used in the Philippines. The country only uses a single time zone, at an offset of UTC+08:00, but has used daylight saving time for brief periods in the 20th ...
This is a list of the UTC time offsets, showing the difference in hours and minutes from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), from the westernmost (−12:00) to the easternmost (+14:00). It includes countries and regions that observe them during standard time or year-round. The main purpose of this page is to list the current standard time offsets ...
Along with the Manila Metro Rail Transit System and the Metro Commuter Line of the Philippine National Railways, the system makes up Metro Manila's rail infrastructure. The LRT's 37.3-kilometer-route (23.2 mi) is mostly elevated and consists of two lines and 33 stations. Line 1, also called the Green Line (formerly known as the Yellow Line ...
Aftershocks. 8,403 (425 above M w 4.5, as of 29/12/2023) [2] Strongest is M w 6.9. Casualties. 3 dead, 79 injured. On December 2, 2023, at 22:37 PST (14:37 UTC), a moment magnitude (M ww ) 7.6 earthquake occurred off the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The shallow subduction earthquake killed at least three people and left 79 injured.
Maritime Vessel Shipping line 1 Date Deaths 1 Missing 1 Survivors 1 Remarks SS Corregidor: Compania Maritima 17 December 1941 900-1,200 [1]: Unknown 282 The ferry was sailing to the Visayas and was carrying around 1200-1500 passengers, mostly refugees fleeing the bombing of Manila by the Japanese during the Second World War, when it struck a mine off Corregidor Island and sank in five minutes.
September 2, 2024 at 12:01 PM. MANILA, Philippines — Floods and a landslide killed at least seven people in the Philippines on Monday as Tropical Storm Yagi, locally known as Enteng, dumped ...
Major aftershock of the November 30, 1645 Luzon earthquake that further destroyed remaining buildings in Manila and nearby towns. Aftershocks ceased around March 1646. [10] [11] 1665 June 19 Manila VIII 19 Only the Jesuit Church experienced great damage. [11] 1743 January 12 08:00 Luzon: Tayabas, Laguna X 5 deaths [10] [11] 1787 July 13 07:00
Conson was poorly forecasted by PAGASA. Initially, from July 12 to 13, it was predicted to hit the provinces of Aurora and Isabela. However, at 11 PM PST (15:00 UTC) on July 13, PAGASA revised its forecast, indicating that the typhoon would instead affect Quezon province, Metro Manila, and the southern Luzon provinces.