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8888, also known as the Citizens ' Complaint Hotline and the President's Hotline, is a 24/7 national public service hotline operated by the government of the Philippines.It was introduced on August 1, 2016, by President Rodrigo Duterte to allow the public to report poor government front-line service delivery and corrupt practices in all government agencies, government-owned and controlled ...
The 8888 Uprising, [a] also known as the People Power Uprising[b] and the 1988 Uprising, [c] was a series of nationwide protests, [9] marches, and riots [10] in Burma (present-day Myanmar) that peaked in August 1988. Key events occurred on 8 August 1988 and therefore it is commonly known as the "8888 Uprising". [11]
None. The CSX 8888 incident, also known as the Crazy Eights incident, was a runaway train event involving a CSX Transportation freight train in the U.S. state of Ohio on May 15, 2001. Locomotive #8888, an EMD SD40-2, was pulling a train of 47 cars, including possibly two cars loaded with hazardous chemicals, specifically molten phenol, a ...
8888 may refer to: 8888 (Philippines), a national public service hotline. 8888 Keystone Crossing, one of the tallest buildings in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. 8888 Uprising, a nationwide protest in Myanmar in August 1988. 88:88, a 2015 Canadian experimental docudrama film. BS 8888, a British Standard. CONOP 8888, a zombie defence training document.
CONPLAN 8888, also known as Counter-Zombie Dominance, is a U.S. Department of Defense Strategic Command CONOP document that describes a plan for the United States and its military defending against zombies in a fictional military training scenario. [1][2][3][4][5][6] It was initially classified by the United States Intelligence Community, but ...
Kyaw Min Yu rose to prominence during the 8888 Uprising, as a student activist. [4] [5] He was imprisoned for 15 years, from 1988 to 2003, for participating in the 8888 Uprising, [6] and later spent another five years in prison after protesting fuel price hikes with the 88 Generation Students Group in August 2007.
88 Generation Students Group. The 88 Generation Students (Burmese: ၈၈ မျိုးဆက် ကျောင်းသားများ) is a Burmese pro-democracy movement known for their activism against the country's military junta. Many of its members were imprisoned by the Burmese government on charges of "illegally using electronic ...
In Chinese numerology, 888 usually means triple fortune, due to 8 (pinyin: bā) sounds like 發 (pinyin: fā) of 發達 (prosperity), and triplet of it is a form of strengthening of the digit 8. On its own, the number 8 is often associated with great fortune, wealth and spiritual enlightenment. Hence, 888 is considered triple. [26]