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Philippine Airlines (PAL) is the flag carrier of the Philippines. [11] Headquartered at the PNB Financial Center in Pasay, the airline was founded in 1941 and is the oldest operating commercial airline in Asia. [12][13][14][note 2] The airline's main flight operations are located at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila.
Maka-Diyos, Maka-tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa (Filipino for "For God, People, Nature, and Country" [1] or "For the Love of God, People, Nature, and Country" [2]) is the national motto of the Philippines. Derived from the last four lines of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Philippine Flag, it was adopted on February 12, 1998, with the passage ...
On February 26, 1941, Philippine Air Lines, Inc., was formally incorporated by a group of businessmen headed by Andrés Soriano Sr. At that time, he was hailed as one of the Philippines' leading industrialists [1] and served as the airline's general manager. Soriano and former senator Ramón J. Fernández acquired the franchise of Philippine ...
The national motto of the United States is In God We Trust, as shown on the reverse of the United States one-dollar bill. Tuvalu: Tuvalu for the Almighty (Tuvaluan: Tuvalu mo te Atua). [136] Uganda: For God and My Country (Swahili: kwa mungu na nchi yangu, also in English). [137] Ukraine: No official motto.
The Philippine constitution provides for Spanish and Arabic on a voluntary, optional basis. [5] Spanish, a widely used lingua franca during the late nineteenth century, has declined greatly in use, [513] [514] although Spanish loanwords are still present in Philippine languages. [515] [516] [517] Arabic is primarily taught in Mindanao Islamic ...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) (Filipino: Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas, lit. 'Air Army of the Philippines') is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Initially formed as part of the Philippine Army as the Philippine Army Air Corps (PAAC) in 1935, the PAAC eventually saw combat during World War 2 and was ...
In the Philippine languages, a system of titles and honorifics was used extensively during the pre-colonial era, mostly by the Tagalogs and Visayans.These were borrowed from the Malay system of honorifics obtained from the Moro peoples of Mindanao, which in turn was based on the Indianized Sanskrit honorifics system [1] and the Chinese's used in areas like Ma-i and Pangasinan.
Founded as Philippine Aerial Taxi Company and commenced operations in 1941 as Philippine Air Lines, then 1970 as Philippine Airlines. Philippines AirAsia. Z2. APG. COOL RED. Manila. 2010. Founded as AirAsia Philippines and commenced operations in 2012, then 2015 as Philippines AirAsia. Royal Air Philippines.