The Philippine Liberation Medal is a military award of the Republic of the Philippines which was created by an order of Commonwealth Army of the Philippines Headquarters on 20 December 1944, and was issued as the Philippine Liberation Ribbon.The decoration was presented to any service member, of both Philippine Commonwealth and allied militaries, who participated in …

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA, / p iː ˈ d eɪ j ɑː /, Tagalog pronunciation: ; Filipino: Ahensiya ng Pilipinas sa Pagpapatupad ng Batas Laban sa Bawal na Gamot) is the lead anti-drug law enforcement agency, responsible for preventing, investigating and combating any dangerous drugs, controlled precursors and essential chemicals within the Philippines.

Probe Profiles (formerly known as Probe, The Probe Team and The Probe Team Documentaries) is a Philippine documentary television program broadcast by ABS-CBN, GMA Network and ABC.The program was hosted by Cheche Lazaro.It premiered on March 6, 1987 and ended on June 30, 2010. The program, considered as the pioneer television news-magazine in the …

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Philippine Flag (Filipino: Panunumpa ng Katapatan sa Watawat ng Pilipinas), or simply the Pledge to the Philippine Flag (Filipino: Panunumpa sa Watawat), is the pledge to the flag of the Philippines.It is one of two national pledges, the other being the Patriotic Oath, which is the Philippine national pledge.. The Pledge of Allegiance …

The Philippine National Bank (PNB, Filipino/Tagalog: Bangko Nasyonal ng Pilipinas; Spanish: Banco Nacional Filipino; Hokkien Chinese: 菲律賓國家銀行; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hui-li̍p-pin kok-ka gûn-hâng) (PSE: PNB) is one of the largest banks in the Philippines.It was established by the Philippine government on July 22, 1916, during the American Era.

Philippine Airlines Flight 143 (PR143) was a domestic flight from the Manila Ninoy Aquino Airport, Manila, Philippines to Mandurriao Airport, Iloilo City.On May 11, 1990, at Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport the Boeing 737-300 (C/N 24466, MSN 1771) assigned to the route suffered an explosion in the central fuel tank and was consumed by fire in as little as four …

Top languages by population Ethnologue (2022, 25th edition). The following languages are listed as having 40 million or more total speakers in the 2022 edition of Ethnologue. Entries identified by Ethnologue as macrolanguages (such as Arabic, Persian, Malay, Pashto, and Chinese, encompassing all their respective varieties) are not included in this section.

Names. The Commonwealth of the Philippines was also known as the "Philippine Commonwealth", or simply as "the Commonwealth". Its official name in Spanish, the other of the Commonwealth's two official languages, was Commonwealth de Filipinas ([filiˈpinas]).The 1935 Constitution uses "the Philippines" as the country's short-form name throughout its provisions …

The Chief of the Philippine National Police (abbreviated as C, PNP; Filipino: Hepe ng Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinas) is the head of the Philippines' national police body, the Philippine National Police (PNP). The position is invariably held by a Police General, a four star general police officer.. The PNP chief is also an ex officio member of the National Police …

The Banaue Rice Terraces (Filipino: Hagdan-hagdang Palayan ng Banawe) are terraces that were carved into the mountains of Banaue, Ifugao, in the Philippines, by the ancestors of the Igorot people.The terraces are occasionally called the "Eighth Wonder of the World".It is commonly thought that the terraces were built with minimal equipment, largely by hand.

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration → Department of Migrant Workers (2021) Proposed executive departments "Department of Sports" "Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources", proposed by Senator Francis Pangilinan and House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano. "Department of Culture" or "Department of Arts and Culture"

History. Emilio Aguinaldo became the inaugural president of the Philippines under the Malolos Republic, considered the First Philippine Republic. He held that office until 1901 when he was captured by United States forces during the Philippine–American War (1899–1902). The American colonization of the Philippines abolished the First Republic, which led to an American …

Historical classifications 1991–2019 PNP classification. The Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990 or Republic Act No. 6975 established the Philippine National Police under the Department of the Interior and Local Government, and later orders of the Department formed the basis for the creation of a common rank system for the public security forces of the …

India. The Indian Armed Forces are considered to be one of the largest active service forces in the world, with almost 1.42 million Active Standing Army.An additional 2.20 million reserve forces can be activated in a few weeks depending on the situation under the order of the President of India who is the Commander and Chief of the Armed Forces of India.