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The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) (Filipino: Tanod Baybayin ng Pilipinas) is the third [4] armed uniformed service [5] of the country attached to the Philippines' Department of Transportation, [4] tasked primarily with enforcing laws within Philippine waters, conducting maritime security operations, safeguarding life and property at sea, and protecting marine environment and resources; similar ...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) (Filipino: Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas) are the military forces of the Philippines. It consists of three main service branches; the Army, the Air Force, and the Navy (including the Marine Corps). The President of the Philippines is the Commander-in-Chief of the AFP and forms military policy with the ...
The four airports of Davao, General Santos, Laoag and Zamboanga were classified as such. [6][7] 2. Trunkline airports were airports serving the principal commercial centers of the Philippines, intended for use by medium-range jets. [5] These were, in most cases, the only domestic airports equipped with instrument landing systems.
GMA Network Inc., commonly known as GMA, is a Philippine media company based in Diliman, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.It is primarily involved in radio and television broadcasting, with subsidiaries dealing in various media-related businesses.
CONCORD, NH — A convicted teacher serving time in Massachusetts for raping a Concord student at a summer program at the Fessenden School in Newton, MA, in 2015 and 2016, has been indicted on new ...
Metro Manila is the home to the National Museum of the Philippines, the national museum of the country. It operates a chain of museums located in the grounds of Rizal Park just outside Intramuros, such as the National Museum of Fine Arts, the National Museum of Anthropology and the National Museum of Natural History.
The city spearheaded Metro Manila's implementation of full-pledged waste management program in 1999 when it became the first area in the region to allocate 2.8-hectare land in barangay Marulas, to serve an ecology center and location for the city's waste management program's operation center.
Air traffic volumes at airports worldwide dramatically declined in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including in the Philippines.The rate at which traffic volumes will recover to pre-pandemic levels will depend on numerous factors, including economic recovery and the easing of domestic and international traffic restrictions, however it is anticipated to take several years.