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Acraea terpsicore, commonly known as the tawny coster, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family, the brush-footed butterflies. It is found across eastern Asia from India and Sri Lanka to Singapore, Indonesia and the Maldives and, more recently, Australia.
The Philippines is generally mountainous; uplands make up 65 percent of the country's total land area. [53]: 38 [201] The Philippines is an archipelagoof about 7,641 islands,[202][203]covering a total area (including inland bodies of water) of about 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi).
Bataan Export Processing Zone (BEPZ) or Bataan Economic Zone (BEZ) became Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) and Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) turned over the zone's operations and management from Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) on June 30, 2010. June 13 – Thomas S. Monson dedicates the Cebu City Philippines Temple.
Noynoy Aquino elected Philippine President. The 2010 presidential campaign of Benigno Aquino III, then Philippine Senator, began when he announced his candidacy for the presidency of the Philippines at the Club Filipino, Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila, on September 9, 2009, 40 days after the death of his mother, former President Corazon ...
A meetinghouse in Guadalupe, Makati, Philippines. The first contact the church had with the Philippines was in 1898 during the Spanish–American War.Two church members, Willard Call and George Seaman, who were part of the United States artillery battery, were set apart as missionaries and began to proselytize after being deployed to the Philippines.
Philippine–Spanish Friendship Day ( Spanish: Día de la Amistad Hispano-Filipina Filipino: Araw ng Pagkakaibigang Pilipino-Espanyol) celebrates the strong links between the Republic of the Philippines and the Kingdom of Spain every June 30. It commemorates the day when General Emilio Aguinaldo, president of the First Philippine Republic ...
May 15, 2010: Roman Catholicism: Senator (1987–1992, 1995–2001, 2004–2010; Senate President, 2008–2010), member of the House of Representatives from Cagayan's 1st district (1992–1995), Member of the Batasang Pambansa from Region II (1978–1984), and from Cagayan's at-large district (1984–1986) 1924 6th: Pia Cayetano: Nacionalista ...
Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corporation (FastCat) Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corporation (APFC) is a ferry company based in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines. It serves passenger and cargo routes serving select seaports in the Philippines with its fleet of catamaran Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) ferries. It also operates ports and terminals.