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Manila
Manila , city (1990 pop. 1,601,234), capital of the Philippines, SW Luzon, on Manila Bay. Manila is the center of the country's largest metropolitan area, its chief port, and the focus of all governmental, commercial, industrial, and cultural activities. In addition to its extensive and superb port ... Read more
Manila hemp
Manila hemp the most important of the cordage fibers. It is obtained chiefly from the Manila hemp plant ( Musa textilis ) of the family Musaceae ( banana family). It is grown mainly in its native Philippine Islands, where it has been cultivated since the 16th cent. and is known as abacá. Th... Read more
Quezon City
Quezon City city (1990 pop. 1,669,776), former capital of the Republic of the Philippines, central Luzon, a part of the Manila metropolitan area. A suburb of Manila, taken separately it would be the most populous city in the Philippines. It is chiefly residential but has some diversified light indu... Read more
Rizal
Rizal province, central Luzon, the Philippines. The capital is Pasig. The province, which horseshoes around Manila and includes Quezon City and Pasay, has had a huge population increase since the 1970s. ... Read more
Charles Vernon Gridley
Charles Vernon Gridley 1844-98, U.S. naval officer, b. Logansport, Ind. After serving in the Civil War, he continued in naval service. He was flagship commander under Commodore Dewey at Manila in 1898. Dewey's command to him, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley," began the battle of Manil... Read more
George Dewey
George Dewey , 1837-1917, American admiral, hero of the battle of Manila, b. Montpelier, Vt., grad. Annapolis, 1858. He saw active duty in the Civil War and rose in the navy in service and rank, becoming chief of the Bureau of Equipment in 1889, president of the Board of Inspection and Survey in 189... Read more
Corregidor
Corregidor , historic fortified island (c.2 sq mi/5 sq km), at the entrance to Manila Bay, just off Bataan peninsula of Luzon island, the Philippines. From the days of the Spanish, Corregidor and its tiny neighboring islets—El Fraile, Caballo, and Carabao—guarded the entrance to Manila B... Read more
Quezon
Quezon province (1990 pop. 1,372,445), E central Luzon, the Philippines. Lucena is the capital. A long, narrow province bordering on the Philippine Sea and containing in part the rugged Sierra Madre Mts., it is an excellent source of timber. It produces coconuts and copra and has plywood mills and ... Read more
University of Santo Tomás
University of Santo Tomás , at Manila, the Philippines; Roman Catholic, coeducational; founded 1611 by Dominican priests. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the country. It has faculties of sacred theology, canon law, philosophy, civil law, medicine and surgery, pharmacy, arts... Read more
Miguel López de Legaspi
Miguel López de Legaspi , d. 1572, Spanish navigator, conqueror of the Philippines. In 1545 he went to Mexico and was later chosen by the viceroy to head an expedition for the conquest of the Philippines. He sailed in 1563, occupied the Ladrone Islands (the present-day Northern Mariana Island... Read more

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Manila
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities Manila Manila, Luzon, the Philippines, Asia Founded: 1571; Combined into metropolitan Manila: 1975 Location: Eastern shore of Manila Bay in Southwestern Luzon, the Philippines, Southeast Asia Time Zone: 8 pm in Manila = noon Greenwich...
Manila Bay
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Manila Bay nearly landlocked inlet of the South...of the finest in the world. The city of Manila is on the eastern shore of the bay, and...a historic naval base. The entrance to Manila Bay (c.11 mi/18 km wide) is divided...
Manila hemp
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Manila hemp the most important of the cordage fibers. It is obtained chiefly from the Manila hemp plant ( Musa textilis ) of the family...beautiful native fabrics and hemp hats. Manila paper is made chiefly from old Manila hemp...
Manila Bay, Battle of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History Manila Bay, Battle of (1898).As tensions between...Patricio Montojo's Spanish squadron at Manila, which consisted of seven antiquated cruisers...reports of this by the American consul in Manila, Dewey decided from Hong Kong to attack...
manila
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea manila, the fibre of the wild banana plant, from which is manufactured a rope much used at sea before the introduction of synthetic...
The Philippines
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World ...PHILIPPINES Republic of the Philippines Major Cities: Manila, Quezon City, Cebu City, Baguio, Davao City Other...the future of the Philippine economy. MAJOR CITIES Manila Metropolitan Manila, located on the main island of Luzon, is the capital...
Arturo Rogerio Luz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Arturo Luz was born on Nov. 20, 1926, in Manila, Republic of the Phillipines. He studied...Arts at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, the Art School of the Brooklyn Museum...Outstanding Young Man in Art" by the Manila Times in 1955. Luz's works have been...
Tagalog
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Tagalog-speaking area is oriented toward Manila Bay and is concentrated mostly within SO to 320 kilometers of the megalopolis of Manila on the island of Luzon. It lies within...Phylum. The dialect of Tagalog spoken in Manila is often called "Taglish" because of...
Spanish‐American War
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...home ports. A weak squadron defended Manila. There were no significant naval forces...Squadron would attack the Spanish Squadron at Manila to preclude commerce raiding and to exert...Adm. Patricio Montojo's squadron in Manila Bay. Sampson extended his blockade to...
George Dewey
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the celebrated victor of the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines during the Spanish...aggressively carry out a plan for an attack on Manila, capital of the Spanish-held Philippines...in late April 1898, Dewey sailed for Manila with six light cruisers and an assortment...

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Manila Bay, Battle of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History MANILA BAY, BATTLE OF MANILA BAY, BATTLE OF (1 May 1898). Upon the declaration of war with...Spanish squadron under Adm. Patricio Montojo y Pasar ó n at Manila. On 30 April, Dewey reached Manila Bay and entered at midnight...
Manila hemp
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences Manila hemp See ABACÁ .
Manila copal
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences Manila copal See AGATHIS .
Philippines
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Visayas, but the Spaniards moved their headquarters to Manila in 1571. Manila became the centre for a trade in Chinese silks with...During the SEVEN YEARS WAR the British occupied Manila for two years. In 1896, a nationalist uprising against...
Elizalde, Federico
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Elizalde, Federico ( b Manila, 1907; d Manila, 1979). Sp. composer, conductor, and pianist. Won first...for a band at the Savoy Hotel 1927–9. Cond., Manila SO, 1930. President, Manila Broadcasting Co., 1948. Comps...
Philippine Insurrection
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...George Dewey sank the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay, Philippines. Believing they would...the Spanish since 1896, laid siege to Manila and occupied the rest of the archipelago...by General Elwell S. Otis, occupied Manila. Tensions rose as Filipinos requested...
Bataan-Corregidor Campaign
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Masaharu Homma's Fourteenth Army on Manila on 22 and 24 December caught defending...Luzon. Corregidor, a fortress island in Manila Bay, held out for three weeks more under...war Homma was tried as a war criminal in Manila and executed. BIBLIOGRAPHY Belote, James...
China Clipper
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...of hydroplanes in the San Francisco-Manila trans-Pacific service. This aircraft...on 22 November 1935. The plane reached Manila, Philippines, seven days later, having...inaugurated U.S. passenger service to Manila, and in April 1937 it began biweekly...
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty in Manila on 8 September 1954 by the United States...rebuffed invitations to be signatories to the Manila Pact, as the Southeast Asia Collective...governments were more forthcoming, the Manila Pact needed to be rewritten if not terminated...
Spanish-American War, Navy in
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...amphibious and military operations. On 1 May 1898, in the Battle of Manila Bay, which involved secondary cruiser forces in a secondary...Franklin, 1971. Ellery H. Clark Jr. / a. g. See also Manila Bay, Battle of ; Navy, Department of the ; Paris, Treaty...

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Manila Bulletin & its Chairman launch Tsunami Fund Drive.(Main News)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 1/4/2005; 700+ words ; Manila Bulletin and its Chairman launch nationwide Fund Drive to...with their own donations, accept voluntary contributions at Manila Bulletin Head Office & Branches Manila Bulletin and its Chairman Dr. Emilio T. Yap launched yesterday...
Manila by night.(Tourism)
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Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 6/23/2003; 700+ words ; Byline: BEVERLY P. MOVIDO Manila, the countrys capital and premier...a special non-working holiday in Manila. Mayor Lito Atienza said the celebration...its fiesta today is San Juan, Metro Manila, led by Mayor Joseph V. Ejercito...
Manila's mayor keeps Hawaii as his ideal
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 6/5/1999; ; 700+ words ; He is known for getting rid of Manila's prostitutes, who pelted him with...Atienza Jr., who was elected mayor of Manila last year, was a Filipino folk dancer...the World Bank about loans to clean up Manila slums. His dream: to make Manila the...
OBSERVER: Manila; Old and Gray
Newspaper article from: Filipino Express, The; 2/26/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...Express, The 02-26-1995 OBSERVER: Manila; Old and Gray. The quilt-like patchwork of municipalities called metro Manila is growing old and gray. More than simply requiring a cosmetic touch-up, Manila and its neighboring cities are in dire...
Manila Alley sizzles the night away
Newspaper article from: Filipino Reporter; 5/16/2002; ; 623 words ; ...lies a quaint restaurant and bar named Manila Alley. It is the first Filipino establishment...Staten Island. The glass-paned walls of Manila Alley bring about a cozy ambiance for...from the hustle and bustle of city life. Manila Alley's charming cafe tables, comfortable...
THINKING ALOUD MANILA ON THE GO
Newspaper article from: The Manila Times; 6/27/2006; ; 700+ words ; MANILA is on the go. It has been for the last...with three other cities to form the Greater Manila Area. And when the country was regionalized...local government units to constitute Metro Manila, the national capital region. Manila used...
Philippines: Manila Bay s pollution bill USD 90.5 m (P4 billion).
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 6/9/2008; 689 words ; Byline: Mamta03 Pollution of Manila Bay costs around USD 90.5 m (P4 billion...looks at the reduced access of use of Manila Bay, the overfishing, the pollution...non-government organizations signed a Manila Bay Declaration. And with the help of...
Manila: A ticking time bomb
Newspaper article from: Filipino Reporter; 1/3/2001; 700+ words ; ...beginning of a yearlong crisis for Metro Manila. Some sectors feared that if the situation...closure of the three major dumps of Metro Manila, namely the Smokey Mountain in Tondo...slowly piling up in the streets of Metro Manila and a palpably noxious odor was in the...
Manila 9.5.
Magazine article from: EContent; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; Manila 9.5 is a powerful blogging tool. A caveat for inexperienced bloggers: Manila is a powerful blogging tool. I'm no blog expert...at the enterprise market, initial setup of my Manila site was no easy undertaking. (Note that the...