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Name Date Location Notes (commemoration/main attraction(s) Salubong at Ang Pasko ng Pangkabuhay (Feast of the Resurrection) March: Parañaque: Balayong Festival Beginning of March Palawan MAHAGUYOG Festival (Mais, Halaman, Gulay at Niyog) March (1st week), [46] (1–7) Santo Tomas, Batangas [44] [45]
National Bike Month. National Military Appreciation Month. National Foster Care Month [ 27] National Guide Dog Month (2008, 2009) National Pet Month (United States) National Smile Month (United Kingdom, May and June) National Stroke Awareness Month. South Asian Heritage Month (Ontario, Canada) Zombie Awareness Month.
Typhoon Imbudo (Harurot) impacting northern Luzon on July 22, 2003. May 26–28, 2003: Tropical Storm Linfa (Chedeng) and its slow moment caused severe flooding and torrential rainfall to most of Luzon. 41 people died in total from the storm. June 2, 2003: Tropical Storm Nangka (Dodong) passes the extreme Northern Luzon.
Moriones Festival. The Moriones Festival is a lenten and religious festival held annually on Holy Week on the island of Marinduque, Philippines. The "Moriones" are men and women in costumes and masks replicating the garb of biblical Imperial Roman soldiers as interpreted by locals. The Moriones tradition has inspired the creation of other ...
Dinagyang. The Dinagyang Festival is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, Philippines, held annually on the fourth Sunday of January in honor of Santo Niño, the Holy Child. It is one of the largest festivals in the Philippines, drawing hundreds of thousands to over a million visitors every year. [ 1][ 2]
The Philippines is a typhoon -prone country, with approximately 20 typhoons entering its area of responsibility each year. Locally known generally as bagyo ( [bɐgˈjoʔ] ), [ 3 ] typhoons regularly form in the Philippine Sea and less regularly, in the West Philippine Sea, with the months of June to September being the most active, August being ...
Malacañang Palace in Manila is the official residence of the president. [note 1] Built in 1750, it has become a prominent symbol of and metonym for the office.Under the Constitution of the Philippines, the president of the Philippines (Filipino: Pangulo ng Pilipinas) is both the head of state and government, and serves as the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces.
The warm months of the year are March through October; the winter monsoon brings cooler air from November to February. May is the warmest month, and January, the coolest. [2] Weather in the Philippines is monitored by the PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration).