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The American Era: 1898 – 1918. After the end of Spanish rule, the Filipino Revolutionary Government was established, including a Bureau of Public Health. Although the Americans had been an ally in the fight against the Spaniards, the Americans soon seized control of the Philippines, with the mission to "uplift and civilize".
The Philippine–American War, [13] known alternatively as the Philippine Insurrection, Filipino–American War, [b] or Tagalog Insurgency, [14] [15] [16] emerged following the conclusion of the Spanish–American War in December 1898 when the United States annexed the Philippine Islands under the Treaty of Paris. Philippine nationalists ...
United States 1903–1942 Japan 1942–1945 United States 1945–1991 Philippines 1991–present. Clark Air Base is a Philippine Air Force base on Luzon Island in the Philippines, located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Angeles City, and about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Metro Manila. Clark Air Base was previously a United States military facility ...
As the Chief National Fire Marshal of INP Office of Fire Protection: F/Maj. Primo D. Cordeta 1978 – 1989 F/BGen. Ernesto G. Madriaga 1990 – 1991 As the Chief, Bureau of Fire Protection: F/BGen Ernesto G. Madriaga 1991 – 1992 OIC F/Maj. Gen. Mario Tanhanco: 1992 – 1993 F/BGen. Alfonso Torres Clemente 1993 – 1994 SSUPT Bonifacio Japson ...
During the 1900 The Big Game American football match between the California Golden Bears and the Stanford Cardinal in San Francisco, a large crowd of people who did not want to pay the $1 (equivalent to $37 in 2023) admission fee gathered upon the roof of a glass blowing factory to watch for free. The roof collapsed, spilling many spectators ...
The Battle of Manila Bay ( Filipino: Labanan sa Look ng Maynila; Spanish: Batalla de Bahía de Manila ), also known as the Battle of Cavite, took place on 1 May 1898, during the Spanish–American War. The American Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey engaged and destroyed the Spanish Pacific Squadron under Contraalmirante ( Rear ...
The Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei have competing claims over some parts of the South China Sea. Philippines, New Zealand eye forces deal, share concern over South China Sea ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -China on Thursday said it will not turn a blind eye to repeated "provocations and harassment" by the Philippines, amid heightened tensions over a spate of run-ins in the South ...