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About 13.48 million people (12 percent of the Philippines' population) live in Metro Manila, [463] the country's most populous metropolitan area [464] and the world's fifth most populous. [465] Between 1948 and 2010, the population of the Philippines increased almost fivefold from 19 million to 92 million.
The origin of GMA Network can be traced back to Loreto F. de Hemedes Inc. through DZBB, [2] which started airing its radio broadcast on March 1, 1950, and officially launched as a local radio station in Manila on June 14, 1950, and owned by Robert La Rue "Uncle Bob" Stewart, an American war correspondent. [3]
Poverty incidence of Baguio 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2006 1.20 2009 2.43 2012 0.85 2015 2.51 2018 2.28 2021 1.00 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority As a melting pot of different peoples and cultures in the Cordillera Administrative Region, numerous investments and business opportunities are lured to Baguio. Baguio has a large retail industry, with shoppers coming to the city to take advantage of ...
At least 13 people have died in the Philippines due to tropical storm Yagi, while schools and government offices were closed in Manila and nearby provinces on Tuesday because of expected bad weather.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Filipino: Pangasiwaan ng Pilipinas sa Serbisyong Atmosperiko, Heopisiko at Astronomiko, [4] abbreviated as PAGASA, which means "hope" as in the Tagalog word pag-asa) is the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) agency of the Philippines mandated to provide protection against natural calamities ...
PHIVOLCS said it noted a "significant decrease" in volcanic earthquakes, with a total of 104 quakes or an average 2 - 3 events per day recorded from July 1 - August 1, 2021. [26] On November 30, 2021, PHIVOLCS reported a weak explosion occurred on Mt. Pinatubo between 12:09 p.m. and 12:13 p.m., which produced a plume. [27]
Macroseismic Intensity Shakemap of the Feb 07 2021 Davao del Sur Earthquake. It was first recorded as magnitude 6.3 by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, which later downgraded it to M w 6.1 at a shallow depth of 10 km.
Poverty incidence of Davao City 5 10 15 20 2006 15.70 2009 13.24 2012 10.56 2015 9.20 2018 9.47 2021 5.10 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The Peak, Gaisano Mall Davao is part of the East Asian Growth Area, a regional economic-cooperation initiative in Southeast Asia. According to the foundation, the city has a projected average annual growth of 2.53 percent over a 15-year period; Davao ...