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SKY Direct: Sky Direct is a direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) service provider in the Philippines. It is owned and operated by Sky Cable Corporation , a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation . On December 23, 2015, Sky was granted a provisional authority by the NTC to operate and maintain a DBS service in the country for 18 months and plans to spend ...
The effects of the 2013 Pacific typhoon season in the Philippines were considered some of the worst in decades. Throughout the year, a series of typhoons impacted the country, with the worst impacts coming from Typhoon Haiyan, especially in death toll, during November. The first half of the season was relatively weak compared to the other ...
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.
The 2013 Pacific typhoon season was the most active Pacific typhoon season since 2004, and the deadliest since 1975. It featured Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms and one of the strongest landfalling tropical cyclones in history. It was an above-average season with 31 named storms, 13 typhoons, and five super typhoons.
The Bataan Death March [a] was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 75,000 [1] American and Filipino prisoners of war (POW) from the municipalities of Bagac and Mariveles on the Bataan Peninsula to Camp O'Donnell via San Fernando . The transfer began on 9 April 1942 after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines ...
Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. Upon making landfall, Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines. [ 1] It is one of the deadliest Philippine typhoons on record, [ 2] killing at least 6,300 people in that country alone ...
Typhoon Bopha. Typhoon Bopha, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Pablo, was the strongest tropical cyclone on record to ever affect the Philippine island of Mindanao, making landfall as a Category 5 super typhoon with winds of 175 mph (282 km/h). [ 1] The twenty-fourth tropical storm, along with being the fourth and final super typhoon ...
A map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands [1] [2] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, [3] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named.