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The coat of arms of the Philippines (Filipino: Sagisag ng Pilipinas; Spanish: Escudo de Filipinas) features the eight-rayed sun of the Philippines with each ray representing the eight provinces (Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Manila, Laguna, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, and Tarlac) which were placed under martial law by Governor-General Ramón Blanco Sr ...
The special assistant to the president (SAP) is the official aide of the president of the Philippines. The holder of the position leads the Office of the Special Assistant to the President (OSAP). The holder of the position leads the Office of the Special Assistant to the President (OSAP).
The Taft Commission, also known as the Second Philippine Commission (Filipino: Ikalawang Komisyon ng Pilipinas), was established by United States President William McKinley on March 16, 1900, following the recommendations of the First Philippine Commission, using presidential war powers while the U.S. was engaged in the Philippine–American War.
During the Marcos dictatorship, Camp Bagong Diwa was known as the Bicutan Rehabilitation Center, a major detention center for political detainees. [5] Some of the prominent prisoners kept there at different times include journalist Chelo Banal-Formoso, [6] activist couple Mon and Ester Isberto, [7] and in the aftermath of the September 1984 Welcome Rotonda protest dispersal, [8] Senators ...
Hospital emergency codes are coded messages often announced over a public address system of a hospital to alert staff to various classes of on-site emergencies. The use of codes is intended to convey essential information quickly and with minimal misunderstanding to staff while preventing stress and panic among visitors to the hospital.
Two Constables posing for a photo in the New York Tribune in 1905. Philippine Constabulary in 1910. The Philippine Constabulary (PC) was established on August 18, 1901, under the general supervision of the civil Governor-General of the Philippines, by the authority of Act. No. 175 of the Second Philippine Commission, to maintain peace, law, and order in the various provinces of the Philippine ...
The Katipunan (lit. ' Association '), officially known as the Kataastaasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan [5] [6] [7] [a] (lit. ' Supreme and Venerable Association of the Children of the Nation '; Spanish: Suprema y Venerable Asociación de los Hijos del Pueblo) and abbreviated as the KKK, was a revolutionary organization founded in 1892 by a group of Filipino nationalists ...
Former Philippine president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with former Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam inspecting the Malacañang Honor Guards. The Presidential Security Command, (PSC) [1] formerly known as Presidential Security Group (PSG), is a Philippine close protection agency.