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Philippine Standard Time (PST or PhST; Filipino: Pamantayang Oras ng Pilipinas), also known as Philippine Time (PHT), [citation needed] is the official name for the time zone used in the Philippines. The country only uses a single time zone, at an offset of UTC+08:00 , but has used daylight saving time for brief periods in the 20th century ...
Events January. January 1 Aniplus Asia and K-Plus have ceased its broadcast in the Philippines by Cignal and SatLite due to the termination of contract agreement between Omnicontent Management, Inc. (the exclusive Philippine pay TV distributor) and Plus Media Networks, Pte. Ltd. as they failed to agree on the terms and conditions for the renewal of its channel carriage.
Such designations can be ambiguous; for example, "CST" can mean China Standard Time (UTC+8), Cuba Standard Time (UTC−5), and (North American) Central Standard Time (UTC−6), and it is also a widely used variant of ACST (Australian Central Standard Time, UTC+9:30). Such designations predate both ISO 8601 and the internet era; in an earlier ...
The North American Central Time Zone ( CT) [1] is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands . Central Time Zone is affected by two time designations yearly: Central Standard Time (CST) is observed from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March.
UTC−08:00 (Zone 4 or Northwest Zone) – State of Baja California. UTC−07:00 (Zone 3 or Pacific Zone) – States of Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora. UTC−06:00 (Zone 2 or Central Zone) – Most of Mexico. UTC−05:00 (Zone 1 or Southeast Zone) – State of Quintana Roo. Time in Mexico. Chile.
The Jones Law (39 Stat. 545, . 416, also known as the Jones Act, the Philippine Autonomy Act, and the Act of Congress of August 29, 1916) was an Organic Act passed by the United States Congress. The law replaced the Philippine Organic Act of 1902 and acted as a constitution of the Philippines from its enactment until 1934, when the Tydings ...
The culture of the Philippines is characterized by cultural and ethnic diversity. Although the multiple ethnic groups of the Philippine archipelago have only recently established a shared Filipino national identity, their cultures were all shaped by the geography and history of the region, and by centuries of interaction with neighboring cultures, and colonial powers.
St. Luke's Medical Center – Quezon City is a hospital in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.It is a part of St. Luke's Medical Center group of hospitals . Founded in 1903, it is the third oldest American and Protestant hospital in the Philippines (first Protestant Episcopalian hospital in the country) after CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital and Silliman University Medical Center.