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The Manila hostage crisis, officially known as the Rizal Park hostage-taking incident ( Tagalog: Pagbibihag ng bus sa Maynila ), [3] took place when a disgruntled former Philippine National Police officer named Rolando Mendoza hijacked a tourist bus in Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines, on August 23, 2010. The bus carried 25 people: 20 tourists ...
12 May 1904. Malabang, Lanao district, Moro Province. 53 (all of Filipino families of employees of the American military government stationed in the town) A band of Moros from the Rio Grande valley, led by a certain Datu Alis, perpetrated the attack. [15] Moro Crater massacre (Battle of Bud Dajo) 10 March 1906.
Bataan Export Processing Zone (BEPZ) or Bataan Economic Zone (BEZ) became Freeport Area of Bataan (FAB) and Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) turned over the zone's operations and management from Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) on June 30, 2010. June 13 – Thomas S. Monson dedicates the Cebu City Philippines Temple.
Al-Barka, Basilan: special polls in the barangays Danapah, Kailih, Bato-Bato, Apil-Apil, Bucalao, Sangkahan, Campug and Look Bisaya. Maluso, Basilan: special polls in barangays Upper and Lower Mahayahay. As such, special elections are to be held in those areas on June 3, 2010, while the following areas the elections will be held on May 29, 2010.
v. t. e. Imelda Romuáldez Marcos [4] ( locally [ɪˈmelda ˈmaɾkɔs]; born Imelda Remedios Visitación Trinidad Romuáldez; July 2, 1929) is a Filipino politician [5] [6] who was First Lady of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986, wielding significant political power after her husband Ferdinand Marcos placed the country under martial law in ...
The 2010 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on Monday, May 10, 2010. The ruling President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, was ineligible to seek re-election as per the 1987 Constitution, thus necessitating an election to select the 15th President . Incumbent Vice-President Noli de Castro was allowed ...
Typhoon Megi ( pronounced [me̞.ɟi] ), known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Juan, was the strongest tropical cyclone of 2010 and is considered one of the most intense ever recorded. Megi, which means catfish in Korean ( Hangul: 메기), was the only super typhoon in 2010. Early on October 18, Megi made its first landfall over Luzon. [1]
A dramatic stand-off with Beijing in the South China Sea this week was the most serious incident yet for the Philippines, its top security officials said on Wednesday, vowing not to back down in ...