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  2. Philippine Standard Time - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines is generally mountainous; uplands make up 65 percent of the country's total land area. [53]: 38 [201] The Philippines is an archipelagoof about 7,641 islands,[202][203]covering a total area (including inland bodies of water) of about 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi).

  4. Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia, commonly referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is the nation's sixth-most populous city, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census and is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley (or Philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest and one of the world's largest metropolitan regions consisting of ...

  5. Time zone - Wikipedia

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    Time zones of the world. A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time.

  6. Typhoon Mawar – latest: Updates as Philippines braces for ...

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    In an advisory issued by Philippines states weather agency PAGASA at 11am local time, it said Mawar now has maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometres per hour (kmh) near the centre, and gustiness ...

  7. Will spring arrive early? Find out if Punxsutawney Phil saw ...

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    This year marks the 137th time Phil has looked for his shadow, which also coincides with the 30th anniversary celebration of the 1993 classic film "Groundhog Day." Bill Murray in Groundhog Day ...

  8. Culture of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. List of highest-grossing films in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Box Office Mojo. ^ Rappler.com (May 2, 2018). " 'Avengers: Infinity War' is the highest grossing movie in the Philippines". Rappler. Manila, Philippines: Rappler Inc. Retrieved April 29, 2020. ^ Rappler.com (May 6, 2019). " 'Avengers: Endgame' is now the highest grossing film in Philippine box office history". Rappler.