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Mister Pilipinas Worldwide (commonly abbreviated as MPW) is a beauty pageant and organization that selects the Philippines' official representative to major international pageants such as Mister Supranational, Mister International, Mister Global, and Manhunt International, and other international pageants such as Mister Cosmopolitan and Man of the Year.
PageNet. PageNet, also known as Paging Network, Inc., was founded in 1981 by entrepreneur George Perrin and ceased in 1999. The company grew to become the largest wireless messaging company in the world, with more than 10 million pagers in service, and $1 billion in revenues, before the paging industry's rapid decline in the late 1990s.
Miss Grand Philippines is a female national beauty pageant in the Philippines, launched in 2014 by John Dela Vega, [1] [2] who was also the founder of the "House of JDV", one of the country's most recognized pageant training camps. [3] The winner of the contest represents the country at its parent international platform, Miss Grand International.
Malacañang Palace in Manila is the official residence of the president. [note 1] Built in 1750, it has become a prominent symbol of and metonym for the office.Under the Constitution of the Philippines, the president of the Philippines (Filipino: Pangulo ng Pilipinas) is both the head of state and government, and serves as the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces.
Binibining Pilipinas (abbreviated as Bb.Pilipinas or BBP; transl. Miss Philippines) is the oldest active national beauty pageant in the Philippines.Founded in 1964, it currently selects Filipina representatives to compete in one of the Big Four international beauty pageants—Miss International, [2] [3] [4] as well as representatives to other international pageants, such as The Miss Globe.
The Philippines currently holds the world's longest winning streak in the Big Four pageants by any country in history, from 2013 to 2018. The country's winning streak started in 2013 with Megan Young as the country's first ever, and currently only, Miss World titleholder, and also with Bea Santiago winning the Miss International crown.
The 1968 Casiguran earthquake occurred on 04:19:22 local time on August 2 with a moment magnitude of 7.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The thrust earthquake's epicenter was in Casiguran, Quezon (now part of Aurora province). A small non-destructive tsunami was generated and at least 207 people were killed.
SMS Helgoland was a dreadnought battleship of the Imperial German Navy. Her design improved from the Nassau class, including an increase in the bore diameter of the main guns. Her keel was laid down at the Howaldtswerke shipyards in Kiel; she was launched on 25 September 1909, and commissioned on 23 August 1911.