Photographs and film both show manila rope still neatly stowed about the ship's mooring bollards. |
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The man with the skinny tie tells me that the comic book is transported in a manila envelope. |
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Instead of showcasing my bead proudly like I do my gourd drum, I keep my little bead hidden away in my desk, under heaps and heaps of files and manila folders. |
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A manila rope made by inmates of Buxar Central Jail is generally used for hanging. |
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Common natural fibres for rope are manila hemp, hemp, feathers, linen, cotton, coir, jute, straw, and sisal. |
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In May 2012, I put out my first vertical heavy manila rope sets with the bottom ends dipped in preorbital lure. |
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Most of this is the manila variety, which is preferred in Mexico. |
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The raw materials from which Bollinger constructed his most characteristic works include aluminum piping, cyclone fencing, manila rope, rubber hose, and steel barrels. |
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The wraps are made from natural fibres, particularly abaca or manila hemp, a tree-like plant indigenous to the Philippines of the same genus as the common banana. |
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The assembly saw delegates housed in five-star hotels and carrying upmarket Bonia-brand bags, instead of the usual Manila paper envelopes. |
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Despite her support, about 300 protesters tried to march on the US embassy in the capital, Manila. |
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The marchers from Central Luzon will be joined by thousands of protesters from Manila and Southern Tagalog. |
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The British embassy in Manila said it could not confirm details until it had notified the next of kin. |
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One of our suppliers located the Manila rope and the tarred marline that was needed for the job. |
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Trend spotters would have found few clues at a recent Manila fashion show to commemorate International Women's Day. |
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Jolo, about 600 miles south of Manila, is a refuge for armed gangs, bandits and pirates. |
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Rather than dumping its stock of surplus Jeeps into Manila Bay, the American authorities released them to civilians. |
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The aggressive serrations enable the knife to waltz through tough Manila or polypro lines neatly. |
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It's a large volume, and heavy, so I shall wrap it carefully in stout Manila paper to keep the cloth binding and its dust cover in good order. |
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Both men denied any wrongdoing when they appeared in handcuffs at a news conference in Manila on Tuesday. |
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The 26th Cavalry was garrisoned at Fort Stotsenburg, adjacent to Clarke Field, 75 miles northeast of Manila. |
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According to the Manila Standard, even fortune-tellers are flip-flopping on the possible outcome. |
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In the Philippines campaign, the fight to liberate Manila ended in carnage. |
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When his brother is killed, Walter is free to be Walterina and to shake his booty in the dance clubs of Manila. |
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He later expanded the same business model to Manila as a base for South East Asia. |
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Will Radio, Manila, or Frontier ever move to a non-proprietary scripting language? |
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On Tuesday police rescued child workers from a sweatshop operating in the Manila suburb of Binondo. |
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Despite political protests from anti-American populists in Manila, the potent tool of U.S. airpower may well be applied. |
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Six months later, U.S. troops drove Filipino militias from Manila and pursued them into the countryside. |
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For three years it has been negotiating peace with Manila, all the while keeping up skirmishes against the national army. |
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Before we started, we placed very large pieces of plain Manila paper on each desk, as a protective covering for the work surface. |
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Manila and the adjacent ports are the best equipped to ship manufactured goods. |
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In his lap was a Manila folder, Italian writing scribbled all over on various notes and documents. |
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He handed me a small, Manila coloured envelope made of heavy writing paper. |
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Done in the City of Manila, this 27th day of June, in the year Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eight-six. |
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A 6 x 7 wire line was six strands of seven wires each, closed in a spiral direction around a fiber core, usually Manila or sisal. |
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The 10 women involved were already Yugoslav passport holders and returned to Belgrade after only a few weeks in Manila. |
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The whole process lasts about one hour and is perhaps the best 60 minutes you could spend in Manila. |
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In the capital Manila, activists have asked the city's three-million cellphone users to report the licence numbers of cars spewing black smoke. |
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Two glider combat teams landed amphibiously at a town, Nasugbu, on the west coast of the island of Luzon, south of Manila. |
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Manila became the centre for a trade in Chinese silks with Mexico, in return for Mexican silver dollars. |
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As soon as the captain heard this, he excused himself for a minute, went down into his cabin, and brought back a large Manila envelope. |
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The battle for Manila lasted two weeks and devastated the city and its population. |
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To illustrate the cultural underpinnings of economic success, McGurn tells a story about a visit he made to an ethnic Chinese family in Manila. |
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I had the students trace the piece of linoleum on the Manila paper so they could draw the exact size they needed. |
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Classroom monitors hand out the pastels and Manila paper for the warm-up exercises. |
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Turning the dial and entering the correct combination, he pulled open the metal safe door and peered inside at the Manila folders it contained. |
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The storm also caused heavy rains that swamped parts of the Philippine capital, Manila. |
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At a desk to the very side of the room, a very overweight, red-faced man was shuffling through some files and stuffing them into Manila folders. |
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Nearly 20,000 families, most of whom from the southern Tagalog and Bicol regions south of Manila have been affected by the storm. |
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In addition, I was privileged to preach in several other churches in the Manila area. |
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Sansevieria or bow-string hemp has been tested in Florida as a possible substitute for Manila hemp. |
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Therefore, we arrived at a feasible product through mixing the silk fiber with the Manila hemp fiber. |
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Officials on Monday announced the expulsion of two diplomats from the embassy in Manila for alleged espionage. |
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After graduation, he went into broadcasting, first in his native Bicol region, then in Manila. |
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Sideropes and manropes must be made of good quality Manila or other material of equivalent strength, durability and grip. |
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Manila paper is made chiefly from old Manila hemp ropes and is valuable as a strong wrapping paper. |
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Later, the business world turned to Manila hemp, accelerated by the Japanese Industrial Revolution. |
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Abaca is not a hemp but since hemp was the main source of fibres for centuries, the abaca fibre was named Manila hemp. |
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On shore leave in Manila, he meets up with Yuddy on the eve of a disastrous lapse in judgment. |
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The bearded man left the room and returned a moment later carrying two thick Manila folders which he handed to Cain. |
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Marie just rolled her eyes and turned her attention back to the piece of thick Manila paper the teacher was handing out. |
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He wanted to go back to Manila on a plane every day, but we all stayed out there. |
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The Manila water privatisation hasn't been an unmitigated success. |
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The librarian handed Steven only about a dozen Manila folders, many containing only one or two photos, a stack hardly as thick as a dime-store novel. |
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For now, all of his value can be typed onto an application and stuffed in a Manila envelope to be scanned in fifteen minutes by a member of the admissions department. |
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In Manila and Jakarta, the situation was somewhat better with tourists and foreign expatriates apparently not disturbed by the horrific events in Bali. |
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Others were trapped in their homes by the sudden rise of the water overnight Thursday when authorities were forced to open gates of dams north of Manila to prevent damage. |
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The investigation originally focused on a Manila flat where a telephone line, traced with caller ID, is thought to have been used to release the worm. |
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Clarke pulled out a Manila file folder and handed it to Vaughn. |
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The victim, who had been in and out of the Philippines and owned a bar and restaurant in Manila, was declared dead on arrival at a Manila hospital. |
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He had a bag in one hand and a thin, Manila file folder in the other. |
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Indeed, even coastal fisheries were severely hampered after 1941 by mounting shortages of cotton yarn, ramie, Manila hemp, and, most importantly, petroleum. |
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Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of May, in the year Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the sixteenth. |
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The Philippine government said Friday it is about to sign a new aviation agreement paving the way for resumption of direct commercial flights between Manila and Taipei. |
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Many supplies and much equipment necessary to support the defense of Bataan were lost at forward supply depots, military installations, or the Manila area. |
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When Jesse M. Robredo became mayor of Naga, his hometown, the city had seriously deteriorated from its glory days as queen of the Bikol region southeast of Manila. |
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In 1565 a Spanish galleon laden with cinnamon sailed from Manila to Mexico, finally linking up Spain's American colonies with the markets of south-east Asia. |
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Sisal hemp is only slightly inferior in quality to Manila hemp. |
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And yet the introduction on a large scale of Manila hemp into the European markets in place of Russian hemp would have more than a commercial and industrial importance! |
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Give each student a sheet of the Manila paper and a piece of white chalk. |
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You can use a standard Manila file folder and loose-leaf paper or you may want to create a folder on your computer and use a text editor such as Microsoft Word for your pages. |
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Mayon, a cone-shaped mountain situated 200 miles southeast of Manila that towers over farming communities in the Bicol region, is a major tourist attraction. |
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Together they went around the world with Muhammad Ali, to Zaire, Manila, Kuala Lumpur. |
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Look at the men playing football in the trenches in the First World War, the Thriller in Manila or the Rumble in the Jungle. |
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The money paid in lieu of socage service, which ought to be applied to the wants of the province in which the socage is due, is forwarded to Manila. |
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Upon the defeat of Bambalito, Legazpi orders the exploration of the villages north of Manila. |
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In 2012, Cebu introduced Life Dance, the biggest outdoor dance party in the country outside Metro Manila. |
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In 1823 Lieutenant John Lihou, then Master of HMS Zenobia, was on passage from Manila to South America and chose a route through Torres Strait. |
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In a combined fleet they sailed to Manila to prevent Chinese merchants dealing with the Spanish. |
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While stationed in Manila, Morga noted many of the wares imported from the Ming dynasty of China. |
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In 1600 Dutch corsairs under Olivier van Noort were preying on shipping entering Manila harbor. |
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It was taken to Manila, where the captain and the surviving sailors were garrotted on the orders of the governor. |
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Filipino is the standardized form of the Metro Manila dialect of Tagalog, and is an official language of the Philippines. |
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Its third meeting was in Manila in 1987 and during this meeting, it was decided that the leaders would meet every five years. |
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Pope Leo XIII instructed the Archbishop of Manila, Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa to excommunicate those who initiated the schism. |
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Manila The 31-day absentee vote for overseas Filipinos kicked off without major hitches yesterday, reports reaching Manila from abroad said. |
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Traffic in Metro Manila, Philippines, leaves frenzied, colorful light trails in its wake as commuters race along Alabang Zapote Road. |
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The excellence awardee of the INTEL-AIM Corporate Responsibility Award went to Manila Water. |
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The ship calls at Manila, KotaKinabalu, Bandar Seri Begawan, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh, De Nang and SanyaHainan Island. |
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Villalon said that in the Philippines only 26 doctors can diagnose ROP and these are all based in Manila. |
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More than a hundred people turned up at the Malate church in Manila for the annual event held near the feast day of St Francis of Assisi. |
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The Manila Hemp, Musa textilis, a relative of the Banana plant, is widely used in ship's rigging and for sacking. |
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Oji Fiber, a new company specializing in production of paper fibers from Manila hemp, has been incorporated. |
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The couples, from the suburbs of Marikina City and Quezon City in Manila, took part in the free annual service. |
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Marvy del Rosario Schuman, president of the local Asian Council, is from Manila. |
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When he came home to Manila via Taipeh in 1983, Marcos was then sick of lupus. |
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Among the areas covered will be Metro Manila, parts of Bulacan, Rizal, Quezon, and the whole catchment basin of Laguna Lake, Singson said. |
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Seasonal changes of Perkinsus and Cercaria infections in the Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum from Jeju, Korea. |
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Public interest increased sharply when a Filipina, a former comfort woman, went public with her experience in 1990 in Manila. |
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Manila defeated undermanned QR Singapore 4-0 in what was both teams' opening fixture. |
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The oil depot has been a subject of various concerns, including its environmental and health impact to the residents of Manila. |
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In return China imported mostly silver from Peruvian and Mexican mines, transported via Manila. |
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In 1762 the resumption of hostilities with Spain led to the British capture of Manila and of Havana, along with a Spanish fleet sheltering there. |
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The Dutch had a large force at their disposal but when they tried to take Manila, they were defeated at the Battles of La Naval de Manila. |
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After this defeat, the Dutch abandoned their efforts to take Manila and the Philippines. |
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After looting the Cacafuego, Drake turned north, hoping to meet another Spanish treasure ship coming south on its return from Manila to Acapulco. |
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They landed on Luzon in January 1945 and recaptured Manila in March following a battle which reduced the city to ruins. |
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In the Philippines, the British were confined to Manila until their agreed upon withdrawal at the war's end. |
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Quezon, who had earlier proposed a new city to be built on land northeast of the City of Manila. |
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The Manila galleons operated for two and a half centuries linking Manila and Acapulco, in one of the longest trade routes in history. |
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And during the Spanish Era, The Intramuros is the old walled city of Manila located along the southern bank of the Pasig River. |
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From 1565 Spain established a major trading operation with the Manila Galleons in the Philippines and the Pacific. |
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A large amount of plunder was taken from the city after the Battle of Manila. |
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Spanish forces regrouped under Simon Anda, who had escaped from Manila during the siege. |
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The British were prevented from extending their authority beyond Manila and the nearby port of Cavite. |
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In 1565, the application of this principle in the Pacific Ocean led the Spanish discovering the Manila Galleon trade route. |
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Part of the Ternatean population chose to leave with the Spanish, settling near Manila in what later became the municipality of Ternate. |
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Spanish galleons travelled across the Pacific Ocean between Acapulco in Mexico and Manila. |
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Spanish forces captured the former Portuguese fort from the Ternatese in 1606, deported the Ternate Sultan and his entourage to Manila. |
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This discovery started the Manila galleon trade, which lasted two and a half centuries. |
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The archipelago was Spain's outpost in the orient and Manila became the capital of the entire Spanish East Indies. |
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During most of the colonial period, the Philippine economy depended on the Galleon Trade which was inaugurated in 1565 between Manila. |
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Manila became the most important center of trade in Asia between the 17th and 18th centuries. |
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During the initial period of colonization, Manila was settled by 1200 Spanish families. |
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At the immediate south of Manila, Mexicans were present at Ermita and at Cavite where they were stationed as sentries. |
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These goods were then exported to New Spain and ultimately Europe by way of Manila. |
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The authorities from Manila issued a general pardon, and many of the Filipinos in the mountains surrendered. |
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The early success at Manila did not enable the British to control the Philippines. |
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Anda intercepted and redirected the Manila galleon trade to prevent further captures by the British. |
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Manila is also made up of Six Congressional Districts that represents the city on the Lower House of the Philippine Congress. |
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It is estimated that there were 35 masonic lodges in the Philippines in 1893 of which nine were in Manila. |
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These were Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Pampanga, Tarlac, Laguna, Batangas, and Nueva Ecija. |
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With the loss of its naval forces and of control of Manila Bay, Spain lost the ability to defend Manila and therefore the Philippines. |
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The economy of the island is centered in Metro Manila with Makati serving as the main economic and financial hub. |
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The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. |
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The Manila galleons, the largest wooden ships ever built, were constructed in Bicol and Cavite. |
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The Manila galleons were accompanied with a large naval escort as it traveled to and from Manila and Acapulco. |
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The Manila Galleons brought with them goods, settlers and military reinforcements destined for the Philippines, from Latin America. |
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British forces occupied Manila from 1762 to 1764 in an extension of the fighting of the Seven Years' War. |
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Daniel Burnham built an architectural plan for Manila which would have transformed it into a modern city. |
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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte personally oversaw the transition on the Russian destroyer Admiral Panteleyev which was docked in Manila. |
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Rail transport in the Philippines only plays a role in transporting passengers within Metro Manila. |
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The busiest seaports are Manila, Batangas, Subic, Cebu, Iloilo, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, and Zamboanga. |
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Metro Manila is the most populous of the 3 defined metropolitan areas in the Philippines and the 11th most populous in the world. |
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Filipino is a standardized version of Tagalog, spoken mainly in Metro Manila and other urban regions. |
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The wrecks of the Manila galleons are legends second only to the wrecks of treasure ships in the Caribbean. |
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The westward route from Mexico passed south of Hawaii, making a short stopover in Guam before heading for Manila. |
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The ports were fundamental for overseas trade, stretching a trade route from Asia, through the Manila Galleon to the Spanish mainland. |
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Manila was also the seat of power for most of the country's colonial rulers. |
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With 71,263 people per square kilometer, Manila is also the most densely populated city proper in the world. |
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The City of Manila is located on the eastern shores of the Manila Bay in one of the finest harbors in the country. |
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In the 13th century, Manila consisted of a fortified settlement and trading quarter on the shore of the Pasig River. |
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In 1574, Manila was temporarily besieged by the Chinese pirate Lim Hong, who was ultimately thwarted by the local inhabitants. |
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Likewise, wines and olives grown in Europe and North Africa were shipped via Mexico to Manila. |
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General Douglas MacArthur declared Manila an open city to prevent further death and destruction, but Japanese warplanes continued to bomb it. |
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At the end of the battle, Manila was recaptured by joint American and Philippine troops. |
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In 2012, DMCI Homes began constructing Torre de Manila, which became controversial for ruining the sight line of Rizal Park. |
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The Torre de Manila controversy is regarded as one of the most sensationalized heritage issues of the country. |
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The City of Manila is situated on the eastern shore of Manila Bay, on the western edge of Luzon, 1300 km from mainland Asia. |
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The seismically active Marikina Valley Fault System poses a threat to Manila and the surrounding regions. |
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Manila has endured several deadly earthquakes, notably in 1645 and in 1677 which destroyed the stone and brick medieval city. |
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Together with the rest of the Philippines, Manila lies entirely within the tropics. |
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Manila is known for its eclectic mix of architecture that shows a wide range of styles spanning different historical and cultural periods. |
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According to the 2016 CMCI, Manila was the second most competitive city in the Philippines. |
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The Port of Manila is the largest seaport in the Philippines, making it the premier international shipping gateway to the country. |
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After Mexico gained independence in 1821, Spain began to govern Manila directly. |
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Manila Bulletin, the Philippines' largest broadsheet newspaper by circulation, is headquartered in Intramuros. |
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Manila serves as the headquarters of the Central Bank of the Philippines which is located along Roxas Boulevard. |
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It contains the famed Manila Cathedral and the 18th Century San Agustin Church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
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As the cultural center of the Philippines, Manila is the home to a number of museums. |
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The Metropolitan Museum of Manila is a museum of modern and contemporary visual arts exhibits the Filipino arts and culture. |
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Manila has many sports venues, such as the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex and San Andres Gym, the home of the now defunct Manila Metrostars. |
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The city, however, have no control over Intramuros and the Manila North Harbor. |
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A new government center was to be built on the hills northeast of Manila, or what is now Quezon City. |
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Several government agencies have set up their headquarters in Quezon City but several key government offices still reside in Manila. |
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However, many of the plans were substantially altered after the devastation of Manila during World War II and by subsequent administrations. |
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The City of Manila has the highest budget allocation to healthcare among all the cities and municipalities in the Philippines. |
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All types of public road transport plying Manila are privately owned and operated under government franchise. |
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The city is serviced by the LRT Line 1 and Line 2, which form the Manila Light Rail Transit System. |
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The Port of Manila, located in the vicinity of Manila Bay, is the chief seaport of the Philippines. |
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The Maynilad Water Services took over the west zone of which Manila is a part. |
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Electric services are provided by Meralco, the sole electric power distributor in Metro Manila. |
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The Manila Health Department is responsible for the planning and implementation of the health care programs provided by the city government. |
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The city also contains the Manila Science High School, the pilot science high school of the Philippines. |
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Although he failed in his attempt, King Philip II succeeded in 1565, establishing the initial Spanish trading post at Manila. |
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The following year he followed Goiti and Salcedo to Manila, after hearing the villages had been conquered. |
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Most restaurants in Manila, Pampanga and Cebu charge a corkage fee for every bottle of wine that the customer ask the establishment to serve. |
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Common and widely available clam varieties from the Pacific Coast include geoducks, littlenecks, and Manila clams. |
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Cities affected are Bangkok, Denpasar, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo. |
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Tania Peregrino Owen from Llanfairpwll, 25, had moved to the Philippine capital, Manila, eight months ago to teach English. |
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The agency said the casualties included three teenage boys who drowned in Pipit town in North Cotabato province, 930 kilometers south of Manila. |
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Manila Times Manila Alleged pork barrel scheme mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles has hired a new lawyer to take charge of her plunder case. |
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Never before or since could America field such a trio of outstanding grass performers at one time as Manila, Theatrical and Estrapade. |
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Paz was on the way to the Fabella Hospital in Manila when her placenta ruptured. |
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Manila Some 11 pilots of flag carrier Philippine Airlines went on sick leave to take tests in airline companies abroad, a local paper said. |
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Historically, this area was also called Nuevas Filipinas or New Philippines as they were part of the Spanish East Indies and governed from Manila in the Philippines. |
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Manila is also the home to the headquarters of the World Health Organization's Regional Office for the Western Pacific and Country Office for the Philippines. |
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Manila is notorious for its frequent traffic jams and high densities. |
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Manila galleons brought in far more silver to China than the Silk Road. |
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The Balikatan exercises, which start on April 20, will also be held on the central island of Panay, Palawan in the southwest and a former American airbase north of Manila. |
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In 2006, Forbes magazine ranked Manila the world's most congested city. |
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Almost as soon as war had been declared with Spain, orders had been despatched for a British force at Madras to proceed to the Philippines and invade Manila. |
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The Tamaraw FX, the third generation Toyota Kijang, which competed directly with jeepneys and followed fixed routes for a set price, once plied the streets of Manila. |
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Manila also hosts important national institutions such as the National Library, National Archives, National Museum and the Philippine General Hospital. |
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The following year British forces captured Havana and Manila, the western and eastern capitals of the Spanish Empire, and repulsed a Spanish invasion of Portugal. |
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She worked for the Department for more than 30 years, at posts in Seoul, Moscow, Athens, Nairobi, Manila, Djakarta, Tel Aviv, Cape Town, Beijing, Tokyo and Prague. |
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The historic Walled City is administered by the Intramuros Administration, while the Manila North Harbor is managed by the Philippine Ports Authority. |
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The first stop on this outward leg of the journey was Manila. |
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The 2010 World Cup of Pool was held at Robinsons Place Manila. |
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Previously a widely played sport in the city, Manila is now the home of the only sizable baseball stadium in the country, at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium. |
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Robinsons Place Manila is the largest shopping mall in the city. |
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Manila is regarded as one of the best shopping destinations in Asia. |
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Other major publishing companies in the country like The Manila Times, The Philippine Star and Manila Standard Today are headquartered in the Port Area. |
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He then created a metropolitan area called Metro Manila, which remains congested today due to failed execution of the Quezon City plan as well as the Burnham Plan. |
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Jesus Is Lord Church also has several branches and campuses in Manila, and celebrates its anniversary yearly at the Burnham Green and Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park. |
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English is the language most widely used in education, business, and heavily in everyday usage throughout Metro Manila and the Philippines itself. |
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As a result, succeeding earthquakes of the 18th and 19th centuries barely affected Manila, although it did periodically level the surrounding area. |
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It now has 126 local churches in Metro Manila, Palawan, Bataan, Zambales, Pangasinan, Bulacan, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, as well as parts of Pampanga and Cavite. |
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Annually, Manila is hit with 5 to 7 typhoons creating floods. |
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During the Spanish Era, the government of the Spanish East Indies built a succession of palaces in and around Manila for high colonial officials and religious authorities. |
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Manila has a distinct dry season from December through May, and a relatively lengthy wet season that covers the remaining period with slightly cooler temperatures. |
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Almost all of Manila sits on top of centuries of prehistoric alluvial deposits built by the waters of the Pasig River and on some land reclaimed from Manila Bay. |
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One of the more famous modes of transportation in Manila is the jeepney. |
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After the 1898 Battle of Manila, Spain ceded Manila to the United States. |
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The victorious Spaniards made Manila, the capital of the Spanish East Indies and of the Philippines, which their empire would control for the next three centuries. |
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In the Philippines Manila near the South China Sea was the main port. |
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There were two major ports in New Spain, Veracruz the viceroyalty's principal port on the Atlantic, and Acapulco on the Pacific, terminus of the Manila Galleon. |
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The independence of Mexico in 1821 ended the run of the Manila Galleon. |
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In 1573, the port was granted the monopoly of the Manila trade. |
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In addition, slaves from various origins were transported from Manila. |
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This led to the passing of a decree in 1593 that set a limit of two ships sailing each year from either port, with one kept in reserve in Acapulco and one in Manila. |
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Trade with Ming China via Manila served a major source of revenue for the Spanish Empire and as a fundamental source of income for Spanish colonists in the Philippine Islands. |
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After capturing a Spanish ship heading for Manila, Drake turned north, hoping to meet another Spanish treasure ship coming south on its return from Manila to Acapulco. |
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The Manila galleons sailed the Pacific for 250 years, bringing to the Americas cargoes of luxury goods such as spices and porcelain, in exchange for silver. |
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During the American period, some semblance of city planning using the architectural designs and master plans by Daniel Burnham was done on the portions of the city of Manila. |
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Metro Manila's gross regional product was estimated as of 2009 In 2011 Manila ranked as the 28th wealthiest urban agglomeration in the world and the 2nd in Southeast Asia. |
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Manila Bay, upon the shore of which the capital city of Manila lies, is connected to Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the Philippines, by the Pasig River. |
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Many atrocities and war crimes were committed during the war such as the Bataan Death March and the Manila massacre that culminated with the Battle of Manila. |
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The peninsula encloses the Manila Bay, a natural harbor considered to be one of the best natural ports in East Asia, due to its size and strategic geographical location. |
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The Laguna Copperplate Inscription, the first Philippine document written in 900AD, names places in and around Manila Bay as well as Medan in Indonesia. |
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Filipino forces then laid siege to Manila, as had American forces. |
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The Straits Times index has lagged the go go Southeast Asian markets in Jakarta, Manila, Bangkok and Hanoi even before last week's Wagnerian sturm und drang. |
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At the time of signing the treaty, the signatories were not aware that the Manila was under British occupation and was being administered as a British colony. |
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Save the Children spokespeople, including the organization's country director in the Philippines, Ned Olney, are available for interviews via Skype and telephone from Manila. |
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Some wine tastings in Manila are sponsored by wine producers. |
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Featured products are made of one type or a combination of materials, including Manila hemp, capiz, sinamay, raffia, silk, satin, galvanized iron and resin. |
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Corregidor, a rocky, two-mile-square island that sits astride the entrance to Manila Bay, was the final defensive position for American and Filipino forces. |
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Kyodo News learned from a staff member of an apartment complex in the suburb of Malate in Manila that Wada had checked in on May 30 upon arrival from Japan. |
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Beijing has demanded that Manila remove a rusty, World War II-vintage landing ship it grounded on the shoal in 1999 that serves as an outpost for Philippine troops. |
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For example, Manila galleons could not sail into the wind at all. |
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