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10 unusual facts about Metro Manila


Datu Yusoph Boyog Mama

In 1977, Datu Yusoph Mama started his professional career in the Foreign Service when he became a Foreign Trade Analyst in the Bureau of Foreign Trade in Makati, Metro Manila.

Gregorio Araneta Avenue

It is an 8-10 lane divided avenue designated as part of Circumferential Road 3 (C-3) which travels from Sergeant Rivera Street, at its north end in Balintawak, and meets Nicanor Domingo Street in the south in San Juan near the border with Santa Mesa, City of Manila.

Jhoneil Centeno

Jhoneil M. Centeno (born July 1, 1969 in Metro Manila) is a Filipino/American artist best known for his fantasy cover paintings of several d20 books.

Manggahan Floodway

The Manggahan Floodway is an artificially constructed waterway in Metro Manila, the Philippines.

On September 26, 2009, at about 6:00 pm PST, the 50-mph "Tropical Storm Ketsana" (called "Ondoy" in the Philippines) hit Metro Manila and dumped one month's rainfall in less than 24 hours, causing the Marikina River system, including the Manggahan Floodway, to burst its banks very rapidly.

PhilSports Stadium stampede

The Wowowee stampede (also referred to as the ULTRA stampede) was a stampede that occurred at the PhilSports Stadium (also known as the ULTRA) in Pasig City, Metro Manila in the Philippines on February 4, 2006.

Rehabilitation of the Pasig River

The Asian Development Bank gave the government of the Philippines a loan of $200 million to implement a 15-year slum upgrade program for Metro Manila which includes the rehabilitation of the Pasig River.

Taguig River

It eventually joins the Pateros River, forming the common border between the municipality of Pateros and Makati City.

Victorino Mapa Street

The street, including its eastern extension, runs for 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) from the junction with Magsaysay Boulevard in the north to Pat Antonio Street in the southeast by the San Juan River that serves as the district's border with San Juan and Mandaluyong.

World Pyro Olympics

The first World Pyro Olympics took place in 2005 in The Esplanade at the back of then unfinished SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines from December 26 to December 30.


1975 in the Philippines

October 1 – The Thrilla in Manila was the third and final famous boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier for the Heavyweight Boxing Championship of the World, fought at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Metro Manila.

Aliwan Fiesta

Aliwan Fiesta, which began in 2003, aims to showcase the different Filipino cultures and heritage not only to the people in Metro Manila but also to the rest of the world.

Christianity in the Philippines

Filipinos residing in Metro Manila and occasionally those overseas often return to their respective home provinces and towns to observe these holidays with their birth families, much like the practise in Mainland China for traditional holidays.

Dominion Bus Lines

It operates a 24/7 service for passengers and freight (known as "waybill") between Metro Manila and northwest Luzon (the Ilocos corridor).

DZHH

DZHH (1566 kHz Metro Manila) Radyo ng Hukbong Himpapawid (Radio of the Air Forces)" was an AM station of the Philippine Air Force.

Exarchate of the Philippines

There are three major centres of Orthodoxy in the Philippines: Sucat, Parañaque in Metro Manila; around Los Baños; and in Bajada, Cataingan, Masbate.

Inocencio Aniceto Transportation

It operates a 24/7 service for passengers between Metro Manila and northwest Luzon (the Ilocos corridor).

Lavezares, Northern Samar

Access to Lavezares has two options: from Manila, a fourteen to fifteen hours of bus ride with Roll-on/roll-off vessels from Matnog, Sorsogon, to the port of Allen, Northern Samar, or taking a plane to Catarman and a jeepney ride to Lavezares both serving as the main transport facility towards this portion.

Lingayen-Lucena corridor

The Lingayen-Lucena corridor is the part of Luzon in the Philippines, between Lingayen (in Pangasinan) to Lucena, comprising the province of Pangasinan, and the regions of Central Luzon, Metro Manila and CALABARZON, where national elections are claimed to be won.

Mallig Plains

Mallig Plains Region, just like Metro Manila and Metro Cebu, is not an administrative political unit but an agglomeration of independent local government units (LGUs), the third level government in the Philippine political system.

Marikina–Infanta Highway

The Marikina–Infanta Highway, also known as the Marcos Highway or MARILAQUE Highway (MARILAQUE stands for Manila-Rizal-Laguna-Quezon), is a scenic mountain 44-kilometer highway that connects Metro Manila with Infanta, Quezon in the Philippines.

More to Lose

In 1985, a Manila New Wave radio station, DWRT-FM started playing a song billed as "Fade" by Medium.

Myk Perez

After then, he decided to pursue and focus to be a singer-musician where he took up Conservatory of Music in University of Santo Tomas in Manila.

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

GRIPS is one of Asia's premier institutions of higher learning involved in policy research, alongside the Asian Institute of Management in Metro Manila, the KDI School of Public Policy and Management in Seoul and the Lee Kwan Yew School of Government in Singapore.

Partas

It operates a 24/7 service for passengers and freight (known as "waybill") between Metro Manila and northwest Luzon (the Ilocos corridor), with services also running to Baguio City and the Central Luzon plains (Pampanga and Nueva Ecija provinces).

Philippine Airlines Flight 143

Philippine Airlines Flight 143 (PR143) was the route designator of a domestic flight from the Manila Ninoy Aquino Airport, Metro Manila, Philippines to Mandurriao Airport, Iloilo City.

Philippine Airlines Flight 812

The story of Reginald Chua was portrayed by JM De Guzman in the British-Filipino independently produced film Metro Manila by Sean Ellis.

Rizal

The Rizal Province will be accessed by the future C-6 Road connecting the provinces of Bulacan and Cavite and cities of Taguig (beside Laguna de Bay), Parañaque and Muntinlupa which are located within Metro Manila.

Robinsons Metro East

The name "Metro East" refers to the fact that the mall is located in the eastern district of the Greater Manila Area, which includes the cities of Pasig and Marikina in Metro Manila as well as Antipolo City within the municipalities of Cainta and San Mateo in Rizal.

Saint Thomas More Academy Philippines

These are Main, the only branch that offers high-school enrollees, Annex both of which are located at Bacoor, Cavite, Tanza which is located at Tanza, Cavite and the newly opened branch outside the Cavite province, Las Piñas, located at Las Piñas, Metro Manila.

Sidetrip Travel Magazine

Sidetrip is distributed at the Department of Tourism Information Center (T.M. Kalaw, Manila), Victory Liner terminals (for deluxe passengers), travel agencies, and select cafes and restaurants in Metro Manila.

Sonny Angara

He finished his grade school and high school studies at the Xavier School in San Juan, Metro Manila, afterwhich he studied at the Douai School in Upper Woolhampton, England.

St. Joseph School – La Salle

It is the third of the third generation of La Salle schools, which were founded by the De La Salle Brothers in the country, which include: La Salle Academy-Iligan (Iligan, Lanao del Norte: 198), La Salle Green Hills (Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila: 1959), and De La Salle Lipa (Lipa City, Batangas: 1962).

University Baptist Church – Manila, Philippines

University Baptist Church (UBC) is a Southern Baptist Church located in University Belt in Metro Manila, Philippines.

University of Rizal System

The College is about 67 kilometers from Metro Manila and accessible to towns of Rizal through Manila East Road through the newly opened sea level in the Sierra Madre Mountain range and is overlooking the Laguna Lake and the surrounding lake towns.