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unusual facts about Parang, Maguindanao


Chuck Allie

Chuck Allie Gepaya (born at June 2, 1988 in Making, Parang, Maguindanao) is a Filipino actor and current PR Specialist of TV5.


Ampatuan

Andal Ampatuan, Sr., former Governor of Maguindanao province, the Philippines, and suspect in the Maguindanao massacre

Andal Ampatuan, Jr., former Mayor of Datu Unsay, Maguindanao Maguindanao Massacre

Daisy Voisin

A deeply religious person, she received the message to spread the gospel of Parang in a church in Siparia in 1973.

Diederik Durven

After his appointment in 1720 to the Council of the Indies, he was sent, in 1722 and 1723, to supervise the gold- and silver-mines in Parang province.

Indo-Caribbean American

Music is a large part of the Indo-Caribbean American community, which includes the tunes of Bollywood, Carnatic music, bhajans, chutney music, soca (Indo-Caribbeans participate in Miami Carnival and Labor Day Carnival in huge numbers), parang, steel pan, tassa, calypso, and dancehall.

Jit Samaroo

They were initially Parang players - Jit on guitar pan, Girlie on cowbell, Vidya on the drums, Baboolal on maracas, and brother Sonilal on scratcher - but by 14, already a self-confessed "slave to steelpan", Jit joined the Lever Brothers Canboulay Steelband.

Noel Abrigo Coballes

Lieutenant General Noel A. Coballes (born February 7, 1958) is a Filipino Lieutenant General and a two-time Distinguished Conduct Star recipient for combat actions in Maguindanao, and thrice recipient of Distinguished Service Star.

Paldong

The lip-valley flutes in the Philippines are known by different names: abalao, abellao, sinongyop (Bontoc); balding, paldong, enoppok, innupok (Kalinga); tipano, kipano, paldeng (Isneg); and taladi (Ibaloi); palendag (Maguindanao); palalu (Mansaka); Palandag (Bagobo).

Parâng Mountains

Located south and east of the city of Petroşani, the Parâng mountains form the eastern barrier of the Jiu Valley (a plateau 100 kilometers long from east to west and 70-80 kilometers wide from north to south).

Philippine House of Representatives elections in SOCCSKSARGEN, 2010

Cotabato City is independent from any province and is a part of the SOCCSKSARGEN region, but is usually grouped with Maguindanao by the National Statistics Office.

Philippine House of Representatives elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, 2010

On the other hand, Cotabato City, despite not being a part of the ARMM and of Maguindanao, elects their representative as a part of the Maguindanao's 1st district.

Phyllodesmium parangatum

The specific name parangatum refers to words "parang gatas" from Filipino language, that points to its milky color.

Shariff Kabunsuan creation plebiscite, 2006

Gov. Datu Zaldy Ampatuan of ARMM and his father, Gov. Datu Andal Ampatuan of Maguindanao, earlier campaigned for the conception of Shariff Kabunsuan to better extend government services to their constituents, particularly those in the precipitous parts of the area.

Sugar Aloes

Singing local hits such as "Party Time" and parang favorite "Juanita", Aloes has amassed a fan base of at least three generations of Trinidadians and calypso lovers region-wide.


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