School year in the Philippines starts from June, and ends in March with a two-month summer break from April to May, one week of semestral break in October, and a week or two during Christmas and New Year holidays.

In the Philippines, the long Christmas season traditionally ends on this day, known colloquially as " Three Kings " or " Tres Reyes " ( Filipino: Tatlong Hari ).

Parol | Paról ( Christmas lanterns ) being sold during the Christmas season in the Philippines.

Christmas in the Philippines, one of two predominantly Catholic countries in Asia ( the other one being East Timor ), is one of the biggest holidays in the archipelago.

The various ethnic groups in the Philippines each observe different Christmas traditions, and the following are generally common.

Christmas Day in The Philippines is primarily a family affair.

The Giant Lantern Festival is an annual festival held in December ( Saturday before Christmas Eve ) in the City of San Fernando in the Philippines.

Because of the popularity of the festival, the city has been nicknamed the " Christmas Capital of the Philippines ".

In the Philippines, children in small groups go from house to house singing Christmas carols, which they called pangangaroling.

In the Philippines, the word " aguinaldo " also means gift usually in the form of cash or coins collected by children in small groups that go from house to house singing Christmas carols.

The city is well known for its giant lanterns and is also popularly known as the " Christmas Capital of the Philippines.

Tangub City is the Christmas Symbol Capital of the Philippines.

Other regions, such as the Philippines, the prayer is done early in the morning on Christmas Eve, and it is the last day of a nine-day ritual known as Simbang Gabi.

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The Giant Lantern Festival is an annual festival held in December ( Saturday before Christmas Eve ) in the City of San Fernando in the Philippines.

Because of the popularity of the festival, the city has been nicknamed the " Christmas Capital of the Philippines ".

* Christmas in the Philippines

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Exceptions are Britain, where the traditional gift-bringer is Father Christmas, and the Philippines which has the Three Kings.

In the Philippines, while traditional moon cakes are available from local sources, Chinese-Filipinos have also created a variant called hopia ( literally: " good cake "), and has a number of available fillings including hopiang munggo (" mung-bean hopia "), hopiang baboy (" pork hopia "), hopiang Hapon (" Japanese hopia ", not related to moon cakes in Japan despite the name ), and hopiang ube (" purple-yam paste hopia ").

At a third stage in the modernization process are such countries as India, Brazil, the Philippines, and Taiwan, which are ready and committed to move into the stage of self-sustaining growth.

The five largest modern countries that are mainly archipelagos are Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

* Many traditional beliefs in the Philippines still practised to an extent today are animist and spiritist in origin in that there are rituals aimed at pacifying malevolent spirits or are apotropaic in nature.

* 1949 – Former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband ; her daughter and 10 others are also killed.

* 1896 – Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.

For instance member nations of the Commonwealth where English is not spoken natively, such as India, often closely follow British English forms, while many American English usages are followed in other countries which have been historically influenced by the United States, such as the Philippines.

At present, many such jobs appear to be flowing towards China, though some that require command of English are going to India and the Philippines.

In the Philippines, France, Italy, and Egypt, they are simply called cutter.

Other such breast mountains are Mount Elgon on the Uganda-Kenya border, Beinn Chìochan and the Maiden Paps in Scotland, the " Bundok ng Susong Dalaga " ( Maiden's breast mountains ) in Talim Island, Philippines, the twin hills known as the Paps of Anu ( Dá Chích Anann or the breasts of Anu ), near Killarney in Ireland, the 2, 086 m high Tetica de Bacares or " La Tetica " in the Sierra de Los Filabres, Spain, and Khao Nom Sao in Thailand, Cerro Las Tetas in Puerto Rico and the Breasts of Aphrodite in Mykonos, among many others.

Researchers in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam are currently working on delayed-ripening papaya in collaboration with the University of Nottingham and Zeneca.

The Philippines, Bangladesh and Mexico are examples of transfer-rich economies.

There are introduced populations in Australia, Florida, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Ogasawara, Ishigaki Island and the Daitō Islands of Japan, most Caribbean islands, Fiji and many other Pacific islands, including Hawaii.

Bufo marinus in the Philippines are referred to as kamprag, a corruption of ' American frog '.

In countries where volcanic ashes are available ( e. g. Italy, Chile, Mexico, the Philippines ) these cements are often the most common form in use.

The census of the Philippines is enumerated every 5 years ( beginning on 1960, except in 2005 where it was moved to 2007 due to budgetary constraints ) and the results are used to allocate Congressional seats ( congressional apportionment ) and government program funding.

Estimates for the main centres of Christadelphian population are as follows: United Kingdom ( 18, 000 ), Australia ( 9, 987 ), Malawi ( 7, 000 ), United States ( 6, 500 ), Mozambique ( 5, 300 ), Canada ( 3, 375 ), New Zealand ( 1, 782 ), Kenya ( 1, 700 ), India ( 1, 300 ), Tanzania ( 1, 000 ), and Philippines ( 1, 000 ).

While the greatest number of countercult ministries are found in the USA, ministries exist in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, England, Ethiopia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine.

* 2005 – Seven people are killed and 151 wounded in a series of bombings by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants that hit the Philippines ' Makati financial district in Metro Manila, Davao City, and General Santos City.

The original inhabitants of Guam are believed to be descendants of Austronesian people originating from Southeast Asia as early as 4, 000 BC, having linguistic and cultural similarities to Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Motorcycles by the private users in Hong Kong urban districts are not as popular as in other South East Asian countries like the Philippines.

In early 50's a batch of bright young Filipino forestry graduates of the University of The Philippines College of Forestry ( UPCF ) made their way to " British North Borneo " ( Sabah ) on a pioneering quest that has contributed in the establishment of the " Sabah Forestry Department " in Malaysia, including the famous " Sepilok Research Centre " where it also shelters the world famous orangutan sanctuary.

Jejomar Binay and with him are its 2 young leaders who will spearhead the party to its bright future as the strongest political party in the Philippines.