It has 30 heritage houses declared by the national historical institute, most notable of which is Balay Negrense ; it is also the hometown of National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture Leandro Locsin and international mezzo-soprano Conchita Gaston.

The membership of the Commission was designed to be broadly representative of the global community with representatives of the following countries serving: Australia, Belgium, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, Chile, China, Egypt, France, India, Iran, Lebanon, Panama, Philippines, United Kingdom, United States, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Uruguay and Yugoslavia.

The San Juanico Bridge is the longest and the most beautifully designed bridge in the Philippines.

By mid 1912, Headquarters, the Band, and the 1st and 3rd Battalions were established at Tientsin in China as part of the international peace-keeping mission designed to protect civilians during the Boxer Rebellion ; the 2nd in the Philippines.

Under Ramos, the Philippines experienced a period of political stability and rapid economic growth and expansion, as a result of his policies and programs designed to foster national reconciliation and unity.

The Eiffel Tower's creator, French engineer Gustave Eiffel, designed iron churches that were sent as far as the Philippines and Peru.

* through electronic reloading where a specially designed SIM card ( Retailer's SIM card as used to define in the Philippines and India ) is used to reload a mobile phone by entering the mobile number and choosing the amount to be loaded.

It was patterned after the Seal of the President of the United States, which in turn was patterned after the Great Seal of the United States, and designed by Captain Galo B. Ocampo of the Philippine Heraldry Committee, who also designed the Coat of arms of the Philippines.

It is considered one of the most beautifully designed bridges in Philippines.

Construction of the 21. 9 million-dollar bridge was contracted to the Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines ( now the Philippine National Construction Corporation ), which together with Japanese engineers conducted studies and designed the actual project.

This is the case for New Delhi ( designed as the new capital of British India after World War I ), of Canberra ( capital of Australia established in 1913 ) and of Quezon City ( established in 1939, capital of the Philippines from 1948 – 76 ).

The church, considered to be one of the biggest in the whole province of Cebu, is one of the few old church structures in the whole Philippines to be designed, executed, supervised, and completed by the Filipinos themselves.

* Floro MK-9 ( 2001 ); a submachine gun designed and built in the Philippines

* 2006 – A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines ; the official death toll is set at 1, 126.

* June 26 – June 28 – Typhoon Koryn causes massive damage to the Philippines, China and Macau.

The election was marked by massive violence, vote-buying, and fraud on Marcos ' part, and Marcos used $ 56 million from the Philippines ' treasury to fund his campaign.

He also visited President Corazon Aquino in a series of talks between the Philippines and Japan during a special state visit from 1986 to 1987, to provide good economic and trade relations, massive investor and tourist arrivals, and construction and rehabilitation programs.

* 1986: Lewis M. Simons, Pete Carey and Katherine Ellison, San Jose Mercury News, " for their June 1985 series that documented massive transfers of wealth abroad by President Marcos and his associates and had a direct impact on subsequent political developments in the Philippines and the United States.

The Cordillera Central is a massive mountain range situated in the northern central part of the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.

With his " Planning for a new homeSystemic Change Strategy ," he organized Philippines massive home constructions, which he began by the savings program in Payatas dumpsite.

Supposedly, one of his notable contributions to the Philippines was the revival of nationalistic spirit by embarking on a massive promotion campaign for the centennial of Philippine Independence celebrated on June 12, 1998.

Rising sea levels in three massive pulses may have caused flooding and the submerging of the Sunda continent, creating the Java and South China Seas and the thousands of islands that make up Indonesia and the Philippines today.

Due to the massive destruction of coral reefs in Southeast Asia, the LMMA has established two areas in Eastern Indonesia: Padaido Islands, Biak, West Papua, and Southern Ambon Island and the Moluccas Islands ; and various areas in the Philippines.

Due to Yunya's circulation, the massive cloud of ash produced by the eruption was moistened and redistributed over the Philippines instead of blowing out to sea, greatly exacerbating the impact of the event.

The Spanish colonization of Binalbagan did not leave much in terms of massive stone works that the Spaniards were famous for in the Philippines.

U. S. military authorities eventually handed over the remains of the communications infrastructure to PLDT in 1947, and with the help of massive U. S. aid to the Philippines during the 1940s and 1950s, PLDT recovered so quickly that its telephone subscribers outpaced that of pre-war levels by 1953.

According to news reports in the Philippines, 1, 404 people were killed or left missing during the passage of Tropical Depression Winnie, primarily due to massive flashfloods and landslides in Quezon and Aurora Provinces triggered by the attendant heavy rains.

Palaces in East Asia, such as the imperial palaces of Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, largebrick and wooden structures in Philippines and China's Forbidden City, consist of many low pavilions surrounded by vast, walled gardens, in contrast to the single building palaces of Medieval Western Europe.

The Supreme Court of the Philippines for example had issued the Metro Manila Development Authority an order to “ demolish illegal structures and dwellings along riverbanks and waterways connected to Manila Bay by 2015 ” in March, 2011 as an attempt to decrease mass occurrences of water pollution.

" These are described by Culture and customs of the Philippines, a book published by Greenwood Publishing Group, as structures " which employ exterior neo-Gothic vertical support columns with tall narrow windows between, interlocking trapezoids, and rosette motifs, as well as tower and spires.

Category: Buildings and structures in the Philippines

In accordance to the Local Government Code of the Philippines, the Municipal Council may therefore :( 1 ) approve ordinances and pass resolutions necessary for an efficient and effective city government ;( 2 ) generate and maximize the use of resources and revenues for the development plans, program objectives and priorities of the city, with particular attention to industrial development and city-wide growth and progress ;( 3 ) enact ordinances granting franchises and authorizing the issuance of permits or licenses, upon such conditions and for such purposes intended to promote the general welfare of the inhabitants of the city ;;( 4 ) regulate activities relative to the use of land, buildings and structures within the city in order to promote general welfare ;;( 5 ) approve ordinances which shall ensure the efficient and effective delivery of basic services and facilities for Parañaque's citizenry ; and ,;( 6 ) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance.

Category: Buildings and structures in the Philippines

Category: Buildings and structures in the Philippines

:* Buildings and structures in the Philippines.

Category: Buildings and structures in the Philippines

* Far Eastern University in the City of Manila ( largest ensemble of Art Deco structures in the Philippines )

Subsequent commissions included MIT's Kresge Auditorium ( 1954 ), Tanglewood's Koussevitzky Music Shed ( 1959 ), Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall ( 1962 ), the Cultural Center of the Philippines ( 1969 ) and Baltimore's Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall ( 1978 ).

A similar piano was at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

The Cultural Center of the Philippines then hosts a Memorabilia Exhibit and Gabi ng Parangal ( A Night of Tributes ) for the National Artists at the Tanghalang Pambansa.

The National Artist Honors is administered by the Cultural Center of the Philippines ( CCP ) by virtue of President Ferdinand Marcos's Proclamation No. 1001 of April 2, 1972 and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts ( NCCA ).

Nominations for National Artist of the Philippines are based on a broad criteria, as set forth by the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts:

The Philippine Historical Committee ( now the National Historical Commission of the Philippines ), the Philippine Historical Association, the Philippine Library Association, Association of University and College Professors, the Philippine China Cultural Association, and the Philippine National Historical Society, led by fellow Rizaleños Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. and Juan Sumulong, supported the renaming of Highway 54 to Epifanio de los Santos Avenue.

This highly awaited one-night concert was initially reported to be planned for staging at the Cultural Center of the Philippines open grounds, or alternatively, the Fort Bonifacio open grounds.

Marcos has dabbled in drama, appearing in the Cultural Center of the Philippines ' production of The Diary of Anne Frank.

* The shore of Manila Bay in the Philippines, especially along Metro Manila, has attracted major developments such as the Mall of Asia Complex and the Cultural Centre of the Philippines Complex.

Manila: Cultural Center of the Philippines, 1995.

It is almost considered a dying art form, but is currently being revived by the Cultural Center of the Philippines and National Commission of the Arts.

He then took up the marimba and, after only four months, was a special guest artist of the Philippine Madrigal Singers in a concert on the main stage of the Theater of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.

Brunei shares some Cultural perspectives and links with the countries of South East Asia such as Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines.

Located at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, in Pasay, south of Manila, it was commissioned by former First Lady Imelda Marcos for Pope John Paul II's visit in 1981.

* Cultural Center of the Philippines Encyclopedia of the Arts.

Cultural performances, talks and seminars have been held at the centre ; a notable use was for the 2003 Asia Pacific Indigenous Plays Festival which featured cultural performances from Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia, Japan, and the United States of America.

Whereas in mainland China many cultural traditions and customs were suppressed during the Cultural Revolution or simply regarded as old-fashioned nowadays, these traditions have remained largely untouched in the Philippines.

In 2008, she received an Asian Cultural Council Fellowship to research Indigenous and Folkloric music in the Philippines.

Category: National Cultural Treasures of the Philippines

The Manila Baywalk is a two kilometre stretch between the US Embassy and the Cultural Center of the Philippines ( CCP ) just past the Manila Yacht Club.

In his old age, Levi occasionally appeared in public, usually at a concert at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.