PHILIPPINE FACTS

 Halsema Highway- “Mountain Trail”; highest altitude highway in the Phl; the only link between
Baguio and Cordillera’s remote areas; named after Eusebius Julius Halsema
 Eveline Chainus Guirey- first Igorot beauty queen
 Anita Agoncillo Noble- first Miss Phl
 Maria Kalaw Katigbak- first Beauty queen senator
 Eva Estrada Kalaw- first Filipina to be elected senator twice
 Manuel Quezon- first Senate President
 Hadji Butu- first Muslin Senator; Prime Minister of Sultan Badarudin
 Eulogio Rodriguez & Neptali Gonzales Sr. – Most number of times to be elected as senate pres.
 Benigno Aquino Jr- youngest Filipino in History to ever win senatorial race; 34 years old
 Miriam Santiago- first Asian for judge for the International Criminal Court ICC
 Marcelo Fernan- first Filipino to serve both as Chief Justice and Senate Pres
 Antonio Trillanes IV- first senator to be elected while incarcerated
 Ambrosio Padilla- first Basketball Player senator ; ADMU
 Rogelio de la Rosa- first Filipino movie star to win senator race
 Colin P. Kelly Jr. – first American hero of WW2
 Colgante Bridge Tragedy - collapsed on Sep 16, 1972, before martial law was declared; celebrating
Nuestra Señora de Penafrañcia
 Don Santiago de los Santos- Filipino dwarf; became part of traveling show in England
 Bailes de Luces- “Festival of Lights”; found in Brgy. Biak-na-bato, La Castellana, Negros Occ.;
Cherry Blossom at foot of Kanlaon Volcano
 UP Lift- UP’s female Oblation in UP Baguio designed by Ferdie Cacnio with Atty. Dot Gancayno as
face model
 Tony Tan Caktiong- Filipino-Chinese founder, chairman and CEO of Jollibee
 Lea Salonga- first International Opera Singer as Kim in the musical Miss Saigon.
 Chito Narvasa- PBA Commisioner
 Apolinario Mabini- first Prime Minister of the First Philippine Republic
 Lason Batch- highest number of casualties during the era of 1987 in Zamboanga
 Jeepneys- old US Army Jeeps
 Licensed Plates ending in:
 1&2 – cannot drive on Mondays
 3&4 – cannot drive on Tuesdays
 5&6 - cannot drive on Wednesdays
 7&8 -cannot drive on Thursdays
 9&0 – cannot drive on Fridays
 Whang-Od – last Mambabatok, traditional Kalinga
tattooist, is the oldest tattoo artist in Phil.
 24/100 – largest shopping malls in the world are in Phil
 Beatles – they insulted the Dictatorship, thus their police escorts were removed.
 Michael Martinez – the only Filipino who competed at the Olympics in Sochi.
 Cagayan Battles of 1582 – the only recorded battle between Europeans and Samurais
 San Miguel Beer – originates from Philippines. Largest Producer of Beer in Phil.
 Benigno Aquino III- first bachelor President
 May 4, 2006 – worls record for most women breastfeeding in Manila = 3541 persons
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 Baguio and Cordillera’s remote areas; named after Eusebius Julius Halsema
 Eveline Chainus Guirey- first Igorot beauty queen
 Anita Agoncillo Noble- first Miss Phl
 Maria Kalaw Katigbak- first Beauty queen senator
 Eva Estrada Kalaw- first Filipina to be elected senator twice
 Manuel Quezon- first Senate President
 Hadji Butu- first Muslin Senator; Prime Minister of Sultan Badarudin
 Eulogio Rodriguez & Neptali Gonzales Sr. – Most number of times to be elected as senate pres.
Benigno Aquino Jr- youngest Filipino in History to ever win senatorial

 Baguio and Cordillera’s remote areas; named after Eusebius Julius Halsema
 Eveline Chainus Guirey- first Igorot beauty queen
 Anita Agoncillo Noble- first Miss Phl
 Maria Kalaw Katigbak- first Beauty queen senator
 Eva Estrada Kalaw- first Filipina to be elected senator twice
 Manuel Quezon- first Senate President
 Hadji Butu- first Muslin Senator; Prime Minister of Sultan Badarudin
 Eulogio Rodriguez & Neptali Gonzales Sr. – Most number of times to be elected as senate pres.
Benigno Aquino Jr- youngest Filipino in History to ever win senatorial