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Ayala Triangle Gardens, Makati City

December 22, 2012 by · Comments Off on Ayala Triangle Gardens, Makati City 

Ayala Triangle Gardens, Makati City, Ayala Avenue is an major thoroughfare in Makati, Philippines. It is one of the busiest roads in Metro Manila, crossing through the heart of Makati’s central business district. A certain part of the Ayala Avenue forms Circumferential Road 3. Because of the many businesses located along the avenue, Ayala Avenue is aptly nicknamed the Wall Street of the Philippines. It is also a major link between Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) to Metropolitan Avenue.

Ayala Avenue’s segment from Paseo de Roxas to Makati Avenue used to be a runway of the Nielson Airport, which was the first airport built in Luzon. The Paseo de Roxas’s segment from Ayala Avenue to Makati Avenue used to be a runway of the airport. The airport was destroyed during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines on December 10, 1941 and resumed operations after the end World War II in 1947. The runways were converted into a road in 1949 when the permanent facilities of the airport was passed on the owner of the land, the Ayala Corporation.

The runways’ missing part to the main road (now Makati Avenue) was added. It later created new segments from Paseo de Roxas to Malugay Street, Malugay Street to Kamagong Street, and Kamagong Street to the tip part of South Avenue (which is from Rizal Avenue to Metropolitan Avenue) at Metropolitan Avenue. The last extension is a northbound lane connecting South Avenue. When the MRT was established, its flyover was added for left turns onto EDSA heading to Monumento.

The Ayala Triangle is a sub-district of the Makati central business district, comprising the parcel of land between Ayala Avenue, Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas, as well as the buildings on those streets. Many multinational companies, banks and other major businesses are located within the triangle. A few upscale boutiques, restaurants and a park called Ayala Triangle Gardens are also located in the area.

One of the trading floors of the Philippine Stock Exchange is located on Ayala Avenue’s Ayala Tower One, as well as the old building of the Makati Stock Exchange. Near the building is also a statue of politician Benigno Aquino, Jr., located at the corner of Ayala Avenue and Paseo de Roxas.

Clark Air Force Base

February 22, 2012 by · Comments Off on Clark Air Force Base 

Clark Air Force Base, Clark Air Base is a former United States Air Force base on Luzon Island in the Philippines, located 3 miles west of Angeles City, about 40 miles northwest of Metro Manila. Clark Air Base was an American military facility from 1903 to 1991. The base covered 14.3 square miles (37 km²) with a military reservation extending north that covered another 230 square miles (596 km²).

The base was a stronghold of the combined Filipino and American forces during the end of World War II, and until 1975, it was a backbone of logistical support during the Vietnam War. Following the departure of American forces in 1991, the base eventually became the site of Diosdado Macapagal International Airport, the Clark Freeport Zone and the Air Force City of the Philippine Air Force.

Cagayan De Oro

December 18, 2011 by · Comments Off on Cagayan De Oro 

Cagayan De Oro, As a storm that killed more than 650 in the southern Philippines raged outside the store where she works, Amor Limbago worriedly called home to check on her parents, but their cellphones just kept ringing and later went dead.

Limbago, 21, rushed home as soon as the flash floods receded and confirmed her worst fear: Her parents and seven other relatives were gone, swept away from their hut by the river. They had eagerly planned a small Christmas dinner in that hut just days earlier.

“I returned and saw that our house was completely gone,” a weeping Limbago told The Associated Press from Cagayan de Oro city. “There was nothing but mud all over and knee-deep floodwaters.”

Tropical Storm Washi blew away Sunday after devastating a wide swath of the mountainous region on Mindanao island, which is unaccustomed to major storms. It killed at least 652 people and left more than 900 others missing, the Philippine Red Cross said.

Philippines Typhoon

October 18, 2010 by · Comments Off on Philippines Typhoon 

Philippines TyphoonPhilippines Typhoon, (UKPA) – Super Typhoon Megi has slammed ashore along the Philippine coast northeast with winds of 140 mph – the strongest hurricane to hit the country over the years.

Thousands have sought shelter while authorities warned residents and millions of rice farmers along the path of the typhoon to look out for damage to crops, homes and power lines.

Weather forecaster Robert Sawi said the eye of the typhoon made landfall at midday local time Palanan Bay in the province of Isabela.

As he crossed the northern main island of Luzon, Mr. Sawi warned against possible floods and landslides, especially in the Cordillera.

Areas devastated by floods in China and Vietnam have also been preparing for more rain from the storm powerful.

Megi was moving towards southern China, which has already evacuated more than 100,000 people in the villages due to flooding earlier, according to the China Meteorological Administration.

With his fierce wind and heavy rain, Megi has become the most powerful typhoon to hit the Philippines in four years, government forecasters say. A howler 2006 with 155 mph winds left mudslides that buried entire villages, killing almost 1,000 people.

Weather officials issued the Philippines highest storm alert service to four levels to the two coastal provinces of Isabela and Cagayan provinces and three mountain where the typhoon is expected to pass before leaving the main island of Luzon in northern South China Sea.

More than 3,000 people in coastal areas moved to town halls and school buildings that were converted into evacuation centers. Classes and outdoor activities were canceled and officials advised families to have someone to stay awake all night for any eventuality.

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