Portal:Philippines/Did you know/1


 * ... that during the construction of the Manila Film Center (pictured), its scaffolding collapsed, where at least 169 workers fell and were buried under quick-drying wet cement?
 * ... that several karaoke bars in the Philippines had banned the song "My Way" due to the deaths attributed to it?
 * ... that Filipino men and women engage in a form of courtship that is far more subdued and indirect compared to Western cultures?
 * ... that Rafael de Izquierdo was the Governor-General of the Philippines during the 1872 Cavite mutiny which led to the execution of the martyrs Gomburza?