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  2. USS Gambier Bay - Wikipedia

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    USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. [1] During the Battle off Samar, part of the overall Battle of Leyte Gulf, during a successful effort to turn back a much larger attacking Japanese surface force, Gambier Bay was sunk by naval gunfire, primarily from the battleship Yamato, taking at least 15 hits between 8:10 and 8:40.

  3. President of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The president of the Philippines (Filipino: pangulo ng Pilipinas, sometimes referred to as presidente ng Pilipinas) is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines.

  4. Executive departments of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Philippine Overseas Employment Administration → Department of Migrant Workers (2021) Proposed executive departments "Department of Sports" [1]

  5. List of presidents of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Malacañang Palace in Manila is the official residence of the president. [note 1] Built in 1750, it has become a prominent symbol of and metonym for the office.Under the Constitution of the Philippines, the president of the Philippines (Filipino: Pangulo ng Pilipinas) is both the head of state and government, and serves as the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces.

  6. Government of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform ...

  7. Perth - Wikipedia

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    Perth (Nyungar: Boorloo) is the capital city of Western Australia.It is the fourth most populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth as of 2023.

  8. Catholic Church in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Christianity was first brought to the Philippine islands by Spanish pirates, missionaries and settlers, who arrived in waves beginning in the early 16th century in Cebu by way of colonization. Compared to the Spanish colonial period, when Christianity was recognized as the state religion, the faith today is practiced in the context of a secular ...

  9. Philippine cobra - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine cobra (Naja philippinensis) also called Philippine spitting cobra or northern Philippine cobra, is a stocky, ...