Manila News Briefs: Tragedy Petitions Annexation Plans and Tax Tensions
Marcelo Majdana of Candelaria falls from a train while bowing to dancers and dies in the town's funeral parlor. A bill seeks to create a Greater Manila annexing Caloocan Pasay Milobon San Juan del Monte San Pedro Makati San Felpe Nero Navotas amid protests from villages wary of losing local revenues from cockpits and dances.
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Manila
Marcelo Majdana
Candelaria
Tayabas
Marcelo
Pasay
Milobon
San Juan del Monte
San Pedro Makati
San Felpe Nero
Navotas
Philppine education, finance and social issues cited in report
A sprawling report outlines the obstacles to universal education, noting that next year's candidacies are announced but capacity is insufficient for 2 million children within ten years. It cites Gilmore's estimate for education funding, literacy rates around 38 percent, and English use limited to urban areas. The document also condemns usury in the Philippines with rates averaging sixty percent despite a 12 percent legal cap, and comments on legal enforcement and social biases.
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Mowever
Gilmore
Department of Public Instruction
The
Philippines
Hester
University of the Philippines
Patch Crocodile Token Tells Of Royal Love Token
Patch crocodile hanging near Seville cathedral entrance recalls a princely love token sent during a failed mission. The item bears history and mystery from a distant era.
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Cathedral of
Seville
Sultan of Egypt Declines Suitor to Spain’s Princess
A historical notice notes the sultan of Egypt offering marriage to a Spanish princess, who rejected a suitor after his first gift failed to impress.
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Egypt
Spain
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