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- ... 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?