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Central Visayas, the Glossary

Central Visayas (Tunga-tungang Kabisay-an; Gitnang Kabisayaan or Gitnang Visayas) is an administrative region in the Philippines, numerically designated as Region VII.^[1]

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ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) was a Philippine commercial broadcast network that served as the flagship property of the ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under Lopez Holdings Corporation owned by the López family.

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Bantayan Island

Bantayan Island is an island located in the Visayan Sea, Philippines.

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Bantayanon language

The Bantayanon language is the regional language of the Bantayan islands in the Philippines.

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Barangay

A barangay (abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as a barrio (Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward.

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Benigno Aquino III

Benigno Simeon Aquino III (born Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III; February 8, 1960 – June 24, 2021), also known as Noynoy Aquino and colloquially as PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as the 15th President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016.

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Bicol Region

The Bicol Region, commonly shortened to Bicol and designated as Region V, is an administrative region of the Philippines. Central Visayas and Bicol Region are regions of the Philippines.

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Bisayan languages

The Bisayan languages or Visayan languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages spoken in the Philippines.

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Bogo, Cebu

Bogo, officially the City of Bogo (Dakbayan sa Bogo; Dakbanwa sang Bogo; Lungsod ng Bogo), is a 6th class component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines.

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Bohol

Bohol, officially the Province of Bohol (Lalawigan sa Bohol; Kapuoran sang Bohol; Lalawigan ng Bohol), is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of the island itself and 75 minor surrounding islands.

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Bohol Sea

The Bohol Sea, also called the Mindanao Sea, is a sea located between the Visayas and Mindanao islands in the Philippines.

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Boholano dialect

Boholano (Binol-anon) is a variant of the Cebuano language spoken in the island province of Bohol in the Visayas and a major portion of Southern Leyte, as well as parts of Mindanao, particularly in Northern Mindanao and Caraga.

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Bohol–Panglao International Airport

Bohol–Panglao International Airport, also known as New Bohol International Airport, is an international airport on Panglao Island in the province of Bohol, Philippines.

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Bongbong Marcos

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. (born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines.

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Camotes Islands

The Camotes Islands are a group of islands in the Camotes Sea, Philippines.

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Camotes Sea

The Camotes Sea is a small sea within the Philippine archipelago, situated between the Central Visayan and the Eastern Visayan regions.

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Carcar

Carcar, officially the City of Carcar (Dakbayan sa Carcar; Dakbanwa sang Carcar; Lungsod ng Carcar), is a 5th class component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines.

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Cebu

Cebu (Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu (Lalawigan sa Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets.

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Cebu (historical polity)

The Rajahnate of Cebu or Cebu also called as Sugbu, was an Hindu monarchy mandala (polity) of Tamil Chola origin on the island of Cebu in the Philippines prior to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors.

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Cebu City

Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu (Dakbayan sa Sugbo; Dakbanwa sang Cebu; Lungsod ng Cebu), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines.

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Cebu Pacific

Cebu Air, Inc., operating as Cebu Pacific (stylized in lowercase), is a Philippine low-cost airline based at Pasay in Metro Manila.

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Cebu Strait

Cebu Strait (Tagalog: Kipot ng Cebú; also Bohol Strait) is a strait in the Central Visayas region in the Philippines.

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Cebuano language

Cebuano on Merriam-Webster.com is an Austronesian language spoken in the southern Philippines.

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Cebuano people

The Cebuano people (Mga Sugbuanon) are the largest subgroup of the larger ethnolinguistic group Visayans, who constitute the largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group in the country. Central Visayas and Cebuano people are Visayas.

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Chocolate Hills

The Chocolate Hills (Mga Bungtod sa Tsokolate, Mga Tsokolateng Burol or Mga Burol na Tsokolate) are a geological formation in the Bohol province of the Philippines.

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Cities of the Philippines

A city (lungsod / siyudad / lunsod) is one of the units of local government in the Philippines.

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CNN Philippines

CNN Philippines was a Philippine free-to-air television network owned and operated by Nine Media Corporation, together with Radio Philippines Network (RPN), under license from Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific.

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Danao, Cebu

Danao, officially the City of Danao (Dakbayan sa Danao; Dakbanwa sang Danao; Lungsod ng Danao), is a 3rd class component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines.

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Eastern Visayas

Eastern Visayas (Sinirangan Kabisay-an; Sidlakang Kabisay-an; Silangang Kabisayaan or Silangang Visayas) is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region VIII. Central Visayas and Eastern Visayas are regions of the Philippines and Visayas.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Erico Aristotle Aumentado

Erico Aristotle Cabagnot Aumentado (born December 29, 1977), also known in Bohol as Aris, is a Filipino businessman and politician.

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Ferdinand Marcos

--> Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, dictator and kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.

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GMA Network

GMA Network (an acronym of its legal name Global Media Arts or simply GMA) is a Philippine commercial free-to-air television and radio network, serving as the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network Inc. The network is headquartered in the GMA Network Center in Quezon City and its transmitter, Tower of Power, is located at Tandang Sora Avenue, Barangay Culiat also in Quezon City with regional stations and offices strategically located in over 12 major cities across the country including Dagupan, Naga, Bacolod, Iloilo, Cebu and Davao.

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Gwendolyn Garcia

Gwendolyn Fiel Garcia-Codilla (born October 12, 1955) is a Filipina politician serving as the governor of Cebu since 2019, a position she previously held from 2004 and 2013—being the first woman to hold that office.

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High-speed craft

A high-speed craft (HSC) is a high-speed water vessel for civilian use, also called a fastcraft or fast ferry.

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Hilario Davide III

Hilario "Junjun" Perez Davide III (born August 25, 1964) is a Filipino politician and lawyer who is the incumbent vice governor of Cebu.

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House of Representatives of the Philippines

The House of Representatives of the Philippines (Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas; Kamara from the Spanish word cámara, meaning "chamber") is the lower house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate of the Philippines as the upper house.

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Human Development Index

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.

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Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation

Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network based in Quezon City.

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Island groups of the Philippines

The Philippines is divided into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Central Visayas and island groups of the Philippines are regions of the Philippines.

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Languages of the Philippines

There are some 130 to 195 languages spoken in the Philippines, depending on the method of classification.

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Lapu-Lapu City

Lapu-Lapu City, officially the City of Lapu-Lapu (Dakbayan sa Lapu-Lapu; Dakbanwa sang Lapu-Lapu; Lungsod ng Lapu-Lapu), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines.

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Leyte

Leyte is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines.

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Lingua franca

A lingua franca (for plurals see), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, vehicular language, or link language, is a language systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both of the speakers' native languages.

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List of Philippine provinces and regions by Human Development Index

This is a list of regions and provinces of the Philippines by Human Development Index (HDI) as of 2019.

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List of regions of the Philippines by GDP

This is a list of regions and highly urbanized cities of the Philippines by GDP and GDP per capita according to the data by the Philippine Statistics Authority. Central Visayas and list of regions of the Philippines by GDP are regions of the Philippines.

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Lite Shipping Corporation

Lite Shipping Corporation, is a Cebu City-based shipping line, that operates the Lite Ferries, a brand consisting of a fleet of more than 20 ships.

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Mactan

Mactan is a densely populated island located a few kilometers (~1 mile) east of Cebu Island in the Philippines.

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Mactan–Cebu International Airport

Mactan–Cebu International Airport is an international airport serving Cebu and serves as the main gateway to the Central Visayas region in the Philippines.

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Magellan's Cross Pavilion

Magellan's Cross Pavilion is a stone kiosk in Cebu City, Philippines.

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Mandaue

Mandaue, officially the City of Mandaue (Dakbayan sa Mandaue), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines.

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Metro Cebu

Metropolitan Cebu, or simply Metro Cebu, (Kaulohang Sugbo; Kalakhang Cebu), is the main urban center of the province of Cebu in the Philippines.

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Moalboal

Moalboal, officially the Municipality of Moalboal (Lungsod sa Moalboal; Bayan ng Moalboal), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines.

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Montenegro Lines

Montenegro Shipping Lines, Inc. (MSLI) is a Philippine domestic shipping line based at Batangas City, Philippines.

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Municipalities of the Philippines

A municipality (bayan / munisipalidad / munisipyo / puweblo; bayan; banwa; lungsod; baley; balen / balayan; banwaan; bungto; ili) is a local government unit (LGU) in the Philippines.

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Naga, Cebu

Naga, officially the City of Naga (Dakbayan sa Naga; Dakbanwa sang Naga; Lungsod ng Naga), is a 3rd class component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines.

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Negros

Negros, is the fourth largest and third most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of.

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Negros Island Region

The Negros Island Region (NIR). Central Visayas and Negros Island Region are regions of the Philippines and Visayas.

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Negros Occidental

Negros Occidental (Nakatungdang Negros; Kanlurang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Occidental (Kapuoran sang Nakatungdang Negros; Lalawigan ng Kanlurang Negros), is a province in the Philippines located in the Negros Island Region.

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Negros Oriental

Negros Oriental (Sidlakang Negros; Silangang Negros), officially the Province of Negros Oriental (Lalawigan sa Sidlakang Negros; Lalawigan ng Silangang Negros), is a province in the Philippines located in the Negros Island Region.

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Northern Mindanao

Northern Mindanao (Amihanang Mindanao; Maranao: Pangotaraan Mindanao; Hilagang Mindanao) is an administrative region in the Philippines, designated as Region X. It comprises five provinces: Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, and Lanao del Norte, and two cities classified as highly urbanized, all occupying the north-central part of Mindanao island, and the island-province of Camiguin. Central Visayas and Northern Mindanao are regions of the Philippines.

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Ocean Fast Ferries

OceanJet Fast Ferries, Inc. is a wholly owned Filipino corporation that operates high-speed crafts commonly known as OceanJet, serving destinations in the Visayas, Luzon region in the Philippines.

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Official Gazette (Philippines)

The Official Gazette, which is printed by the National Printing Office (NPO), is the public journal and main publication of the government of the Philippines.

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Panglao Island

Panglao is an island in the north Bohol Sea, located in the Central Visayas region of the Visayas island group, in the south-central Philippines.

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People's Television Network

People's Television Network (Pambansang TV; abbreviated PTV) is the flagship state broadcaster owned by the Government of the Philippines.

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Philippine Airlines

Philippine Airlines (PAL) is the flag carrier of the Philippines.

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Philippine peso

The Philippine peso, also referred to by its Filipino name piso (Philippine English:,, plural pesos; piso; sign: ₱; code: PHP), is the official currency of the Philippines.

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Philippine Standard Time

Philippine Standard Time (PST or PhST; Pamantayang Oras ng Pilipinas), also known as Philippine Time (PHT), is the official name for the time zone used in the Philippines.

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The Philippine Statistics Authority (Pangasiwaan ng Estadistika ng Pilipinas; PSA) is the central statistical authority of the Philippine government that collects, compiles, analyzes, and publishes statistical information on economic, social, demographic, political affairs, and general affairs of the people of the Philippines, as well as enforcing the civil registration functions in the country.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.

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Porohanon language

Porohanon is a regional Bisayan language spoken in the Camotes Islands in the province of Cebu in the Philippines.

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Port of Cebu

Port of Cebu (Pantalan sa Sugbo) is a seaport located in Cebu City, Philippines.

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Provinces of the Philippines

In the Philippines, provinces (lalawigan or probinsiya) are one of its primary political and administrative divisions.

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Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape

The Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape is a protected landscape area of forested limestone hills, grasslands and natural springs in the island province of Bohol in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines.

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Rappler

Rappler (portmanteau of the words "rap" and "ripple") is a Filipino online news website based in Pasig, Metro Manila, the Philippines.

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Regions of the Philippines

In the Philippines, regions (rehiyon; ISO 3166-2:PH) are administrative divisions that primarily serve to coordinate planning and organize national government services across multiple local government units (LGUs).

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Rodrigo Duterte

Rodrigo Roa Duterte (born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022.

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Roll-on/roll-off

Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter.

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Santander, Cebu

Santander, officially the Municipality of Santander (Lungsod sa Santander; Bayan ng Santander), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines.

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Siquijor

Siquijor, officially the Province of Siquijor (Lalawigan sa Siquijor; Lalawigan ng Siquijor), is a Philippine island province (the third smallest in the country, in terms of population and land area) located within the Negros Island Region.

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SunStar Cebu

SunStar Cebu, formerly stylized as Sun•Star Cebu (formerly Sun•Star Daily), is a community newspaper in Cebu City, the Philippines.

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Supercat Fast Ferry Corporation

The SuperCat Fast Ferry Corporation, commonly known as SuperCat, is a shipping company that operates a fleet of high-speed catamarans (HSC) in the Philippines.

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Tañon Strait

The Tañon Strait (Kipot ng Tañon) is a body of water, separating the islands of Negros and Cebu in the Visayas, Philippines.

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Tagalog language

Tagalog (Baybayin) is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by the ethnic Tagalog people, who make up a quarter of the population of the Philippines, and as a second language by the majority.

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Tagbilaran

Tagbilaran, officially the City of Tagbilaran (Dakbayan sa Tagbilaran; Dakbanwa sang Tagbilaran; Lungsod ng Tagbilaran), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province of Bohol, Philippines.

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Talisay, Cebu

Talisay, officially the City of Talisay (Dakbayan sa Talisay; Dakbanwa sang Talisay; Lungsod ng Talisay), is a 3rd class component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines.

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The Freeman (newspaper)

The Freeman is a daily English-language newspaper published in Cebu, Philippines.

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Toledo, Cebu

Toledo, officially the City of Toledo (Dakbayan sa Toledo; Dakbanwa sang Toledo; Lungsod ng Toledo), is a 3rd class component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines.

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TV5 (Philippine TV network)

TV5 (also known as 5 and formerly known as ABC) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network based in Mandaluyong, with alternate studios located in Novaliches, Quezon City.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Visayas

Also known as Central Visayas Region, Region 7 Philippines, Rehiyon ng Gitnang Bisaya.

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Central Visayas, the Glossary

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See also

Regions of the Philippines

Visayas

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