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May 19, 1971
Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (or CGIAR) was an important overseeing research organization for the world's food security.
Its mandate was to coordinate international agricultural research efforts aimed at reducing poverty and achieving food security in developing countries.
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is an important research center member.
In 1734
1734
Called "Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Islas Filipinas" or the Murillo Velarde Map is a map of the Philippines first published in Manila in 1734 by Spanish Jesuit cartographer Pedro Murillo Velarde.
It is referred to as the Mother of all Philippine Maps.
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May 19, 1571
Before becoming the Manila Cathedral, secular priest, Juan de Vivero, was sent to establish structures of the Catholic Church in the newly conquered Manila, Philippines. He founded the first Catholic...
May 19, 2021
The Philippines is the 53rd country to accede to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Then-secretary of the Department Foreign Affairs, Alan Peter Cayetano, signed the treaty effe...
May 21, 1962
President Diosdado Macapagal swore in Alejandro R. Roces, who had been reappointed secretary of education. Also reappointed were Fernando E. V. Sison, as secretary of finance, former Gov. Manuel Cuenc...
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