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With a height of 45.72 meters, the “Independence Flagpole,” fronting the Rizal Monument in Luneta, is the tallest in the Philippines. Twice a year, on June 12 and Dec. 30, a huge and impressive ...

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Trump was in town to help kick off the one-year lead-up to the nation’s semiquincentennial, which celebrates the 250 th ...