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The First Tramway
DID YOU
KNOW…
…that the first tramway service in the
Philippines, Compañia de los
Tranvias de Filipinas, was able to
convert its horse-drawn tramway lines to a steam-operated street railway
system with funds provided by El
Banco Español Filipino in 1887?
.
…that these trams served the commuting public
starting in 1888?
.
…that the steam-powered tramway lines were
later replaced by an electric railway system run by the Manila Electric Rail
and Light Company (MERALCO) in 1905?
.
…that in 1886, the colonial government in the
Philippines decided to phase out all Mexican money in circulation in the
islands because they had lower value compared to the coins minted in Manila?
.
…that Spain extended the application of her
Code of Commerce to the Philippines in 1888, making it the first legislation
to deal directly with Philippine banking?
- acid rain - acid rain
- air - hangin
- alive - buhay
- atmosphere - kapaligiran
- balance - balanse
- beings - katauhan
- biodegradable - biodegradable
- black tide - black tide
- carbon dioxide - carbon dioxide
- catalytic converter - catalytic converter
- change - pagbabago
- to clean up - linisin
- climate - klima
- climatic - climatic
- collective - pangkalahatan
- conservation - pangangalaga
- contamination - karumihan
- death - kamatayan
- deforestation - deporestasyon
- to decrease - bawasan
- deterioration - paglubha
- destruction - pagsira
- dry - tuyo
- ecological - pangkapaligiran
- effort - pagsisikap
- emission - emisyon
- environmentalist - dalubhasa ng likas-yaman
- erosion - erosyon
- factor - dahilan
- forest related - may kinalaman sa kagubatan
- future - kinabukasan
- global warming - pag-init ng mundo
- greenhouse effect - epektong greenhouse
- to heal - lunasan
- high - mataas
- humidity - kahalumigmigan
- hydrocarbon - hyrokarbon
- imbalance - hindi balanse
- to increase - dagdagan
- infiltration - paglusot
- layer - suson
- limited - may hangganan
- low - mababa
- to melt - tunawin
- mutation - mutasyon
- nature - kalikasan
- ozone - ozone
- permutation - permutasyon
- pollutant - nagdudulot ng polusyon
- pollution - polusyon
- prevention - pagpigil
- recyclable - magagamit muli
- to regenerate - tubuang muli
- salinization - asinan
- sick - maysakit
- sickness - pagkakasakit
- surface - pabalat
- surrounding - kapaligiran
- survival - panatilihing buhay
- temperature - temperatura
- toxic - nakalalason
- underground - sa ilalim ng lupa
- unfavorable - masama
- vegetation - yamang halaman
- warming - pag-init
- waste - dumi
- to waste the resources - pagsira sa mga pinagkukunang yaman
- water - tubig
- world - mundo