Nicknamed “break-bone fever” for its severe muscle aches and fevers, dengue is the fastest-spreading, mosquito-borne disease in the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 50 – 100 million people are infected annually, with half a million hospitalized with Dengue …
Month: October 2022
The La Torta Festival
The La Torta Festival, which replaced the Pitlagong Festival in 2011, is the municipality’s local food festival in honor of St Michael the Archangel, the patron saint of Argao. La Torta Festival happens every September 28th and 29th to celebrate …
The Berliner Mauer (Berlin Wall)
The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer, pronounced: bɛʁˈliːnɐ ˈmaʊ̯ɐ) was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
Construction of the wall was commenced by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) on August …