User:GerryYabes
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| — Wikipedian ♂ — | |
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| Name | Gerry Yabes |
|---|---|
| Born | October 18, 1983 |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Country | Philippines |
| Current location | Taguig, Metro Manila |
| Languages | Local: International: |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 |
| Current time | Current UTC is 05:24 Tuesday, March 17, 2026 Current time for UTC+8 is 13:24 (Manila) () |
| Ethnicity | Ilocano |
| Handedness | Right |
| Blood type | A+ |
| Hobbies, interests, and beliefs | |
| Religion | MCGI |
| Interests | |
| Contact info | |
| Website | gerryyabes |
| Blog | gerryyabes |
| Account statistics | |
| Joined | November 2, 2005 |
| First edit | November 2, 2005 |
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About me
I am passionate about contributing to Wikipedia by creating and editing articles, particularly those related to the Philippines. My goal is to enrich the platform with accurate and comprehensive information about Filipino culture, history, and notable places, ensuring that English-speaking audiences have access to this knowledge. I believe in the power of collaboration and strive to maintain the highest standards of accuracy and neutrality in every article I contribute to.
Contributions
You may take a look on the list of articles I have contributed since November 2005. I am passionate to contribute to Wikipedia to publish true facts specially about articles related to the Philippines and keeps to improve articles. Also, I am reaching out to local government units in the Philippines to collaborate with available public information that may be use for the improvement of Filipino-related articles. Feel free to reach me via email or through may talk page here.
English Wikipedia
I contribute in the English Wikipedia majority in Philippine-related articles since November 2, 2005. I do a lot of things on Wikipedia by adding information on articles, creating articles, detecting spelling errors, enriching editing, including trivia, fighting vandalism, making lists, nominating deletions, providing sources, removing plagiarism, uploading logos and photos, and verifying citations. List of articles contributed.
Places
These are the places where I visited, lived, including my hometowns and current location.
Current
The current place where I am living, including my voting rights:
- West Rembo, Taguig City, Metro Manila (Since 2021, (formely part of Makati City), worked for Sutherland, Telus Digital, and iOpex Philippines, now working as an independent contractor.)
Hometowns
These places where I consider as my hometowns as I spent significant amount of years completing my education from elementary to college:
- San Enrique, Negros Occidental (where I started my elementary education)
- Ilagan, Isabela (my place of birth, where I completed my education from elementary to college)
- Apalit, Pampanga (where I studied AB Broadcasting as an scholar)
Lived
Places below where I spent few months and years of stay as my place of work were based on these locations:
- Cauayan, Isabela (Talavera Meganorth Holdings)
- Ilagan, Isabela (STI, Fashionista Boutique, MMOJ Enterprises)
- Makati, Metro Manila (West Contact Services)
- Pasig, Metro Manila (HKT Teleservices)
- Quezon, Metro Manila (IBM)
- San Fernando, Pampanga (Riders W.Shop)
Visited
Probably I spent approximately 1–2 days of stay in the following provinces:
- Bataan (Morong)
- Batangas (Lobo, Nasugbo)
- Benguet (Baguio, La Trinidad)
- Bulacan (Calumpit, San Rafael, San Jose del Monte)
- Cagayan (Tuguegarao, Baggao)
- Camarines Sur (Iriga)
- Cavite (Dasmariñas)
- Ifugao (Lamut)
- Ilocos Norte (Pagudpud)
- Ilocos Sur (Candon)
- La Union (San Fernando)
- Laguna (Santa Cruz)
- Nueva Ecija (Cabanatuan)
- Nueva Vizcaya (Solano, Bambang)
- Pangasinan (Rosales)
- Quezon (Tiaong, Pitogo)
- Quirino (Maddela)
- Rizal (Antipolo, Cainta, Taytay, Binangonan, Tanay)
- Tarlac (La Paz)
Things to consider
Projects
Newsfeed
Wikipedia newsfeed
- 16 March 2026 – Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 Iran war
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- Several NATO allies of the United States, including Germany, Italy and Spain rule out sending warships to lift the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz following a request from U.S. president Donald Trump. (Reuters)
- Australia rules out sending warships to lift the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. (Nine News Australia).
- 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says that Iran is not seeking a ceasefire but also called for the war to end. (Iran International)
- 2026 Iranian strikes on the United Arab Emirates
- Iran launches drone attacks on the United Arab Emirates, killing a Palestinian man in Abu Dhabi and forcing the temporary closure of Dubai International Airport. (The Telegraph)
- The Israeli Air Force strikes the Iranian Space Research Center in central Tehran and completely destroys it, saying that it was being used for potential space warfare activities against Israeli satellites. (Iran Wire)
- Kata'ib Hezbollah senior commander Abu Ali al-Askari is killed in an airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq. (Jerusalem Post)
- The U.S. embassy in Baghdad is reportedly attacked by two suicide drones, causing a powerful explosion. (Ynet)
- The Royal Tulip Al Rasheed Hotel in the Green Zone in Baghdad is struck by a drone. (Al Jazeera)
- Hezbollah–Israel conflict
- 2026 Lebanon war
- At least seven people, including four children, are injured by Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks on northern Israel. (The Times of Israel) (The Jerusalem Post)
- The Israeli military's 91st Division launches a ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, expanding a buffer zone along the border. (Israel Hayom) (The Times of Israel)
- At least four members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) are killed and three others are injured in an airstrike on a checkpoint at the entrance to Al-Qa'im, Al Anbar Governorate. A PMF official attributes the strike to the United States. (AFP via LBCI)
- 16 March 2026 – Russo-Ukrainian war
- International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian war, International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The European Union imposes sanctions against nine Russian individuals over their role in the atrocities committed during Russia's occupation of Bucha during the initial 2022 invasion of Ukraine. (Kyiv Post)
- Prisoners of war in the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Kenyan prime cabinet secretary Musalia Mudavadi says that the government has identified two prisoners of war from Kenya that have been detained by authorities in Ukraine after being involved in Russia's special military operations. (The Star Kenya)
- 16 March 2026 – 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict
- 2026 Kabul hospital airstrike
- Afghanistan claims Pakistan carried out an airstrike against a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul, killing over 400 people. Pakistan denies the claim, saying it attacked military installations. (The Washington Post)
- 16 March 2026 –
- Scores of people are killed and injured in bombings at three locations, including the Monday Market and University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. No group has claimed responsibility. (AP)
- 16 March 2026 – 2026 Cuban crisis
- Cuba announces that citizens living abroad will be permitted to invest in and own businesses in the country as the government seeks to expand commercial activity amid an economic crisis. (AFP via Indo Premier)
- 16 March 2026 – 2024–2026 Cuba blackouts
- Cuba reports a nationwide power outage following a total electrical grid collapse. (AP)
- 16 March 2026 –
- Eleven people are killed and ten others are injured in a massive fire at the Srirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Odisha, India. (Hindustan Times)
- A roof collapses at a shop in Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan, killing eight people and injuring more than 50 others. (AP)
- At least four people are killed and four others are injured in a building collapse in Nairobi, Kenya. (CTV News)
- 16 March 2026 – Vaccination policy of the United States
- United States federal judge Brian E. Murphy blocks the implementation of changes to vaccine policy introduced by health and human services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including revisions to the childhood immunization schedule and recommendations issued by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Murphy rules that the measures likely violate required procedures and halts their enforcement pending further legal proceedings. (AFP via France 24)
- 16 March 2026 – International sanctions against Iran
- The European Union imposes sanctions against 16 individuals and three entities for their role in suppressing protests earlier this year. (Shafaq)
- 16 March 2026 – Terrorism in Kuwait
- Kuwaiti authorities arrest 16 people, including two Lebanese nationals, on suspicion of links to Hezbollah and involvement in a planned sabotage operation, with weapons, drones, and communication equipment seized during the operation. (Middle East Eye)
- 16 March 2026 – Discoveries of exoplanets
- A molten ocean is discovered on the exoplanet L 98-59 d, a dwarf star of L 98-59 that orbits a red dwarf star 34-light years away from Earth. (Reuters) (Nature)
- 16 March 2026 – 2025–26 Premier League
- In association football, the Premier League fines Chelsea F.C. £10.75 million and gives them a two-year suspended transfer ban for making secret payments worth £47 million to unregistered agents and third-parties between 2011 and 2018. (BBC Sport)