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The Philippines (/ˈfɪlɪpiːnz/ (listen); Filipino: Pilipinas [ˌpɪlɪˈpinɐs] or Filipinas [fɪlɪˈpinɐs]), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas), is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean, and consists of about 7,640 islands, that are broadly categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The Philippines is bounded by the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to the southwest, and shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Palau to the east and southeast, Indonesia to the south, Malaysia and Brunei to the southwest, Vietnam to the west, and China to the northwest. The Philippines covers an area of 300,000 km² (120,000 sq mi) and, , had a population of around 109 million people, making it the world's twelfth-most populous country. The Philippines is a multinational state, with diverse ethnicities and cultures throughout its islands. Manila is the nation's capital, while the largest city is Quezon City, both lying within the urban area of Metro Manila.

Negritos, some of the archipelago's earliest inhabitants, were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples. The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer leading a fleet for Spain, marked the beginning of Spanish colonization. In 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain. Spanish settlement, beginning in 1565, led to the Philippines becoming part of the Spanish Empire for more than 300 years. During this time, Catholicism became the dominant religion, and Manila became the western hub of trans-Pacific trade. In 1896, the Philippine Revolution began, which then became entwined with the 1898 Spanish–American War. Spain ceded the territory to the United States, while Filipino rebels declared the First Philippine Republic. The ensuing Philippine–American War ended with the United States establishing control over the territory, which they maintained until the Japanese invasion of the islands during World War II. Following liberation, the Philippines became independent in 1946. Since then, the unitary sovereign state has often had a tumultuous experience with democracy, which included the overthrow of a dictatorship by the People Power Revolution.

It is considered to be an emerging market and a newly industrialized country, which has an economy transitioning from being based on agriculture to being based more on services and manufacturing. The Philippines is a founding member of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and the East Asia Summit. The Philippines' position as an island country on the Pacific Ring of Fire and close to the equator makes the country prone to earthquakes and typhoons. The country has a variety of natural resources and a globally significant level of biodiversity. This low-lying island geography makes the country vulnerable to climate change, increasing risk from typhoons and sea level rise. (Full article...)

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The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution or the February Revolution, was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in Metro Manila, from February 22–25, 1986. There was a sustained campaign of civil resistance against regime violence and electoral fraud. The nonviolent revolution led to the departure of Ferdinand Marcos, the end of his 20-year presidential term and the restoration of democracy in the Philippines.

It is also referred to as the Yellow Revolution due to the presence of yellow ribbons during demonstrations (in reference to the Tony Orlando and Dawn song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree") following the assassination of Filipino senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. in August 1983 upon his return to the Philippines from exile. It was widely seen as a victory of the people against two decades of presidential rule by President Marcos, and made news headlines as "the revolution that surprised the world". (Full article...)

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... that extensive disturbances in the crust beneath the Philippines produce many volcanoes and earthquakes?
... that the Isla dela Victoria resort and casino under construction in Kawit Island, Cebu City, Philippines, is named for a city officer murdered for his role in the fight against illegal fishing?
... that a 1945 ordinance by the Cebu City Council was the first to regulate cockfighting venues in the Philippines?

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Image 1A map of the Philippines showing the location of all the regions and provinces
Image 2A skyline view of Manila
Image 3The Bangui Wind Farm is a wind farm in Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Philippines
Image 4A view at Francisco Bangoy International Airport, 2019
Image 5A view of Barlas Island, Honda Bay, Palawan, Philippines
Image 6A leaning belfry of St. Andrew Church, in Bacarra town, province of Ilocos Norte
Image 7Banaue, Philippines: A man of the fugao tribe in traditional costume
Image 8Picture of a Carabao in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, Philippines
Image 9Banaue, Philippines: a view of Banaue Municipal Town
Image 10Shipping on the Pasig River, 1899
Image 11A selection of dishes found in Filipino cuisine

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Janina San Miguel at Binibining Pilipinas 2008

Janina Miller San Miguel (born November 14, 1990) is a Filipino beauty queen who was crowned Binibining Pilipinas World at the Binibining Pilipinas 2008 beauty pageant. She gained notoriety for her performance in the pageant's question and answer portion, where she lost her composure and gave an unfocused and rambling response with a thick accent. A video of the incident has garnered millions of views on websites such as YouTube.

San Miguel resigned from her title in September 2008, citing personal reasons including the death of her grandfather. The title was transferred to 1st Runner-up, Danielle Castaño, who went on to represent the country at the Miss World 2008 pageant. (Full article...)

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Rodrigo Duterte Benigno Aquino III José Rizal Benigno Aquino Jr. Ferdinand Marcos Joey Santiago Marcela Agoncillo Larry Itliong Hermano Pule Manny Pacquiao Whang-od Prospero Nograles Andres Bonifacio

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Image 1Japanese Army Tankettes in Manila, Philippines 1942
Panderetas dance
Image 3A statue showing the traditional pagmamano gesture, which is a sign of respect to the elderly and request a blessing from them.
Image 4Rodrigo Duterte, current President of the Philippines.
Image 5Escolta, Manila in 1899
Image 6American troops guarding the bridge over the River Pasig on the afternoon of the surrender. From Harper's Pictorial History of the War with Spain, Vol. II, published by Harper and Brothers in 1899.
Image 7Asia in 200 BC, showing the Sa Huỳnh culture in Mainland Southeast Asia and the Philippines in transition.
Image 8A Filipino Lechon.
Image 9Paoay Church in Ilocos Norte
Image 10William Howard Taft addressing the audience at the Philippine Assembly.
Image 11Maria Clara gown
Image 12Loboc Church in Bohol
Image 13The Butuan Ivory Seal, displayed at the National Museum of the Philippines. The Kawi script lettering says "But-wan" and the smaller lettering (similar to Baybayin) says "Bu-wa" (diacritics for the "Wan/Ban" in Kawi and "Bu/Ba" in the smaller letters have worn off).
Image 14An early flag of the Filipino revolutionaries.
Image 15Piloncitos, a type of gold nugget with Baybayin Ma characters which could be a symbol for the nation of Ma-i. Used as one of the early currencies along with gold rings
Image 16Miguel López de Legazpi
Image 17An Itneg shaman offering pigs to anito spirits, 1922.
Image 18Tranvia in Manila during American Era
Image 19Pahiyas Festival in Lucban Quezon
Image 20La Paz Batchoy is a noodle soup made with pork organs, crushed pork cracklings, chicken stock and beef loin.
Image 21Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, Leyte
Image 22The University of Santo Tomas, located in Manila, was established in 1611.
Image 23The Flag of the United States of America is lowered while the Flag of the Philippines is raised during the Independence Day ceremonies on July 4, 1946
Image 24The Cross of Burgundy served as the flag of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (1535–1821)
Image 25Plaza Santo Tomas in Intramuros, Manila; where the Santo Domingo Church, Colegio de Santa Rosa and the original University of Santo Tomas were built during the Spanish era.
Image 26Leyte Landing of General Douglas MacArthur to liberate the Philippines from the Empire of Japan
Image 27Wife of José Rizal, wearing Maria Clara gown
Image 28Metal lingling-o earrings from Luzon.
Image 29Imelda Marcos
Image 30A performer depicting a babaylan (shaman).
Image 31Manila, Philippines, ca.1900s
Image 32Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippines in 1521.
Image 33Mila del Sol starred in one of the earliest Filipino movies, Giliw Ko (1939), along with Fernando Poe Sr.
Image 34The Butuan Silver Paleograph excavated from the 1970s in Butuan inside of a wooden coffin. (c. 14th–15th century).
Image 35Tampuhan by Juan Luna.
Image 36Andrés Bonifacio, father of the Philippine Revolution.
Image 37Kalesa, a traditional Philippine urban transportation in front of Manila Cathedral entrance.
Image 38The Sinulog Festival is held to commemorate the Santo Niño
Image 39The Laguna Copperplate Inscription, c. 900 CE. The oldest known historical record found in the Philippines, which indirectly refers to the polity of Tondo
Image 40Carlos P. Garcia, president of the Philippines from 1957 until 1961.
Image 41Santa Lucia Gate, Intramuros, Manila
Image 42President Emilio Aguinaldo boarding the USS Vicksburg after his capture by American forces.
Image 43Flores de Mayo
Image 441734 Spanish Chart of the Philippine Islands
Image 45Bahay na bato, a typical Filipino urban house during the colonial era
Image 46President Joseph Estrada
Image 47With Manila's Filipino-Hispanic roots, Daniel Burnham's urban planning of the city and its government buildings was part of the City Beautiful Movement and in the style of Neoclassical architecture, with Burnham saying Manila had "the bay of Naples, the winding river of Paris, and the canals of Venice". It produced examples such as the Manila Central Post Office and Jones Bridge, circa 1930s.
Image 48Vigan City in Ilocos Sur
Image 49Manila, c. 1826
Image 50The landing of the Spanish expedition to Sulu by Antonio Brugada.
Image 51Monument in Lapu-Lapu, Philippines
Image 52Good Friday observance in Pampanga
Image 53The leaders of the SEATO nations in front of the Congress Building in Manila, hosted by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on October 24, 1966. (L-R:) Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky (South Vietnam), Prime Minister Harold Holt (Australia), President Park Chung-hee (South Korea), President Ferdinand Marcos (Philippines), Prime Minister Keith Holyoake (New Zealand), Lt. Gen. Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (South Vietnam), Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn (Thailand), President Lyndon B. Johnson (United States)
Image 54A Tboli woman weaving t'nalak from South Cotabato.
Image 55Manny Pacquiao, the only 8-division world boxing champion in history.
Image 56Luksong baka
Image 57Liliw Church in Laguna
Image 58Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon
Image 59Sungka, a traditional Filipino game.
Original image of the Santo Niño de Cebú.
Image 61The sketch of the Plaza de Roma Manila by Fernando Brambila, a member of the Malaspina Expedition during their stop in Manila in 1792.
Noli Me Tángere (novel)
Image 631898 political cartoon showing U.S. President McKinley with a native child. Here, returning the Philippines to Spain is compared to throwing the child off a cliff.
Image 64The MassKara Festival of Bacolod.
Image 65President-elect Diosdado Macapagal departs his mother-in-law's home, his family in tow, for the Malacañang Palace on the day of his inauguration.
Image 66Corazon Aquino, widow of the assassinated opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr., takes the Oath of Office on February 25, 1986
Image 67Coat of arms of Manila were at the corners of the Cross of Burgundy in the Spanish-Filipino battle standard.
Image 68The kut-kut art from Samar.
Image 69Aguinaldo Shrine in Cavite
Image 70A grandmaster of Arnis.
Image 71Current logo for the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property
Image 72The official flag of the Royal Sultanate of Sulu under the guidance of Ampun Sultan Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram of Sulu.
Image 73A late 17th-century manuscript by Gaspar de San Agustin from the Archive of the Indies, depicting López de Legazpi's conquest of the Philippines
Image 74Docking station and entrance to the Tabon Cave Complex Site in Palawan, where one of the oldest human remains was located.
Image 75Mount Pinatubo erupted in 1991.
Image 76President and Mrs. Magsaysay with Eleanor Roosevelt at the Malacañang Palace.
Image 77Bonifacio Global City, Metro Manila
Image 78Filipino casualties on the first day of war
Image 79The Ifugao/Igorot people utilized wet-rice terrace farming in the steep mountainous regions of northern Philippines about 400 years ago to avoid Spanish conquest in the lowlands.
Image 80Colonel Nobuhiko Jimbo and Manuel Roxas began and ended the conflict on opposite sides.
Image 81Colonial houses of the Philippines
Image 82Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon with United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C.
Image 83A PBA game at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Image 84A map of the territories under the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
Image 85Manila Cathedral
Image 86Parol (Christmas lanterns) being sold during the Christmas season
Image 87Manuel Luis Quezon, (center), with representatives from the Philippine Independence Mission
Image 88Okada Manila
Image 89Bahay na bato is a traditional Filipino house.
Image 90Fort Santiago Postern of Our Lady of Solitude, Manila, through which on October 5, 1762, Lieutenant Governor Simón de Anda y Salazar escaped the British bombardment during the conquest of Manila.
Image 91As many as 10,000 American and FIlipino soldiers died in the Bataan Death March
Image 92Revolutionaries gather during the Malolos Congress of the Revolutionary Government of the Philippines.
Image 93Poster for Secreto de confesión, the first Philippine film made in the Spanish language
Image 94Holy Rosary Minor Seminary
Image 95Manila circa 1980s
Image 96A Boxer Codex image illustrating the ancient kadatuan or tumao (noble class).
Image 97Victoria Quirino-Gonzalez was the second daughter of Philippine President Elpidio Quirino. Since her father was a widower, she served as First Lady of the Philippines, becoming the youngest bearer of the title at the age of 16.
Image 98The bust of Sultan Muhammad Kudarat of Maguindanao at Rizal Park.
Image 99José Rizal

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11 May 2021 – COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, Lineage B.1.617; The Philippines reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first detected in India in two Filipino seafarers who travelled to Oman and the United Arab Emirates. (CNA)
11 May 2021 –: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signs Presidential Proclamation No. 1143, declaring a state of calamity for one year due to the African swine fever, two years after the disease was reported in the country. (Rappler)
10 May 2021 – COVID-19 pandemic: COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines; The Philippines receives its first shipment of 193,050 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine distributed through the COVAX initiative. (GMA News Online)
8 May 2021 – Moro conflict: More than 200 BIFF militants storm the town of Datu Paglas, Philippines, forcing many residents to evacuate. The town's market is occupied by the fighters, before being reclaimed by the army. (Al Jazeera)

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