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The
Philippines , officially the Republic of the Philippines , is an
archipelagic country in
Southeast Asia . In the western
Pacific Ocean , it consists of
7,641 islands , with a total area of 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in
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 south. It shares
maritime borders with
Taiwan to the north,
Japan to the northeast,
Palau to the east and southeast,
Indonesia to the south,
Malaysia to the southwest,
Vietnam to the west, and
China to the northwest. It is the world's
twelfth-most-populous country , with diverse
ethnicities and
cultures .
Manila is
the country's capital , and
its most populated city is
Quezon City . Both are within
Metro Manila .
Negritos , the archipelago's earliest inhabitants, were followed by
waves of
Austronesian peoples . The adoption of
animism ,
Hinduism with
Buddhist influence, and
Islam established
island-kingdoms ruled by
datus ,
rajas , and
sultans . Extensive overseas trade with neighbors such as the late
Tang or
Song empire brought
Chinese people to the archipelago as well, which would also gradually settle in and
intermix over the centuries. The arrival of
Ferdinand Magellan , a
Portuguese explorer leading a fleet for
Castile , marked the beginning of
Spanish colonization . In 1543, Spanish explorer
Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of
King Philip II of Castile . Spanish colonization via
New Spain , beginning in 1565, led to the Philippines becoming ruled by the Crown of Castile, as part of the
Spanish Empire , for more than 300 years.
Catholic
Christianity became the dominant religion, and Manila became the western hub of
trans-Pacific trade .
Hispanic immigrants from
Latin America and
Iberia would also selectively colonize. The
Philippine Revolution began in 1896, and became entwined with the 1898
Spanish–American War . Spain ceded the territory to the United States, and
Filipino revolutionaries declared the
First Philippine Republic . The ensuing
Philippine–American War ended with the United States controlling the territory until the
Japanese invasion of the islands during
World War II . After
the United States retook the Philippines from the Japanese , the Philippines became independent in 1946. The country has had a tumultuous experience with democracy, which included the overthrow of
a decades-long dictatorship in
a nonviolent revolution .
The Philippines is an
emerging market and a
newly industrialized country , whose economy is transitioning from being agricultural to service- and manufacturing-centered. It is a founding member of the
United Nations , the
World Trade Organization ,
ASEAN , the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and the
East Asia Summit ; it is a member of the
Non-Aligned Movement and a
major non-NATO ally of the United States. Its location as an island country on the Pacific
Ring of Fire and close to the equator makes it prone to
earthquakes and
typhoons . The Philippines has a variety of natural resources and a globally-significant
level of biodiversity . (
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Vicente Castelo Sotto III (Tagalog pronunciation:
[ˈsɔtɔ] ; born August 24, 1948), professionally known as
Tito Sotto and also known as Tito Sen , is a Filipino politician, entertainer and athlete who served as
Senate President from 2018 to 2022. Before that, he had two stints each as
Senate Majority Leader and
Senate Minority Leader . He served a total of four terms in the
Senate : 1992 to 2004 and 2010 to 2022, tying the record for the longest-serving Senator with
Lorenzo Tañada and
Franklin Drilon . In between his stints in the Senate, he led the
Dangerous Drugs Board for a year. He became the Vice Mayor of
Quezon City from 1988 to 1992, and later unsuccessfully ran for vice president in the
2022 elections as
Panfilo Lacson 's running mate.
Beyond politics, Sotto is an accomplished songwriter, known for founding the iconic musical group
VST & Co. alongside his brothers
Vic and
Val Sotto , which is considered one of the best Filipino bands of all-time and the "pioneer of the
Manila sound ". (
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List of selected biographies
The following are images from various Philippines-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 2 Filipino traditional dance at a festival (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 3
Tortoise -shell and silver Salakot (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 8
Parol (Christmas lanterns) being sold during the Christmas season (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 9 Villa Escudero exhibit depicting 19th century Filipino family in traditional attire (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 12 A grandmaster of
Arnis . (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 14
Bahay na bato , a traditional Filipino house (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 17 Old Senate Hall with
Estilo Tampinco style of carving and ornamentation (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 19
Kalesa , a traditional Philippine urban transportation, in front of
Manila Cathedral entrance (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 20 Dominant ethnic groups by province. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 21
Mila del Sol starred in one of the earliest Filipino movies,
Giliw Ko (1939), along with
Fernando Poe Sr. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 22 The Kutkut art from Samar (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 23 An
Itneg shaman offering pigs to
anito spirits, 1922 (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 24
Sungka , a traditional Filipino game. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 30
Manny Pacquiao , the only
8-division world boxing champion in history. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 32 Pineapple fiber is used to create traditional Philippine garments. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 33 A performer depicting a
babaylan (shaman) (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 34 The
University of Santo Tomas , located in
Manila , was established in 1611. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 35 Filipina in traditional attire (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 36 Carabao is a major symbol of Filipinos hard labor. And is known to be the "Filipino farmer's bestfriend". (from
Culture of the Philippines )
28 June 2024 –
New People's Army rebellion
Philippine troops kill at least 10 suspected communist guerrillas, including three commanders, near a village in
Pantabangan ,
Nueva Ecija .
(ABC News)
24 June 2024 –
Philippine drug war
Trial courts in
Metro Manila ,
Philippines , dismiss the remaining charges filed against former
senator
Leila de Lima during the
presidency of Rodrigo Duterte , including the last of the three involving her alleged
conspiracy in
the illegal drug trade , as well as another on her disobedience to a
summons for a
House hearing.
(BBC News)
20 June 2024 –
ChinaAngVirus disinformation campaign
Congress of the Philippines lawmakers pursue an investigation into a U.S. military social media disinformation operation to discredit
Chinese
COVID-19 vaccines to
Filipinos to determine the damages caused, international law infringements, and possible legal action.
(Reuters)
14 June 2024 –
COVID-19 misinformation by governments
Reuters releases a report that alleges that the United States military conducted a clandestine online campaign, ordered by the
Trump administration in 2020 and ended by the
Biden administration in 2021, to discredit the
CoronaVac vaccine of China-based manufacturer
Sinovac Biotech in the
Philippines and other developing countries.
(Reuters)
6 June 2024 –
Six fishermen are killed and one is critically injured after a boat's engine exploded and caught the wooden hull on fire off the coast of
Naga in
the Philippines .
(AP)
...that
José Rizal was a
polyglot who mastered 22 languages including
Catalan , Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin,
Malay ,
Sanskrit , Spanish,
Tagalog , and other
Philippine languages ?
...that
Enrique of Malacca (aka Henry the Black ), the interpreter of
Ferdinand Magellan , may be historically significant as the first person to circumnavigate the world?
...that
Malacañang Palace comes from a
Tagalog phrase May lakan diyan , which means "there is a rich man there" for it was once the home of a wealthy Spanish merchant before it hosted the nation's
chief executive ?
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