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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 roughly 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. (Full article...)

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The University of the Philippines (UP; Filipino: Unibersidad ng Pilipinas) is a state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university, as mandated by Republic Act No. 9500 (UP Charter of 2008), giving it institutional autonomy.

Originally founded by the American occupational government on June 18, 1908, it was established through the ratification of Act No. 1870 of the 1st Philippine Legislature to serve as an "advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, and to give professional and technical training" to eligible students regardless of "age, sex, nationality, religious belief and political affiliation." (Full article...)

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... that a former teacher in the Philippines became a Robin Hood–like outlaw?
... that the flagbearer for the Philippines at the 1924 Summer Olympics also carried a flag of the United States?
... that Judy Ann Santos received the Box Office Queen award for starring in Isusumbong Kita sa Tatay Ko, the first Filipino film to earn 100 million pesos at the box office?
... that the Counterintelligence Group was disbanded because the unit was deemed successful in the "neutralization and prosecution of scalawags" in the Armed Forces of the Philippines?
... that former Philippine secretary of national defense Norberto Gonzales said that a Chinese invasion was "not unthinkable"?
... that the embassy of the Philippines in Bucharest is the country's first mission in the Eastern Bloc?
... that three songs from Kyla's album Not Your Ordinary Girl were nominated in the same category at the 2005 Awit Awards?
... that in the history of fisheries in the Philippines, the once-dominant local municipal fisheries were supplanted first by commercial fisheries, and then by aquaculture?

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

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Doña Marcela Mariño de Agoncillo (née Mariño y Coronel; June 24, 1859 – May 30, 1946) was a Filipina who was the principal seamstress of the first and official flag of the Philippines, gaining her the title of "The Mother of the Philippine Flag."

Marcela Coronel Mariño was the daughter of Don Francisco Diokno Mariño and Doña Eugenia Coronel Mariño, a rich family in her hometown of Taal, Batangas. She finished her studies at Santa Catalina College, Marcela acquired her learning in music and feminine crafts. At the age of 30, Marcela Coronel Mariño married Felipe Encarnacion Agoncillo, a Filipino lawyer, and a jurist, and gave birth to six children. Her marriage led an important role in Philippine history. When her husband was exiled in Hong Kong during the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution, Marcela Mariño Agoncillo and the rest of the family joined him and temporarily resided there to avoid the anti-Filipino hostilities of the occupying Spain. While in Hong Kong, General Emilio Aguinaldo requested her to sew the flag that would represent the Republic of the Philippines. Doña Marcela Mariño de Agoncillo, with her eldest daughter Lorenza and a friend Delfina Herbosa de Natividad, niece of Dr. Jose Rizal, manually sewed the flag in accordance with General Emilio Aguinaldo's design which later became the official flag of the Republic of the Philippines. (Full article...)

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Image 1Parol (Christmas lanterns) being sold during the Christmas season (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 2Carabao is a major symbol of Filipinos hard labor. And is known to be the "Filipino farmer's bestfriend". (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 3Filipino traditional dance at a festival (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 4Mila del Sol starred in one of the earliest Filipino movies, Giliw Ko (1939), along with Fernando Poe Sr. (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 5Letras y figuras painting by Jose Honorato Lozano (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 6Paoay Church in Ilocos Norte (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 7Museum Agrifina Circle (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 8Original image of the Santo Niño de Cebú. (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 9A grandmaster of Arnis. (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 10Aguinaldo Shrine in Cavite (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 11Villa Escudero exhibit depicting 19th century Filipino family in traditional attire (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 12An Itneg shaman offering pigs to anito spirits, 1922 (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 13Cockfight (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 14Filipina in traditional attire (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 15Harana (serenade) (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 16Pineapple fiber is used to create traditional Philippine garments. (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 17Bahay na bato, a traditional Filipino house (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 18A Tboli woman weaving t'nalak from South Cotabato. (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 19Loboc Church in Bohol (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 20Kalesa, a traditional Philippine urban transportation, in front of Manila Cathedral entrance (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 21Manny Pacquiao, the only 8-division world boxing champion in history. (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 22Vega Ancestral House, Misamis Oriental (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 23A performer depicting a babaylan (shaman) (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 24The Kutkut art from Samar (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 25Tortoise-shell and silver Salakot (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 26Dominant ethnic groups by province. (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 27Old Senate Hall with Estilo Tampinco style of carving and ornamentation (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 28Good Friday observance in Pampanga (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 29Vigan City in Ilocos Sur (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 30A PBA game at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 31Noli Me Tángere (novel) (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 32Sungka, a traditional Filipino game. (from Culture of the Philippines)
Image 33The University of Santo Tomas, located in Manila, was established in 1611. (from Culture of the Philippines)

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In the news

23 November 2024 –: Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte claims to have spoken with a contract killer to target President Bongbong Marcos, his wife Liza and House Speaker Martin Romualdez in the event of her assassination, which the administration deemed an "active threat" against the government. (ABS-CBN)
22 November 2024 – New People's Army rebellion: Eight New People's Army guerrillas are killed after two separate encounters since yesterday by the Philippine Army in Candoni, Negros Occidental. (The Philippine Star)
20 November 2024 – Capital punishment in Indonesia: Philippine President Bongbong Marcos confirms the return of Mary Jane Veloso to the Philippines following 14 years on death row in Indonesia, after the Indonesian government implemented a policy for the repatriation of foreign prisoners. (South China Morning Post)
17 November 2024 – 2024 Pacific typhoon season: Typhoon Man-yi makes landfall in the Philippines as a Category 4 super typhoon, three days after Typhoon Usagi struck the country and becoming the sixth consecutive storm to affect Luzon in the past month. At least eight people are killed. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
13 November 2024 – International Criminal Court investigation in the Philippines, Philippine drug war: The Philippines says it is bound help the International Criminal Court if the international court seek custody of former President Rodrigo Duterte through Interpol over alleged crimes against humanity committed during the Philippine drug war. (AP)

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... that pre-colonial sexual customs in the Philippines involved equating the size of a woman's breasts and the wideness of her hips with the price of the dowry?
... that the Philippine Commission on Elections cited the Bible and the Qur'an to disqualify the Ang Ladlad LGBT Party from the 2010 party-list election?
... that sambong (Blumea balsamifera) is a flowering plant, which belongs to the Asteraceae family and is used in the Philippines as a diuretic and treatment for the common cold?
... that with the Philippine Basketball Association's acceptance of Solar Sports' bid to cover the league, the games will be aired again to the network that originally aired the games in the inaugural 1975 season?