The Philippines is an archipelago or a group of islands located in the South East
Asia which is geographically located between latitude 4023N and 21025N and longitude 1160E and 1270E. The archipelago is composed of about 7,100 islands. The largest island is Luzon followed by Mindanao. The Philippines is divided into 17 political-linguistic regions. There are 79 provinces all in all. Each province is administered by a provincial government headed by the governor. There are 117 cities and 1,500 municipalities. The cities and municipalities are further subdivided into smaller political units called barangays. The term barangay is derived from balangay which originally refer to boats used by earlier
settlers in the archipelago. There are 41,975 barangays. Moreover, each barangay is headed by a barangay captain.
The Philippines is sometimes referred to as the "Pearl of the Orient" taking into account its rich natural resources and vast territorial sea. The Philippine Archipelago was the only Asian colony of the United States of America. The Philippines was a co
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There was a time when I was spending a vacation in Cebu, one of the islands of Philippines, when I chanced upon a dish with a familiar meat on top. I asked the waiter, "Is this sausage?" He promptly replied, "No, that is chorizo, sir." That remark certain
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Do you know a Filipina so great behind the late President Ferdinand Marcos? Let us all meet her. She is no other than the former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos! She was born on July 02, 1929 in Manila. In 1953, she was crowned Miss Manila and a ye
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Festivals are happening all over the world. Perhaps because everyone in this universe loves to celebrate. During a festival, all the people in that place will gather and celebrate. This is the time wherein people unit, promote, and proudly showcase their
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Ever heard of snow forecast? Well, should you be living in a tropical country, let us say the beautiful Philippine archipelago, then you do not have this report included on your news programs. Anyway, a snow forecast is no difference with the rain forecas
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As I have said several times, things are getting weird these days. I am particularly speaking of the oil and fuel resources. Just when we thought that we can depend on the natural sources, here are our scientists who are painstakingly conducting researche
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Last February, the entire Philippine nation celebrated the 20th anniversary of the so-called EDSA Revolution or referred to as the People Power Revolution and the Philippine Revolution of 1986. It was mostly a non-violent mass demonstration in the Philipp
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