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Welcome to the Philippines Portal / Maligayang pagdating sa Portal ng Pilipinas

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. With a population of over 110 million, it is the world's twelfth-most-populous country.

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 has diverse ethnicities and a rich culture. 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. 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 the explorer Ferdinand Magellan 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. Catholicism 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. Since then, the country notably experienced a period of martial law from 1972 to 1981 under the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos and his subsequent overthrow by the People Power Revolution in 1986. Since returning to democracy, the constitution of the Fifth Republic was enacted in 1987, and the country has been governed as a unitary presidential republic. However, the country continues to struggle with issues such as overpopulation, inequality and endemic corruption.

The Philippines is an emerging market and a developing and newly industrialized country, whose economy is transitioning from being agricultural to service- and manufacturing-centered. 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. The country is part of multiple international organizations and forums. (Full article...)

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Manila skyline viewed from Intramuros

Manila (/məˈnɪlə/ mə-NIL-ə; Filipino: Maynila), officially the City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), is the capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines, after Quezon City. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is classified as a highly urbanized city. Manila is the world's most densely populated city proper,^[1] with 43,611.5 inhabitants per square kilometer (112,953/sq mi) and a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020;^[1] it is also the historic core of a built-up area that extends well beyond its administrative limits and includes some 24 million people. Manila was the first chartered city in the country, designated by Philippine Commission Act No. 183 on July 31, 1901. It became autonomous with the passage of Republic Act No. 409, "The Revised Charter of the City of Manila", on June 18, 1949. Manila is considered to be part of the world's original set of global cities because its commercial networks were the first to extend across the Pacific Ocean and connect Asia with the Spanish Americas through the galleon trade. This marked the first time an uninterrupted chain of trade routes circling the planet had been established.

By 1258, a Tagalog-fortified polity called Maynila existed on the site of modern Manila. On June 24, 1571, after the defeat of the polity's last indigenous ruler, Rajah Sulayman, in the Battle of Bangkusay, Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi began constructing the walled fortification of Intramuros on the ruins of an older settlement from whose name the Spanish and English name Manila derives. Manila was used as the capital of the captaincy general of the Spanish East Indies, which included the Marianas, Guam, and other islands, and was controlled and administered for the Spanish crown by Mexico City in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. (Full article...)

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... that Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos bought New York City's Crown Building because of a tearful plea?
... that Angeline Quinto has recorded songs for at least 35 films and television soundtracks in the Philippines?
... 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?
... that the Filipino musician No Rome took his stage name from people doubting his career choice?
... that Angeline Quinto became the first Filipino singer to release a soundtrack album for a television series that featured a single artist?
... that the first ambassador at the Philippine embassy in Manama would later be injured in the 2000 bombing of the Philippine embassy in Jakarta?
... that VMB-611 was the only United States Marine Corps bombing squadron to operate in the Philippines during World War II?
... that Filipino violinist Gilopez Kabayao was nicknamed the "Mozart to the Barrios"?

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

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Renato Tereso Antonio Coronado Corona (October 15, 1948 – April 29, 2016) was a Filipino judge who was the 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2010 to 2012. He served as an associate justice after being appointed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on April 9, 2002, and later as Chief Justice on May 12, 2010, upon the retirement of Chief Justice Reynato Puno.

Corona was previously a law professor, private law practitioner and member of the Cabinet under former presidents Fidel V. Ramos and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo before being appointed to the high tribunal. (Full article...)

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

In the news

5 February 2025 – Impeachment of Sara Duterte, Impeachment in the Philippines: The House of Representatives of the Philippines formally impeaches Vice President Sara Duterte. The Senate is now set to conduct a trial. (ABS-CBN News) (Bloomberg)
3 February 2025 –: The Philippines declares a food security emergency on rice due to rising prices. (Reuters)
31 January 2025 – 2025 Philippine espionage case, Territorial disputes in the South China Sea: Philippine President Bongbong Marcos states that he is careful of possible surveillance of the country's air and naval bases as well as the movement of vessels supplying Philippine garrisons in the South China Sea following a series of arrests of suspected Chinese spies in the Philippines. (CNA)
31 January 2025 –: Philippine National Bureau of Investigation agents arrest 100 people in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, for allegedly running an online scam operation as offshore gaming operators are banned in the country. (Arab News)
22 January 2025 – Moro conflict: Militants from an offshoot branch of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front open fire against a United Nations livelihood project in Sumisip, Basilan, Philippines, killing two soldiers and wounding 12 others. (AP)

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...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?