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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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Jose Maria Canlas Sison (Tagalog: [hoˈse mɐˈɾija kɐnˈlas ˈsisɔn] ; February 8, 1939 – December 16, 2022), also known as Joma , was a Filipino writer, poet, and activist who founded and led the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and added elements of Maoism to its philosophy—which would be known as National Democracy . His ideology was formed by applying Marxism–Leninism–Maoism to the history and circumstances of the Philippines.
Sison was born in
Ilocos Sur to a landowning
political family . He was educated in
Manila , studying at
Ateneo de Manila University ,
Colegio de San Juan de Letran , and the
University of the Philippines . He then became a professor of literature, political science, and
Rizal studies . During his youth, he learned about
the rebellion of the communist
Hukbalahap (Huk), which ended in 1954. Sison joined the
Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP; "Philippine Communist Party") in 1962 and became a member of its executive committee in early 1963. In 1964 he co-founded the
Kabataang Makabayan ("Patriotic Youth"). However, Sison's faction had several disagreements with the PKP leading to the
First Great Rectification Movement . After Sison's faction were expelled from the PKP, he founded and became the chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) in 1968. Three months later, Sison and
Bernabe Buscayno , who led a faction of Huk holdouts, organized the
New People's Army (NPA) to stage a
proletarian revolution . Sison was captured in 1977 and was imprisoned, mostly in
solitary confinement , until the
People Power Revolution of 1986. The new government under President
Corazon Aquino released him for the sake of "national reconciliation" and for his role in opposing the
martial law regime of President
Ferdinand Marcos . Nonetheless, he also criticized the Aquino administration. In 1988, while in the Netherlands as part of his international lecture tour, his passport was revoked and he was charged in the Philippines for violating the
Anti-Subversion Act . From then on, he lived in the Netherlands but continued to advise the communist movement in the Philippines. (
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The following are images from various Philippines-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Tortoise -shell and silver Salakot (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 2 Parol (Christmas lanterns) being sold during the Christmas season (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 3 Villa Escudero exhibit depicting 19th century Filipino family in traditional attire (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 4 Bahay na bato , a traditional Filipino house (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 9 Sungka , a traditional Filipino game. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 14 Carabao is a major symbol of Filipinos hard labor. And is known to be the "Filipino farmer's bestfriend". (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 21 Dominant ethnic groups by province. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 22 A grandmaster of
Arnis . (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 23 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 24 Old Senate Hall with
Estilo Tampinco style of carving and ornamentation (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 26 Kalesa , a traditional Philippine urban transportation, in front of
Manila Cathedral entrance (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 27 Manny Pacquiao , the only
8-division world boxing champion in history. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 29 The Kutkut art from Samar (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 30 A performer depicting a
babaylan (shaman) (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 31 Filipina in traditional attire (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 32 Filipino traditional dance at a festival (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 33 The
University of Santo Tomas , located in
Manila , was established in 1611. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 36 Pineapple fiber is used to create traditional Philippine garments. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 37 An
Itneg shaman offering pigs to
anito spirits, 1922 (from
Culture of the Philippines )
8 September 2024 – Kingdom of Jesus Christ compound standoff
Kingdom of Jesus Christ pastor Apollo Quiboloy , who is charged with sex trafficking , is arrested amid a standoff between the police and members of the church at the church's headquarters in Davao City , Philippines . (Al Jazeera)
4 September 2024 –
Dismissed mayor of Bamban , Philippines , Alice Guo is arrested by the Directorate General of Immigration in Tangerang , Indonesia , after fleeing from the Philippines amid an ongoing Senate inquiry. (The Guardian ) (Rappler)
A small 1.5-metre (4.9 ft) asteroid , 2024 RW1 , is predicted to fall harmlessly as a fireball over the island of Luzon in the Philippines at approximately 16:40 UTC (00:40 local time ), the ninth asteroid to be successfully discovered before impacting Earth. (New Scientist )
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