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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 . (Full article... )
The Sulu bleeding-heart or Tawitawi bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba menagei ) is a species of bird in the pigeon and dove family, Columbidae . It is endemic to the island of Tawi-Tawi and its surrounding islets in the Philippines ' Sulu Archipelago . This species is known only from two specimens collected in 1891, and has not been recorded with certainty since. It lives in primary and secondary forests that have a closed canopy . The Sulu bleeding-heart is a medium-sized pigeon with a short tail. Bright metallic green feathers stretch from the forehead and crown down to the mantle and sides of the breast, where they surround a large, pale orange breast spot with diffuse edges that gives the species the name "bleeding-heart". The lower wings and back are varying shades of brown, and the throat and chest are largely white. The belly is an ashy-gray.
Like other
bleeding-hearts , the Sulu bleeding-heart is primarily a sedentary bird, feeding on the forest floor and flying only for short distances. Little is known about its behavior due to the paucity of sightings. Searches of Tawi-Tawi in 1971 and 1991 did not discover any evidence of the species' continued existence. Most of the bird's habitat was logged on Tawi-Tawi by 1994. However, an
ethnobiological survey in 1995 revealed that the bleeding-heart was common until the 1970s and still survives on small islets near Tawi-Tawi. While another survey in 2009 failed to find the species, there is some hope that it may still persist. For this reason, it is currently listed as
critically endangered by the
IUCN . Any surviving population would be very small, likely numbering fewer than 50 individuals, and would be threatened by
habitat destruction and uncontrolled hunting. (
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Ronald Allan Kelley Poe NA (August 20, 1939 – December 14, 2004), known professionally as Fernando Poe Jr. , and often referred to by his initials FPJ , was a Filipino actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and politician. His long and successful career as an action star earned him the nickname "Da King " (i.e. the "King of Philippine movies"). He also wrote, directed, and produced several of the films he starred in—under the pseudonyms Ronwaldo Reyes and D'Lanor .
Poe appeared in around 300 films spanning from 1955 to 2003. The teenage Poe joined the film industry as a stuntman after the untimely death of his father, actor
Fernando Poe Sr. His film debut was
Anak ni Palaris (1955), a sequel to a film that starred his father. His breakout came in the 1956 film
Lo Waist Gang and went on to star in
action films that portrayed him as the "champion and defender of the poor and oppressed". His notable films include:
Only the Brave Know Hell (1965),
Lino Brocka 's
Santiago! (1970),
Celso Ad. Castillo 's
Asedillo (1971),
Bato sa Buhangin (1976),
Durugin si Totoy Bato (1979),
Eddie Romero 's
Aguila (1980); his self-directed
Ang Panday (1980) and its sequels;
Roman Rapido and
Isang Bala Ka Lang! (both 1983), the 1986 films
Iyo ang Tondo, Kanya ang Cavite ,
Muslim .357 , and
Batang Quiapo ;
Kahit Konting Pagtingin (1990),
Ang Probinsyano (1996),
Isusumbong Kita sa Tatay Ko... (1999), and
Ang Dalubhasa (2000). (
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The following are images from various Philippines-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 3 Kalesa , a traditional Philippine urban transportation, in front of
Manila Cathedral entrance (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 5 Parol (Christmas lanterns) being sold during the Christmas season (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 6 Villa Escudero exhibit depicting 19th century Filipino family in traditional attire (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 9 The Kutkut art from Samar (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 10 Pineapple fiber is used to create traditional Philippine garments. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 12 Filipina in traditional attire (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 14 A performer depicting a
babaylan (shaman) (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 15 The
University of Santo Tomas , located in
Manila , was established in 1611. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 16 Sungka , a traditional Filipino game. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 17 Filipino traditional dance at a festival (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 21 Bahay na bato , a traditional Filipino house (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 22 Dominant ethnic groups by province. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 25 Old Senate Hall with
Estilo Tampinco style of carving and ornamentation (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 27 Manny Pacquiao , the only
8-division world boxing champion in history. (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 28 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 30 Tortoise -shell and silver Salakot (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 31 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 32 An
Itneg shaman offering pigs to
anito spirits, 1922 (from
Culture of the Philippines )
Image 35 A grandmaster of
Arnis . (from
Culture of the Philippines )
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