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  History of the Philippines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One example of pre-Spanish Philippine script on a burial jar, derived from Brahmi survives, as most of the writing was done on perishable bamboo or leaves; an earthenware burial jar dated 1200s or 1300s with script was found in Batangas.
The Philippines were granted free trade status, with the U.S. In 1916, the Philippine Autonomy Act, popularly known as the Jones Law, was passed by the U.S. Congress.
The cruelty of the Japanese military occupation of the Philippines is legendary.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_the_Philippines   (7250 words)

  
 Philippines : Phillipines
It is bordered on the east by the Philippine Sea, on the west by the South China Sea, and on the south by the Celebes Sea[?].
The government of the Philippines, loosely patterned after the American system, is organized as a representative republic, with the president functioning as both head of state and government, as well as being the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
The bicameral Philippine legislature, the Congress[?], consists of the Senate[?] and the House of Representatives[?]; members of both are elected by popular vote.
www.fastload.org /ph/Phillipines.html   (1106 words)

  
 History of the Philippines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Little was known by the United States of the existence of the Philippine archipelago and it was not until Cuba appeared along the scene in 1895 which started the problems for the country.
The Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam were drag along with the conflicts of Independence, since these colonies also began to rebel at the same time.
Marcos was forced to flee the Philippines in the face of a peaceful civilian-military uprising (known as the People Power Revolution) that ousted him and installed Corazon Aquino as president on February 25, 1986.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/H/History-of-the-Philippines.htm   (6421 words)

  
 Philippine Embassy: Canberra - The Philippines - History
The first humans in the Philippine Islands are thought to have come from the Asian mainland some 250,000 years ago, during the Ice Age, but few remains from that time have been discovered.
The Philippines was a prize catch for Spain which, at that time, was locked in a fierce struggle for world colonization with Portugal.
On 12 June 1898, with the Spanish retreating to the walled city of Intramuros, Aguinaldo was able to declare Philippine Independence and to establish a government with himself as President of the first republic in Asia.
www.philembassy.au.com /phi-hist.htm   (1731 words)

  
 Resources- Culture, Music, and History in the Philippines
The earliest traces of Philippine prehistoic man and their tools are to be found in Palawan, at the mouth of the South China Sea in a group of caves called the Tabon Caves.
Islam was brought to the Philippines by traders and proselytizers from the Indonesian islands.
Philippine officials advanced in the civil service and many of these bureaucrats joined a growing number of prosperous businessmen to replace Spanish haciendas with their own large plantations.
www.anthonians.org /res-cult.html   (8194 words)

  
 Philippines (09/05)
The history of the Philippines can be divided into four distinct phases: the pre-Spanish period (before 1521); the Spanish period (1521-1898); the American period (1898-1946); and the years since independence (1946-present).
The Philippines is a member of the UN and some of its specialized agencies, and began a 2-year term as a member of the UN Security Council in January 2004, serving as UNSC President in September 2005.
Philippine soldiers and police have participated in a number of multilateral civilian police and peacekeeping operations, and a Philippine Army general served as the first commander of the UN Peacekeeping Operation in East Timor.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2794.htm   (6964 words)

  
 The Philippines: Then & Now - Filipino History, Culture & Tradition
The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands and islets.
The communities are Yapak in the north, Balabag in the middle, and Manocmanoc in the south.
The Philippines 2000, is a strategy and a movement; it is the Filipino people’s vision of development by the year 2000.
www.filipinoamericans.net /thennow.shtml   (7136 words)

  
 Philippine Islands
Capture of the Philippine Islands was crucial to Japan's effort to control the Southwest Pacific, seize the resource-rich Dutch East Indies, and protect its Southeast Asia flank.
The Philippine Islands Campaign provided the Army with its first extended combat experience since World War I. Routine reports of new enemy tactics and weaponry were not lost on the leaders of the vast new American Army then being formed.
For all the courage and resourcefulness of the Philippine defenders, their fate was sealed when the Japanese crippled the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on 7 December and virtually destroyed U.S. air power in the Philippines a few hours later.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/pi/pi.htm   (6318 words)

  
 TIMEasia.com: News -- Perpetually Perilous   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Today, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is having an even tougher time than Pershing in vanquishing the Moro's pirate descendants: the Islamic militant group known as Abu Sayyaf, which is holding 13 hostages, including three Americans, in the jungles of the country's deepest south.
Philippine police sources believe Yousef may have tried to recruit Abu Sayyaf for two bloody schemes in 1995: the assassination of Pope John Paul II in Manila and a plan to plant bombs on U.S. airliners flying out of the Philippines.
A cleric familiar with the group's history says that Abu Sabaya, whose real name is Ahmad Salayudi, was banished from the Afghan camp for troublemaking.
www.time.com /time/asia/news/magazine/0,9754,129950,00.html   (1432 words)

  
 The Philippines
The Philippine Islands are an archipelago of over 7,000 islands lying about 500 mi (805 km) off the southeast coast of Asia.
The Philippines were ceded to the U.S. in 1899 by the Treaty of Paris after the Spanish-American War.
Creeping assertiveness: China, the Philippines and the South China Sea dispute.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107887.html   (1454 words)

  
 The Cardinal Inquirer - Bringing Light To U.S. Imperialism’s History In The Philippines
Since the 16th Century, lasting almost 400 years, the Philippines was a colony of the Spanish, who systematically claimed vast expanses for their haciendas, or estates, leaving the indigenous farmers landless.
The Philippines remained a U.S. territory until it was granted independence in 1946.
The NPA is a militaristic group of farmers and peasants in the countryside that have chosen to bear arms against the Philippine army, which has taken their land and ravaged their families, Ulanday said.
www.stanford.edu /class/comm273/Fall2004/bend1/Imperialism.html   (1334 words)

  
 Girl Scouting in the Philippines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Three women, in so far as the Girl Scouts of the Philippines is concerned, had shaped and contributed greatly to the Girl Scouting/Girl Guiding world.
As early as 1918, lone troops were found to be in existence in the islands.
Generally, American missionaries and servicemen and other concerned members of the American communities were said to have started these troops.
www.msc.edu.ph /gsp/histo2.html   (758 words)

  
 Net History >>> Evolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
But our Net history is marked by those who hoped and tried.
This timeline does not purport to be all encompassing or infallible (e-mail webmaster@itnetcentral.com for corrections or additions) but it strives to be comprehensive and accurate, with data culled from the archives of Computerworld Philippines, The Web Philippines, the ph-cyberview mailing list, and other resources.
The Public Telecommunications Act of the Philippines is signed into law, among other things, removing the need for value-added service (VAS) providers to secure a franchise.
www.itnetcentral.com /Nethistory/html/_evolution.htm   (1870 words)

  
 HyperWar: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: Leyte
Domination of either would threaten Japanese sea lines of communication between her fleet bases and industries in the home islands and the resource-rich East Indies to the south.
The Philippine Islands had been a special concern of the United States since 1898, and the inherent politico-military responsibilities arising from that relationship could not be discarded so easily.
One of the larger islands of the Philippine archipelago, Leyte extends 110 miles from north to south and ranges between 15 and 50 miles in width.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-C-Leyte   (9460 words)

  
 Philippines History - TravelPuppy.com
The United States later took control of the Philippines and in 1935 a constitution was written giving the Philippines self-government.
In October 1991 the Philippines senate accepted a deal between the government and the USA, allowing for a complete withdrawal by 1994.
The Philippines was one of the major victims of the Asian currency crisis in 1997.
travelpuppy.com /philippines/history.htm   (889 words)

  
 Equipo Nizkor - Covert Operations and the CIA's Hidden History in the Philippines
Doing covert action that undermines Philippine national sovereignty and genuine democracy in order to prop up the tiny pro-US oligarchical minority that has cornered most of the wealth in their poor country is what the CIA is all about and is the real reason for its existence.
In his memoirs, former Philippine Ambassador to Burma Narciso G. Reyes narrates that one of these Filipino "undercover" MIS agents posed as the labor attache at the Philippine embassy in Rangoon even before this was formally established.
The CIA has long utilized in the Philippines sophisticated or subtle means for clandestine propaganda, such as the manipulation of trade unions and cultural organizations, rather than heavy-handed activities such as paramilitary operations, political assassinations and coups as they had done extensively in Africa, Latin America and Vietnam.
www.derechos.org /nizkor/filipinas/doc/cia.html   (4141 words)

  
 Unilever in the Philippines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
As a leader in world markets including home care, skin and hair care, deodorants and antiperspirants, our products meet people's diverse requirements to clean and care for their homes, their clothes - and themselves.
We are growing our biggest brands through innovative product development and compelling brand communications.
Each of these brands has enormous potential to meet the changing needs of consumers through a variety of products that fulfil their brand's promise.
www.unilever.com.ph /home.asp?secid=79   (106 words)

  
 Subic Bay Naval Base - Revisited
This site consists of 85MB of History and Memories at your fingertips and growing everyday.
Working to be the Single Most Complete Encyclopedia of the U.S. presence in the Philippines.
Subic Bay Naval Base, Republic of the Philippines Website is not affiliated with the
www.subicbaypi.com   (207 words)

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