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The Philippines (; Filipino: Pilipinas),[13] officially the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas),[d] is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands that are broadly categorized under 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 southwest. 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. The Philippines covers an area of 300,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi) and, as of 2021[update], it had a population of around 109 million people, making it the world's thirteenth-most-populous country. The Philippines has diverse ethnicities and cultures throughout its islands. Manila is the country's capital, while the largest city is Quezon City; both lie within the urban area of Metro Manila.
Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos, during his expedition in 1542, named the islands of Leyte and Samar "Felipinas" after Philip II of Spain, then the Prince of Asturias. Eventually the name "Las Islas Filipinas" would be used to cover the archipelago's Spanish possessions.[14] Before Spanish rule was established, other names such as Islas del Poniente (Islands of the West) and Ferdinand Magellan's name for the islands, San Lázaro, were also used by the Spanish to refer to islands in the region.[15][16][17][18]
During the Philippine Revolution, the Malolos Congress proclaimed the establishment of the República Filipina or the Philippine Republic. From the period of the Spanish-American War (1898) and the Philippine-American War (1899-1902) until the Commonwealth period (1935-1946), American colonial authorities referred to the country as The Philippine Islands, a translation of the Spanish name.[19] The United States began the process of changing the reference to the country from The Philippine Islands to The Philippines, specifically when it was mentioned in the Philippine Autonomy Act or the Jones Law.[20] The full official title, Republic of the Philippines, was included in the 1935 constitution as the name of the future independent state,[21] it is also mentioned in all succeeding constitutional revisions.[22][23]
History
Prehistory (pre-900)
There is evidence of early hominins living in what is now the Philippines as early as 709,000 years ago.[24] A small number of bones from Callao Cave potentially represent an otherwise unknown species, Homo luzonensis, that lived around 50,000 to 67,000 years ago.[25][26] The oldest modern human remains found on the islands are from the Tabon Caves of Palawan, U/Th-dated to 47,000 ± 11-10,000 years ago.[27] The Tabon Man is presumably a Negrito, who were among the archipelago's earliest inhabitants, descendants of the first human migrations out of Africa via the coastal route along southern Asia to the now sunken landmasses of Sundaland and Sahul.[28]
The first Austronesians reached the Philippines from Taiwan in around 2200 BC, settling the Batanes Islands and northern Luzon. From there, they rapidly spread southwards to the rest of the islands of the Philippines and Southeast Asia.[29][30] This population assimilated with the existing Negritos; this resulted in the modern Filipino ethnic groups, which display various ratios of genetic admixture between Austronesian and Negrito groups.[31] Genetic signatures also indicate the possibility of migration of Austroasiatic, Papuan, and South Asian people.[32]Jade artifacts have been found dated to 2000 BC,[33][34] with the lingling-o jade items crafted in Luzon made using raw materials originating from Taiwan.[35] By 1000 BC, the inhabitants of the archipelago had developed into four kinds of social groups: hunter-gatherer tribes, warrior societies, highland plutocracies, and port principalities.[36]
The earliest known surviving written record found in the Philippines is the Laguna Copperplate Inscription.[37] By the 14th century, several of the large coastal settlements had emerged as trading centers and became the focal point of societal changes.[38] Some polities had exchanges with other states across Asia.[39][40] Trade with China is believed to have begun during the Tang dynasty, and grew more extensive during the Song dynasty;[41] by the second millennium, some polities participated in the tributary system of China.[42][39] Indian cultural traits, such as linguistic terms and religious practices, began to spread within the Philippines during the 10th century, likely via the Hindu Majapahit Empire.[43][38][44] By the 15th century, Islam was established in the Sulu Archipelago and spread from there.[45]
Polities founded in the Philippines from the 10th to the 16th centuries include Maynila,[46]Tondo, Namayan, Pangasinan, Cebu, Butuan, Maguindanao, Lanao, Sulu, and Ma-i.[47] The early polities were typically made up of three-tier social structures: a nobility class, a class of "freemen", and a class of dependent debtor-bondsmen.[38][39] Among the nobility were leaders called datus, responsible for ruling autonomous groups called barangays or dulohan.[38] When these barangays banded together, either to form a larger settlement[38] or a geographically looser alliance,[39] the more esteemed among them would be recognized as a "paramount datu",[38][36]rajah, or sultan[48] which headed the community state.[49] Warfare developed and escalated during the 14th to 16th centuries,[50] and throughout these periods population density is thought to have been low,[51] which was also caused by the frequency of typhoons and the Philippines' location on the Pacific Ring of Fire.[52] In 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the area, claimed the islands for Spain and was then killed by Lapulapu's men at the Battle of Mactan.[53]
Administration of the Philippine islands was considered a drain on the economy of New Spain,[76] and there were debates to abandon it or trade it for other territory. However, this was opposed because of economic potential, security, and the desire to continue religious conversion in the islands and the surrounding region.[79][80] The colony survived on an annual subsidy provided by the Spanish Crown,[76] which averaged 250,000 pesos[81] and was usually paid through the provision of 75 tons of silver bullion being sent from the Americas.[82]British forces briefly occupied Manila from 1762 to 1764 during the Seven Years' War, with Spanish rule restored through the 1763 Treaty of Paris.[55] The Spanish considered their war with the Muslims in Southeast Asia an extension of the Reconquista.[83] The Spanish-Moro conflict lasted for several hundred years. In the last quarter of the 19th century, Spain conquered portions of Mindanao and Jolo,[84] and the Moro Muslims in the Sultanate of Sulu formally recognized Spanish sovereignty.[85][86]
In the 19th century, Philippine ports opened to world trade, and shifts started occurring within Filipino society.[87][88] Shifts in social identity occurred, with the term Filipino changing from referring to Spaniards born in the Philippines to a term encompassing all people in the archipelago.[89][90]
Revolutionary sentiments were stoked in 1872 after three activist Catholic priests were executed on weak pretences.[91][92][93] This would inspire a propaganda movement in Spain, organized by Marcelo H. del Pilar, José Rizal, Graciano López Jaena, and Mariano Ponce, lobbying for political reforms in the Philippines. Rizal was executed on December 30, 1896, on charges of rebellion. This radicalized many who had previously been loyal to Spain.[94] As attempts at reform met with resistance, Andrés Bonifacio in 1892 established the militant secret society called the Katipunan, who sought independence from Spain through armed revolt.[95]
Filipino troops and General Gregorio del Pilar, c. 1898. Between 10,000 and 20,000 Filipino soldiers, as well as between 200,000 and 1,000,000 civilians, died as a result of the Philippine-American War.
In 1965, Macapagal lost the presidential election to Ferdinand Marcos. Early in his presidency, Marcos initiated numerous infrastructure projects[138] but, together with his wife Imelda, was accused of corruption and embezzling billions of dollars in public funds.[139] Nearing the end of his last constitutionally-allowed term, Marcos declared martial law on September 21, 1972.[140][141] This period of his rule was characterized by political repression, censorship, and human rights violations.[142]
Numerous monopolies controlled by crony businessmen were established in key industries, including logging, coconuts, bananas, telephones, and broadcasting;[143] a sugar monopoly led to a famine on the island of Negros.[143] Marcos' heavy borrowing early in his presidency resulted in numerous economic crashes, capped by a massive recession in the early 1980s which culminated in the economy contracting by 7.3% in both 1984 and 1985.[144][143]
The Philippines is an archipelago composed of about 7,640 islands,[184][185] covering a total area, including inland bodies of water, of around 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi),[186][187] with cadastral survey data suggesting it may be larger.[188] The exclusive economic zone of the Philippines covers 2,263,816 km2 (874,064 sq mi).[189] Its 36,289 kilometers (22,549 mi) coastline gives it the world's fifth-longest coastline.[190] It is located between 116° 40', and 126° 34' E longitude and 4° 40' and 21° 10' N latitude and is bordered by the Philippine Sea to the east,[191][192] the South China Sea to the west,[193] and the Celebes Sea to the south.[194] The island of Borneo is located a few hundred kilometers southwest,[195] and Taiwan is located directly to the north. Sulawesi is located to the southwest, and Palau is located to the east of the islands.[196][197]
The country has valuable[216] mineral deposits as a result of its complex geologic structure and high level of seismic activity.[217][218] The Philippines is thought to have the second-largest gold deposits after South Africa, along with a large amount of copper deposits,[219] and the world's largest deposits of palladium.[220] Other minerals include chromite, nickel, and zinc. Despite this, a lack of law enforcement, poor management, opposition because of the presence of indigenous communities, and past instances of environmental damage and disaster have resulted in these mineral resources remaining largely untapped.[219][221]
The Philippines is a megadiverse country.[222][223] Eight major types of forests are distributed throughout the Philippines; dipterocarp, beach forest, pine forest, molave forest, lower montane forest, upper montane or mossy forest, mangroves, and ultrabasic forest.[224] As of 2021, the Philippines has 7 million hectares of forest cover, according to official estimates, though experts contend that the actual figure is likely much lower.[225]Deforestation, often the result of illegal logging, is an acute problem in the Philippines. Forest cover has declined from 70% of the Philippines's total land area in 1900 to about 18.3% in 1999.[226] With an estimated 13,500 plant species in the country, 3,200 of which are unique to the islands,[227] Philippine rainforests have an array of flora,[228] including many rare types of orchids[229] and rafflesia.[230]
Around 1,100 land vertebrate species can be found in the Philippines including over 100 mammal species and 243 bird species not thought to exist elsewhere.[227][231] The Philippines has among the highest rates of discovery in the world with sixteen new species of mammals discovered in the last ten years. Because of this, the rate of endemism for the Philippines has risen and likely will continue to rise.[232] Parts of its marine waters contain the highest diversity of shorefish species in the world.[233]
Philippine maritime waters produce unique and diverse marine life[241] and is an important part of the Coral Triangle ecoregion.[242][243] The total number of corals and marine fish species in this ecoregion is estimated at 500 and 2,400 respectively.[227] New records[244][245] and species discoveries continue.[246][247][248] The Tubbataha Reef in the Sulu Sea was declared a World Heritage Site in 1993.[249] Philippine waters also sustain the cultivation of fish, crustaceans, oysters, and seaweeds.[250] One species of oyster, Pinctada maxima, produces pearls that are naturally golden in color.[251] Pearls have been declared a "national gem".[252]
The Philippines has a tropical maritime climate that is usually hot and humid. There are three seasons: a hot dry season from March to May; a rainy season from June to November; and a cool dry season from December to February. The southwest monsoon lasts from May to October and the northeast monsoon from November to April. Temperatures usually range from 21 °C (70 °F) to 32 °C (90 °F). The coolest month is January; the warmest is May.[253]
The average yearly temperature is around 26.6 °C (79.9 °F). In considering temperature, location in terms of latitude and longitude is not a significant factor, and temperatures at sea level tend to be in the same range. Altitude usually has more of an impact. The average annual temperature of Baguio at an elevation of 1,500 meters (4,900 ft) above sea level is 18.3 °C (64.9 °F), making it a popular destination during hot summers.[253] Annual rainfall measures as much as 5,000 millimeters (200 in) in the mountainous east coast section but less than 1,000 millimeters (39 in) in some of the sheltered valleys.[254]
Sitting astride the typhoon belt, the islands experience 15-20 typhoons annually from July to October,[254] with around 19 typhoons[255] entering the Philippine area of responsibility in a typical year and 8 or 9 making landfall.[256][257] Historically typhoons were sometimes referred to as baguios.[258] The wettest recorded typhoon to hit the Philippines dropped 2,210 millimeters (87 in) in Baguio from July 14 to 18, 1911.[259] The Philippines is highly exposed to climate change and is among the world's ten countries that are most vulnerable to climate change risks.[260]
The Philippines attaches great importance to its relations with China and has established significant cooperation with the country.[301][302][303][304][305][306] Japan is the biggest bilateral contributor of official development assistance to the country.[307][308][309] Although historical tensions exist because of the events of World War II, much of the animosity has faded.[310] Historical and cultural ties continue to affect relations with Spain.[311][312] Relations with Middle Eastern countries are shaped by the high number of Filipinos working in these countries,[313] and by issues related to the Muslim minority in the Philippines;[314] concerns have been raised regarding issues such as domestic abuse and war affecting[315] the approximately 2.5 million overseas Filipino workers in the region.[316]
In Bangsamoro, the largest separatist organizations, the Moro National Liberation Front and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, were engaging the government politically in the 2000s.[328] Other more militant groups like the Abu Sayyaf have kidnapped foreigners for ransom, particularly in the Sulu Archipelago.[330][331][332][333] Their presence decreased through successful security provided by the Philippine government.[334][335] The Communist Party of the Philippines and its military wing, the New People's Army, have been waging guerrilla warfare against the government since the 1970s, reaching its apex in 1986, when communist guerrillas gained control of a fifth of the country's territory before significantly dwindling militarily and politically after the return of democracy in 1986.[336][337]
Administrative divisions
The Philippines is governed as a unitary state, with the exception of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM),[338] although there have been several steps towards decentralization within the unitary framework.[339][340] A 1991 law devolved some powers to local governments.[341] The country is divided into 17 regions, 82 provinces, 146 cities, 1,488 municipalities, and 42,036 barangays.[342] Regions other than Bangsamoro serve primarily to organize the provinces of the country for administrative convenience.[343] As of 2015[update], Calabarzon was the most populated region while the National Capital Region (NCR) was the most densely populated.[344]
The country's population is 109,035,343 as of May 1, 2020, based on the latest population census of 2020 conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority.[7] The population increased from 1990 to 2008 by approximately 28 million, a 45% growth in that time frame.[347] The first official census in the Philippines was carried out in 1877 and recorded a population of 5,567,685.[348]
A third of the population resides in Metro Manila and its immediately neighboring regions.[349] The 2.34% average annual population growth rate between 1990 and 2000 decreased to an estimated 1.90% for the 2000-2010 period.[350] Government attempts to reduce population growth have been a contentious issue.[351] The population's median age is 22.7 years with 60.9% aged from 15 to 64 years old.[6] Life expectancy at birth is 69.4 years, 73.1 years for females and 65.9 years for males.[352] Poverty incidence dropped to 18.1% in 2021[353] from 25.2% in 2012.[354]
The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both within the single urban area of Metro Manila.[355] Metro Manila is the most populous of the 3 defined metropolitan areas in the Philippines[356] and the 5th most populous in the world.[357] Census data from 2015 showed it had a population of 12,877,253 constituting almost 13% of the national population.[358] Including suburbs in the adjacent provinces (Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal) of Greater Manila, the population is around 23,088,000.[357] Across the country, the Philippines has a total urbanization rate of 51.2%.[358] Metro Manila's gross regional product was estimated as of 2021[update] to be ?6.158 trillion (at constant 2020 prices).[359]
Negritos are considered among the earliest inhabitants of the islands.[364] These minority aboriginal settlers are an Australoid group and are left over from the first human migration out of Africa to Australia and were likely displaced by later waves of migration.[365] At least some Negritos in the Philippines have Denisovan admixture in their genomes.[366][367] Ethnic Filipinos generally belong to several Southeast Asian ethnic groups classified linguistically as part of the Austronesian or Malayo-Polynesian speaking people.[362] There is some uncertainty over the origin of this Austronesian speaking population. It is likely that ancestors related to Taiwanese aborigines brought their language and mixed with existing populations in the area.[368][369] The Lumad and Sama-Bajau ethnic groups have ancestral affinity with the AustroasiaticMlabri and Htin peoples of mainland Southeast Asia. There was a westward expansion of Papuan ancestry from Papua New Guinea to eastern Indonesia and Mindanao detected among the Blaan and Sangir.[32]
Under Spanish rule there was some immigration from elsewhere in the empire, especially from the Spanish Americas.[370][57][371] According to the Kaiser Permanente (KP) Research Program on Genes, Environment, and Health (RPGEH), a substantial proportion of Filipinos sampled have "modest" amounts of European descent consistent with older admixture.[372] In addition to this, the National Geographic project concluded in 2016 that people living in the Philippine archipelago carried genetic markers in the following percentages: 53% Southeast Asia and Oceania, 36% Eastern Asia, 5% Southern Europe, 3% Southern Asia, and 2% Native American[373] (From Latin America).[57]
A map that shows all ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines.
Chinese Filipinos are mostly the descendants of immigrants from Fujian in China after 1898,[374] numbering around 2 million, although there are an estimated 20% of Filipinos who have partial Chinese ancestry, stemming from precolonial and colonial Chinese migrants.[375] While a distinct minority, Chinese Filipinos are well integrated into Filipino society.[262][376] As of 2015, there are 220,000 to 600,000 American citizens living in the country.[377] There are also up to 250,000 Amerasians scattered across the cities of Angeles, Manila, and Olongapo.[378] Other important non-indigenous minorities include Indians[379][380] and Arabs.[381] There are also Japanese people, which include escaped Christians (Kirishitan) who fled the persecutions of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.[382] The descendants of mixed-race couples are known as Tisoy.[383]
Ethnologue lists 186 individual languages in the Philippines, 182 of which are living languages, while 4 no longer have any known speakers. Most native languages are part of the Philippine branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages, which is a branch of the Austronesian language family.[362][385] In addition, various Spanish-based creole varieties collectively called Chavacano exist.[386] There are also many Philippine Negrito languages that have unique vocabularies that survived Austronesian acculturation.[387]
Filipino and English are the official languages of the country.[388] Filipino is a standardized version of Tagalog, spoken mainly in Metro Manila.[389] Both Filipino and English are used in government, education, print, broadcast media, and business, with third local languages often being used at the same time.[390] The Philippine constitution provides for the promotion of Spanish and Arabic on a voluntary and optional basis.[388] Spanish, which was widely used as a lingua franca in the late nineteenth century, has since declined greatly in use,[391] although Spanish loanwords are still present today in Philippine languages,[392][393] while Arabic is mainly taught in Islamic schools in Mindanao.[394]
Islam is the second largest religion. The Muslim population of the Philippines was reported as 6.01% of the total population according to census returns in 2015.[402] Conversely, a 2012 report by the National Commission of Muslim Filipinos stated that about 10,700,000 or 11% of Filipinos are Muslims.[398] The majority of Muslims live in Mindanao and nearby islands.[399][406] Most practice Sunni Islam under the Shafi'i school.[407]
The percentage of combined positive atheist and agnostic people in the Philippines was about 3% of the population as of 2008.[408] The 2015 Philippine Census reported the religion of about 0.02% of the population as "none".[402] A 2014 survey by Gallup International Association reported that 21% of its respondents identify as "not a religious person".[409] Around 0.24% of the population practice indigenous Philippine folk religions,[402] whose practices and folk beliefs are often syncretized with Christianity and Islam.[410][411]Buddhism is practiced by around 0.03% of the population,[402] concentrated among Filipinos of Chinese descent.[412]
In 2016, 63.1% of healthcare came from private expenditures while 36.9% was from the government (12.4% from the national government, 7.1% from the local government, and 17.4% from social health insurance).[413] Total health expenditure share in GDP for the year 2021 was 6%.[414] Per capita health expenditure in 2021 was ?9,839.23, higher than the ?8,511.52 in 2020.[415] The budget allocation for Healthcare in 2019 was ?98.6 billion[416] and had an increase in budget in 2014 with a record high in the collection of taxes from the House Bill 5727 (commonly known as Sin tax Bill).[417]
There were 101,688 hospital beds in the country in 2016, with government hospital beds accounting for 47% and private hospital beds for 53%.[418]
In 2009, there were an estimated 90,370 physicians or 1 per every 833 people, 480,910 nurses and 43,220 dentists.[419] Retention of skilled practitioners is a problem; seventy percent of nursing graduates go overseas to work.[420] Since 1967, the Philippines had become the largest global supplier of nurses for export.[421] The Philippines suffers a triple burden of high levels of communicable diseases, high levels of non-communicable diseases, and high exposure to natural disasters.[422]
In 2018, there were 1,258 hospitals licensed by the Department of Health, of which 433 (34%) were government-run and 825 (66%) private.[423] A total of 20,065 barangay health stations and 2,590 rural health units provide primary care services throughout the country as of 2016.[424]Cardiovascular diseases account for more than 35% of all deaths.[425][426] 9,264 cases of HIV were reported for the year 2016, with 8,151 being asymptomatic cases.[427] At the time the country was considered a low-HIV-prevalence country, with less than 0.1% of the adult population estimated to be HIV-positive.[428]HIV/AIDS cases increased from 12,000 in 2005[429] to 39,622 as of 2016, with 35,957 being asymptomatic cases.[427]
There is improvement in patients access to medicines due to Filipinos' growing acceptance of generic drugs, with 6 out of 10 Filipinos already using generics.[430] While the country's universal health care implementation is underway as spearheaded by the state-owned Philippine Health Insurance Corporation,[431] most healthcare-related expenses are either borne out of pocket[432] or through health maintenance organization (HMO)-provided health plans. The enactment of the Universal Health Care Act in 2019 by President Rodrigo Duterte facilitated the automatic enrollment of all Filipinos in the national health insurance program; as of March 2022, 94.79 million individuals were covered by these plans.[433]
As of 2019, the Philippines had a basic literacy rate of 93.8% among five years old or older,[434] and a functional literacy rate of 91.6% among ages 10 to 64.[435] Education takes up a significant proportion of the national budget. In the 2020 budget, education was allocated PHP17.1 billion from the PHP4.1 trillion budget.[436]
The Commission on Higher Education lists 2,180 higher education institutions, among which 607 are public and 1,573 are private.[437] Primary and secondary schooling is divided between a 6-year elementary period, a 4-year junior high school period, and a 2-year senior high school period.[438][439][440] The Department of Education covers elementary, secondary, and non-formal education.[441] The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority administers middle-level education training and development.[442][443] The Commission on Higher Education was created in 1994 to, among other functions, formulate and recommend development plans, policies, priorities, and programs on higher education and research.[444] In 2004, madaris were mainstreamed in 16 regions nationwide, mainly in Muslim areas in Mindanao under the auspices and program of the Department of Education.[445]
Real GDP per capita development of the Philippines
A proportional representation of Philippines exports, 2019
In 2020[update], the Philippine economy produced an estimated gross domestic product (nominal) of $367.4 billion.[452] Primary exports in 2019 included integrated circuits, office machinery/parts, insulated wiring, semiconductors, transformers; major trading partners included China (16%), United States (15%), Japan (13%), Hong Kong (12%), Singapore (7%), Germany (5%).[6] Its unit of currency is the Philippine peso (?[453] or PHP[454]).[455]
A newly industrialized country,[456][457] the Philippine economy has been transitioning from one based upon agriculture to an economy with more emphasis upon services and manufacturing.[456] Of the country's 2018 labor force of around 43.46 million, the agricultural sector employed 24.3%,[458] and accounted for 8.1% of 2018 GDP.[459] The industrial sector employed around 19% of the workforce and accounted for 34.1% of GDP, while 57% of the workers involved in the services sector were responsible for 57.8% of GDP.[459][460]
The unemployment rate as of October 2019[update], stands at 4.5%.[461] The inflation rate significantly increased to 8.1% in December 2022.[462] Gross international reserves as of October 2022 are $94.074 billion.[463] The debt-to-GDP ratio continues to decline to 37.6% as of the second quarter of 2019[464][465] from a record high of 78% in 2004.[466] The country is a net importer[467] but is also a creditor nation.[468] Manila hosts the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank.[469]
Filipinos planting rice. Agriculture employs 23% of the Filipino workforce as of 2020[update].[470]
The 1997 Asian financial crisis affected the economy, resulting in a lingering decline of the value of the peso and falls in the stock market. The effects on the Philippines was not as severe as other Asian nations because of the fiscal conservatism of the government, partly as a result of decades of monitoring and fiscal supervision from the International Monetary Fund, in comparison to the massive spending of its neighbors on the rapid acceleration of economic growth.[157]
Remittances from overseas Filipinos contribute significantly to the Philippine economy;[471] in 2021, it reached a record US$34 billion, accounting for 8.9% of the national GDP.[472] Regional development is uneven, with Luzon - Metro Manila in particular - gaining most of the new economic growth at the expense of the other regions.[473][474]
Service industries such as tourism[475] and business process outsourcing (BPO) have been identified as areas with some of the best opportunities for growth for the country.[476] The business process outsourcing industry is composed of eight sub-sectors, namely, knowledge process outsourcing and back offices, animation, call centers, software development, game development, engineering design, and medical transcription.[477] In 2010[update], the Philippines was reported as having eclipsed India as the main center of BPO services in the world.[478][479][480]
The Department of Science and Technology is the governing agency responsible for the development of coordination of science and technology-related projects in the Philippines.[481] Research organizations in the country include the International Rice Research Institute,[482] which focuses on the development of new rice varieties and rice crop management techniques.[483] The Philippines bought its first satellite in 1996.[484] In 2016, the Philippines first micro-satellite, Diwata-1, was launched aboard the United States' Cygnus spacecraft.[485]
The Philippines has a high concentration of cellular phone users.[486]Text messaging is a popular form of communication and, in 2007, the nation sent an average of one billion SMS messages per day.[487] The country has a high level of mobile financial services utilization.[488] The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, commonly known as PLDT, is a formerly nationalized telecommunications provider.[486] It is also the largest company in the country.[489] The National Telecommunications Commission is the agency responsible for the supervision, adjudication and control over all telecommunications services throughout the country.[490]
The tourism sector contributed 5.2% of the country's GDP in 2021, lower than the 12.7% recorded in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic,[491] and provided 5.7 million jobs in 2019.[492] 8,260,913 international visitors arrived from January to December 2019, up by 15.24% for the same period in 2018.[493] 58.62% (4,842,774) of these came from East Asia, 15.84% (1,308,444) came from North America, and 6.38% (526,832) came from other ASEAN countries.[494] The island of Boracay, popular for its beaches, was named as the best island in the world by Travel + Leisure in 2012.[495] The Philippines is a popular retirement destination for foreigners because of its climate and low cost of living.[496]
Transportation in the Philippines is facilitated by road, air, rail and waterways. As of December 2018, there are 210,528 kilometers (130,816 mi) of roads in the Philippines, with only 65,101 kilometers (40,452 mi) of roads paved.[497] The 919-kilometer (571 mi) Strong Republic Nautical Highway, an integrated set of highway segments and ferry routes covering 17 cities, was established in 2003.[498] The Pan-Philippine Highway connects the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao, forming the backbone of land-based transportation in the country.[499] Roads are the dominant form of transport, carrying 98% of people and 58% of cargo. A network of expressways extends from the capital to other areas of Luzon.[500] The 8.25-kilometer (5.13 mi) Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway in Cebu opened in April 2022.[501] Traffic is a significant issue facing the country, especially within Manila and on arterial roads connecting to the capital.[502]
Public transport in the country include buses, jeepneys, UV Express, TNVS, Filcab, taxis, and tricycles.[503][504] Jeepneys are a popular and iconic public utility vehicle.[505] Jeepneys and other public utility vehicles which are older than 15 years are being phased out gradually in favor of a more efficient and environmentally friendly Euro 4 compliant vehicles.[506][507]
As an archipelago, inter-island travel using watercraft is often necessary.[525] Boats have always been important to societies in the Philippines.[526][527] Most boats are double-outrigger vessels, which can reach up to 30 meters (98 ft) in length, known as banca[528]/bangka,[529]parao, prahu, or balanghay. A variety of boat types are used throughout the islands, such as dugouts (baloto) and house-boats like the lepa-lepa.[527] Terms such as bangka and baroto are also used as general names for a variety of boat types.[529] Modern ships use plywood in place of logs and motor engines in place of sails.[528] These ships are used both for fishing and for inter-island travel.[529] The principal seaports of Manila, Batangas, Subic Bay, Cebu, Iloilo, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, General Santos, and Zamboanga form part of the ASEAN Transport Network.[530][531] The Pasig River Ferry serves the cities of Manila, Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasig and Marikina in Metro Manila.[532][533]
In 2015, it was reported by the Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation that 74% of the population had access to improved sanitation, and that "good progress" had been made between 1990 and 2015.[534] As of 2016, 96% of Filipino households have an improved source of drinking water, and 92% of households had sanitary toilet facilities, although connections of these toilet facilities to appropriate sewerage systems remain largely insufficient especially in rural and urban poor communities.[535]
There is significant cultural diversity across the islands, reinforced by the fragmented geography of the country.[536] The cultures within Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago developed in a particularly distinct manner, since they had very limited Spanish influence and greater influence from nearby Islamic regions.[537] Despite this, a national identityemerged in the 19th century, the development of which is represented by shared national symbols and other cultural and historical touchstones.[536]
One of the most visible Hispanic legacies is the prevalence of Spanish names and surnames among Filipinos; a Spanish name and surname, however, does not necessarily denote Spanish ancestry. This peculiarity, unique among the people of Asia, came as a result of a colonial edict by Governor-General Narciso Clavería y Zaldua, which ordered the systematic distribution of family names and implementation of Hispanic nomenclature on the population.[538] The names of many locations are also Spanish or stem from Spanish roots and origins.[539]
There is a substantial American influence on modern Filipino culture.[262] The common use of the English language is an example of the American impact on Philippine society. It has contributed to the influence of American pop cultural trends.[540] This affinity is seen in Filipinos' consumption of fast food and American film and music.[541] American global fast-food chain stalwarts have entered the market, but local fast-food chains like Goldilocks[542] and most notably Jollibee, the leading fast-food chain in the country, have emerged and compete successfully against foreign chains.[543]
As a general description, the distinct value system of Filipinos is rooted primarily in personal alliance systems, especially those based in kinship, obligation, friendship, religion (particularly Christianity), and commercial relationships.[547] Filipino values are, for the most part, centered around maintaining social harmony, motivated primarily by the desire to be accepted within a group. The main sanction against diverging from these values are the concepts of "Hiya", roughly translated as 'a sense of shame',[548] and "Amor propio" or 'self-esteem'.[549] Social approval, acceptance by a group, and belonging to a group are major concerns. Caring about what others will think, say or do, are strong influences on social behavior among Filipinos.[550] Other elements of the Filipino value system are optimism about the future, pessimism about present situations and events, concern and care for other people, the existence of friendship and friendliness, the habit of being hospitable, religious nature, respectfulness to self and others, respect for the female members of society, the fear of God, and abhorrence of acts of cheating and thievery.[551][552]
American rule introduced new architectural styles. This led to the construction of government buildings and Art Deco theaters. During the American period, some semblance of city planning using the architectural designs and master plans by Daniel Burnham was done on the portions of the city of Manila. Part of the Burnham plan was the construction of government buildings that resembled Greek or Neoclassical architecture.[555] In Iloilo, structures from both the Spanish and American periods can still be seen, especially in Calle Real.[556] Certain areas of the country like Batanes have slight differences as both Spanish and Filipino ways of architecture assimilated differently because of the climate. Limestone was used as a building material, with houses being built to withstand typhoons.[557]
Music and dance
Cariñosa, a Hispanic era dance for traditional Filipino courtship.
In general, there are two types of Philippine folk dance, stemming from traditional tribal influences and from Spanish influence. Spanish-influenced music are mostly bandurria-based bands that us 14th string guitars. One example of such type is the Cariñosa. A Hispanic Filipino dance, unofficially considered as the "National Dance of the Philippines".[558] Another example is the Tinikling.[559] While native dances had become less popular over time,[560] a revival of folk dances began in the 1920s.[560] In the modern and post-modern time periods, dances may vary from the delicate ballet up to the more street-oriented styles of breakdancing.[561][562]
During the Spanish era Rondalya music, where traditional string orchestra mandolin type instruments were used, was widespread.[563]Kundiman developed in the 1920s and 1930s[564] and had a renaissance in the postwar period.[565] The American colonial period exposed many Filipinos to U.S. culture and popular forms of music.[564]Rock music was introduced to Filipinos in the 1960s and developed into Filipino rock, or "Pinoy rock", a term encompassing diverse styles such as pop rock, alternative rock, heavy metal, punk, new wave, ska, and reggae. Martial law in the 1970s produced several Filipino folk rock bands and artists who were at the forefront of political demonstrations.[566] The 1970s also saw the birth of Manila Sound[567] and Original Pilipino Music (OPM).[568]Filipino hip-hop traces its origins back to 1979, entering the mainstream in 1990.[569][570]Karaoke is a popular activity in the country.[571] From 2010 to 2020, Philippine pop music or P-pop went through a metamorphosis in its increased quality, budget, investment, and variety, matching the country's rapid economic growth and an accompanying social and cultural resurgence of its Asian identity. This was heard by heavy influence from K-pop and J-pop, growth in Asian style ballads, idol groups, and electronic dance music, and less reliance on Western genres, mirroring the Korean wave and similar Japanese wave popularity among millennial Filipinos and mainstream culture.[]
Locally produced spoken dramas became established in the late 1870s. Around the same time, Spanish influence led to the introduction of zarzuela plays which integrated musical pieces,[572] and of comedia plays which included more significant dance elements. Such performances became popular throughout the country[560] and were written in a number of local languages.[572] American influence led to the introduction of vaudeville and ballet.[560] During the 20th century the realism genre became more dominant, with performances written to focus on contemporary political and societal issues.[572]
Philippine literature comprises works usually written in Filipino, Spanish, or English. Some of the most known were created from the 17th to 19th century.[573]Ibong Adarna, for example, is a famous epic about an eponymous magical bird allegedly written by José de la Cruz or "Huseng Sisiw".[574]Francisco Balagtas, the poet and playwright who wrote Florante at Laura, is recognized as a preeminent writer in the Tagalog language.[575]José Rizal wrote the novels Noli Me Tángere (Touch Me Not) and El filibusterismo (The Filibustering, also known as The Reign of Greed).[576]
The term "Philippine literature" refers to works of literature that have been connected to the country throughout prehistory through the colonial era and up to the present. Epics that were originally passed down orally are what can be considered pre-Hispanic Philippine literature. However, wealthier families were able to preserve transcriptions of these epics as family heirlooms, particularly in Mindanao. The Darangen, a Maranao epic, was one such example.
Philippine cinema began at the end of the 19th century[578] and made up around 20% of the domestic market during the second half of the 20th century. During the 21st century however, the industry has struggled to compete with larger budget foreign films.[579] Critically acclaimed Philippines films include Himala (Miracle).[580][581][582] Moving pictures were first shown in the Philippines on January 1, 1897.[583][584] Films were all in Spanish since Philippine cinema was first introduced during the final years of the Spanish era of the country. Antonio Ramos was the first known movie producer.[585][586]Jose Nepomuceno was dubbed as the "Father of Philippine Movies".[587] His work marked the start of the local production of movies. Production companies remained small during the era of silent film, but 1933 saw the emergence of sound films and the arrival of the first significant production company. The postwar 1940s and the 1950s are regarded as a high point for Philippine cinema.[109]
The growing dominance of Hollywood films and the cost of production has severely reduced local filmmaking.[588][589] Nonetheless, some local films continue to find success.[590][591]
The dominant television networks were ABS-CBN and GMA, both being free-to-air.[592] ABS-CBN, at the time the largest network[597] was shut down following a cease and desist order issued by the National Telecommunications Commission on May 5, 2020, a day after the expiration of the network's franchise.[598] Prior to this move, President Rodrigo Duterte accused ABS-CBN of being biased against his administration and vowed to block the renewal of their franchise. Critics of the Duterte administration, human rights groups, and media unions said the shutdown of ABS-CBN was an attack on press freedom.[597][599] On July 10, 2020, the House of Representatives declined a renewal of ABS-CBN's TV and radio franchise, with a vote of 70-11.[597]
TV, the Internet,[600] and social media remain the top source of news and information for the majority of Filipinos.[601][602] English broadsheets are popular among executives, professionals and students;[603] cheaper Tagalog tabloids, which feature crime, sex, gossips and gore, saw a rise in the 1990s, tend to be popular among the masses, particularly in Manila,[603][604][605] although newspaper readership continues to decline.[601]
67% of Filipinos, or 73.91 million, had Internet access in early 2021, with an overwhelming majority of users accessing the Internet via smartphones.[606] Social networking and watching videos are among the most frequent Internet activities.[607] The Philippine population is the world's top internet user.[608] The Philippines was ranked 51st in the Global Innovation Index in 2021, it has increased its ranking considerably since 2014, where it was ranked 100th.[609][610][611][612]
Cuisine
Regional variations exist throughout the islands: for example, rice is a standard starch in Luzon while cassava is more common in Mindanao.[613] Filipino taste buds tend to favor robust flavors[614] centered on sweet, salty, and sour combinations.[615] Unlike other East or Southeast Asian countries, most Filipinos do not eat with chopsticks; they use Western cutlery. Since rice is the primary staple food and stews and broths are very common in Filipino cuisine, the main of utensils are spoons and forks, not knife and fork.[616]
The traditional way of eating with the hands known as kamayan (using the hand for bringing food to the mouth)[617] was previously more often seen in the less urbanized areas.[613] Introduction of Filipino food to people of other nationalities, as well as to Filipino urbanites, has popularized kamayan.[618][619] This recent trend also sometimes incorporates the "boodle fight" concept (as popularized and coined by the Philippine Army), wherein banana leaves are used as giant plates on top of which rice portions and Filipino viands are placed all together for a filial, friendly or communal kamayan feasting.[620]
^While Manila is designated as the nation's capital, the seat of government is the National Capital Region, commonly known as "Metro Manila", of which the city of Manila is a part.[2][3] Many national government institutions are located on various parts of Metro Manila, aside from Malacañang Palace and other institutions/agencies that are located within the Manila capital city.
^As per the 1987 Constitution: "Spanish and Arabic shall be promoted on a voluntary and optional basis."
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^Reyeg, Fernardo; Marsh, Ned (December 2011). "2"(PDF). The Filipino Way of War: Irregular Warfare Through The Centuries (Post Graduate). Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California. p. 21. Archived(PDF) from the original on April 15, 2021. Retrieved 2021.
^Newson, Linda (2009) [2009]. "2". Conquest and Pestilence in the Early Spanish Philippines. University of Hawaii Press. p. 18. doi:10.21313/hawaii/9780824832728.001.0001. ISBN9780824832728. Retrieved 2020. Given the significance of the size and distribution of the population to the spread of diseases and their ability to become endemic, it is worth commenting briefly on the physical and human geography of the Philippines. The hot and humid tropical climate would have generally favored the propagation of many diseases, especially water-borne infections, though there might be regional or seasonal variations in climate that might affect the incidence of some diseases. In general, however, the fact that the Philippines comprise some seven thousand islands, some of which are uninhabited even today, would have discouraged the spread of infections, as would the low population density.
^
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^"Filipino-Mexican-Central-and-South American Connection, Tales of Two Sisters: Manila and Mexico". June 21, 1997. Retrieved 2021. Tomás de Comyn, general manager of the Compañia Real de Filipinas, in 1810 estimated that out of a total population of 2,515,406, "the European Spaniards, and Spanish creoles and mestizos do not exceed 4,000 persons of both sexes and all ages, and the distinct castes or modifications known in America under the name of mulatto, quarteroons, etc., although found in the Philippine Islands, are generally confounded in the three classes of pure Indians, Chinese mestizos and Chinese".
^(Page 10) Pérez, Marilola (2015). Cavite Chabacano Philippine Creole Spanish: Description and Typology(PDF) (PhD). University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original on January 14, 2021. "The galleon activities also attracted a great number of Mexican men that arrived from the Mexican Pacific coast as ships' crewmembers (Grant 2009: 230). Mexicans were administrators, priests and soldiers (guachinangos or hombres de pueblo) (Bernal 1964: 188) many though, integrated into the peasant society, even becoming tulisanes 'bandits' who in the late 18th century "infested" Cavite and led peasant revolts (Medina 2002: 66). Meanwhile, in the Spanish garrisons, Spanish was used among administrators and priests. Nonetheless, there is not enough historical information on the social role of these men. In fact some of the few references point to a quick integration into the local society: "los hombres del pueblo, los soldados y marinos, anónimos, olvidados, absorbidos en su totalidad por la población Filipina." (Bernal 1964: 188). In addition to the Manila-Acapulco galleon, a complex commercial maritime system circulated European and Asian commodities including slaves. During the 17th century, Portuguese vessels traded with the ports of Manila and Cavite, even after the prohibition of 1644 (Seijas 2008: 21). Crucially, the commercial activities included the smuggling and trade of slaves: "from the Moluccas, and Malacca, and India ... with the monsoon winds" carrying "clove spice, cinnamon, and pepper and black slaves, and Kafir [slaves]" (Antonio de Morga cf Seijas 2008: 21). Though there is no data on the numbers of slaves in Cavite, the numbers in Manila suggest a significant fraction of the population had been brought in as slaves by the Portuguese vessels. By 1621, slaves in Manila numbered 1,970 out of a population of 6,110. This influx of slaves continued until late in the 17th century; according to contemporary cargo records in 1690, 200 slaves departed from Malacca to Manila (Seijas 2008: 21). Different ethnicities were favored for different labor.
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^Hawkley, Ethan (2014). "Reviving the Reconquista in Southeast Asia: Moros and the Making of the Philippines, 1565-1662". Journal of World History. University of Hawai'i Press. 25 (2-3): 288. doi:10.1353/jwh.2014.0014. S2CID143692647. The early modern revival of the Reconquista in the Philippines had a profound effect on the islands, one that is still being felt today. As described above, the Spanish Reconquista served to unify Christians against a common Moro enemy, helping to bring together Castilian, Catalan, Galician, and Basque peoples into a single political unit: Spain. In precolonial times, the Philippine islands were a divided and unspecified part of the Malay archipelago, one inhabited by dozens of ethnolinguistic groups, residing in countless independent villages, strewn across thousands of islands. By the end of the seventeenth century, however, a dramatic change had happened in the archipelago. A multiethnic community had come together to form the colonial beginnings of a someday nation: the Philippines. The powerful influence of Christian-Moro antagonisms on the formation of the early Philippines remains evident more than four hundred years later, as the Philippine national government continues to grapple with Moro separatists groups, even in 2013.
^Steinberg, David Joel (2018). "Chapter - 3 A SINGULAR AND A PLURAL FOLK". THE PHILIPPINES A Singular and a Plural Place. Routledge. p. 47. doi:10.4324/9780429494383. ISBN978-0-8133-3755-5. The cultural identity of the mestizos was challenged as they became increasingly aware that they were true members of neither the indio nor the Chinese community. Increasingly powerful but adrift, they linked with the Spanish mestizos, who were also being challenged because after the Latin American revolutions broke the Spanish Empire, many of the settlers from the New World, Caucasian Creoles born in Mexico or Peru, became suspect in the eyes of the Iberian Spanish. The Spanish Empire had lost its universality.
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^Soares, PA; Trejaut, JA; Rito, T; Cavadas, B; Hill, C; Eng, KK; Mormina, M; Brandão, A; Fraser, RM; Wang, TY; Loo, JH; Snell, C; Ko, TM; Amorim, A; Pala, M; Macaulay, V; Bulbeck, D; Wilson, JF; Gusmão, L; Pereira, L; Oppenheimer, S; Lin, M; Richards, MB (2016). "Resolving the ancestry of Austronesian-speaking populations". Hum Genet. 135 (3): 309-26. doi:10.1007/s00439-015-1620-z. PMC4757630. PMID26781090. The final component (dark blue in Fig. 3b) has a high frequency in South China (Fig. 2b) and is also seen in Taiwan at ~25-30 %, in the Philippines at ~20-30 % (except in one location which is almost zero) and across Indonesia/Malaysia at 1-10 %, declining overall from Taiwan within Austronesian-speaking populations.
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