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Background: The Philippine Islands became a Spanish colony during the 16th century; they were ceded to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War. In 1935 the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth. Manuel QUEZON was elected President and was tasked with preparing the country for independence after a 10-year transition. In 1942 the islands fell under Japanese occupation during WWII, and US forces and Filipinos fought together during 1944-45 to regain control. On 4 July 1946 the Philippines attained their independence. The 21-year rule of Ferdinand MARCOS ended in 1986, when a widespread popular rebellion forced him into exile and installed Corazon AQUINO as president. Her presidency was hampered by several coup attempts, which prevented a return to full political stability and economic development. Fidel RAMOS was elected president in 1992 and his administration was marked by greater stability and progress on economic reforms. In 1992, the US closed its last military bases on the islands. Joseph ESTRADA was elected president in 1998, but was succeeded by his vice-president, Gloria MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, in January 2001 after ESTRADA's stormy impeachment trial on corruption charges broke down and widespread demonstrations led to his ouster. MACAPAGAL-ARROYO was elected to a six-year term in May 2004. The Philippine Government faces threats from armed communist insurgencies and from Muslim separatists in the south.




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V Soboto zvečer ko bo večina malinovcev e spalo se bova z mojim očetom kot ponavadi odpeljala na elezniško postajo Ljubljana. Od tam imava ob 23:50 vlak do Munchna. Pot bo kot ponavadi dolgčas, no kvečemu če ne narajmava na kašne ruzak počinikarje. Ali pa najdeva kašno pametno debato. Saj sam itak nikoli ne spim. Knjiga mi bo prišla prav. No voziva se na vlaku do cca. 6:15. Nato pa kot ponavadi na še en vlak proti letališču. Seveda na postaji Hauptbahnhof. No nato imava do 12:05 časa ker takrat je vzl [View Full Entry]

Believe - Gregor Bitenc | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 25th 2008 | 94 Views | [diary=304002]

Munchen
Letalisce Doha
Letalisce Manila

I find myself wandering the streets of Manila at 6:00am wondering about the funny feeling in my stomach as search for answers on how to get to Dau. Jeff and I finally figure out which bus station we need to get to as well as how to get there. Off we go on a local bus to the Cubao Bus Station. As we are riding the bus I begin to realize that funny feeling is not so funny anymore and I am waiting to get to our bus stop just so I can vomit. I look at Jeff and it seems [View Full Entry]

Off The Grid - Ignatious Crumple | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 21st 2008 | 301 Views | [diary=302615]

Some BBQ'd Pig Belly Anyone?
Chickens in a Coop
Balut Eggs

It was a very memorable vacation, and my first longest summer vacation since I have my job as a teacher. It was very enjoyable to meet new friends, and to stay with my elder sister's place, since we seldom see each other because we both are very busy with our respective work. My sister, Willy Jean worked as a Technical Staff of the Office of the Municipal Vice Mayor of this town. With my daughter Jamie with me, helped her to experience a quiet, peaceful, and very simple way of living which is very different from our life in Manila. [View Full Entry]

Mary Ann - AMOR | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 13th 2008 | 812 Views | [diary=299062]

Another beautiful beach: the Long Beach
Jamie at the long beach
At the Long Beach

Welcome to the Ranch
Welcome to the Ranch
Rancho Sta. Monica, the gateway to the residence of Speaker Mitra, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Philippines
It was a memorable summer vacation in one of the beautiful islands of the Philippines, Palawan. The capital city, Puerto Princesa, is a city in the forest, where forest and its wildlife are still preserved. [View Full Entry]

Mary Ann - AMOR | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 10th 2008 | 142 Views | [diary=297982]

The Mitra
The View of the City
Part of the City

By Rustee
July 7th 2008
Philippine fame Asia » Philippines » Manila
Vics house
Vics house
Uncle Vic's house, Quezon City, Manila
Ok so i have been able to do this blog since i got to the Philippines as we have been to so many places and moving around so much, well a fair bit did'nt really move so much in Boracay, i deserved a rest on the white sand :) Anyway back to the story ......so we arrived in Manila 3weeks ago and was very warmly greeted by Aines dad and her uncle Vic. At the airport they have a genius but funny pick up point system, its arranged by the the first letter of surname, so zones through the alphabet a-z. [View Full Entry]

Rustee - Steven Butcher | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 17th 2008 | 191 Views | [diary=296342]


The road to the Philippines We are probably on our way to the Philippines right as we speak, so we wrote you guys some pre-info. On our whole stay we will not be reached on our Norwegian cell numbers, but will post our new when we get there... The duration of our stay will last for 5weeks, wich means that we will be back 11/8-08 (maybe) We have been told that to be a real filipinos we would have to eat: 1. Balot 2. Bagong 3. Adidas 4. Isaw these dishes are seen as filipino "delicatess" [View Full Entry]

perraoghelene - In the Philippines | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 29th 2008 | 121 Views | [diary=293278]


Sitting under the canopy of a dilapidated bus station in some unknown barrio in Manila, we waited on sunrise. It was barely after 5 am. We had spent the night on the bus from Banaue. When it became bright enough and busy enough we eased in to a jeepney for a random drive around. Since we could no longer sidestep Manila, we determined to experience a little of it. We asked for directions to Intramuros - the 16th century district - still trying to avoid the crush and chaos of modern, downtown Manila. Located on the southern bank of the river [View Full Entry]

two4deroad - Vibert & Shanna | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 19th 2008 | 725 Views | [diary=310153]

The Manila Cathedral
Quiet streets at 6am
Quiet streets

Tour of Intramuros on a horse drawn cart
Tour of Intramuros on a horse drawn cart
Intramuros was built by the Spaniards in the 16th century and is the oldest district of the city of Manila. During the Spanish colonial period, Intramuros was considered Manila itself. Its full of lov... [more]
We arrived in the Philippines on May 18th and have spent the past 3 weeks island hoping around the Visaya's. We had heard a few bad stories about the Philippines before we came - terrible infrastructure, unreliable transport, dodgy planes, boats that sink, constant hassle from people trying to sell you stuff and rip you off and the really bad stuff like muggings, kidnappings, bombs.... But my experience here has only been positive and aside from a few minor points I don't have a bad word to say about the place. Everyone is extremely polite, shop doors are opened for us [View Full Entry]

LauraBlackhall - Laura Blackhall | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
819 Words | 5 Comment(s) | 12 Photo(s) | 1 Video(s)
Published: June 9th 2008 | 1568 Views | [diary=285279]

Intramuros
Dumaluan Beach
Dan taking a few liberties at the BBC resort!

By Em and Grae
May 27th 2008
Manila Asia » Philippines » Manila
Crazy Phillippine Road
Crazy Phillippine Road
This was a couple minutes walk from our Hostel. We tried to find a restaurant but all we found was this bridge and people selling fish on it !
The Phillippines are a bizzare mix of English, American and Japanese influences. Initially we had worried a little that we wouldn't be understood in Manila as the language would be completley different, but how wrong we were, it took us about 12 hours to realise that nearly everone speaks English and not only that but all signs, newspapers, radio, cinema, shops pretty much everything is in English. So it really wasn't much of a culture shock as they have embraced American culture wholeheartedly, and we felt pretty comfortable straight away. That is at least with the language, the city itsel [View Full Entry]

Em and Grae - Emma Riley | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 28th 2008 | 339 Views | [diary=280682]

Horse & Cart Tour
War Memorial Plaque in Manila
Residential Phillippine Road

By stickbugg
May 25th 2008
Metro Manila Asia » Philippines » Manila
Metro Manila! I've noticed that using the word metro makes any place sound like a cool place to be. Metropolis sounds like a bunch of boring cities, but metro brings to find hip-ly high-styled youth with well-fit clothing and whimsically-original shoes, riding atop a high speed train that darts to and fro within the millions of ultra-cool stores. Whatever the case, Manila was a good experience for entirely different reasons. It was probably 2AM when I took the taxi to Friendly's guest house, one of the few backpacker-friendly places in the metro. I slept there in Malate for literally on [View Full Entry]

stickbugg - The Sun and the Moon: My Father's Eyes | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: May 25th 2008 | 432 Views | [diary=279885]